Ahead of the closing day, the 2-4 finish in the East was in the spotlight, and the final results of the three teams were also intriguing.
On April 11, Beijing time, with the Celtics beating the Grizzlies 139-110 away from home, the regular season rankings of all teams in the East have been determined, and the playoffs have emerged. Ahead of the closing day, the 2-4 finish in the East was in the spotlight, and the final results of the three teams were also intriguing.
Before the closing day, the Bucks were in the most "comfortable" position. They've made sure they won't fall to 4th in the East, and whether they're in 2nd or 3rd, the team has a good point.
Ranking No. 2 allows the Bucks to secure home-court advantage before the Eastern Conference Finals, and while the Nets in the play-off area may break through as No. 7, the team that is most fearless of the Nets may be the defending champion Bucks in the upper half of the East. While the Milwaukee also want a relatively easy route to qualify, they don't have to dodge potential Nets.
No. 3 is the ideal position in the upper half of the East, avoiding potential Nets and encountering relatively weak Bulls in the first round. The Bulls have gone high and low this season, and they have lost 19 games against the current top three teams in the East and West, regarded as the weakest relatively weakest in the top 6 in the East.
Faced with such a situation, the bucks sounded the wishful thinking: rotation! In the away Cavaliers, the Bucks put all the core rotations except Juju Holliday on the bench, and Holliday himself was replaced in 8 seconds, leaving 6 people to support the game! The losing Bucks left the decision to the Celtics behind them, and they knew that the Bostonians were "attacked on their backs" and were likely to make the choice that was most beneficial to themselves - the Celtics won the ball to move to No. 2, giving up the most ideal 3rd place.
The final result is just as the Bucks expected, not only are they seen as the most competitive team in the East, but they also have a relatively loose path to promotion.
The Celts, who had been "put together" by the bucks, were helpless, and there were two glasses of poison in front of them. With the Bucks losing, as long as the Green Army wins, they will definitely rise to No. 2. For the Green Army, the ideal ranking is, of course, to stay in No. 3, but that's not something they can decide on their own. The Philadelphia 76ers are taking a break from Harden and Embiid today, but no one guarantees they will lose to the broken Pistons, and once Philadelphia wins, the Green Army will lose to fourth in the East.
Compared to the Bucks, 2nd and 4th are more like two equally thorny roads. The second may still encounter the problem of the Nets, although the Green Army has defeated the Nets of the Duo combination head-on, but the First is that the Nets have just begun to run into the existing lineup, and the Second is that the Green Army at that time also has starting center Robert Williams - That Game Rowe played 37 minutes, with 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks, without error.
The 4th was also less than ideal, as it was clear that someone in the Green Army had not yet completed vaccination. Under Canada's epidemic prevention regulations, persons who have not completed the vaccination are not allowed to enter the country. The Greens' last road trip to the Raptors was on March 29 this year, when they truceed Lowe (injured), Horford, Tatum and Brown, where the vaccinations of Lowe and Tatum were made public, and Horford later said he was vaccinated. But according to previous reports, it was determined that someone in the Celtic squad had not been vaccinated, and most people believed Jaylen Brown was in the ranks.
With Rowe already out, it's not easy for the Celtics to get past the Raptors without Jaylen Brown, so the 4th place in the East is even more sinister for them.
In the end, the Celtics chose to focus on themselves and let it go. They took the Grizzlies 139-110 lightly to take the main rotation and calmly moved up to second place in the East.
Philadelphia moved up to third in the East on the closing day, and they could watch the movements of the Celtics next door while taking turns with Harden and Embiid. Seeing that the Green Army is far ahead of the Grizzlies, the 76ers' side will not have any impact on the rankings. Milton, who blasted down 30 points, and Paul Reid, who scored 25 points, helped the 76ers beat the Pistons, sending opponents with a tie for the first place.
The 76ers don't exactly want to be No. 4, and they also have a shortage of manpower against the Raptors — the team's starting wing Sai Boole has not yet been vaccinated, and he can't go to Toronto for the road. Sable's vaccine problem surfaced in the 76ers' away game against the Raptors three days ago, and he fully explained his reasons for not vaccinating after today's game.
"It was a decision I made a long time ago and at first I felt like it was a completely private matter, I just had to keep it private, but people always wonder why. I was a kid who grew up in a holistic medical environment, and anti-vaccines were never the words we used. I grew up in an environment of TCM and naturopathy. "During last year's playoffs, I decided to get vaccinated and got a shot, and that made me feel completely free from the virus." ... But over time, the virus mutates, and you'll find that vaccination doesn't equal complete safety. So I feel that vaccination is no longer necessary to protect others and protect yourself. ”
In short, Sable no longer trusted the efficacy of the vaccine, and he did not complete the vaccination. No Sable would have left the 76ers losing a rotation against the Raptors' forward group, but embiid and Harden have better paper talent. Once the 76ers can cross the Raptors level, they will be able to avoid potential opponents such as Celtics, Bucks and Nets in the second round, with more ideal prospects.
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