Like last year, Li Qiang returned to the alliance across the ocean in early March. There, hundreds of millions of viewers are looking forward to Li Qiang's wonderful performance.

For Timberwolves fans, the mentality of sincere fear is different from last year when Li Qiang was away. This year, they knew that Li Qiang would definitely come back. So when Li Qiang was away, they were not in a hurry at all, and they didn't care much about the team's performance. This led to a further drop in ticket and broadcast rates for the Timberwolves during the regular season. Martin and Wiggins, while doing well, just don't get Timberwolves fans. There is no way, Li Qiang is too strong, no matter how good they perform, they are just a scum who will be blasted in an instant in front of the real boss of the team.

Since the team's revenue is for the whole season, while the Timberwolves' revenue at the end of the regular season and in the playoffs increased further, the decrease in revenue from the regular season hedged the additional gains. The market value of the Timberwolves was affected by Li Qiang's further fading out of the regular season, and this year is basically the same as last year. The market value of the 20% shares in Li Qiang's hand (including the share of this year's championship) is still about 200 million, and the market value per share is about the same as last year.

The Timberwolves are a team that can be described as quite extreme right now. For most of the regular season, they were a belly team. At the end of the regular season and in the playoffs, they are not the championship team, they are the champions of this year. They are invincible.

So in the entire Western Conference, there is a very strange phenomenon this year: all teams are unwilling to become the first and second in the division, so it is likely to meet the Timberwolves, who are ranked seventh or eighth in the first round, causing the team's playoff first-round tour and embarrassing departure.

However, there is only one team that leads with a record of 74 wins and 8 losses! This is the New Orleans Pelicans where the big giant Zhang Guangming is located!

This is because Zhang Guangming finally confirmed his unshakable status as the second person in the alliance this year! Zhang Guangming wants to once again try to shake the supreme throne of the basketball emperor held by Li Qiang in the first round of the playoffs!

What kind of performance did Zhang Guangming play this season?

Let's unravel the mystery.

60 points, 26 rebounds, 9 assists and 7 blocks, this is Zhang Guangming's average data per game in the regular season! Prehistoric level data!

People can't help but exclaim: the inner monster is coming!

After experiencing the setback of being beaten by Li Qiang in four consecutive games last year, Zhang Guangming did not get down. On the contrary, Zhang Guangming has become smarter when he plays. In order to make up for his physical shortcomings, during the summer vacation, he changed the past practice of forcing dunks, and found a day hook Jabbar to practice hook hands, small hooks and small throws under the basket.

Unlike mid-range shots, which are easily distracted, hook is a skill that few people are proficient in, but it is highly confrontational. As the absolute main force of the team, Zhang Guangming often has to face the bag of two or three people, and at this time, the hook hand has become a sharp weapon for him to easily shoot in the crowd and not waste his physical strength.

Moreover, people were also pleasantly surprised to see Zhang Guangming's change in the assist end. In modern NBA basketball, the center is basically a coolie in the high post, a coolie in the open gate, a coolie in rebounding, or a dunk finisher on the offensive end. But Zhang Guangming has become the core of the team as a center forward, so he naturally has to distinguish himself from the positioning of other ordinary center forwards!

Yes, Zhang Guangming often attracts two or three people, and at this time, if Zhang Guangming has a certain ability to assist, the team's lethality will instantly become much stronger. From last year's average of 5 assists per game to 9 assists this year, people have seen Zhang Guangming's improvement: his vision is broader, and his passing is sharper.

It can be said that this season's Zhang Guangming is really reborn. He has gone from being the league's No. 1 super center who plays physically against the sky to becoming a team leader who not only has a strong sense of the overall situation, but also has excellent playing skills, surpassing O'Neal, Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain and other predecessors to become the first and strongest super center in history!

As a result, Zhang Guangming was actually named the most improved player in the league for the third consecutive year!

Today's Zhang Guangming has better physical fitness, which may be the confidence for his continuous improvement! (Only Li Qiang really knows what his confidence is) Zhang Guangming is now 3.05 meters tall, standing on the edge of the basket with a flat frame on his head! Zhang Guangming now weighs 310 kilograms (680 pounds), coupled with his strong physical fitness, he is almost invincible on the inside! Take a look at Zhang Guangming's recent body side data!

Bench press 520 kg. (1150 lbs)

Deadlift 880 kg. (1940 lbs)

420 kg in the clean and jerk. (930 lbs)

360 kg in the snatch. (800 lbs)

3/4 sprint run 3.03 seconds.

The height is 3.90 meters in situ.

Jumped 4.92m on the spot.

The starting jump is 4.98 meters.

Yes, in terms of strength, every achievement of the big giant has broken the world record except for Li Qiang! On the basketball court, the strength of the big giant of several hundred kilograms and the weight of three hundred kilograms are almost a full ton of strength when moving! No wonder the players defending Zhang Guangming exclaimed, they were not playing with a person, they were intercepting a driving car!

Can a three-man block a player, but can it block a car?

Compared with the bench press of only 400 kilograms a year ago, in addition to a small part of the progress from the Faxiang Heavenly Demon Skill, the other half is due to Zhang Guangming's hard practice!

In terms of speed, the speed of three-thirds of a sprint in 3 seconds is already comparable to the top small forwards in the league!

Not to mention the bouncing, it's just bullying, standing still, and below 3.9 meters has become a forbidden zone. And after the jump, it can block the basketball thrown to a height of 5 meters!

With Zhang Guangming, an all-round super center who can score, grab boards, block and pass, and have super data of 60 points, 26 boards, 9 assists and 7 blocks, the Pelicans are menacing this year, and they have passed all the way in the regular season!

74 wins and 8 losses!

That's how the Pelicans have been this year. Yes, after a year of baptism of war, this year's Zhang Guangming is already the same as last year. This year's Pelicans are a strong championship team!

Zhang Guangming did what Jordan didn't do with 72-10 that year. Yes, Jordan's attack is very powerful. But a gang of three people, Jordan also has powerful helpers such as Pippen and Rodman.

And the Pelicans, as a team with neither any background nor any money to pay the expensive luxury tax, have no strong helper in the team except Zhang Guangming!

That's why Zhang Guangming collapsed without meeting Li Qiang in the first two seasons. At that time, although Zhang Guangming was already against the sky, it was not to this extent, and one person could not win the championship!

But now it's different, Zhang Guangming's rebellion has reached the point where he can lead a bunch of miscellaneous fish to win the championship by himself! Another parallel universe 15 years LeBron, he can't do it. But now Zhang Guangming can do it!

Zhang Guangming's strength has now been reborn!