The 2002-03 season was an extremely successful season for the Rockets, at least in the regular season. As of April 16, the Rockets ranked first in the winning rate list with 65 wins and 16 losses in the regular season, with a winning rate of more than 80% high, followed by the Spurs, who ranked second in the winning rate list with 59 wins and 22 losses, with a winning rate of nearly 73%.

In the players' list, the Rockets also shocked the heroes. In the scoring list, Iverson ranked second after McGrady's 30.0 points per game, but the gap between the two is extremely limited; in the assist list, Kidd topped the list with 10.3 assists per game; in the rebound list, Boozer and Yao Ming both entered the top ten, ranking ninth and tenth respectively; Iverson topped the steal list, with his average of 2.8 steals per game; in the shooting percentage, Yao Ming led Qunlun alone, and his shooting percentage reached the terrifying second-place Kirilianko as high as three percentage points.

Although the regular season has one more game to end, this has had a very small impact on each list.

Now that the regular season has played, all teams, especially those that have been confirmed to enter the playoffs, have already adjusted their form to their best, because the playoffs will kick off three days after the regular season ends.

Nowadays, the competition for the most heavyweight regular season MVP in the regular season is also extremely fierce. Among them, the most competitive ones are Kidd and Duncan. These two are the leaders of the first and second place in the league today, and the two have very dazzling data in the regular season. Kidd averaged 19.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 1.88 steals, and 0.93 blocks per game, while Duncan's success

The record is not inferior, with an average of 23.3 points, 12.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.93 blocks per game. Perhaps his only disadvantage is that the team's record is not as good as the Rockets. But he also has his own advantages. Duncan is the only leader in the Spurs, while Iverson's brilliance is not as bright as Kiddson. Under such circumstances, it is still unknown who will win the regular season MVP.

However, the Rockets have already won the honor of the regular season champion.

Zeng Lingfeng was also very surprised to achieve such a result. In particular, the Rockets were leading the way in the regular season, and now they have taken the regular season championship with huge advantages. In Zeng Lingfeng's view, the Rockets have now exceeded the task. As for the playoffs, Zeng Lingfeng did not have too much expectations.

Although there are two top players in the league, Kidd and Iverson, as well as the Rockets' meritorious player Olajuwon, the Rockets are far behind in other positions. Although Yao Ming, Boozer, Prince and Scola have proved themselves in the regular season, the playoffs and the regular season are completely different concepts, and the playoffs are completely incomparable to the regular season. In such a super-high intensity confrontation as the playoffs, it is difficult for a rookie like Yao Ming to exert all its strength, and it is already good that they can exert 50% or 60% of their strength.

After Yao Ming and others lost their good performance, it was very difficult to achieve too good results in the playoffs with Kidd and Iverson alone. Although Zeng Lingfeng respected him, he was too old after all, and it was difficult to perform well. This can be seen from his regular season performance. Zeng Lingfeng left this meritorious old man just to take care of him, and because of his great contribution to the Rockets, a veteran who had fought for the Rockets for a full twenty years. Zeng Lingfeng didn't want him to wander around in his late years of his career, which means that this was entirely out of personal feelings.

As for other corner players, Zeng Lingfeng never expressed hope. They were just Mr. Nan Guo who was making up for the numbers. In the past the regular season, Alstom scored a little, and he was a good player. The others had a terrible result. Of course, this is related to their basically not getting playing time. Every time they were sent on the court, it was when the team was sure to win or no longer wanted to play. In other words, their time on the court was really garbage, which was to let the clock pass the remaining game time. At this time, both sides were unwilling to fight, so naturally they would not have any results.

After all, it is equivalent to Zeng Lingfeng asking them to support them with the salary of blue-collar players to prevent the embarrassment of not having players on the court after the main players are injured.

The Rockets' last game was played at home, facing the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets are now a bottom team and have long missed the playoffs. They have no desires and have played a very harmonious ball game with the Rockets. In the end, the Rockets defeated their opponents easily with 109:92, successfully ending the regular season journey, and even fixed the team's record at 66 wins and 16 losses.

It can be said that this is a coaching game, and both sides are just going through the motions. However, this time, the sè players of both sides got enough time to perform. Because the playoffs will begin in three days, the Rockets rarely let the main players play. After all, the result of this game has no meaning to the ending. If the main players are injured in such a game, it is really not worth it.

The minor dispatch of the main players on the court can also give these players who have worked hard for more than half a year some rest time, and keep their strength in the playoffs three days later.

However, because of the unexpected arrival of the boss Zeng Lingfeng, Tomjanovic changed the team's appearance plan. At the beginning of the game, he still sent all the main players to play, which was to perform for the boss Zeng Lingfeng.

However, the opponent is too weak. The Rockets led by 28 points at the end of the half 70:42. With the victory set, Tomjanovic never sent the main players to the court after the start of the second half. For the sake of the playoffs, it seems insignificant to please the boss Zeng Lingfeng.

Zeng Lingfeng also understood this very well. He did not come here to watch the players' performances. He came here to celebrate the regular season championship with the team. Although this championship seems insignificant compared to the finals championship, this championship is also a rare honor for the Rockets, which has been silent for too long.

To celebrate, Zeng Lingfeng gave each of the fans present a hamburger and a beer. The fans were both surprised and happy about the gift they suddenly received. It was indeed a happy thing to get free food on this pleasant night.

After the game, the team held a simple award ceremony on site. Although it had been confirmed to win the regular season championship, the championship trophy was awarded this evening.

At the same time, Kidd also defeated Duncan and won his first regular season MVP in his career. Kidd was very happy about this. Although he achieved good results with the Nets last year, his life on the Nets was much worse than the happy days he had with the Rockets this year. In the Rockets, he not only won his own honor, but also received a higher salary than the Nets. Such a double-harvest life is naturally the most enjoyable.

While enjoying the joy brought by the regular season championship, the players also began to look forward to the championship.

Zeng Lingfeng also made a promise of rewards in time. Zeng Lingfeng said that every game he won in the playoffs, he would be rewarded with an additional $10,000 per player, and if he reached the finals, the reward would be increased to 100,000 US dollars per game. Of course, this is a basic reward, and there are additional rewards for the players who perform the most in each game. As for the final winner, each player who plays will receive a huge prize of $500,000. You should know that this is an extra income beyond the salary. This does not seem to be too much for big-name players like Kidd with a salary of more than 10 million US dollars, but it is a huge sum of money for blue-collar players on the team and new players like Yao Ming who holds a rookie salary. Especially the final reward for winning the championship is not a reward that can be ignored for superstars.

After announcing the reward measures, Zeng Lingfeng also invited all the team members and coaches to have a late-night snack and hold a celebration meeting.

Everyone naturally agreed to Zeng Lingfeng's invitation.

After arriving at Hanyu International Holiday Hotel, they learned that the beauty who was with Zeng Lingfeng was actually Luo Ying, a big singer who has been popular all over the world recently. They even pestered Zeng Lingfeng and asked Luo Ying to sing a song on the spot.

In the end, Zeng Lingfeng had no choice but to ask his sister Luo Ying to work hard and sing a Rockets song "Champion's Heart" to everyone on the spot.

After toasting everyone, Zeng Lingfeng and Luo Ying left. The rest of the time belonged to these players. Although he had a good relationship with these players, if he was present, these players would still not be able to let go of the carnival and celebrate.

After Zeng Lingfeng said goodbye and left, the team's coaching staff also said goodbye and left. They did not make any requests to the team's players. They all knew very well that Hanyu International Holiday Hotel was the boss's property. Here, Zeng Lingfeng would not allow these players to play too much.

This is true. Just after midnight, Zeng Lingfeng sent people from the hotel to send these players back to the team's headquarters. Three days later is the day when the playoffs begin. Zeng Lingfeng will not let them indulge them too much. After all, it is not the time for everyone to completely indulge them.

Zeng Lingfeng promised that if the team could win the championship, he would come to join everyone in the carnival again, and then the bonus he promised would be fulfilled on the spot.

The players have no doubt about Zeng Lingfeng's promise, because in the past year, what Zeng Lingfeng promised has not been reduced at all.
Chapter completed!