Due to the league's play-off rules, although there are only five or six games left in the regular season for many teams, the top eight spots in the East and West playoffs have not yet been fully announced, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. The Celtics, ranked 6th in the Eastern Conference, and the Heat following them have already tied the record, and whoever wants to play in the playoffs needs further competition.
At the same time, another team in the East that can be said to be anticlimactic this season, the Pacers team, after losing to the Western Belly Kings today, has a record of 30 wins and 35 losses, ranking 9th in the East, only ahead of the 10th Wizards Team 0.5 wins. You must know that the Pacers once ranked fourth in the East at the end of February, sitting on Brogdon and Sabonis, plus LeVert, who was previously regarded by the Nets as the core of the team, joined the Pacers. It was once optimistic by many that he could at least make his way in the playoffs.
But unexpectedly, in just two months, the Pacers have plummeted from the 4th place in the East to the 10th place in the East, because tomorrow they will have a back-to-back challenge and just beat the Suns , ranking 1st in the East. 5. The Eagles, who are in full swing, will inevitably lose again. And there is another, more important reason is that the Pacers are refreshed, and there is a serious infighting .
In today's game of the Pacers, the team's assistant coach Greg Foster and the team's center Bitazer had an conflict, because Bitazer was dissatisfied with a defensive possession, during the timeout, Foss Extraordinarily furious. At the same time, it is worth mentioning that according to the report of the league reporter Shams Charania yesterday, "Basically all the players in the Pacers team, from the main force to the bench, are dissatisfied with the head coach Nate - Yorklen."
You must know that the head coach and assistant coach are usually one, and the players are one. Now the Pacers players not only have conflicts with the assistant coach, but also have opinions on the head coach. Obviously, this has reached the level of infighting among all staff, and it is foreseeable. What's more, in this case, the Pacers' top management has only one choice, and that is to replace the head coach. After all, it is impossible to send both Sabonis and Brogdon who participated in it.
A team is most afraid of the internal atmosphere Inconsistencies appear, let alone to the point where the Pacers have exploded. There is no doubt that the Pacers' playoffs are completely cold. They have lost 4 of the last 5 games, relying only on playing The rotten Thunder won a victory, facing the slightly stronger Trail Blazers , Kings, and Wizards, they were all powerless. From the previous record in the front row of the Eastern Conference, they immediately dropped to the Eastern Conference 10. , it is obvious that the Pacers have fallen short of success this season.
This also proves that a snake without a head is not acceptable. A team with many young people like the Pacers must have an spiritual leader or a leader. Just sit down.
The Pacers are now on the verge of defeating themselves. To a certain extent, it can be said that the Wizards and Westbrook have also become beneficiaries, because Westbrook has no hope of leading the Wizards into the Eastern Conference. 6. But at least in the Wizards PK Pacers contest, which is likely to be staged in the play-offs, facing the Pacers team with serious infighting and a sharp decline in strength, the probability of Westbrook leading the team to advance will undoubtedly increase. less.