Chapter 32: Soaring

There was a dead silence in the ATT Center Arena, and the audience was silent, and many spectators covered their faces and watched all this in shock. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Scoring more than 100 points in a single game is considered to be completely impossible in modern basketball, but Zhang Guan miraculously did this, and even surpassed this 100 points!

101 points, this number seems to be a basin of ice water, instantly extinguishing the raging heat in the hearts of the Spurs. For the Spurs, this 101-point blow to morale is incomparable, even if the Spurs have an incomparably tenacious will, but facing an opponent with 101 points in a single game, it can't make the fighting spirit in the heart high.

But the game was not over yet, and just like last time, the referee stopped the game again and they started to watch the video again. They still have to make sure that at the moment when Zhang Guan scored, the time ran out.

In the end, the referee decided to return to the watch again, and the time was 0.5 seconds!

However, this time, the Spurs fans did not cheer, not because 0.5 seconds was not enough for a shot, but because of Leonard's foul, which made Zhang Guan have to add a free throw.

If you serve in the front court, 0.5 seconds is enough to throw a ball, but if you grab a rebound after a free throw, you won't even have a chance to shoot in 0.5 seconds. So Zhang Guan only needs to deliberately miss this ball, let the basketball bounce on the basket, and the time will run out.

Even with 0.5 seconds left, the Spurs were already out.

Zhang Guan once again stood at the free-throw line, while the Spurs players stood on either side with a dejected expression.

"It's time to finish!" Zhang Guan took a deep breath and aimed at the place where the basket and the rebound were handed, which would allow the basketball to bounce higher and consume more time.

"Whoosh!" The basketball shot, just smashed there, and then bounced high, and the Spurs players didn't even fight for this one rebound, because the basketball hadn't hit the ground yet, and the sound of the end of the game had already sounded!

The basketball smashed directly to the ground, and the game was over!

"Win, we win!" On the Lakers' bench, everyone rushed onto the court and hugged each other.

Black Eight Miracle! They gave the Spurs another dark horse miracle!

From falling behind 0-3 to turning the tables 4-3, no team in the league can do it, and now, the Lakers have done it!

At this moment, every Lakers player seems to see that the road to the championship has been paved in front of them. 0-3 behind can win four games in a row, and other difficulties and obstacles are nothing!

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"The Lakers have turned the tables! A comeback from 0-3 down! For the first time in history, a comeback from 3-0 down! ”

"Oh my God! Zhang Guan scored 101 points, he surpassed Chamberlain's 100 points! How is this possible? In modern basketball, there are still people who can score so many points! ”

On May 5, the entire American media was talking about Zhang Guan's 101 points in a single game, and they were also talking about the Lakers' comeback when they were down 0-3. There are even many media shouting slogans about the Lakers winning the championship.

If it were put in February, it would definitely be considered crazy to say that the Lakers won the championship, and the Lakers at that time could not even touch the threshold of the playoffs.

And when they're down 3-0, the whole world knows the Lakers are finished and they can prepare for next season.

But just over a week later, the Lakers stepped on the powerful Spurs and successfully advanced.

Anyone who watched this game knows that the Spurs played without problems, and it can even be said that they played better, and Duncan's 0.4-second shot is hailed as a classic in the history of the playoffs. But alas, they met a superhuman-like opponent, a Zhang Guan who could score 101 points.

In modern NBA games, if any player can score 50 or 60 points in a game, the opponent can directly surrender, let alone a super high score of 101 points! Thanks to the fact that the opponent is the Spurs, and it is also the Spurs team in the 2013-2014 season, if it were another team, I am afraid that it would have been defeated long ago.

And the result of this game also affected the selection of the regular season MVP.

Originally, Durant was the biggest favorite for MVP, and the rest of the favorites also included James, Griffin, Noah and Harden, their teams have a good record, entered the playoffs early, and their average data per game is also very good. And the Lakers only stepped into the playoffs on the last day of the regular season because of their average record, so Zhang Guan's call to win the MVP is not as good as Durant and James, at most it is comparable to Griffin.

James has won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, and people are optimistic about him three times in a row, and James is also one of the most popular among American athletes.

Durant's performance this season is indeed eye-catching, averaging 32 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and in the case of Wei Shao's injury, he led the Thunder to the first place in the West, scoring at least 25 points in 41 consecutive games, which also surpassed Jordan's 40 consecutive games, ranking third in history only behind Chamberlain and Robertson. Compared to Durant, Zhang Guan only led the Lakers to more than 30 games, which was his biggest weakness.

It's really unreasonable for a player who hasn't even played half of the regular season to win the regular season MVP.

However, the appearance of 101 points made the situation of the regular season MVP selection reversed in an instant.

Chamberlain's record looks unlikely to be broken by latecomers, the most memorable of which is naturally the 100 points in a single game, but Zhang Guan scored 101 points, although it is an achievement in the playoffs, but it has already established his image as the first basketball player in the hearts of the public.

This year, a total of 124 journalists and presenters from the United States and Canada participated in the regular season MVP, and each judge was required to select the 1st to 5th picks, including 10 points for the 1st pick, 7 points for the 2nd pick, 5 points for the 3rd pick, 3 points for the 4th pick, and 1 point for the 5th pick. That is, there are a total of 125 first-round votes.

On May 6, the NBA officially announced that Zhang Guan won the MVP of the regular season in the 13-14 season. Of the 125 first-pick votes, Zhang Guan received 122 votes, and the remaining three were divided between Durant and James, with Durant getting two and James getting one.

entered the NBA in the first year, played less than half a season, and won the MVP of the regular season, Zhang Guan is the first, and it is estimated that he is the only one.

Zhang Guan just hurriedly released an acceptance speech, because on May 6, the Lakers will face their second opponent in the playoffs: the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers finished fifth in the West in the regular season, and they defeated the Houston Rockets in fourth place in the West with a score of 4-2, giving the first-year combination of "Morden" a defeat.

In the controversy series, Howard averaged 26 points and 13.7 rebounds per game, and played the data of the NBA's No. 1 center, and Harden's average of 26.8 points per game was also unsatisfactory, but the level of on-court adaptability of Rockets head coach McHale really made people feel a little anxious, and he was almost led by the nose of the head coach of the Trail Blazers. In this round of the series, the Rockets scored more points than the Trail Blazers, and three of the four losses were within three points, just one goal difference. If you change to a high-level coach, you can easily make up for the gap of this one goal through on-the-spot tactical changes.

Aldridge Galillard's configuration looks more reasonable than the Thunder's two. It's just that the Trail Blazers start as fierce as a tiger and the bench is weak as a dog, which is something that the whole league knows. When it comes to the playoffs, many times it is bench depth, and a team like the Trail Blazers without bench depth is destined to not go far in the playoffs.

In the Western Conference semifinals, although the Trail Blazers are at ease, have home-court advantage, and are ranked higher than the Lakers in the regular season, everyone feels that the Trail Blazers are the weaker side, including the Trail Blazers themselves.

Because the opponent is the Lakers who just reversed the Spurs!

Because there is a Zhang Guan on the Lakers team who can score 101 points!

Being able to beat the Spurs in a series is a sign of strength in itself, and even the Heat may not be able to do that. And the existence of a single game with 101 points, even if it is just to play six or seven percent of its skills, and get a sixty or seventy points, it is enough for the Trail Blazers to raise their hands and surrender.

Although the Lakers only had a day off and were playing away again, their morale was high.

From 16-31 to making the playoffs, the Lakers have been on a rollercoaster ride; From falling behind 0-3 to turning the tables 4-3, the Lakers have once again experienced a rollercoaster ride. However, these two roller coasters have forged the steely will of the Lakers. Falling behind the Spurs 0-3 made every Lakers player more confident, even a veteran player like Gasol who won the championship has completed the transformation in this round of playoffs.

Victory after despair can make a coward fearless, a vulnerable person can become resilient, and on the court, especially on the playoff court, this fearlessness and tenacity are the best weapons.

The playoffs are like this, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!

The first match between the two sides, although it was played on the home court of the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers lost by a full 20 points. In the second round of the playoffs, this kind of score difference is uncommon. After all, none of them can reach the second round of the playoffs as a weak team, and they will work hard every game in the playoffs, and a 20-point difference is indeed rare.

The Trail Blazers' starters are still playing very well. Aldridge has a big double-double of 30+15, Lillard is also a quasi-double-double of 20+10, and Batum and Matthews also have good plays. However, after coming off the bench, the score was quickly stretched.

In terms of firepower, the Lakers' bench is not weak, and as long as it plays normally, it can barely cope with the playoffs. But the Lakers have an additional factor, and that is Nick Young's nerve knife.

In the case of Nick Young's power, the Lakers' bench is equivalent to the bench of a normal playoff team, and once Nick Young's nerve knife is used, I believe that many teams' starting lineups will also find it difficult to handle.

This season, Nick Young's frequency of play is still relatively high, otherwise it would not be possible to average 17.9 points per game. In the two consecutive games against the Trail Blazers on the road, Nick Young played well, scoring more than 20 points in both games, which is comparable to the total score of the entire Trail Blazers bench.

The bench was not strong, and the Trail Blazers lost the second game again, but this time they only lost by 9 points, which is a big improvement from the first game.

In a series, with two straight home losses, the Trail Blazers basically said goodbye to the playoffs.

On May 10, the Lakers finally returned to their home court in Los Angeles.

After a 0-3 comeback and 101 points in a single game, the Lakers came back to Staples like a dead end, and the whole of Los Angeles was boiling over that night.

It's been a long time since Staples Stadium has been so lively, and the stadium is not only full, but also has many big-name stars coming to help, after all, this is Los Angeles, the center of American entertainment, and the place with the most stars in the world. And with the Lakers' victory, the stars are willing to show up on the Lakers' home court.

Outside the stadium, it was also crowded with fans who didn't buy tickets, including the roads that were overcrowded, cheering for the home team. In order to thank these fans for their support, the Lakers also rented two large screens to broadcast the live game.

It's been a long time since Staples Field has seen anything like this.

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In such a home atmosphere, both Aldridge and Lillard played a little abnormally. Aldridge is entering the second round of the playoffs for the first time, so he hasn't seen this kind of formation; And Lillard is playing the playoffs for the first time, and a lack of playoff experience is inevitable.

When the Trail Blazers encounter a team like the Lakers, which plays the playoffs every year, the shortcomings of the playoffs are exposed, and when they reach the Lakers' home court, this shortcoming is magnified several times. The Lakers have players like Gasol, Famar, and Ci Shiping who have experienced the Finals, and D'Antoni's playoff experience is far better than that of Trail Blazers coach Stottes.

4-0, the Trail Blazers lost two more games and were swept by the Lakers, who also managed to advance to the Western Conference finals, where they faced the winner of the Thunder and Clippers.

The Lakers definitely want to play the Clippers more, the current Lakers are undoubtedly the darlings of Los Angeles, entering the playoffs, 0-3 overturning the Spurs, the Lakers have brought Los Angeles miracles again and again, plus there is a 101-point Zhang Guan, and now the Lakers' momentum is not much worse than when the OK combination Lakers dynasty was combined. In the case of a local derby, it means that every game is the home court of the Lakers.

It's just that the Clippers finally lost to the Thunder with a total score of 2-4.

In this round of the series, the Clippers did not lose unjustly. Statistically, the Clippers have more shots than the Thunder in every game, with an average of 10 more shots per game than the Thunder, and there is not much difference between the two sides in terms of shooting percentage, while the Clippers average 4 more assists per game, close to 3 steals and 5 fewer turnovers than the Thunder.

However, in rebounding, the Clippers lost to the Thunder by an average of 7.2 per game, which was the main reason for the Clippers' loss. In the playoffs, if there is no perverted accurate shooting percentage, protecting rebounding is an important thing. And the Clippers, who have Jordan Jr. and Griffin, lost to the Thunder in rebounding.

The Clippers relied on Jordan and Griffin to grab rebounds, and the two people who grabbed the most rebounds on the Thunder team were not center Perkins and forward Ibaka, but Dewey! Durant averaged 9.5 rebounds per game, which was the same as Jordan Jr., while Wei Shao averaged 6 rebounds per game, of which 2.2 were frontcourt rebounds, which is equivalent to using himself as an interior lineman, which shows how hard Wei Shao plays.

Rebounding the world, Ershao led the team to the Finals of the Western Conference in this way, and they faced the Los Angeles Lakers, who were waiting for work.

The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.