There is no doubt that when the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Indiana Pacers, which ranked third in the Eastern Conference before, at their home court, at Bradley Center Stadium, not only the Milwaukees were ecstatic about it, but the basketball fans far away in Cleveland were also very grateful to the Milwaukees for such a "living Lei Feng"!

Because it was precisely because of the failure of this game that seemed to have nothing to do with themselves that the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to ascend to the third place in the Eastern Conference!

While they successfully climbed to the third place in the Eastern Conference during their rest, they also squeezed the Indiana Pacers, the original third place in the Eastern Conference, to the fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

However, the two teams are exactly the same in terms of record, both of which have achieved a record of 49 wins and 28 losses at this time. However, in recent state, the Cleveland Cavaliers have achieved 13 consecutive victories, while the Indiana Pacers have just lost a game that makes them feel very frustrated!

Of course, the Indiana people will feel extremely frustrated by this, although their situation has seemed relatively passive before. Because the Cleveland Cavaliers' performance in recent times has been too explosive, not only ending the Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak, but also defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is still ranked first in the Western Conference just recently!

Their condition is extremely hot and their record is soaring all the way, which will naturally make the Indiana Pacers, who are ranked in front of them but have a very small lead, feel extremely nervous.

However, although the Indiana Pacers seemed very passive at that time, at least they were still third in the Eastern Conference at that time, and they still led the Cleveland Cavaliers by half a win in terms of record!

And the advantage of this half-winning game was enough to make the Cleveland Cavaliers willingly lined up behind the Indiana Pacers no matter how hot they were at that time.

But now, when the Indiana people were defeated by the Bucks in Milwaukee, their passive situation has now become a disadvantage! And all this was caused by themselves, and the Cleveland Cavaliers did nothing at all. The Indiana people gave such a third place in the Eastern Conference to the Cleveland Cavaliers...

Therefore, the Indiana people could not feel any reluctance or regret about being overtaken by the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time. Because all of these were caused by themselves, they were completely trying to die!

No one of them can blame them, they can only blame themselves for being unsuccessful, or their opponent, the Milwaukee Bucks! Ask the ungrateful Milwaukee people why they can't continue to give them a victory in the game.

However, it is obvious that it is a bit naive to blame, and for the Indiana Pacers, although losing the game will indeed make them feel very regretful and frustrated. However, for the Indiana Pacers, they are not completely without a chance to overtake and become the third-place team in the Eastern Conference again.

Because after this game, both sides ranked third and fourth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 49 wins and 28 losses. It was just because of the disadvantage of the Indiana Pacers' record of playing against the Cleveland Cavaliers, that they ranked fourth.

In fact, there is no gap between the two sides, so after the Indiana people played this back-to-back game, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Indiana Pacers were both in the regular season stage of this season, with the last 5 regular season games left!

So if the Indiana Pacers can win as much game as possible in the next five games, they will still have the chance to return to third place in the Eastern Conference.

However, compared to the situation they are facing now is not very passive, but is completely at a disadvantage and disadvantage. Because whether they can become the third place in the Eastern Conference again, in the next five games, they must see the face of the Cleveland Cavaliers!

Now the initiative is completely out of their hands. If the Cleveland Cavaliers do not lose any of their remaining five games, then even if the Indiana people win, it will be difficult for them to return to third place in the Eastern Conference...

So in the next step, they only pray to God besides continuing to work hard! Pray that God can give them help at this time so that the Cleveland Cavaliers will not be able to play well in the next five games!

However, obviously judging from the schedule of the next five games between the two sides, it is obvious that the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have become the third in the Eastern Conference, have a more advantage.

Because in the next five games, the teams they face are the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Shaoming, the Toronto Raptors and the Detroit Pistons. The most difficult game is the Los Angeles Lakers, currently ranked eighth in the Western Conference!

And more importantly, in this most difficult game, Kobe Bryant, the core of the Los Angeles Lakers, has just been injured recently and will definitely not be able to play at that time!

Therefore, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they will have a fantastic schedule in the next game! Compared with the easy schedule of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the next five games, the remaining five games of the Indiana Pacers are obviously much more difficult than the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After playing back-to-back games with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Indiana Pacers will not rest for too long and will challenge the Denver Nuggets away from home, then return to home to play the New York Knicks, which is currently ranked second in the Eastern Conference, and then continue to play the Boston Celtics, which is ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference, and then continue to play the Sacramento Kings, which is located at home. Finally, they will go to Memphis to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies...

There is no doubt that such a schedule is undoubtedly much more difficult than the Cleveland Cavaliers' schedule. If the Cleveland Cavaliers have almost four games in the remaining five games, then the Indiana Pacers may not even dare to say that they can win one game in the next five games...

So undoubtedly after losing the game against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Indiana Pacers not only lost the initiative, but also had a very slim chance of returning to the third place in the Eastern Conference!

Judging from the current hot state of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the weak strength of their opponents in the last five games, it is obvious that they have a high chance of continuing to win a row; and as the Indiana Pacers, who want to compete with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third place in the Eastern Conference, they have almost no advantage in terms of state and schedule!

So when the Indiana Pacers lost their second back-to-back game with the Milwaukee Bucks, most people didn't think they could go back to third place in the Eastern Conference before the end of the regular season!

Of course, unless something unexpected happens. For example, the Cleveland Cavaliers lose four games in five games or lose all five games...

But obviously, this is not something particularly likely to happen. So to most people, the Indiana Pacers have little hope of getting back to third place in the Eastern Conference!

But even so, it is obvious that the Indiana people would not give up such hope so easily. However, under such a situation, the Cleveland Cavaliers have completely turned passive into activeness, so it doesn't matter whether the Indiana people give up on their pace of catching up.

They have begun to celebrate that they finally got into a position that they could accept after having such a bad season!

The current record of 49 wins and 28 losses for the Cleveland Cavaliers has put them in the third place in the East. In the eyes of most people, this will basically become the final ranking of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the regular season of this season.

Because whether they are compared with the Miami Heat, which is currently ahead of them or the New York Knicks, the gap is more than 5 wins! So even if they win all the games in the next five games and the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks have a record of losing all the way, it is difficult for them to enter the top two in the Eastern Conference!

Because the gap between the two sides had been so big that it was completely impossible to catch up at this time. Therefore, the only goal of the Cleveland Cavaliers now is to work hard to maintain such a third-place position in the Eastern Conference.

Although the strength of the next five opponents is relatively weak, the Cleveland Cavaliers will appear more relaxed, they don’t know that they can’t take it lightly.

After all, there is no gap between them and the Indiana Pacers now, and both sides are walking side by side, so if the Cleveland Cavaliers make any mistakes, then the tragedy of self-destruction will appear on them...

Of course this is not something the Cleveland Cavaliers are willing to see! But obviously this kind of thing is basically very unlikely, because after the Cleveland Cavaliers rested, they immediately welcomed the first of their five opponents in the regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers!

The Cleveland Cavaliers almost easily defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, ushering in their second 14-game winning streak this season! At this time, the Indiana Pacers who went to the Denver Plateau encountered Waterloo at this time!

They lost to the opponent at home in the Denver Nuggets, and while suffering a two-game losing streak, they also completely fell behind the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After defeating the Philadelphia 76ers, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 50th game of the season, while the Indiana Pacers lost to the Denver Nuggets, and the record fell to 49 wins and 29 losses!

The gap between the two sides will naturally make the Cleveland Cavaliers' advantage more obvious at this time. Although at this time, there are still four games left before the end of the regular season, the Indiana still has a chance. However, in the current situation where both sides have a huge difference in their state and schedule, almost everyone does not think that the Indiana Pacers still have a chance to overtake.

It is almost a foregone conclusion that the Cleveland Cavaliers have become third in the Eastern Conference after the regular season of this season...

This is certainly something that makes the Cleveland people feel extremely excited, because before the start of this season, the situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers was very bad. Wu Dawei's injury, Dwight Howard's injury, and even Chauncey Billups' injury at the beginning of the season, all of which made the Cleveland Cavaliers play very passively at the beginning of this season!

Moreover, with the winning rate not even exceeded half in the first half of the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers relied on their super strong performance after the lineup in the second half of the season, and rushed from the eighth place in the Eastern Conference to reach the current third place in the Eastern Conference!

Only Clevelanders can think clearly about how many unknown bitterness and bitterness there are. However, no matter how much hardships they have suffered before and how many hardships they have experienced, now everything can be said to be about to clear the clouds and see the blue sky!

Although the third-place regular season result is not even better than last season for the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, given the many difficult situations they faced this season, there is no doubt that such a result is enough to make people feel satisfied!
Chapter completed!