763: If you really want to have twice as much data as you (2/5)
On November 11, 2013, against the Pacers, Link had 53 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, and his offensive battle with George became a classic.
On December 15 of the same year, he played the Lakers, and Link scored 45 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, which completely brought the giants to a complete decline.
On February 18, 2014, against the Knicks, Link scored 55 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and while scoring his sixth triple-double in a single season and setting a new career high scoring record, he also became the first player in NBA history to score two 50-point triple-doubles in a single season.
Playing the Trail Blazers on March 30, Link had 33 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, scoring his eighth triple-double in a single season, the most in the league.
If that's not enough, that's okay, because Link still has a lot to offer.
The league's longest opening streak, the fifth player in history to score a triple-double in a Christmas game, the first team in history to win four consecutive 10-game games in a single season, the ultimate anti-lore Thunder, the first player in NBA history to have both a three-point contest and a dunk contest title, and the first player to record a 50-point triple-double at Madison Square Garden......
And, led the team to break the Bulls' great 72-win record in the regular season and came up with an incredible 74-win record. And thus became the first team in NBA history to be able to score 70 wins in two consecutive seasons! All of a sudden, the Grizzlies set two records that could barely be broken again.
In just one season, he won the honor, and it is estimated that only Link can do such a thing.
Whether it is James or Durant, they can't compare to Link in terms of regular season honors.
It is estimated that only Durant himself thinks that he can get a piece of the MVP pie. In fact, the gap between him and Link in the regular season was obvious.
Durant is a little too confident in himself this time, in the words of Chinese fans, "Durant doesn't have 13 in his heart at all!" ”
Link has undoubtedly had a great season, at least in terms of the regular season, and Link's performance has been unparalleled, at least.
O'Neal in 2000 was just as great, and he was just one vote away from becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. And this practice of deliberately not voting for the best players has been criticized for more than a decade.
Even fellow journalists thought that the vote of the year was really inconsiderate. Great records should be created by players with their strength, not by journalists.
All media and journalists who are eligible to vote must be careful to use their rights and be accountable.
Therefore, this time, when another player with the strength to win the unanimous MVP appeared, reporters did not dare to vote randomly.
They don't want to be scolded for more than ten years for voting indiscriminately, and they don't want to bury a great record in their hands. Even those media who don't like Link don't dare to mess around, and they must admit Link's greatness this season with a neutral attitude.
Thus, the first unanimous MVP in NBA history was born.
In a movement that was thought to be dominated by blacks and whites, Link's emergence completely turned that notion on its head.
No one could have imagined that the greatest MVP in history would be a Chinese player.
Of course, there are still doubts about the title of "the greatest MVP in history".
This is not surprising, Link remembers that in the original history, when Curry was elected unanimously MVP, he was still questioned.
No matter how good you are and how good you are, there are sure to be people who pick the bones in the egg.
But these voices of skepticism were so insignificant that they were completely drowned out by the voices that praised Link.
Link was also very humble in his MVP award speech in the afternoon. One of the words he says the most is thanksgiving, thanks to family, teammates, the media who voted for him, Nike, managers, the late Upshaw, and so on.
At least 80% of his speech was related to gratitude.
People thought that Link would continue his usual style of scolding the air in his speeches, but Link knew what to say on what occasions. He's a villain, but he's not a fool.
Link's modest attitude has made countless fans fan him. It turns out that Link is more than just a villain. He just pretends to be a bad guy when he should be bad, but he is by no means a bad guy with a questionable character.
This MVP turned out to be so full of charm.
After the speech, it was supposed to be Link going to lift the MVP trophy for a photoshoot. But instead of doing that, Link invited all his teammates to take a picture with him.
In his words, "Everyone on our team qualifies for this MVP trophy. ”
After the awards and speeches, the media entered the free questioning session. Most of the reporters were congratulating Link, but there were a few who were desperate to hype up the topic, ruining the vibe.
"Link, to be the first unanimous MVP in NBA history, your greatness needs no words to describe. But even so, there are still a lot of people who think you're not strong enough. For example, Kevin. Durant. ”
Link on stage seemed to be smiling even more when he heard the reporter mention Durant.
Link really wanted to know how he reacted when he knew he won the MVP.
"Kevin said in an interview yesterday that you have to play at an MVP level in the playoffs to deserve to be an MVP. Kevin had a quasi-triple-double of 38 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists in the last game, so do you think you can surpass Kevin in stats tonight? ”
Link nodded after listening, what Durant said Link already knew yesterday. But Link doesn't plan to compete with Durant, after all, Durant is the challenger!
"That makes sense, but basketball isn't just about stats. Just looking at the data, my score in the MVP selection is twice as high as Durant's! ”
As soon as Link opened his mouth, he gave Durant a critical blow! Durant thought he would be close to Link's scores, but in reality, he almost didn't even hold on to second place. Now that Link is making fun of this matter again, Durant must be on the verge of vomiting blood.
"But I'm definitely not going to talk about that kind of data, we all know that the gap between Kevin and me isn't that big."
Listening to Link's second sentence, the reporters couldn't help but laugh.
The gap is not that big, and the implication is, "There is still a gap between us, but it's not as big as double." ”
Link seems to be a completely different person now, he was still extremely warm when he first spoke, and at this time he spoke like a knife piercing the heart.
Again, Link only gets bad when he needs to play the bad guy.
"You mean, you don't care if you can surpass Durant in your next game?" In the end, the reporters simply asked clearly, if this continues, Durant will be psychologically shadowed by Link.
"Of course I don't care, I'm the MVP, I only care about this. Even if I swallow all the stats in tonight's game, I'm still the MVP. I said, I'm not a challenger, Kevin is. ”
After Link's words, he turned around and left the media reception room with his MVP trophy in his arms.
Spitting on Durant was the most boring, because Link felt that Durant's trash talk level was really very clumsy. Always crush the opponent, and blame the boring.
However, Link is indeed not paying attention to Durant now, and the trouble of the Los Angeles Clippers has not been completely solved.
In the last game, Paul's great night was destroyed by himself. With Paul's character, he wasn't going to give up.
Whether Link's MVP night can be completed or not depends on the outcome of this game.
And Chris. Paul, no doubt, was more than willing to retaliate and destroy Link's great night......