On his second and last trip to the Lakers this season, Xu Yong visited Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles.

He finished his afternoon workout and went there when Kobe Bryant was shooting in a wheelchair.

Xu Yong was a little moved when he saw it, and he remembered an interview video he had seen in his previous life.

It was an interview with Tyronn Lue, who had become the head coach of the Cavaliers at the time, and Lue recalled an incident from Bryant's first year in the league.

The 17-year-old Bryant (at a time when the league still allowed high school drafts) fractured his left wrist against the Wizards and put a cast on his left hand.

Normal people are recuperating at this time, and Lu thought the same when he went to the training gym, and he was a little excited.

Because Kobe Bryant would go to the arena about an hour and a half early every time before, he was always the first to arrive.

At that time, Lu was also young, and he also had a strong competitive spirit, knowing that he was the first to go to the training gym in high school and college, so he thought that it would definitely be his turn this time.

"When I walked into the training gym, I heard the sound of dribbling, and fear came at me, and I trembled: no, no, no! However, this is the case, Kobe Bryant is already in the training gym, covered in sweat, with a cast on his left hand, where he dribbles and turns to shoot .gif. ”

Lu's vivid words are still fresh in his memory.

So Xu Yong was not surprised, but moved.

For many people, basketball is just a job, or even a business, but for Kobe, or people like Kobe and Thibodeau, that's something they're obsessed with.

When Kobe Bryant's training was over, Xu Yong leaned over and shook hands with Kobe Bryant and hugged him.

"When I get back, I'll be back soon." Bryant patted Xu Yong on the shoulder.

Xu Yong nodded, then pushed the wheelchair to the side and found a place to sit down.

"I remember the first time we met, on November 10, 2009, you told me you hadn't learned how to hit the pivot foot hard, and you used it in the game." Xu Yong said.

"You did the same thing." Kobe Bryant also laughed, Xu Yongneng said the days so clearly, indicating that he attaches great importance to the relationship between them.

"I have to admit that you are superior to Michael as a mentor." Xu Yong continued.

After so many contacts, Xu Yong found that Jordan's personality is actually not complicated, he only spends his energy on the people he can afford, which will cause his emotional intelligence to seem high and low.

But as long as Kobe Bryant has the opportunity, he is willing to teach anyone who wants to learn.

Kobe Bryant laughed happily when he heard this, and although it wasn't the answer he wanted to hear the most, it was something to be happy about surpassing Jordan in some ways.

"I've watched your game, and you're training your left hand?" Bryant then asked.

"It's just that it's a little slow." Xu Yong nodded.

"That's not an easy thing to do." Kobe Bryant sighed, and then shared some experience in training his left hand with Xu Yong.

And that's not all, they also talked about more about basketball.

Unlike him, Xu Yong can feel that Kobe Bryant now sees him as a player on the same level.

They chatted for more than an hour, and before they knew it, the sun was going down.

The sunset is always a little faster in winter.

Xu Yong was about to get up and leave, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of something.

Paul's contract is expiring this summer.

Originally, if Kobe Bryant had not been injured, the CP24 combination would have continued.

But now, with Bynum's injury and Kobe's injury, Paul has more options.

After all, Bryant suffered a torn Achilles tendon.

Before that, as long as an NBA player suffered this injury, it meant that his career began to fall off a cliff.

The most recent example is "Captain" Brand, who went straight from an All-Star to a starter-caliber player.

Even if Xu Yong knows, Cousins, Klay Thompson, and Durant are all the same after this injury.

Kobe Bryant can be confident, but how much reason does Paul have to use his peak to accompany him to recover?

You must know that this renewal is five years, and it is better to leave now than to make trouble later.

"Kobe, do you regret it? Teach me puppy footwork, if it weren't for that, you would have won your 6th championship last season. Xu Yong asked.

"No, it won't." Bryant shook his head.

"Not at all?"

"Nope." Kobe Bryant shook his head firmly, "Over the years, I have learned a truth, easy success is not satisfying, only after experiencing failure and then regaining success, will you really make yourself proud." ”

"But what if you can't succeed later?" Xu Yong looked at Kobe.

Kobe Bryant was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Xu Yong to ask such a question, and he shouldn't have thought about this question carefully.

After pondering for a while, Bryant gave his answer: "I guess that's the same, all the things you've achieved won't take with you the day you leave, but as long as you do your best, there's nothing to regret." ”

Xu Yong thought for a moment, then nodded.

He finally got up to say goodbye to Kobe.

At this time, the sun was setting, and Xu Yong saw the golden afterglow sprinkled on Kobe's body, as if Kobe was glowing.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

It is already a very lucky thing to be able to witness the peak and curtain call of the legend with your own eyes.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is late April.

After a season of fierce competition, the final standings of the Eastern and Western regular season were released.

In the West, the Thunder's 63-win record is unrivaled.

Durant averaged 28.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 51% from the field and 41.6% from three-point range.

Last season's Durant was dazzling enough, but this season's Durant came directly to a [one step further].

Harden also performed well, averaging 24.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1.8 steals per game, shooting 47% from the field and 36.8% from three-point range.

The Mavericks are close behind with 60 wins.

Leonard averaged 14.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game in his sophomore career, shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from three-point range.

The Spurs are third with 56 wins.

The Lakers' record ended up dropping to 55 wins, fourth in the West.

Kobe Bryant's final stats were fixed in 72 games, averaging 28.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting 46.3% from the field and 32.4% from three-point range.

Because Bynum won't be back until at least the second round, Paul will have to fight alone in the first round of the playoffs, just like Xu Yong last year.

And their opponent is the Grizzlies, who are ranked fifth in the West.

The Grizzlies' record is also 55 wins, and they are not weaker than the Lakers in terms of strength.

The Clippers are in sixth place with 51 wins.

The Hornets are seventh with 50 wins.

The Warriors are in eighth place with 47 wins.

The Rockets are ninth with a final 46-win record, and the West is still in a tough season and they still miss out on the playoffs.

After letting Yao Ming go, the playoffs looked like a luxury for both of them.

The first round matchups on the Western side: Thunder vs. Warriors, Mavericks vs. Hornets, Spurs vs. Clippers, Lakers vs. Grizzlies.

In addition to the Lakers and Grizzlies, the encounter between the Thunder and the Warriors will be exciting.

After Mark Jackson joined the Warriors, he spent two seasons sweeping away the team's past culture of only attacking and not defending, injecting defensive genes into the team, and now they are a team that is both offensive and defensive, and it continues to grow.

And Draymond Green is still selected by the Warriors, and Bob Myers, the new general manager of the Warriors from UCLA, has a soft spot for Green.

In the East, the Heat are the best team in team history with a record of 67 wins.

Wade averaged 25.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, shooting 52.1% from the field and 28.4% from three-point range.

Bosh averaged 21.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while shooting 53.5% from the field and 33.9% from three-point range.

Granger averaged 16.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 45.2% from the field and 40.4% from three-point range.

Hibbert averaged 10.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, Ray Allen averaged 9.2 points per game (41.9 percent three-point shooting), Chambermos 8.2 points and Brewer averaged 6.6 points per game.

Wade has regained the ball-handling core of the Big Three, and with Bosh taking more shots and developing three-pointers, the Heat have reached an unprecedented balance.

And their lineup of Wade + Ray Allen + Granger + Bosh + Hibbert at the decisive moment is balanced offensively and defensively, and it is difficult for the opponent to find a breakthrough.

Riley's trade last summer gave him a chance to compete for the GOAT of the trading world.

Even from the end of the season, Heat fans have been thanking James, because without James, they would not have been able to get two such suitable reinforcements at the same time, Granger and Hibbert.

The Bulls are second in the East with 58 wins.

Xu Yong ended his final year as a rookie, and it was also his most glorious season.

He averaged 43.2 minutes per game, 0.6 minutes more than last season, and averaged 32.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.5 percent from the field and 36.3 percent from three-point range.

This is a crazy enough data sheet, Xu Yong played a data similar to Jordan's 88~89 season, but the difference is that he took the team to a higher height.

In terms of his own comparison, his number of shots, points and assists have increased significantly compared to last season.

Yao Ming played in 38 games in the end, averaging 15.5 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, shooting 50.5%;

Butler played in 82 games and started 55 games, averaging 12 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game, shooting 46.2% from the field and 38.1% from three-point range.

The Nets are third with 54 wins.

The five-star roster is outstanding, but the reason the Nets haven't been able to play better is that they haven't been able to find the right head coach.

As a championship-contending team, they have changed three managers in a season, which is also very rare in history.

The Pacers are in fourth place with a 53-win record.

A very embarrassing thing is that because the Heat and Bulls have locked up the first and second place in the East, the Pacers will most likely play against these two teams in the second round, no matter how many times they are in.

Especially for James, it's either the Bulls who play his bitter home or the Heat, his old club.

Of course, it can be seen from the record that whether it is James or the Pacers, they want to play the Bulls more, after all, the Bulls have less Rose than last season, and Yao Ming has declined again, and he is half disabled at most.

But it's a pity that the Nets have the same idea, and they have a more balanced roster and finally put the Pacers behind them.

In terms of statistics, James averaged 26.8 points, 8 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game, and his 56.5% shooting percentage and 40.5% three-point shooting percentage were career highs.

James has proved one thing with his performances this season, except that there is a ceiling on scoring explosions, and he has never lost in the field of statistics.

Howard averaged 21.2 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 51.2% from the field.

Howard's stats are interesting, he has the second-highest points of his career, but other than that, his shooting percentage is a career-low.

From the data, it can be seen that the run-in between James and Howard is more like a model of mutual concessions in data and ball possession, hello, everyone.

The Knicks, Hawks, Celtics and Bucks are ranked 5~8 respectively.

Eastern Conference first-round matchups: Heat vs. Bucks, Bulls vs. Celtics, Nets vs. Hawks, Pacers vs. Knicks.

The Bulls and Celtics are undoubtedly the most watched in the East, the two teams that staged a "classic" matchup in the Eastern Conference finals last year, and the two Boston veterans who were caught in the trade whirlpool at the trade deadline but still stayed with the team, met again in the first round of this year's playoffs, who would have thought?

Of course, the main reason for this is that Rondo suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee at the end of January this year, and the season was reimbursed.

Rondo had a hint of Boston's new king in the playoffs last season, averaging a career-high 13.7 points per game in the new season, but unfortunately injuries prevented him from moving forward.

On the bright side, though, Jeff Green, who had a heart problem last season, is back this season and looks to be in good shape.

And the balance of the Celtics lineup is still there, and the lineup is still competitive.

In ESPN's survey, this set of matchups is also considered to be the most suspenseful group.

The Bulls, too, did not take it lightly.

Although they still finished second in the East in terms of record, they did not have the strength to crush their opponents this season, and any series must be taken seriously.

After this training, Xu Yong chatted with Thibodeau about the Celtics after the training.

"Rondo can't play, Bradley can't dilute the ball, and what they did in the second half of the regular season was to let Pierce have the ball." Thibodeau easily came to such a conclusion from the footage.

"So the focus is on defending Pierce, and I'm going to defend him." Xu Yong took the initiative to ask.

Defensive effects aside, Pierce saw that yellow memory of him in the playoffs last season had already come to mind.

Thibodeau shook his head: "I'll start Jimmy and let him play against Pierce." ”

Yao Ming's role is now more on the defensive end, and the offensive end has slipped more heavily.

To give a simple example, in the past, Yao Ming and Xu Yong played blocking and dismantling, and they could play outside or down, and they were very flexible, but now he is too slow to go down, and he can only create more misalignment opportunities for Xu Yong to block defenders.

So the Bulls still have to rely on Xu Yong on the offensive end.

Xu Yong was a little pity, but he still nodded.

Looking at Leonard's experience with the Mavericks, you know that players need to work out to grow.

At Pierce's level, this stage is a good workout.

After chatting with Thibodeau, Xu Yong then went home to rest.

As soon as he got home, he received a text message from Scarlett, saying that he was coming to Chicago to cheer him on.

Xu Yong shuddered when he saw it, and hurriedly said that he didn't need it now.

How could he not know what Scarlett wanted to do, the playoffs would start immediately, and he couldn't afford to fight on two fronts.

After replying to the message, he watched the news by the way.

The first awards of the season are out.

Spoelstra won the Manager of the Season award.

This handsome talent, who has always been owed a best coach trophy by the league in Xu Yong's impression, finally got this trophy.

It seems that not only Heat fans, Spoelstra has to sing a song "Listen to Me Say Thank You" to James: Listen to me say thank you, because of you, the four seasons are warm; Thank you, thank you, the world is more beautiful......

Of course, it must be not only Spoelstra who sings this song, but also Paul George.

Paul George won this year's Most Improved Award in near-crushing fashion.

George averaged 12.1 points per game with the Pacers last season, but this season he averaged 23.1 points per game, essentially doubling.

And he also averaged 7.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, which is simply the second place in Maddy.

Although in fact, his scoring explosiveness is much worse than Maddy's, with a 42.4% shooting percentage and the Magic's record at the bottom of the East, making his stats somewhat brushed.

But it was clear that he had taken a completely different route than Xu Yong knew, and it was possible to become a supergiant.

That's it, not only thanks, but I guess I have to kowtow two to James.

……

The Bulls watched on the first day of this year's playoffs.

The Heat and Pacers in the top half of the East, and the Thunder and Lakers in the West take the lead.

Xu Yong didn't go to practice that day, but took out squid cigar whiskey and watched the game with Butler, Brown, and Anderson in a house in the city.

There are too many focuses on this first day, the Heat, as the strongest team in the East, may also be a potential opponent, which is to be studied, the game between the Thunder and the Warriors is also very interesting, the Lakers and Grizzlies are very suspenseful, as for the Pacers and Knicks, how can watching the game be less fun?

Xu Yong didn't have Jordan's gambling nature, but he still sat in the village and played strings of music with the two.

Four games, only string wins and losses, and then give odds.

This is relatively easy, but Xu Yong's odds are very high, which is about the same as giving some pocket money to his younger brothers.

Brown and Anderson are the same, both are Heat wins & Pacers wins & Thunder wins & Grizzlies wins;

Butler is a little special, Heat win > Knicks win & Thunder win & Lakers win.

The game between the Heat and the Bucks was completely unsuspenseful, with the Heat pressing the opponent from the first quarter and closing the game in the final three quarters.

The game of this Heat team is not as enjoyable as the previous Big Three, but the stability is one level higher, and the style of play is also very team and tacit.

From Xu Yong's point of view, he is closer to the champion Spurs team in the 13~14 season.

The Thunder and Warriors, who are a little later, also don't have much suspense.

Curry and Thompson, who entered the playoffs for the first time, were directly beaten by Harden and Durant, and David Lee was taught by Gasol to be a man.

The suspense came between the Pacers and the Knicks in Game 3.

Xu Yong didn't expect that the Pacers would be suppressed by the Knicks at the beginning.

There are two main reasons for this, the first is that Anthony knocked Jamison up.

After being rubbed by Xu Yong last season, Anthony learned from his second brother James to gain weight in the new season.

Then, he also worked better than James.

The main change is that his offense has become very ferocious, averaging 28.7 points per game, second in the league behind Xu Yong.

His speed did decrease a bit, but he still had an advantage when playing against power forwards, and with his excellent technique, he could say that he had blown up all the power forwards on the offensive end.

The second is the existence of Okafor.

There is also a rule in the amnesty clause, that is, after a player is pardoned, there is a 48-hour claim mechanism, that is, when the player is pardoned, other teams can make a bid, and the highest bidder can get the player (only using the salary cap space).

Then, the Knicks made a bid from the Lakers to get Okafor.

Okafor is still weaker than Chandler, but certainly much better than Camby last season.

Especially this year, Howard was plagued by a back injury, and the same class leader, who was once called his lifelong enemy, didn't have much of the upper hand.

James's words are also uncomfortable in the face of this kind of hard C.

According to the words of some fans, this can stably limit James's play as an interior line with some names.

Then, the Pacers really lost and had a big upset on the first day of the playoffs.

When Butler got up and yelled excitedly, Xu Yongdu was stunned.

The Pacers' performance won't fail to enter the second round, right?

Could this be James' Smart basketball?

As long as I don't make it to the second round, I won't play against the Heat or the Bulls?

After three questions of doubt, Xu Yong only shook his head.

The final game, the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

Now that Brown and Anderson are out, only Butler remains.

If he guesses correctly, he can take 50,000 US dollars from Xu Yong according to the odds.

There is a small episode to mention here, that is, the reason why the Magic were willing to ask for Odom in the first place was because he thought that he was on an expiring contract, and his previous performance in the Heat was okay, so he could exchange some chips.

But the Magic management is a little underestimated the salary pressure brought by the super luxury tax to the teams, and Odom is like a house bought with a loan when the real estate is in a recession, let alone a price cut, and no one wants to give it away.

Until the trade deadline, Odom remained with the Magic.

And Odom, who was physically stabbed to Orlando, also struggled with his performance.

The first is that his wife Khloe is unwilling to go back to Los Angeles directly with the stabbing mate, and the second is that the Magic team is not willing to give him much playing time when they are training young people.

So in the end, he sacrificed part of his salary to buy out the contract and returned to Los Angeles in the form of a base salary.

Returning to the familiar "home" Los Angeles and reuniting with Kardashian, Odom turned out to be playing well again.

Then in this game, he became the X-factor for the Lakers, and his spatial ability pulled Randolph out of the interior, and Paul opened the game with two defensive fouls that caused Gasol Jr. to be fouled early, and also established the game advantage once.

Although the Grizzlies chased the score back after that, the successive departures of Mayo and Guy made their outside strength drop significantly.

In the end, with Paul's 28 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists, and Odom's 18 points and 8 boards, the Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 91-83.

In terms of the Western rankings, the fourth-place Lakers beating the fifth-place Grizzlies is not an upset, but in fact it is indeed another upset.

Butler had already gotten up proudly, making a "who else" look at Brown and Anderson.

Xu Yong, who was also smoking a cigar, opened the drawer briskly, took out $50,000 in cash from it and threw it on the table.

Butler's performance at the table was not at all Jordan's.

However, this is a side testimony to Butler's ball intelligence, and his ability to analyze the game is a hand.

After watching the game, several people got up and went back to rest one after another.

Xu Yong stopped Butler and reminded him to be cautious and focused against Pierce tomorrow.

Pierce doesn't explode in stats, but it's not easy to really align.

"Don't worry, senior, I'll keep him out of." Butler looked relaxed and even played a joke.

……

The next day, the Bulls hosted their game against the Celtics.

The starting lineups of the two teams, Bulls: Hinrich, Butler, Xu Yong, Gibson, Yao Ming;

Celtics: Bradley, Pierce, Jeff Green, Garnett, O'Neal Jr.

Before the game, O'Neal Jr. came over to say hello to the Bulls.

Although he left the Bulls, he is still grateful to the Bulls, after all, he has two championships in hand and a new contract.

The game started quickly, and O'Neal Jr. gave the Celtics a chance to jump first.

Then, as Thibodeau said, Bradley just played the role of porter, dribbling the ball past the front court and giving it to Pierce.

Xu Yong is very familiar with it, in the historical season of the Lakers' park championship, he and James did a very good job.

Pierce drew a defensive foul on Butler on his first offensive turn.

As a player who doesn't rely on his body to play, Pierce relies on rhythm and technique on the offensive end.

In the playoffs last season, when Xu Yong's physical talent completely suppressed him, he could only be beaten out of.

But with a defender like Butler who relies on enthusiasm and average physical fitness, he plays much easier.

And the point is that after causing the foul, he began to take advantage of it frantically, and Butler's defense became very passive.

In the end, Butler was reluctant to be passive all the time, and then received his second defensive foul and was replaced by Artest.

He sat on the bench looking a little frustrated.

At this time, the Celtics called a timeout, Xu Yong walked up to him, leaned over and whispered some words of encouragement, and finally patted him on the shoulder.

The rookie's first playoff game is certainly not going to go so well.

The reason why he reminded Butler so much yesterday was also because he was from the past.

In his rookie season, he was so good at beating James in the first round that most fans wouldn't notice that he was embarrassed when he played the Celtics in the second round.

An old ball ruffian like Pierce is too good at dealing with newcomers.

After the substitution came back, Xu Yongfang Pierce went.

He immediately taught Butler a lesson.

Don't feint, put pressure on the ball, force Pierce to lean back with a step back in front of him, and then prevent a three-no-stick.

Pierce, who is still old and strong in front of Butler, feels like he is in his twilight years.

Butler watched from the sidelines.

After regretting that he didn't listen to Xu Yong's reminder last night, he also regained his defensive confidence at this time.

Although it was a little difficult for his physical condition to prevent Pierce from being three non-sticky, he could still do what Xu Yong had done before.

However, Xu Yong showed him the beautiful art of trash talk.

After defending against Pierce's attack again, Xu Yong looked at Pierce with a smile and asked with concern, "Paul, you shouldn't have an upset stomach tonight, right?" ”

This sentence directly collapsed the mentality of Pierce, who had been in the league for more than ten years.

Bogut had a shocking performance at the Olympics last summer, and then fans revisited his experience in the Eastern Conference semifinals, which was like a forced salt sprinkle on the wound before it healed.

Then now that the wound has finally scabbed, Xu Yong didn't say a word, and directly tore the scab off.

It hurts, it hurts!

After Pierce was broken by Xu Yong's defense and mentality, the Celtics' already poor offense was directly constipated.

The ball can only be given to Garnett to give him more play.

If Yao Ming can't fight, this strategy should work.

But with Yao Ming under the basket and the Bulls' ability to protect the frame, the Celtics can't attack the basket well, and the effect of this strategy is very average.

On the other hand, their defense has not much to do with Xu Yong.

Garnett is a year older this year, and with the number four position, his help defense is basically no longer a threat to Xu Yong.

And Yao Ming's blocking and dismantling method of dead block also gave Xu Yong a lot of opportunities for dislocation.

Although little O'Neill was smiling when he came to say hello before the game, he would not be soft at all on the court.

Rivers was beaten and shut down on the sidelines.

As the game progressed, the fans' feeling for this Celtic team was no longer twilight, but death.

92-78, the Bulls beat the Celtics by a big score at home.

Xu Yong played well and scored 41 points directly.

In the words of Barkley on TNT after the game: Xu Yong buried the Green Shirts with his own hands.

Yes, the series that ESPN predicted the most suspenseful before the game didn't have much suspense.

It's true that the Bulls are a half-crippled team, but the second-place record in the East can't be faked, and the Celtics aren't much better without Rondo.

In the end, in addition to holding on to a home court, the Celtics were swept out of the tournament by the Bulls 1-4.

After the G5 match, Pierce and Garnett sat on the sidelines for a long time.

The ship of the new era can indeed no longer carry the remnants of their old era.

Not long after the Bulls and Celtics series ended, the league announced the Defensive Player of the Year and MVP winners.

This year's DPOY went to Ibaka, who was on the Thunder.

Ibaka is averaging 12.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game this season.

It is worth mentioning that James was second only to Ibaka in the voting for this year's Defensive Player of the Year, and also received nearly 15% of the vote.

When it comes to voting, you can always trust the king.

Of course, the dpoy has been increasing over the years, and compared to this, fans are paying more attention to this year, or the MVP is the most.

The most vocal people this year, Kobe, Wade, Xu Yong, Durant, James, Westbrook.

Although Kobe Bryant is reimbursed for the season, he has enough games, and his statistics and team record this year are excellent;

Wade's situation is a bit similar to Rose two years ago, although the data is the weakest, but the Heat's 67-win record is there;

Durant's call for this year is high, because the Thunder team has also set a new team record, and he deserves all aspects of his performance;

Westbrook is a very special existence, although the Hornets are only ranked seventh in the West, Westbrook's quasi-triple-double data of 22.5 points, 9.2 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game is quite bluffing.

James's words, when discussing the topic of MVP, you can't miss him, don't believe you look at the dpoy that has just come out;

Xu Yong, of course, the most vocal this year is definitely Xu Yong.

Because of the situation the Bulls encountered this year, and Xu Yong finally brought the Bulls to the second height in the East, it is definitely the definition of the honor of MVP and Most Valuable Player.

And his performance of 32.6 points per game is too explosive.

In terms of Xu Yong's experience in his previous life, unless Westbrook brushes out the data of 30+ triple-doubles per game in advance of the season, basically no one can shake it.

The final voting results came out, and Xu Yong successfully won the MVP with a super high proportion of 42% of the votes.

Durant came in second with 24 percent of the vote, Wade came third with 15 percent, followed by Kobe, Westbrook and James.

Xu Yong also became the 11th player in the league to win the MVP honor after James.

However, unlike James's time, this time the league's official account used a very compelling sentence: Xu's era is coming.

This is basically equivalent to officially announcing his identity as the first person in the alliance.

For this result, Xu Yong's mentality has calmed down a lot compared to last year.

It's good to win the MVP in a row, but even if you give you three consecutive MVPs, it's useless to not win the championship.

Just like Jordan, the league deliberately disgusted him twice to break his three-in-a-row, and in the end Jordan wasn't still the greatest player?

Champions are always the most direct evidence of a player's dominance.

Shortly after the MVP results were released, the league's first-round matchups also ended.

On the Western side, the Thunder didn't give the Warriors too many chances, and the gentlemen swept the Warriors 4-1; The Mavericks were more direct earlier, 4-0 and directly shaved the head of the Wasp; The Spurs also beat the Clippers 4-2.

As for the Lakers, although they won the first game, they were still 2-4 by the Grizzlies in the end, which also means that after missing out on the championship last season, Paul has no championship window in the Lakers.

In the semifinals of the West, the Thunder and Grizzlies met, while the Mavericks and Spurs staged a classic Texas derby again.

On the eastern side, the Heat sent the Bucks to fish 4-0 without suspense; The Nets defeated the Hawks 4-2 to advance to the second round; The Pacers completed the comeback after losing one game first, eliminated the Knicks 4-2 and successfully reached the semifinals.

In this way, the opponent of the semifinals on the Eastern side, the Bulls, met the five-star Nets, and the Heat and the Pacers successfully completed the meeting in the semifinals.

James, ushered in his battle for revenge.

(End of chapter)