Chapter 405: The Regular Season Ends
This season, the All-Star starting lineup has changed dramatically again.
On the eastern side, from the first position to the fifth position, they are:
Leevan, Derrick Rose, "Brother Alphabet", Paul George, Embiid.
If "Brother Alphabet" entered the starting lineup because of the departure of Kevin Durant, then Embiid entered the starting lineup because of Howard's downfall.
"Warcraft" proved with an average of 14.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game that the Wizards' choice last summer was not wrong, and he is indeed old.
In fact, some media have believed that the contract given by the Wizards is still a loss!
As a result of the indiscretions in his private life, Howard's state declines at a very frightening rate every year.
Now he is more suitable to be an auxiliary interior lineman, rather than an interior core who takes on heavy responsibilities.
The West is not only the ranking "devil" this year, but also the "devil" in the competition for All-Star starters:
James Harden, Stephen Curry and Westbrook are competing for two starting guard spots on the guard line, and Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Anthony Davis are also competing for two spots at the forward position.
In the end, James Harden and Curry were re-selected on the guard line, while Kevin Durant and LeBron James were on the forward position.
Don't ask why James won, ask is to vote that he is professional, and he is in Los Angeles, which is the most crucial.
In the center position, Oden became the starting center again with 21.3 points and 11 rebounds, as well as the team's third-place record in the West.
If you look at it this way, it seems that just Kevin Durant has replaced Anthony Davis, but the change in the pattern of the league is not something that can be seen by this simple change in one seat.
After the final result of the starting lineup, it was not long before the bench lineup had the final result.
Columbus is currently in second place in the East, with a total of three players named to the All-Star team, in addition to Lee Wan in the starting spot, and two other spots are Carmelo Anthony and Wiggins.
The players with the most players on this year's All-Star team are the Warriors and Raptors.
On the Raptors' side, the "trash brothers", Paul George and Marc Gasol were selected as this year's All-Stars; On the Warriors' side, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Green and Kevin Durant were selected for the final lineup.
Ibaka and Iguodala looked across the river, looking slightly embarrassed.
In addition, this year, there is finally no large-scale "newcomer" to replace the "old man" into the lineup.
The renewal of the alliance has temporarily entered a period of stability.
On Feb. 7, news broke from the Boston Celtics that they traded Kyrie Irving to the Lakers in exchange for one of their first-round picks, Kuzma.
The deal happened suddenly, but it didn't cause much buzz.
First, Kyrie Irving's coffee position is now a guy who barely reaches the All-Star line, with no achievements and no hardcore honors, even if he was traded to the Lakers, but the Lakers also took out Kuzma, although they also formed a "quad All-Star team" of LeBron James plus Chris Paul and Kyrie Irving plus Jordan Jr.
However, the strength of this lineup is still a bit behind the current "top three" in the West.
A more important point......
Just LeBron James and Chris Paul are standing in the backcourt, and this ball possession is obviously a bit insufficient, and now with a Kyrie Irving who can't play without the ball, this ball is even more tense!
Is this backfield really compatible?
A reporter complained about LeBron James at this time: "This is his 15th season in the NBA, why can't I see him have relatively stable shooting?" ”
You know, even Jordan Jr. has figured out a pretty good free-throw shooting percentage this season!
What's more, it's LeBron, who is self-disciplined every season summer!
It seems that this projection talent is poor!
When LeBron James saw these news, he almost "vomited blood" in anger, this Nima, trading Owen has a fart relationship with me?
Can this meeting be held on me?
There is another reason why these experts are not surprised that Irving was traded, that is, Tatum's growth this season is not as expected, in the eyes of many experts, Irving's existence has affected the growth of "Tanhua", and the Celtics' record this season is only the sixth place in the East, as the core of Irving's ability to lead the team is not qualified, in this case, he was sent away, and it is reasonable to correct the "Double Tanhua".
On February 13, All-Star Weekend arrived.
In the previous seven games, the Columbus Explorers won a wave of seven consecutive wins, and were unbeaten in the whole of February, and Li Wan's performance was as strong as ever, in these seven games, five games averaged 50 plus per game, and two games were also above 40 points.
A very exaggerated number, in so many games that have been played this season, Li Wan's lowest score in a single game is 43 points, that is to say, if you don't count the rotation, he has won 50 games in a row 40 plus!
This performance is no longer a question of whether it explodes or not, but it has never been seen since ancient times!
Every time these media calculate these data, they can't help but show incredible expressions.
It's really perverted!
Such a hot state also makes Li Wan's current average score per game 55.8 points, although it is not as hot as in January, but it is still a god-level performance that surpasses Chamberlain.
And during the All-Star Weekend, Li Wan also continued to perform vigorously, scoring 66 points and 18 three-pointers in the All-Star Game, refreshing the record in these two aspects of the All-Star Weekend to a "new" height.
Li Wan also relied on this explosive performance to help the East and West All-Star Team win, and he himself won the third MVP of the All-Star Weekend.
This allowed him to tie Michael Jordan.
Although Li Wan himself is to complete the task.
But no one knows about this matter, and the outside world speculates that Li Wan is swearing sovereignty to Michael Jordan, otherwise why didn't he play a "god-level performance" when Charlotte held the All-Star Weekend as before?
In fact, a better explanation is that Li Wan has been in good form this season, so it is not surprising that he continued his excellent form during All-Star Weekend. However, there is obviously no explosion in this explanation, for the media and fans who are looking forward to the explosion, they are more inclined to think that Li Wan is swearing sovereignty to Michael Jordan, that is, in this way, let everyone know that Michael Jordan's era has passed, and now is the era of Li Wan!
Michael Jordan did not respond to these remarks, and Li Wan did not respond, because if this kind of remarks are responded, it will be a failure for these media!
Li Wandu has been in this league for 12 seasons, can he still let this group of media succeed?
It's impossible!
After the All-Star Weekend, the free market also closed, and last summer's big trade caused the free market to go through a round of "big purge", so this year's All-Star Weekend ended, and the free market didn't have any big trades, and it ended very quietly.
The first game after All-Star Weekend was the Columbus Explorers taking on the New York Knicks on the road.
This is the first time Li Wan has returned to New York in the new season.
Li Wan's outstanding performance this season can make the people of New York greedy.
But they can only be greedy here, because Li Wan already belongs to Columbus.
Every time they think about this, New York fans can't wait to find Dolan immediately and shoot him directly.
It's a pity that since Li Wan left New York, this B has been very cautious, not giving them this opportunity at all, and he has not appeared in public, and it is said that he has not returned to China in Europe for several years.
It just sounds miserable, but New Yorkers don't intend to forgive him.
Well......
No matter how miserable he is, can he be miserable with them?
They even deprived themselves of the joy of cheering for Giegie at home, you say, can they forgive?
This Nima is a mortal enemy!
The New York Knicks' record has improved slightly this season, and they are currently hovering between 10th and 12th in the East, and the main reason for their rise is the growth of Fultz, the next "King of New York" appointed by Lee.
This season, the 17-year "champion" data has risen significantly, and so far he can contribute 20.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, and he can already get the data of "20 plus 5 plus 5".
The second season of his career can contribute such statistics, if it weren't for the four years that Li Wan spent with the New York Knicks, I'm afraid that New York fans would have fallen at this moment.
Before Li Wan took charge of New York, there was one core player in the city, and there was no guy with such a bright future.
It's a pity that after meeting Li Wan, Fultz's growth rate is still a little slow in their opinion, of course, because of Li Wan, they are willing to continue to give enough time to grow.
And it's only some fans who are too slow, and most fans are giving more expectations.
However, in this game, they still unconsciously incarnated as "Li Wan's fans", sending huge cheers for Li Wan's attacks again and again, this season New York can see Li Wan in their home stadium, they are really reluctant to give up even a second.
So......
From the very beginning of the game, they had a direct showdown with their "identity":
Don't pretend!
I'm going to call Li Wan crazy!
In this game, Li Wan did not live up to the expectations of these New York fans, and cut the first single game of 60 plus in February, and rushed to this performance, and the New York fans shouted one by one, "Enjoyable, enjoyable!" ”
It was also after watching Li Wan's performance......
It's no wonder that some New York fans feel that Fultz's growth is still too slow.
In front of Li Wan, I'm afraid that no matter who it is, the growth rate will be slowed down by New York fans, right?
After playing the New York Knicks, the Columbus Explorers will still have the Philadelphia 76ers left in the focus game in February.
It's not that this team can cause any trouble to Columbus, but the media and fans simply love to watch Lee Wan educate Ben Simmons.
In the first 7 games of the All-Star Weekend, he averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game, such an all-round performance made his reputation soar, and many people felt unhappy that he failed to enter the bench.
And after the All-Star Weekend, his momentum has also been maintained, and in one game he got a "triple-double" of 17 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
It's just the night that Ben Simmons isn't happy with this stat because ......
Thinking that their next game will be against Levan and the Columbus Explorers, how can Ben Simmons be happy?
The devil knows, will this "senior in the rivers and lakes" give him another set of "defense packages"?
To say that Ben Simmons does know Li Wan well enough, he really guessed correctly, Li Wan once again prepared a "telescope package" for him in this game, and Ben Simmons was closed again.
He really doesn't have a basket!
When playing other teams, he can still bully other people's height with his back, and in the face of Li Wan, he doesn't dare to fight at all.
That would only make it more embarrassing.
Before the start of this game, the Philadelphia 76ers were 7-1, including a wave of six consecutive wins, and directly entered the top three in the East, but they lost to the Columbus Explorers by 20 points in this game.
Their model is that "double stars" work together, and both are indispensable.
With Ben Simmons only 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 turnovers, the Philadelphia 76ers naturally can't win the game on Embiid alone.
February ended in a ferocious month for Columbus, losing just one of 14 games.
This ferocious momentum also allowed them to continue in March......
It wasn't until March 20 that they lost their first game of March.
During this period, Li Wan's momentum has not decreased, but has risen, and he can score an average of 58.4 points per game!
Such a state is also the key to the Columbus Explorers' winning streak.
Speaking of which, Li Wan really rarely has a "mileage sadness"!
As long as he plays well, the team will win most of the time.
And during this time, they also gnawed a lot of "hard bones", such as the Hornets and Trail Blazers that they lost before, and they won them back this time.
However, the last time we played against these two teams, it was the Columbus Explorers who had few people, and this time, there were few people on the opposite side.
The head coaches of the Trail Blazers and Hornets have obviously figured it out, it is now the end of the season, and the playoffs will not meet the Columbus Explorers until the Finals. That would also take a toll on the morale of the whole team.
In that case, there is no need to take the risk.
Losing this game is not a big deal.
After losing on March 20, the Columbus Explorers also entered a period of rest, losing four of their final 13 games.
Finally, after winning the Celtics in the final game of the season, the Columbus Explorers ended the 18~19 season with a 69-13 record.
When I woke up early in the morning, my father-in-law's family had come to relatives for several days, and I looked confused, and then I realized that I had said last night that I was going to come here for dinner today, and I couldn't understand their local dialect at all...... But I'm determined to keep changing for two days!!
(End of chapter)