Entering the first game of February, the Suns defeated the Raptors 101-89 at home, completing the sweep of the regular season.

However, the Suns lost to the Hawks 93-100 and the Cavaliers 99-105 a day later. After two consecutive defeats, the record became 40-9.

On March 8, the Suns played the Big Three Cavaliers again at home, and the Suns lost 95-106 again, and were swept by the Cavaliers in the regular season, and then the low-morale Suns lost to the menacing Rockets at home.

Just when everyone thought that the Suns would usher in a period of low morale, Li Mojie stepped up and scored 40+ in two consecutive games to increase his average points per game to 29.7, defeating the Grizzlies and Lakers to bring the Suns back to normal!

On the 20th, the Suns defeated the Magic, won back-to-back games against the Hornets, stabilized the situation and won four in a row, and the regular season reached the current situation, Hornacek also increased the number of personnel in the rotation, and Capela, Clarkson and others also got more opportunities.

In the April game, the purpose of the Suns team became to help Li Mojie brush up his data and end the regular season beautifully, because the Suns management discovered a terrifying fact, that is, after Durant missed most of the regular season and James returned to the Cavaliers to run in the lineup, the MVP immediately lost the two most powerful contenders, so the throne of the regular season MVP was also vacant.

The NBA has been a regular season MVP since the 1955-56 season, and the winner was presented with a trophy named after the NBA's first commissioner, Maurice Podorov. The award was initially voted on by players, and since 1980-81, voting rights have been given to journalists and basketball commentators from the U.S. and Canada covering the game. Each voter can choose any five players and place their names in the first to fifth places on the ballot, and the winning player will receive 10, 7, 5, 3 and 1 points, respectively. At the end, each player's score on all the ballots is added up, and the MVP with the highest score is the MVP. Since the beginning of the 2009-10 season, in order to enhance interactivity, the NBA has set up a fan voting session, and the total number of votes of all fans is counted and the top five are counted as one vote.

It wasn't until the 2016-17 season that the NBA withdrew the voting rights of 30 NBA teams (out of a total of 90 votes). This award is always given to the best player on the best regular season team, generally with:

1. To lead the team to achieve a good record, generally the top four in the league;

2. The role in the team should reflect the core role, and make teammates better while playing well;

3. Personal data is in the forefront of the league, efficiency is in the forefront of the league, and you can stand up and lead the team to win at critical moments;

4. The public image should also be good, at least the media reporters can only vote for you if they recognize you.

5. Generally, you need to play enough times throughout the season, especially in the late regular season, do not retire with injury, otherwise it will also be affected.

Bottom line: the team has to win, and you have to step up and lead the team to win when it counts.

The youngest regular season MVP, the current record holder, is believed to be familiar to many fans, he is "Rose" Rose. It was in the 2010-11 season, the league was really lively, Kobe Bryant, who had just won the fifth championship, was fighting for his 6th crown, and other superstars were also at their peak, James, Durant, Anthony, Howard, etc., the competition for the regular season MVP was also very fierce, Rose, who was just in the third year, won the MVP, that season, the Bulls' regular season achieved a 62-20 record in the East, and Rose was only 22 years old when he lifted the MVP trophy.

Li Mojie's current data is 29.3 points + 8.1 rebounds + 7.2 assists + 2.8 turnovers + 1.3 blocks + 1.8 steals per game, shooting 50.1% from the field and 39.8% from three-point range. The Suns' current record is 56-18 and ranks second in the West, the Warriors lead with a 60-13 record, and with 8 regular season games to end, it is almost impossible for the Suns to catch up with the Warriors' record, but Li Mojie has the advantage of data, Curry's current average data is only 23.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.0 steals, with a shooting rate of 48.7% and a three-point shooting rate of 44.3%, of which, the average points per game ranks 7th, and the average assists per game rank 6th, Ranked 4th in steals per game. However, it should be noted that the Warriors had a significant lead in most games, which kept Curry out of the game for many fourth-quarter periods.

Of course, this is not just a contest between players, sponsors on both sides are also making efforts, Adidas and UA have also used their influence to build momentum for their respective endorsement stars, Adidas is obviously more experienced in this regard, Adi has already launched a Rose (and a Harden in the future), and UA, which has not yet risen, is at a disadvantage in this regard.

So the task of the Suns in April became to help Li Mojie brush up the data, not only to prevent Westbrook, who ranked second in the scoring list, from overtaking, but also to increase the chips for Li Mojie to get the MVP, if he can get the MVP, then the 21-year-old will break Rose's age record!

It turns out that when the whole team from top to bottom, from shareholders to sponsors and players, wants to do something for one person, it is not difficult for him to get good data at all.

Against the Pelicans, Mavericks, and Celtics, Li Mojie all hit triple-doubles and led the team to victory, which amazed the media. Driven by all aspects, Li Mojie has once again become the darling of the media and has made headlines in major media.

At this time, everyone in the league knows that the Suns are going to brush up the data for Li Mojie.

As long as Li Mojie is on the court, the ball passes through his hand every round; As long as he receives a pass from Li Mojie and can avoid the block, most of his teammates choose to jump and add assists to him; On the defensive end, others actively defended and handed over the task of protecting rebounds in the backcourt to Li Mojie, and Marcus and Gobert would also help him get stuck people.

This style of play was secretly proposed by Li Mojie to Hornacek, which made Lao Huo surprised: "You kid actually studied such a set of tactics, you are trying to become a big brush!" ”

"Ugh." Li Mojie choked up, he couldn't say that the future Thunder team would brush Westbrook's triple-double!

The flaw of this style of play is that the player's shot selection is not very good, the ball is too concentrated and lacks change, and it is difficult to win the weak team and play the strong team.

In April, the Suns lost to the Spurs and Clippers, but Li Mojie still cut 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and 35 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and scored a triple-double in five consecutive games!

In the final three games, the Suns lost to the Grizzlies, won the Jazz, and defeated the unmotivated Kings in the final game to achieve a 61-21 record, ranking second in the West, behind the 67-15 Warriors. The NBA 2014-2015 season 2460 regular season games had a total of 58 triple-doubles, and the players involved were a total of 19 people, among them, Li Mojie, who contributed the most triple-doubles, played a total of 18 triple-doubles, and the second place was Thunder point guard Westbrook, Westbrook played a total of 10 triple-doubles.

This was followed by three times, with a total of four players who have delivered three triple-doubles, including Michael Carter Williams, Rondo, Harden, and Turner.

In addition, Bledsoe, Kobe, Reggie Jackson, Lowry, and Payton Jr. have all sent two triple-doubles. The rest are players with only one triple-double, namely Horford, Paul, Duncan, Evans, Cousins, Draymond Green, George Hill, and Rubio. I want to talk about "The New Magician of Basketball" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~