Chapter 167: The Lost Regular Season MVP (Thank You Brothers for Your Monthly Pass)
There are many criteria for the selection of regular season MVP, such as personal data, team record, ability to lead the team, leadership style, etc., in terms of players' personal honors, the gold content of regular season MVP is the highest in the regular season, and the highest gold award in the playoffs is the championship. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Before the Knicks' first-round series began, the league announced that the 2016-2017 regular season MVP winner was Cavaliers leader LeBron James, with Anthony coming in second behind James.
This is the fifth time James has won the regular-season MVP award, and James has also tied Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jordan, becoming the fourth player in NBA history to win five regular-season MVP trophies.
James' dribbling ability and leadership style are undoubted, the Cavaliers are second in the East, and their personal data is even more gorgeous, averaging a quasi-triple-double of 26 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game, and the regular season MVP is well deserved.
James won the regular season MVP and also made Anthony the most disappointed player in the regular season, Anthony has been famous for many years and has not been able to participate in the regular season MVP, and this season can be said to be one of Anthony's most recent MVP championship seasons.
In fact, Anthony's personal data is gorgeous enough, averaging 22 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, which is just a notch worse than James, but the Knicks' record is higher than that of the Cavaliers, adding a lot of points to Anthony.
The main reason why the jury finally abandoned Anthony and chose James was Wang Zhuo, the Knicks were able to play such an amazing season, and the jury unanimously agreed that it was the Knicks' head coach Wang Zhuo who made great contributions, and some people even pointed out that Anthony was able to appear in the MVP campaign list because of Wang Zhuo's training.
On the contrary, James's influence in the Cavaliers is much higher than that of Tyronn Lue, even if it is not an exaggeration to say that Tyronn Lue is a puppet coach, after a comprehensive comparison, Anthony unfortunately lost to his old friend James.
The head coach's brilliance overshadowed the star of the house, resulting in the star of the house losing the regular season MVP, which may also be the first case in the long history of the NBA.
Wang Zhuo was also really wronged, he didn't expect Anthony's defeat to have something to do with him, fortunately, the jury did not disclose such absurd evaluation criteria, otherwise it would inevitably lead to countless accusations and questions, and Wang Zhuo might also come forward in person to seek justice for Anthony.
"There's no player who doesn't care about this award, regrets are just regrets in the end, I will do my best to minimize regrets, we will do our best to hit the championship."
In an interview with the media, Anthony expressed his thoughts about missing out on the regular season MVP, and also pointed out the ultimate goal in the playoffs.
If someone else said such a thing, the media would definitely question him for blowing a big word, but it was different from Anthony's mouth, after all, the Knicks not only have the best record in the regular season, but also have a home-court advantage from the first round to the finals, and the first round 4-0 showed terrifying strength, which can be described as madness.
Although Anthony was calm in front of the media, Anthony was still haunted by missing out on the MVP trophy, and he vowed to play better in the next games to prove that he definitely deserved the regular season MVP.
The cost of provoking a superstar is often fatal, because superstars always respond with amazing power, and Anthony is no exception, so the Knicks' opponent in this round tragically became the ghost of Anthony after his rage.
The Knicks took a break for nearly a week before the first round of the playoffs came to an end, and there was no suspense in the first round, with the Knicks, Cavaliers, Raptors and Hawks in the top four teams in the East and the Warriors, Spurs, Clippers and Grizzlies in the West four rounds.
The Hawks defeated the Hornets 4-2 in the first round to advance to the semifinals and compete with the Knicks in the second round, and Howard was completely rejuvenated in the Hawks' system, averaging 20 points and 14 rebounds per game, returning to the peak season of the Magic era.
Howard's super performance is also an important reason why the Hawks are still among the strongest teams in the East after losing Horford and Teague, so whether the Hawks can go further depends entirely on Howard's performance.
The first game of the second round of the playoffs is on April 27 at the Madison Square Garden Arena, home of the Knicks, and before that, Anthony has just missed out on the regular season MVP trophy, so this game is destined to be Anthony's explosive moment.
From the beginning of the game, Anthony took over the game, playing 8 minutes in the first quarter and scoring 12 points in a single quarter, giving the Knicks an 8-point lead.
Not to be outdone, the Hawks' interior duo Howard and Millsap teamed up to dominate the restricted area, making the Hawks' basket a no-fly zone and stabilizing the situation on the court for the Hawks.
Rao is so, but Anthony is not afraid at all, and takes the dazzling offensive means to the extreme, relying on a strong body to play a single with his back to the back, a frontal jump shot against the defense, accurate shots outside the three-point line, and occasionally a sharp breakthrough to the inside line to shake off Howard's one-handed slam dunk, and the name of "offensive kaleidoscope" is well deserved.
By halftime, Anthony had grown to 26 points and grabbed four rebounds, one of which was taken over Howard's head.
Anthony's rampage gave Budenholzer a big headache, and he sent a double to pack Anthony in the second half, but Anthony was already unstoppable, even in the face of a double bag, the offensive firepower did not decline at all, and another 10 points were added in the third quarter, and after three quarters, Anthony's personal score has come to 36 points, leaving only 6 points away from the single-game scoring record in the playoffs.
With Anthony's rampage, the Knicks were 18 points ahead of the Hawks by the end of the third quarter, but the Hawks did not give up the game.
In the third minute of the fourth quarter of the game, Anthony once again put on the field, facing the Hawks' encirclement and interception, his power was undiminished, and he fired two consecutive shots outside the three-point line, tying his personal record for the highest score in the playoffs, and the difference between the two sides also came to 22 points, and the game completely lost suspense.
At 5 minutes and 36 seconds in the final quarter, Anthony burst inside, faced Howard's supplementary defense, hit a throw-and-hit board with one hand, and at the same time created Howard's foul, Anthony stood on the free throw line and hit it steadily, laying the game to win the game while refreshing the playoff personal scoring record to 45 points.
After that, the two sides came off the bench and the game went into garbage time, and Anthony used a hearty individual scoring show to tell the league that it was the wrong decision to award the MVP trophy to LeBron James, and that the victory was destined to belong to Anthony. (To be continued.) )