Chapter 181: Won the regular season MVP
This year's best team is generally not too controversial, and the players in every position deserve it.
For example, the Magic team Super Magic combination, who was both selected for the best team, Wang Chao averaged 29.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game.
Purely from the data point of view, Wang Chao has fully covered James, who averaged 26.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and has become a representative of a new generation of all-round forwards.
Howard, on the other hand, averaged 24+13.8+2.4 per game, playing the best performance of his career and the best performance of any center this season.
Kobe Bryant and Rose are the absolute core leaders of their respective teams, and although James is a Big Three configuration in the Heat, his personal performance is too prominent.
All five of them are the best candidates to be selected for the first lineup.
The selection of the second and third formations is also generally recognized by the public.
The only thing that is not friendly is that the San Antonio Spurs, who finished first in the West with a 61-21 record in the regular season and tied for second in the league with the Bulls, only Ginobili was selected to the best three teams.
As a team with 60+ wins in the regular season, there is only one best three-team player, which is really not good to look at.
But it can't be helped, the Spurs' toughness mainly comes from the depth of the team's roster, not the strength of a single star.
In the 10-11 season, the Spurs' top scorer was Tony Parker, who averaged 17.5 points and 6.6 assists per game, and then Ginobili with 17.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists.
The team's only superstar, Tim. Duncan is averaging just 13.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game this season, but that's exactly what makes the Spurs so strong.
The Spurs, who were not upset by the Grizzlies, are also one of the favorites to win the championship this year, and the odds to win the championship in the West are second only to the Lakers.
However, Wang Chao thinks that it is difficult to say whether the Spurs can pass the Thunder.
To be reasonable, the Thunder team in the 10-11 season has begun to show its edge.
Durant, who should have been selected for the first team, was squeezed into the second team by Wang Chao, but his personal data did not shrink in the slightest, but because he wanted to chase Wang Chao, Durant's data improved slightly, averaging 28.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, plus Westbrook who averaged 20.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, Harden with 12 points and Ibaka with 9.9 points, 7.6 assists and 2.4 blocks.
The extremely young and energetic Thunder team is really likely to hammer the old master Spurs to death with a mess of punches.
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On May 2, the second round of the Eastern Conference began, and the Magic sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Celtics.
Both sides know each other very well, after all, the two teams have met three times in the playoffs in the previous three years, and the Magic have had the last laugh on all three occasions.
This is the fourth year of the Celtics Big Three, and when they meet the Magic again in the playoffs, there are really not many people who are optimistic that the Celtics Big Three will have a chance to cross the mountain of the Magic.
And so it is.
In the first game, the Magic shattered the little illusions of Celtics fans with a big win.
Wang Chao scored 35 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists, and Howard scored 26 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks, and the two combined for 61 points.
On the other hand, on the Celtics' side, Ray Allen scored 25 points, Pierce scored 19 points, Garnett had 6 points and 8 rebounds, and the Big Three together only scored 50 points, counting Rondo's 8 points and 7 assists, the four scored a combined score of 58 points, which was not as high as the two of Wang Chao and Howard.
The final score of the two teams was 107:90, and the Celtics lost by 17 points.
Immediately after the second game, Celtic lost again, and the aggregate score came to 2:0.
The Celtics, who returned to their home court, relied on the home court advantage and Garnett's outburst to score 28 points and 18 rebounds, and finally pulled one back, but Boston fans didn't have time to rejoice, and the next game Magic staged a massacre on the Celtics' home court.
113:87, 26 points, 3:1 overall.
In Game 5 of the series, the court returned to Orlando, and the Celtics couldn't struggle any more and were eliminated 4-1, ending this playoff journey and falling in front of the Magic for the fourth year in a row.
The Celtics, who make up the Big Three, have not won a championship in four years, which can be described as a complete failure.
After this defeat, I am afraid that the Big Three of the Green Army will also be separated, especially Garnett and Ray. Allen, they should start preparing for a new home, they are not Pierce after all, they were born and raised in the Celtics, they joined the Celtics to compete for the championship, and now the group has failed, if you want to take advantage of the end of your career to win a championship, you must make a wise choice.
The Magic, who eliminated the Celtics 4-1, reached the Eastern Conference Finals, where they faced the Miami Heat, who also beat the Chicago Bulls 4-1.
Sure enough, Rose is still too young to lead the team alone, or the Bulls' lineup system dictates that they may play well in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the Bulls, who are seriously lacking in scoring points and offensive tactics, often can't take advantage of some strong teams in the league.
The game against the Heat is a stark example of this.
Rose, the Bulls' main scorer, was targeted and focused on defense by the Heat, and although he averaged 23.4 points, 4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game in five games, he shot only 35% from the field.
The Heat's Big Three scored 25.8, 23.2 and 18.8 points, respectively, with the Bulls scoring the highest 17.2 points for Ruel Deng other than Rose.
The difference in strength between the two teams is very obvious, no less than the gap between the Magic and the Celtics.
In this way, the Eastern Conference Finals is the pinnacle matchup between the Magic and the Heat, which fully meets the expectations of fans for the Eastern Conference Finals.
On the contrary, on the western side, both groups of duels broke out in the upset.
Like the original history, the Lakers were swept out of the game by the Mavericks 4:0, and there was no resistance in the whole process, especially in the last game, the Mavericks scored 122 points, while the Lakers, who had no fighting spirit, only scored 86 points, and the difference between the two teams was as high as 36 points, which shows the huge disparity in strength.
No one expected that the Lakers, who had reached the Finals in the past three years and won one championship, would be out in this form.
On the other side, the game between the Spurs and the Thunder also broke out an upset, and the young Thunder defeated the Spurs 4:3 and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
The Western Conference Finals, as in the original history, were still a matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
"In that case, the Mavericks should be the opponent of the final Finals......"
The Mavericks in the 10-11 season are still quite difficult, with Nowitzki's mid-range projection, Kidd's passing assists, Terry on the bench to strengthen offensive firepower, and Tyson. Chandler is not inferior to Howard's ability to protect the rim too much.
The Mavericks are distinctive, proficient in everything.
In Wang Chao's opinion, the Mavericks are obviously more difficult to deal with than the Heat.
Of course, the Heat team before the Finals is also a fierce rival.
As long as James doesn't pull his hips like in the finals, the superstar combined combat power of James + Wade is beyond the conventional level of the league, and it should not be underestimated!
Before the East-West finals began, the league announced the season awards.
Howard won the DPOY award for the best defensive player for the third year in a row, in fact, Howard's defensive efficiency this season has declined slightly compared to the previous two seasons, because he focuses more on the offensive side, but even so, Howard's defensive ability under the basket is still unmatched in the league, which is Howard's biggest advantage and reliance in his prime.
The best rookie was delayed by the Clippers for a season due to injury. Griffin is averaging 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and as a first-year player, Griffin's luxurious stats have made the league look forward to the future of this new generation of brutalist power forward.
The award for Best Sixth Man was won by the Lakers' Lamar. Odom won, who has been the sixth man on the Lakers for several years, Odom finally has a substantial honor to win, but unfortunately the Lakers have been swept out of the game by the Mavericks 4:0 at this time, and it is no surprise that Odom should be about to be swept away by the Lakers.
Of course, among all the season awards, the biggest and most talked about is the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, which is the regular season MVP.
In the final voting results released by the league, Wang Chao defeated Rose, Howard and James and other competitors with 27.4% of the vote, and won the regular season MVP for the second time in his career and the second time in a row.
Like last year, Wang Chao's win this year was also very thrilling, because Rose received 26.8% of the vote, which is almost on par with Wang Chao.
If you had voted again, the result might have been very different.
This result is actually not surprising, although Wang Chao's average of 29+7+8 per game is better than Rose's 25+4+7, and the team's 63 wins in the regular season are also higher than the Bulls' 61 wins, but the selection of the regular season MVP itself has a certain degree of subjectivity and regional differences.
Rose, as a native of the United States, naturally has an advantage in voting, and in terms of team record, the Bulls only won 41 last season, but this season they soared all the way to 61 wins, an increase of 20 wins.
The Magic, on the other hand, won 70 last season and only 63 wins this season, which will be taken into account by the reporters who voted.
Coupled with the league's current star-making actions, Stern also expects the league to have a "youngest regular season MVP in history".
However, Wang Chao finally narrowly defeated Rose under the profound background and won the regular season MVP.
Such a result surprised even Wang Chao himself.
He snatched Ross's MVP, so will there be a Ross clause during labor negotiations?
Could it be that the butterfly effect caused by Wang Chao will make the top rookies in the future earn more than 10 million less?
After thinking about it carefully, Wang Chao felt that he didn't care about him, anyway, he was not a rookie for a long time, even if the Ross clause was born as in the original history, it would not be good for him.
Being able to be the MVP of the regular season twice in a row is far more important to Wang Chao than giving benefits to other rookies in the future.
This is the most valuable award in addition to the championship and FMVP, and the number of regular season MVPs will often directly determine a star's historical status after retirement.
In the future, why will James be regarded as the second-most all-time star? The 4+4+4 combo package of regular season MVP, championship, and finals FMVP is indispensable.
Even if there are many people who question James's inflated historical status and think that he is not worthy of the second place in history, at least in terms of the results achieved, such an algorithm is the most scientific way.
Jordan 5+6+6, plus other small honors, the position of the first person in history is unshakable.
Jabba's six regular-season MVPs, six championships, two FMVPs, plus the all-time scoring champion accolades and was previously widely considered the second-largest superstar of all time.
Magician Erwin. Johnson 3 MVP, 3 FMVP, 5 championships.
Tim. Duncan 2 MVP, 3 FMVP, 5 championships.
As for things like Bill. Figures from ancient times, such as Russell and Chamberlain, were not of reference value because of the limitations of basketball and the team league at the time.
In general comparison, although the number of championships is a little less, the honor of 4+4+4 is completely powerful compared with these superstars, when James later broke Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring record, although it is still a little unstable to sit in the second position in history, but it is still an objective fact.
It's just that now, the situation may be different.
The appearance of Wang Chao has changed a lot of things, last season he snatched an MVP from James, and this year he snatched another one from Rose, at present, Wang Chao is already 2MVP, 2FMVP, 3 championships of honor bonus, if you win the championship again this year, it will be 3FMVP and 4 championships!
These hard honors can completely make Wang Chao rank in the top 15 positions in history.
James, who has lost a regular season MVP, will continue to face Wang Chao's sniping in the future, and the number of personal honors and even championships may be less than in the original history.
It is basically impossible to hit the second place in history.
It's not just James who has been affected by Wang Chao, since he crossed here, the trajectory of many stars has been affected.
Duncan's Spurs have one less championship, Kobe's Lakers are also one less championship, and the worst is the Celtics, the Big Three configuration failed to win the championship, for Garnett, a historically top-level power forward, a lifetime without a championship will be an important factor that seriously restricts the historical status.
Of course, Wang Chao has influenced a group of stars, making their historical status greatly reduced, but at the same time, he has also raised a group of stars.
Two-time regular season MVP winner Steve Brown. Nash now not only has a championship, but also has the blessing of FMVP, and his historical status has skyrocketed, and he has become the top point guard in history second only to Magic Johnson.
Howard's life trajectory was also changed by Wang Chao, although there was no regular season MVP, and he didn't get the FMVP because of Wang Chao, but the two championships are even about to win the third championship, which is destined for Howard to have a place in the top center in history, and the top ten in the history of the center position is not a big problem, and there will definitely be no embarrassing situation of not being selected as one of the top 75 superstars in the future.
(End of chapter)