James's record against Sun Zhuo in the regular season was refreshed to 7-0 wins, and he still failed to defeat Sun Zhuo once, he had a good chance to win today, if he could shoot that key three-pointer, instead of shooting a three-pointer, the result would be different, it seems that James's three-point shot and ability to shoot key shots still need to be strengthened.

Today is the last day of the regular season, and not long after this game, the entire NBA schedule today, the regular season of this season is over.

In the end, the Orlando Magic became the champion of the Southeast Division with a 54-28 record, and the second-place team in the East.

With an average of 38.8 points per game, Sun Zhuo has undoubtedly become the scoring champion this season, and this is also the first time in his career that he has won the scoring title.

"Congratulations on becoming the scoring champion of the season and being rewarded with a special training card."

At the same time as winning the scoring title, Sun Zhuo also received a reward from the system, but Sun Zhuo did not rush to use this special training card, and wanted to see if he could get the regular season MVP after a while.

The score of 38.8 points also surpassed the record of 37.09 points per game of Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, in 1987, which is the highest average score per game in the past 43 years, second only to Chamberlain's average of 50 points per game in 1962 and Chamberlain's average of 44.8 points per game in 1963, ranking third in NBA average points per game history.

At the same time, Sun Zhuo's height of two meters and three small forwards shows people his fanatical pursuit of scoring, generally people of this size, rarely so obsessed with scoring, Maddie and Sun Zhuo are similar in stature, and have also won the scoring title, but Maddie also revealed after retiring that he has always wanted to show himself like Pippen, if it were not for the injury of Hill and others, he would not have become the scoring champion, he was forced to win the scoring title.

Kobe Bryant is more in line with people's assumptions of scoring champions, his average points per game is amazing enough, this season's average of 36.6 points per game, second only to Sun Zhuo, is the second highest scoring this season, 36.6 points per game is also higher than the previous life's 35.4 points, the increase of 1.2 points is probably the result of Sun Zhuo's stimulation.

In addition to the scoring title, Sun Zhuo also has the opportunity to win an honor, that is, the regular season MVP trophy that all players dream of, the results of the regular season MVP will be announced in the second round of the playoffs, and now Sun Zhuo has no way of knowing the results.

The regular season is over, and two days later, the playoffs will officially begin, and the regular season rankings and matchup results have also been released.

West: No. 1 Spurs vs. Kings, Mavericks vs. Grizzlies, Suns vs. Lakers, Clippers vs. Nuggets.

East: No. 1 Pistons vs. Pacers, No. 2 Magic vs. No. 7 Chicago Bulls, Heat vs. Wizards, Nets vs. Cavaliers.

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Orlando Magic Training Gym, two days before Game 1 of the Magic vs. Bulls playoffs.

At this time, 14 teams in the NBA have been disbanded and the players have returned to their homes, and it is a completely different time from the regular season.

There is still laughter in the Magic training gym, no different from the regular season, the tallest Dwight Howard is the most cheerful one, his happiness can always be transmitted to others, this moment, for them, is more of a release at the end of the regular season than the tension of the playoffs, although Howard, Nelson and others are entering the playoffs for the first time, but more excited.

Sun Zhuo is not particularly worried about the next first round of the series, the Chicago Bulls team is not a strong team, the two teams have their own wins and losses in the regular season, the reason why Sun Zhuo does not pay much attention to it is that the other party does not have a superstar, especially the two points of no super center and super scoring champion, so Sun Zhuo feels that the promotion is not a big problem.

The Bulls only have Tyson Chandler who can compete with Dwight Howard, and the Bulls' leading scorer this season is Ben Gordon, who averages 17 points per game, and Sun Zhuo averages more than twice as many points per game.

In addition, the core lineup of the Bulls is as young as the Magic's lineup, Nocioni, Rohr Deng, and Kok Simridge all entered the NBA in the past three years, and none of the top four players in the Bulls' season scored entered the NBA earlier than Sun Zhuo.

In terms of experience, if they can't have an advantage over Sun Zhuo and rely on ability, Sun Zhuo feels that they will not have any chance of winning.

Therefore, Sun Zhuo's state is also very relaxed, waiting for the opponent's challenge with peace of mind.

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On April 22, the first game of the playoffs, the Magic faced the Bulls at home, and this game was also broadcast by CCTV.

Yu Jia: "Hello viewers and friends in front of the TV, today is the first day of the NBA playoffs, Mr. Su Qun and I will explain to you the first game between the Magic team and the Chicago Bulls that we are very familiar with. ”

"Yes, because of Sun Zhuo." Su Qun lifted his glasses and continued, "Sun Zhuo's performance in the regular season this season, only in terms of scores, can be said to be historic, the average score per game in the regular season is second only to the basketball emperor Chamberlain, and ranks second among the NBA all-time scoring champions. ”

"It can be said that one person is below ten thousand people!" Yu Jia said excitedly.

"That's right, you see Kobe Bryant also broke out this season, and he didn't win against Sun Zhuo in the end, can you say that Kobe Bryant's skills, experience or scoring ability are not as good as Sun Zhuo? I can't judge like that, I think Sun Zhuo's stability is better, you see he can always rely on a few shots in every game, a few three-point shots in the bottom corner, and a few fast-break counterattacks, in the last few games, I have observed that Sun Zhuo has to throw one or two chasing three-pointers every game, that is, in the fast-break counterattack, when the opponent has returned to defense, he doesn't wait for his teammates to fall into position, and shoots directly to the three-point line. If he can ensure this kind of stability in the playoffs, the Magic will have no problem advancing to the second round of the playoffs. Su Qun said.

Yu Jiashen smiled and nodded: "That's right, the Magic is a very young team, except for Sun Zhuo, players like Howard and Nelson have never played in the playoffs, and they have only entered the NBA for less than two years, including media fans are generally not optimistic about the prospect of the Magic winning the championship, but if you don't talk about the championship, just talk about this round, Magic vs. Bulls, I think there is no problem, the Magic team is very young and inexperienced, and the Bulls are just as young and inexperienced." ”

"The confrontation between two young teams must have something unexpected exciting in it." Su Qun said with a smile.

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Amway Arena, the home stadium of the Magic, the whole audience is uniform, and the floor is also marked with the logo of the playoffs, since Sun Zhuo joined the Magic, it is the first time he has seen so many people at home.

When entering the stadium, the audience gave Sun Zhuo the warmest applause, this applause represents the fans' infinite expectations for Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo has done too many unexpected things this season, they hope that Sun Zhuo can continue to create miracles, you know, the Magic team has never been involved in the championship.

There were many people wearing Sun Zhuo's jersey and holding signs to cheer for Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo is the absolute number one star here, different from when he was in the Lakers before, and this is also the first time in his career that he led the team to the playoffs alone.

"Even though I made the playoffs every year for the first two seasons, I always feel like I'm playing the playoffs for the first time, and I'm nervous." Sun Zhuo didn't expect that he was still quite nervous, he looked at Howard, this heartless guy played the playoffs for the first time, he still had a smile on his face, he didn't look nervous at all, he didn't expect that he was not as good as a complete newcomer.

Carey Mulligan also came to the scene to support Sun Zhuo, she only arrived in Orlando today, Sun Zhuo smiled and beckoned to her, and did not deliberately go over to greet her, if he was not very familiar, Sun Zhuo would do this, but Sun Zhuo and Kerry are in contact almost every day, and the relationship between the two is gradually developing towards lovers, but they are more cautious in front of the public.

Before the opening, Bulls coach Skels gathered the players together and said to them: "We are a very young team, the same opponents, we have wins and losses with them in the regular season, we are not much worse than them, the playoffs are completely different games from the regular season, the ranking is a meaningless thing, even if they are the first in the East, we can still smash them hard, listen, don't have any worries on the court, play your best, we will win, trust me." ”

Skyles didn't just want to cheer up the players to say these things, he really felt that the Bulls had a chance, Sun Zhuo was indeed strong, but the playoffs were not for one person to decide the game, on the contrary, the Bulls were relatively balanced compared to the Magic, the Magic could not limit the Bulls' offense, and the Bulls had to deal with the Magic, and the goal was too obvious.

"Nocioni, how are you?" After speaking to everyone, Skeles also made a point of concern for Nocioni.

"I'm fine, Coach." Nocioni replied with a little nervousness.

Skeles knew about the grievances between Nocioni and Sun Zhuo, as early as the Olympics, Nocioni was defeated by Sun Zhuo, and then entered the NBA, and was also targeted by Sun Zhuo once, and Skeles was worried that Nocioni would be afraid when he faced Sun Zhuo.

Skeles patted Nocioni on the shoulder and said: "I said, the playoffs are completely different games, different from all the games you have played, including the Olympic games, the victory or defeat of one game is not important, the individual victory or defeat is not important, you need to pay attention to the process of the whole series, we are playing away now, we have to play with momentum, understand?" ”

"Coach, I won't let you down!" Nocioni is not a confessed guy, and past grievances have given Nocioni the motivation to take revenge.

The game started quickly, with the Magic starting Jamil Nelson, DeSean Stevenson, Sun Zhuo, Turkoglou, Howard, and the Bulls starting point guard Ben Gordon, shooting guard Hinrich, small forward Nocioni, Malik Allen, and Michael Sweetney.

"Not on Chandler?" Sun Zhuo felt a little strange after seeing the lineup, if it weren't for Tyson Chandler, no one in the Bulls could match Howard in height.

Sun Zhuo tried to calm down his slightly nervous mood, the first attack, as soon as Sun Zhuo got the ball, the fans at the scene kept shouting, shouting for Sun Zhuo to rush, they didn't look like they were watching the magic to win the championship, but wanted to see how Sun Zhuo performed to score, and some fans even began to discuss with each other such a question:

Who is the highest average points per game in the NBA playoffs?

Magic's first offense, Sun Zhuo and Howard did blocking and dismantling at the top of the arc, Sun Zhuo used the blocking and dismantling, rushed forward, attracted the defense, and quickly distributed the ball to Howard, Howard also found that the opponent did not have players above two meters and 10, and the first offense in the playoffs was very resolute, and he was going to dunk the ball to the basket.

But the Bulls' defense is still good, plus Howard is a little nervous, this first goal did not score, but Howard followed up with his height advantage to grab the rebound, and attacked again, but unfortunately did not score again, this time, the rebound was won by the Bulls.

"It's okay, I'll pass you the ball again." Sun Zhuo stepped forward to comfort Howard, who was a little depressed and didn't speak.

After that, it was the Bulls' turn to attack, the Bulls didn't have a real scorer, Ben Gordon was a two-way guard, but his ability was quite far behind Wei Shao and Curry, so Sun Zhuo didn't take him too seriously.

The Bulls are really young, the first offense, there was a passing error, Sun Zhuo got the ball, rushed to the frontcourt, this kind of fast attack score, it is simply a gift, Sun Zhuo has always been very good at seizing such opportunities.

However, although the Bulls made mistakes at a young age, they also had a positive attitude to make up for their mistakes, and at the moment of the mistake, the Bulls returned to the defense with all their strength, and finally Sun Zhuo forced a fast-break layup, passing Nocioni and Hinrich, but was capped by Sweetney who was chasing behind.

Sun Zhuo's first fast counterattack failed to succeed.

"The Bulls are really fast." Yu Jia sighed.

Su Qun said: "These two teams are very young, there will definitely be a lot of mistakes, and the pace will be very fast, like this fast attack, there will be a lot in this series." ”

Howard and Sun Zhuo didn't start well, but the Bulls used Malik Allen to pull out and single Howard, and hit the first ball of the game when Howard didn't dare to go too far.

After playing for a few minutes, Sun Zhuo found that the Magic team was becoming more and more passive, and the players were getting more and more nervous, this was the home court of the Magic, and it should have been a game in which the Magic had a complete advantage, Sun Zhuo didn't want to play like this, so he immediately used to play BUG to let the Magic team take the lead in the score first.

After two shots, the Magic were about to take the lead, but at this time, Ben Gordon immediately stepped up and shot a three-pointer, causing the game to continue to stalemate.

When Sun Zhuo was going to attack the opponent's inside, the two-meter-16 Tyson Chandler also appeared, Sun Zhuo stood with Chandler, this guy was half a head taller than Sun Zhuo, with Sun Zhuo's current dunk and layup ability, it would be difficult to score in front of him.

The first game of the playoffs doesn't seem to be easy.