(This is the second watch, there is a third watch later, it is estimated that around 12 o'clock, if you can't wait, you can see it again tomorrow, tomorrow will be four more, and make up for yesterday's missing one.) ）

CJ McCollum, a rookie who was selected with the 10th pick in the first round in '13, is one of the lottery favorites.

But in his first two seasons in the league, McCollum's performance was not very good, averaging 5.3 points per game in his rookie season and 6.8 points per game in his sophomore year, and his performance did not match the draft pick at all.

At the end of last season, when team boss Aldridge announced his departure to join the Spurs, everyone thought that the Trail Blazers were finished, and Lillard alone was far from enough to support the Trail Blazers to break into the playoffs.

It was at this critical juncture that McCollum rose to prominence, at a time when everyone thought he was destined to be a parallel commodity with no potential.

In the new season, McCollum grew rapidly and formed a backcourt duo with Lillard, averaging 20.8 points per game and shooting 44.8% from the field in the regular season, stunning the entire league.

Compared with McCollum, Wang Feng's performance this season is not bad at all, or even better, with the same average of 20+ points per game, and the main scoring means are better than McCollum's shooting and shooting percentage from outside the three-point line.

What's more, Wang Feng is also quite accomplished on the defensive end, and he is also the league's steal king.

However, if you only consider the performance of this season compared to last season, McCollum is undoubtedly more suitable for the Most Improved Player award than Wang Feng.

After all, Wang Feng was already a main player who could contribute an average of 15 points per game in the playoffs last season, and now he is only averaging 15 points per game to 20 points.

McCollum, on the other hand, improved his average of nearly 6.8 points per game from last season to 20 points.

However, the trophy was eventually awarded to Wang Feng.

Maybe it's because Wang Feng is more popular, or maybe Wang Feng was selected as an All-Star in a single season, and the best team and the best defensive team make him a higher bonus in the eyes of the reporters who voted.

The Most Improved Player award itself doesn't have much value, and not many people will remember that their idol has won this kind of award.

The simplest example is Maddie, who is super popular in China, and the first thing people think of when they mention Maddie is his status as a two-time scoring champion, the title of the four quarterbacks, and the Maddie moment of 35.13 seconds.

What fan would cross their fingers and tell others that their favorite idol has won the Most Improved Player award?

Therefore, although Wang Feng won this award quite controversially, not many people will think about it, and even Wang Feng himself, after learning the joy of winning the award at the beginning, quickly calmed down, the only thing he still has some expectations is whether this award can make his season rating to the next level.

……

While the various season awards were announced, the second round of the playoffs finally came to an end.

The Eastern Raptors and the Heat fought fiercely for 7 games, and finally the Raptors defeated the Heat 4:3 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

On the western side, the game between the Spurs and the Thunder surprised most people in the league, and it was the Thunder who eliminated the Spurs 4:2 to advance to the Western Finals.

Judging by the regular season record, the Spurs, who have 67 wins, are obviously better than the Thunder, who have only 55 wins, and the team's lineup is more reasonable inside and out.

But that's basketball, and sometimes, it's not a game that makes sense enough to win.

Leonard and Aldridge's inside-outside combination is completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the double outside combination of Durant + Westbrook, especially Leonard, who is highly expected by the Spurs, is completely inferior in the confrontation with Durant.

Leonard can't be blamed for that.

As a traverser, Wang Feng knows best, Leonard's strongest peak was in the 18-19 season, when he led the Raptors to win the championship, Leonard really became the top star in the league at that time, and he was impeccable at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

And now Leonard is still a little bit less interesting.

……

The opponents of the Eastern and Western finals have been decided, and the best game is finally about to begin.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Toronto Raptors.

Golden State Warriors vs Oklahoma City Thunder.

"To confront Kevin. Durant's ......"

Wang Feng's expression was quite solemn.

Although Durant's career has been accompanied by all kinds of doubts and stains, he is the strongest scorer at the forward position, and there is no problem with his personal ability!

Not to mention the small forward position, even if you look at the entire history of the league, except for Joe, no star dares to say that his ability to score on offense can overwhelm Durant.

At least 2.10 meters tall and 2.28 meters of arm span make it extremely difficult for Durant to block opponents in the same position when shooting, and Durant also has the soft feel of a top shooter, like a strengthened version of Nowitzki!

Wang Feng had already played against Durant in the regular season...... Anyway, that experience wasn't particularly good.

Wang Feng, who is 2.01 meters tall, is actually not low, and many small forwards in the league are even less than 2 meters tall, but standing in front of Durant, Wang Feng still feels very low, and the interference he can form when Durant shoots has very little impact, even if there is a defensive deterrent badge.

Even the purple Defensive Deterrent badge is not a panacea.

Its function is only to reduce the opponent's hit rate in the case of effective interference, and the degree of reduction is directly related to the level of interference effect.

Against a top shooter like Durant, the Defensive Deterrent badge can't completely limit the opponent's scoring when it can't completely block the opponent's view.

In the four games between the Warriors and the Thunder in the regular season, Wang Feng played against Durant throughout the whole game, and the opponent scored 24 points, 21 points, 27 points and 25 points in the four games under his defense.

With an average of 24.25 points and a shooting rate of around 45%, Wang Feng's defense still has some effect, but it is obviously not enough.

Wang Feng doesn't know what kind of impact the butterfly effect will have on this Western Conference final game, it stands to reason that the Warriors at this stage are stronger than the 73-win Barnes version of the Warriors, but if he can't prevent Durant, God knows if there will be any moths.

For example, when the Warriors fell behind 1:3, they did not set off any Jedi turnaround, but were simply won by the Thunder team.

Wang Feng couldn't be sure, so he felt that he had to win the Thunder team steadily, and the bigger the big score gap, the better, preferably 4:0, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong.

To do this, finding a way to contain Durant is the most critical link.