nba: legend maker

On April 16, 2008, the final game of the NBA regular season was played in Salt Lake City.

Their last opponent was the Jazz. Alstom's two Rockets veterans are full of emotion, although the Jazz also finished fourth in the West and entered the playoffs, but they can't compare with the Rockets.

The Rockets defeated the Utah Jazz 84-70 on the road, which lasted nearly five months and a total of 2,378 games, and the long regular season finally came to an end.

In this game, the person who tortured the Jazz was not the Rockets Big Three, but the little potato Robinson.

The little potato, who is only 175cm tall, made the Jazz team's leading point guard Delon suffer a lot.

Deron Williams, the core of his Jazz playmaker, scored just 14 points in the game, while he contributed 10 points, six assists and four steals.

Although Nate Robinson is only 175 centimeters tall, he has an astonishing 185 centimeters in arm span and 232 centimeters in touch height, typical of long arms, high shoulders and short neck.

In addition, he weighs 82.1 kilograms, which is the same tonnage as the tall defender, which allows him to not suffer significantly in the confrontation.

In addition to being able to resist Delong physically, Little Potato also did a very good job in breaking through on the offensive end.

This made him booed by the home fans every time he got the ball.

After the game, Wu Hang asked curiously: "Nate, how did you entangle Delong? Don't eat a single feint, it's too powerful, right?"

"That's probably the only advantage I have with a low chassis. Nate Robinson said a little embarrassed.

As an addition to the David Lee trade, this little potato came to the Rockets in the winter transfer window, and not many people had illusions about him, but he conquered the fans in just half a season, and sat firmly in the position of the main point guard.

The 2006-2007 NBA regular season ended on April 18.

The Eastern and Western Conference standings and records are as follows.

East: 1. Boston Celtics (65-15), 2. Detroit Pistons (59-23), 3. Orlando Magic (52-30), 4. Cleveland Cavaliers (45-37), 5. Washington Wizards (43-39), 6. Philadelphia 76ers (41-41), 7. Atlanta Hawks, (40-42), 8. Indiana Pacers (39-43), 9. Toronto Raptors (36-46); 10. New Jersey Nets (34-48), 11. Chicago Bulls (33-49), 12. Charlotte Bobcats (32-50), 13. Milwaukee Bucks (26-56), 14. New York Knicks (23-59), 15. Miami Heat (15-67).

West: 1. Houston Rockets (70-12), 2. Los Angeles Lakers (57-25), 3. New Orleans Hornets (56-26), 4. San Antonio Spurs (56-26), 5. Utah Jazz (54-28), 6. Phoenix Suns (55-27), 7. Dallas Mavericks (51-31), 8. Denver Nuggets (50-32), 9. Golden State Warriors (48-34); 10. Portland Trail Blazers (41-41), 11. Sacramento Kings (38-44), 12. Los Angeles Clippers (23-59), 13. Memphis Grizzlies (22-60), 14. Minnesota Timberwolves (22-60), 15. Seattle SuperSonics (20-62).

It is not difficult to see from the number of wins and losses that the pattern of strong West and weak East is still continuing, and the Portland Trail Blazers, who are ranked 10th in the West, can even mix in a sixth place if they are born in the East.

The competition in the West this year is also extremely fierce, with only two wins separating the Lakers in second place to the Suns in sixth place.

After the winter recruitment, the standings of the Eastern and Western teams have changed a lot, starting with the Raptors, who lost Bosh, and dropped out of the playoffs from fifth place in the East.

The Lakers are the biggest beneficiaries of this winter recruitment, and they have been strengthened by Bosh, liberating Kobe Bryant to the maximum on the offensive end, and the Lakers have also jumped from fourth place in the season to second in the West, second only to the Rockets.

A day later, the playoff bracket was released. Experts have made predictions for the first round.

East: Celtics vs. Pacers. It's a game without suspense, and the Celtics triumvirate is set to sweep the Pacers.

Pistons vs Hawks. It's going to be a dull series, and experts believe the two sides will have a battle and the Pistons have a better chance of winning.

Magic vs 76ers, Magic is in the limelight this season, and there is no problem in winning the 76ers in the post-Iverson era.

Cavaliers vs Wizards. The Wizards were killed by James with a crab last season and are an old enemy of the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers have the most beautiful regular-season stats of LeBron James, and the Wizards also have the trio of Arenas, Caron Butler, and Jamison, and experts believe that the two sides will have a fight, and the Cavaliers have a better chance of winning.

Look at the west again.

Rockets vs Nuggets. In the regular season, the Rockets swept the Nuggets, Maddie and Da Yao were both absent and could easily win, and the Nuggets were restrained in all positions, which was the most suspenseful game in the first round. Almost everyone assumed that the Nuggets would be swept out of the tournament and that the Rockets would break the first-round curse.

Lakers vs Mavericks. No one wants to bump into the Mavericks, including the Rockets. Although they are only in seventh place, the Mavericks are enough to cause enough trouble for the Lakers as a veteran powerhouse in the West, but the Lakers have greatly increased their strength after the introduction of Bosh, and the star Kobe Bryant experts think that the Lakers will win, but they will definitely not win easily.

Hornets vs Suns. Both teams are attacking teams and the game is sure to be exciting. The two sides were tied in the regular season, the Suns had a better chance of winning, and the Hornets also had a chance.

Spurs vs Jazz. The Jazz, who have little playoff experience, run into the old powerhouse Spurs. This season, the combination of Jazz Deron Williams, Boozer, and Oku exploded into power and became a dark horse in the West. Spurs have been going strong, their defensive line is impregnable, predicting a Spurs win.

The situation in the west has become very chaotic, and even if it crosses the male Wu Hang, it is impossible to accurately predict the result, but Wu Hang knows that as long as he is steady, this year's champion will not be far from ten.

Of course, all this is just speculation, and for it to become a reality, it must be based on the premise of no injuries. After the All-Star break, Maddie's back injury has not flare-up, and Yao Ming has only played less than 30 minutes, and he is not tired and does not have any injuries. The rocket form is too good.

While the media and fans were waiting for the playoffs to start and discussing the major awards of the regular season, Wu Hang and his teammates continued to train intensively at the training hall of the Toyota Center.

He doesn't care about these personal accolades, he wants to win, one game at a time, until he gets the O'Brien Cup.