Chapter 215: Three Joys (5/5)
(PS: It is a plus for "broken like a breeze".) It's late, I slept, and finally I don't owe more, and I'm relaxed. There are two more chapters guaranteed to update today, so you can look forward to it. )
"Chu, congratulations!"
Early the next morning, Chu Xuan was woken up by a phone call.
The person who called was Mitch Kupchak, this guy rarely called Chu Xuan, and when he called in the morning, he never appeared.
Chu Xuan was confused, confused, he was still sleepy.
"Three minutes ago, the NBA officially announced the results of the selection, you have been voted the best coach of the season, which is a great honor, congratulations." Kupchak explained.
When the surprise came, Chu Xuan naturally came to his senses. Still, he tried to calm himself down so that he didn't get overwhelmed with excitement.
"Mitch, that's why you called me so early?"
Kupchak let out a long laugh: "Yes, Chu, I want to be your first congratulator, so I will ignore the matter of time." ”
After a pause, Kupchak smiled: "Did it disturb you?" Young people are full of energy, but they still have to be temperate at night, so as not to lose energy during the day. ”
Facing Kupchak's teasing, Chu Xuan smiled: "Mickey, have you ever seen when I was not in good spirits?" ”
Kupchak was stunned: "Uh, it doesn't seem to have been, haha, Chu, you are a very good young man, I really appreciate you very much, keep it up." ”
Chu Xuan smiled: "Of course, sir, there is no doubt about it. ”
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After hanging up the phone, Chu Xuan opened the news section and paid attention to the news in the NBA.
Sure enough, on the headlines of the section, there was news related to Chu Xuan.
At 7 o'clock in the morning of the 26th, the NBA officially announced the attribution of the best coach award in the 13~14 season, and Lakers head coach Chu Xuan won this honor. This season, under Chu Xuan's coaching, the Lakers have a 59-23 record, ranking first in the West and second only to the Miami Heat in the league. It is worth mentioning that Chu Xuan was born on November 22, 91, that is, he is only 23 years old. With no professional coaching experience, he became the best coach in the NBA at the age of 23, Chu Xuan's talent doesn't need to be talked about too much, congratulations to him. ”
After reading the news, Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing, he really won the award, this rhythm seems to be very good, it seems that in the next few years, as long as he is still coaching, this best coach is afraid that he will monopolize it.
Considering his current age, it is believed that he is going to be famous all over the world again.
In fact, Chu Xuan did not expect much from his award this season, and he felt that the best coach award league would go to Spoelstra. And his preparation is to take the team's record to the next season, and then it will be natural to win the best coach.
However, what people didn't expect was that he actually won the award, which was a bit surprising.
Of course, Chu Xuan also learned that there are great differences in the outside world about the attribution of the best coach, with the vast majority of people thinking that it should be given to Spoelstra, while some people think it should be given to Chu Xuan.
Obviously, Chu Xuan's award was not expected.
Thinking of this, Chu Xuan couldn't help but smile and said to himself: "Next season, I will definitely let the attribution of this award without any suspense." ”
Of course, now that he has won the award, Chu Xuan will not care about other people's opinions, he wants to enjoy this joy.
Subsequently, many coaches and players in the NBA called Chu Xuan and congratulated him.
Of course, Chu Xuan could also hear the envy in the words of these coaches, but there was no way, he couldn't sacrifice the Lakers' record in order to let others win the award. Therefore, Chu Xuan couldn't help but say sorry to these guys in his heart, they were going to usher in a long drought period for awards in the future.
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I have to say that this season's Lakers have indeed gained a lot of honors.
First of all, Knoll won the best rookie.
Now Chu Xuan has been elected as the best coach.
It can be said that this is a rare occasion for the Lakers.
The whole Los Angeles, the huge city is filled with a festive atmosphere, Chu Xuan is creating a very high status here, and the fans like him very much.
Under the 3:0 of the first round of the series, Chu Xuan won the award again, which can be said to be a very big happy event.
However, in this situation, everyone can't help but look forward to another happy event, which is to beat the Kings and advance to the playoff division semifinals.
On the evening of the 27th, G4 started playing at the Arco Arena.
This ball was a ball that made everyone's jaws drop, and the Lakers suffered a big loss, allowing the Kings to pull one back, and the big score became 1:3.
Speaking of which, no one expected the Lakers to lose so badly, with a 20-point difference, this is not at all the strength that the Lakers should play. You know, no matter how you look at it, the Kings don't have what it takes to win the Lakers by 20 points.
However, the result of the game was laid out in a rigid manner, and the Lakers did lose by 20 points.
Many fans can't help but start to think that it is the league that manipulates the game to cause this situation, after all, there are not a few people who bet on football.
As a result, the public opinion turmoil is still quite big.
However, for Chu Xuan, he knew that this defeat was not the league manipulation that the fans thought, but that the Lakers really didn't play this game well.
Chu Xuan had some thoughts about the loss, and he felt that it was the result of the Kings team's explosion under heavy pressure. After all, in the last game, the Kings almost won.
Of course, more importantly, the competitive state of the Lakers players suddenly struggled, which made Chu Xuan immediately think of a solution.
Soon, the time came to the evening of the 29th, and G5 was held as scheduled.
This match is very similar to G3, the two sides fought until the final moments of the game, and it also had a chance to kill.
However, this time, the Lakers couldn't have the last laugh, and the Kings narrowly defeated the Lakers 117-116, bringing the big score to 2-3.
In this game, Wazquez scored 20 points and 16 assists, which was another amazing performance moment after he cut 13 points, 8 rebounds and 17 assists in the last game.
In addition, Cousins contributed 25 points and 14 boards. It is worth mentioning that in the last game, Cousins also played well, contributing 26 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
After winning two games in a row, the Kings' morale was greatly boosted, and there seemed to be a tendency to tie the series.
In the outside world, many people also think that this round of the series will hit a tie-break.
Of course, in this case, many people are also impressed by the Kings. There's no doubt that the Kings with Cousins will be a unique team with potential.
Although the Lakers are still in the lead, the pressure within the team has spread.
After Chu Xuan felt it, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, obviously, this new army of Lakers still needs to go through the playoffs.
Of course, Chu Xuan would not let the pressure flood the Lakers, and he began to talk to the players to relieve the pressure on the players.
During the two-day preparation period, Chu Xuan began to emphasize the team's defense.
The reason for this arrangement is entirely due to the tendency of the Kings offense to be somewhat difficult to contain.
And if the Lakers want to fight with the Kings to win the game, the variables are too big and not enough insurance.
In this way, Chu Xuan's arrangement was to fight a defensive battle.
During the preparation, the results of the Most Improved Player award were announced on the 28th, and the Bulls' Jimmy Butler won the award.
This season, Butler took advantage of Rose's injury and soared to become a hot star.
Butler played 73 games for the Bulls, averaging 36.4 minutes per game, contributing 20.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.7 blocks. The three hit percentages were 49.2%, 41.6%, and 87.9% respectively.
Such performances are completely star-calib, and Butler is emerging as the new core of the Bulls.
Butler's selection as the Most Improved Player is exactly what everyone expected. You know, last season, Butler was only able to contribute 8.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.0 steals.
For the Bulls, losing Rose and gaining Butler is not a small consolation.
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On the 29th, the sixth game between the Lakers and the Kings started at the Arco Arena.
After four quarters of defensive battle, the Lakers finally had the last laugh and drew a close to the series.
Whiteside contributed 18 points and 11 boards, and Noll had 16 points and 7 boards, and the power of the twin towers was still on full display. However, Cousins unequivocally contributed 27 points and 16 rebounds, but the Kings still lost 91-99.
The Kings lost the series, but they earned everyone's respect.
Many people feel that as long as the Kings have some reinforcements, then the future will definitely be one of the most difficult teams in the playoffs.
Of course, for the Lakers, the third happy event they were looking forward to finally arrived, and that was to advance to the semifinals. (To be continued.) )