Chapter Ninety-Three: Playoffs

Before the playoffs begin, there are a few awards that have already been settled. Forrest Gump is like the scoring champion, James finally ranked first on the personal scoring average list with 32.5 points per game, and the title of scoring champion officially fell into his pocket.

For example, Zhang Kong's average of 22.1 rebounds per game set a new record since the seventh rebounding champion of a generation of madman Wilt Chamberlain won the rebounding king for the seventh time in the 67-68 season. This record is a full 40 years ago. However, the rookie's single-season rebounding average record is not broken, Wilt Chamberlain was obviously interested in rebounding statistics in the first season when he first entered the league, and in his first season in the league, he was still called the Philadelphia Knights, and he won the current rebounding champion with 1941 rebounds in a single season, averaging 27 rebounds per game.

For this data, it can only be said that it is ...... It's weird!

At the same time, the all-time highest single-season rebounding statistic also came from Wilt Chamberlain, who averaged 27.2 rebounds per game in his second season in the league.

Zhang Kong's average rebounds per game this season can only rank 11th in history, and he can't even enter the top ten. Although there are only two names in the top 10 single-season rebounding records, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.

At the same time, Zhang Kong has also ranked in the list of average blocks per game with an average of 4.3 blocks per game. The trophy of the king of blocks also fell into his hands.

Judging from these two data, the best rookie is also in the empty bag, and it is impossible for it to fall into the hands of others. The entire league, or the world, is left with only Bill Simmons, who is still firmly advocating that Durant has a chance to win the Rookie of the Year trophy.

In Bill Simmons' theory, although Zhang Kong's data is good, it is in the Cavaliers' team, and it is brushed out. Durant, on the other hand, is the leader of the SuperSonics, and the data is more convincing. In response, the mainstream media can only laugh and remain silent.

In terms of best defensive player, Zhang Kong is still the strongest candidate. Without him, his stats are too dazzling, the three main statistics that the best defensive players pay attention to, rebounds, blocks, steals, rebounds and blocks are all firmly nailed to the top in the way of breaking a bunch of historical records, and steals, although there are not many because of the relationship between position and tactics, but there are also an average of 1.5 per game, even higher than some guard players.

There are these three data as a base, and it will not be awarded to anyone else unless the league official is brain-dead.

As for the best rookie first team, the best team has no suspense for a while. Forrest gump

The only position with suspense is the regular season MVP.

Although there are many players participating in the regular season MVP selection, most of them play soy sauce. In the media, there are only five players who can really compete in the regular season MVP.

Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Chris Paul of the Hornets, Kevin Garnett of the Celtics, and LeBron James and Zhang Kong of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After a heated debate, many media outlets in the United States decided that Chris Paul and Kevin Garnett were slightly inferior in terms of both personal data and performance. And Kobe Bryant and LeBron James still have a gap, both in terms of personal data and in terms of team record.

And at this time, Zhang Kong stood up.

"I support LeBron's election as MVP." Speaking to the media before the first game against the Eagles, Zhang Kong said: "He's the most versatile player I've ever seen, and you won't find anything on the court that he won't do or won't do." His progress, his strong beating, I believe everyone sees it. “

When interviewed by the media, Zhang Kong, who was rated by the media as one of the three people who are most likely to compete for the regular season MVP, directly stood up and clearly supported LeBron James' election as the regular season MVP, which undoubtedly added a very weighty weight to LeBron James's election.

Generally speaking, though, regular season MVPs are awarded at the final stage of the winning team's first round of playoffs, and anything is possible before it is actually awarded.

"Zhang, thank you! Thank you for supporting me in front of the media. Before the game against the Hawks began, James took the initiative to find Zhang Kong. It had been a long time since they had spoken privately to each other.

The impact of that turmoil was deeper than the two of them knew each other, and after talking openly and honestly, although some problems were solved, the estrangement was inevitably established.

Both of them understood that they were not the same as they used to be.

Therefore, James never even imagined that Zhang Kong would actually stand on his side at the most critical moment of competing for MVP and speak in the media to support his election as MVP.

"I'm your friend LeBron." Zhang Kong smiled, put one foot on the stool, and carefully arranged the shoelaces: "Interests belong to interests, friendship belongs to friendship." Maybe next season we won't be teammates anymore, but at least we can be friends. ”

"Interests belong to interests, and friendship belongs to friendship." LeBron James also couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, Zhang, we'll be friends." No matter where we go in the future, we are always friends. Now, let's take our last chance and compete for the championship together! ”

The stadium of the Quick Loan Center was full.

Outside the stadium of the Quick Loan Center, there was a lot of noise!

In this somewhat remote eastern city, basketball is one of the few ways to get the quiet city pumping.

When the Eagles players came out, they almost thought they were in front of El Niño, and the boos turned into a storm that seemed to be a tumbling sea, roaring to overwhelm them and crush them completely. And when the Cavaliers players came out, the cheers were like an erupting volcano, almost lifting the roof.

The polar contrast even made some of the Eagles' young players with weak psychological tolerance tremble, and this year's list show, Al Horford is one of them, his face is a little pale in the face of the frenzy of the Quick Loan Center Arena, and his eyes also flash with fear from time to time.

So, home advantage is really important. When you play against the boos in the sky, if your psychological quality is not strong enough, just this endless boo like waves will make your hands and feet sore, and you can't play half of your state. Rookies often play the playoffs with dysfunction, and in addition to the fact that the defensive intensity in the playoffs is another layer higher than in the regular season, the psychological impact is also an extremely important reason.

Zhang Kong appeared in penultimate place, and when he appeared, the violent cheers instantly rose several decibels higher than before.

It was James who was delayed, and the already violent cheers were incredibly high again, and the violent sound even made the glass of the arena tremble.

The fans chanted James' name while shouting a big victory.

“mvp！”

“mvp！”

“mvp！”

“mvp！”

Fans embrace LeBron James in their own unique ways.

Looking at James, who was sprinkled with magnesium powder and seemed to be entangled in holy light under the light of the magnesium lamp, a trace of imperceptible jealousy flashed in the corner of his empty eyes.

Jealousy is the natural nature of man, and he is indeed jealous of the popularity James receives here. When Zhang Kong noticed this, he was even more determined to leave the knight. Because this place has been marked by James, he must find a piece of land that belongs to him.

The Cavaliers' lineup is still the same. Center: Ilgoskas, Power Forward: Zhang Kong, Small Forward: LeBron James, Scoring Guard: Larry Hughes, Point Guard: Gibson.

Mike Brown finally didn't think of a good way to target Mike Bibby, but he also had his own way.

If you can't think of a good way, you can crush it with absolute strength!

Jump ball, between Zhang Kong and Al Horford.

Seeing Al Horford, Zhang Kong pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly. Al Horford is probably the shortest guy in the league to jump ball with.

Seeing Al Horford staring closely at the basketball in the referee's hand, his eyes did not move, Zhang Kong smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, just play it as a regular season." ”

"Huh?" Al Horford was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Zhang Kong to say this to him at this time. It was at this time that the referee's whistle blew.

"Beep~~~~" With a sharp whistle, the orange sè's basketball flew into the sky from the referee's hand. At the moment when the basketball reached its highest point, Zhang Kong suddenly jumped. Al Horford reacted when he saw Zhang jump in the air.

"Despicable!" With a loud curse in his heart, Al Horford immediately followed suit.

But the height disadvantage, coupled with the delay in the start time, could not have touched the basketball at all.

Zhang Kong easily dialed the basketball in the air, but he didn't swing it back, but hit it directly to the front court. Because James, taking advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention, at the moment when he jumped the ball, he was already up and down.

Zhang Kong pulled out the basketball, and then James began to fall a little bit forward, just so that James who was on the move received the basketball just right, and the next thing to do was simple. There was no one in front of him, and behind him was a few steps away from Josh Smith, who was the closest person to him.

James stepped into the three-point line, slapped the basketball with both hands, and then took three steps.

One step, two steps...... By the time the two steps were complete, James was close enough to the basket!

Rumble!

A two-handed dunk full of power as a playoff opener!

Source: Forrest Gump