NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 679 First Assist King

After a six-game winning streak, the Clippers' record stands at 59 wins and 4 losses, a commanding lead.

In the remaining games of the regular season, the Clippers lost 2 games, and their final record was 66 wins and 6 losses!

What an amazing record! A whopping 666!

With a record of 66 wins and 6 losses, the Clippers are undoubtedly the best team in the league, and by a wide margin!

Keep in mind that the second-best team in the league, the Jazz, has a record of 52 wins and 20 losses, a huge gap between them!

This means that the Clippers will have home-court advantage in all playoff series!

Of course, with the league not yet allowing fans to enter stadiums to watch games, home-court advantage is actually not very useful, just like in the bubble before.

However, it doesn't matter to the Clippers that they don't have home-court advantage. They won the championship last season with a perfect record in the playoffs, and that wasn't because of home-court advantage.

When faced with absolute strength, this advantage is irrelevant; that's just how confident we are!

This was a shortened season, so the Clippers' 66-6 record doesn't qualify them as one of the best in league history. Of course, compared to their previous record of 75-7, although they have one less loss, their overall winning percentage is not as good as 75-7.

But this is already an extremely high winning percentage season, ranking second in league history, second only to 75 wins and 7 losses.

The season is over, and the standings for both the Eastern and Western Conferences are out.

The top 8 teams in the Eastern Conference that made it to the playoffs are the 76ers, Nets, Bucks, Knicks, Hawks, Heat, Celtics, and Wizards.

The top 8 teams in the Western Conference that made it to the playoffs are the Clippers, Jazz, Suns, Nuggets, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Lakers, and Warriors.

With this result, the first round of the Western Conference playoffs will feature Clippers vs. Warriors, Jazz vs. Lakers, Suns vs. Trail Blazers, and Nuggets vs. Mavericks.

The biggest highlight of the first round is undoubtedly the matchup between the Clippers and the Warriors.

Once upon a time, these two teams were a formidable Western Conference Finals matchup. Time flies, and things have changed. The Clippers are still at their peak, while the Warriors are no longer the dominant force they once were.

Those hoping for a Warriors upset, besides die-hard Warriors fans, are mostly Clippers haters.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense would know that there's a significant gap in overall strength between the two teams. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Clippers are highly likely to advance.

The playoffs of the past few years have proven everything. The only teams the Clippers fear are those with a dominant interior presence, like last season's Nuggets. But even against a team like the Nuggets, the best they can do is break down their defense. There's no team in the league that can truly limit their offense. And when it comes to dealing with strong perimeter players, no team in the league does it better than the Clippers.

2020-21赛季，这是贾飞的第10个赛季，他一共出场了71场比赛，首发71场。在场均37.1分钟的上场时间里，他场均得到30.1分9.4个篮板12.3次助攻4.1次抢断1.7个盖帽，投篮命中率为60.2%，3分球命中为43.1%，罚球命中率为94.4%。

Jia Fei did not play every game this season, not because he was injured, but because he was leading the team by too much before the end of the season. He accepted the coaching staff's arrangement to rest in the last game of the season, so he did not play every game.

Jia Fei plays point guard this season, yet he's still averaging 30.1 points per game. In fact, he's taking far fewer shots this season than last season, and his 30-point average is due to his consistently improved efficiency. His shooting percentages in all three categories have improved compared to last season, with his true shooting percentage being phenomenal—it's hard to believe this is the shooting percentage of an outside player.

However, Jia Fei still missed out on the scoring title this season, which belongs to Curry, the King of Golden State, who averages 32 points per game.

Jia Fei missed out on his fifth scoring title, but he won his first season as the assist leader in his NBA career!

He won the assist title in his first season as a point guard, making people marvel that the sky's the limit for him! In this way, he has really played every position on the court. He has played center and power forward in the playoffs, and small forward, shooting guard, and point guard in the regular season. He can do it all.

Although the regular season MVP hasn't been announced yet, based on current information, it's almost a certainty that Jia Fei will win again. The NBA leadership doesn't want to see him lift the trophy; they hope to see new talent emerge. However, his performance is simply too good. So good that not awarding it to him would be considered cheating, deceiving the fans, and disrespecting the game. The league doesn't dare do that; they don't want to lose the fans' trust. Even if Jia Fei is truly a case of "audience fatigue" (a Chinese idiom meaning to be tired of seeing him play), they have no choice but to give him the award.

The season is over, and the Tank team players are off fishing, while the teams that made it to the playoffs are preparing for the first round.

The Clippers' opponent is the Warriors, their first opponent in their quest for a fourth consecutive championship. As a team aiming for a fourth title, regardless of their opponent, their goal is the same: to defeat them.

In his previous life, Jia Fei remembered that Klay was out for the season, but now Klay is not out for the season. However, because he has been playing high-intensity games for years, he has been injured and out of form, and is no longer the invincible Buddha.

Sometimes you have to admire the Running Man cast. They've played in so many playoff games and still managed to maintain their form; their bodies are truly incredible.

This is why the Warriors' record has been poor this season. Curry seems to have returned to his peak, but he alone cannot recreate the glory of the "super team" Warriors. The decline of Klay and Green is obvious.

Moreover, it's not just the decline of these two core players; the Warriors' second unit is also not what it used to be. Back then, they had a sixth man like Iguodala and rotation players like Livingston and Brazilian Lightning. But now their rotation consists of players like Cup Cat and Puer, which has declined significantly, at least defensively.

The Warriors were not only great on offense back then, but also on defense; their defense was completely underestimated.

Before the series began, Coach Buden came to Jia Fei to discuss the lineup arrangement for the first round against the Warriors.

"Should we go straight to a small lineup?" Coach Buden asked Jia Fei.

Jia Fei smiled, then gently shook his head: "A standard lineup will suffice!"

Seeing his confident expression, Coach Buden didn't ask any more questions.

On May 5th, the Clippers will face the Warriors in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Game 1 will be held at the Clippers' home arena, Intuit Dome, in Los Angeles.

Before the match, both coaches and their star players were giving each other pessimistic predictions, making it look more like a friendly match than a fierce battle.

But Jia Fei knew that a dog that bites usually doesn't bark; the real danger in the game was the players themselves.