NBA: I am the god of basketball

The list of the Eastern and Western playoffs has been officially determined.

The four matchups in the Western Conference are the Nuggets vs. Lakers, Warriors vs. Mavericks, Spurs vs. Thunder, and Trail Blazers vs. Rockets.

In the East are the Nets vs. Wizards, Raptors vs. Heat, Cavaliers vs. Bucks, Celtics vs. Hornets.

The official end of the playoffs has also frozen the league's various statistics.

In terms of the scoring list that people are most concerned about, Wang Chao finally had the last laugh. With an average of 35.8 points per game, he won the scoring title in the 17-18 season. This is also the eighth time in his career that he has won the honor of scoring title.

Harden was almost evenly matched with Wang Chao in the soaring points battle in January. If you don’t look at Wang Chao’s scores in the last three games, they are indeed on par. But as the follow-up game schedule progresses, Harden’s The average score began to decline slightly. Although the magnitude was not large, it was obvious that because of being hit by Wang Chao, they were no longer as enthusiastic as they were at the beginning.

In the end, Harden's scoring average was fixed at 35.2 points, and the actual gap with Wang Chao was not that big.

Although he lost to Wang Chao in the scoring competition, Harden's performance of 35.2 points per game still surprised many people.

You know, before that, players who could average more than 35 points per game could be counted on one hand. Apart from those ancient times, the only players who could do it in the modern era are Jordan, Kobe, Wang Chao and Kazakhstan. There are only four people.

Even if Harden is a little worse than Wang Chao, in the current league, his scoring ability alone is definitely at a unique level.

Fully deserves the league's praise for its performance.

On Wang Chao's side, the average of 35.8 points per game is considered the third highest in his career, but the change brought about is the decline in Wang Chao's rebounding and assist data.

Wang Chao, who has averaged a triple-double for five consecutive seasons before, has 35.8 points, 10.4 rebounds and 9.4 assists in the regular season this season. Both rebounds and assists are new lows in recent years, especially when the assists fall below 10 times. The record for consecutive triple-doubles was broken.

Of course, there are reasons for the decline in these two data.

In terms of rebounds, the team already has a basket-protecting center Gobert, and Wang Chao does not need to focus on rebounding as much as before. This season Gobert also averaged 10.7 rebounds per game. A team has two rebounds. It is relatively rare for a player to average double rebounds per game. In Wang Chao's impression, it seems that in the past few years, it seems that in the 17-18 season, the original Pelicans' thick eyebrows Davis and DeMarcus Cousins The twin-tower combination has achieved this, and if you go further, it is estimated that the Lakers Gasol and Bynum, the Spurs Stone Buddha Duncan + Admiral Robinson's inside twin-tower combination.

To sum up, although Wang Chao's average rebounds per game has decreased, it is because of Gobert. The Nuggets have two players who average double figures in rebounds per game. The rebounding is considered the top level in the league, definitely not Deduction items.

As for assists per game, the average of 9.4 assists per game has dropped significantly compared to last season's 13.5 assists, but in the league, it is second only to Westbrook's 10.3 assists per game in the league. And compared to Westbrook's assist-to-turnover ratio of close to 2:1, Wang Chao's assist efficiency can be compared with Chris Paul.

The main reason for Wang Chao's decline in assists is that there are not so many players in the Nuggets who can directly feed the ball to form assists.

Murray may be considered a player who can play offense without the ball, but as a 3D player, PJ Tucker's disaster-like fixed-point shooting ability is absolutely impossible to get a few assists.

Gobert's pace is slow, and the efficiency of running down after the pick-and-roll is not high. As for Mitchell, the best way to play at his own level is to hold the ball and break through the frame.

When the sight comes to the bench, Rose is also a player who needs to attack with the ball. Kuzma is a good player who cuts and eats. There are only Murray and Kuzma.

In fact, as long as Wang Chao is willing to force his assists, it is not a big problem to abruptly increase his assists to more than double digits before the end of the regular season, and it can definitely be done.

But now Wang Chao no longer has the obsession with data a few years ago.

The quasi triple-double data of 35+10+9.4 may kill many obsessive-compulsive disorder patients, but it doesn't matter at all to him.

The average triple-double in the previous five consecutive seasons is basically unprecedented. In the future, Westbrook, who is particularly obsessed with statistics, has a slight chance to compete for this record, but if the original historical development process is followed, Westbrook At least, at most, there will only be four seasons to reach the level of averaging a triple-double per game, and it will be achieved abruptly, which is completely different from Wang Chao's gold content.

In the double list of blocked shots and steals, Anthony Davis, the Hornets averaged 2.6 blocks per game, and Victor Oladipo, who belonged to the same team, averaged 2.4 steals per game.

Wang Chao's blocks and steals are 1.2 and 1.8 respectively. Although the sum of the two data is quite a top defensive player, there are not many players with data close to him in the league, but it is still the same sentence. Compared with Wang Chao himself in the last season, there has been a significant decline, or more defensive work has been handed over to teammates Gobert, Tucker and others.

The change in strategy has allowed Wang Chao to only rank third in the list of best defensive player winning odds.

Ranking first on the DPOY list is Anthony Davis, who averaged 2.6 blocks and 1.5 steals per game, followed by Wang Chao's teammate Gobert, who averaged 2.3 blocks and 1 steal.

Although there was a significant decline in all statistics other than scoring compared to last season, no one thought that Wang Chao had become weaker. On the contrary, they felt that Wang Chao in the Nuggets was even more terrifying, because everyone They all know what Wang Chao's real strongest is.

Even in the past few seasons, Wang Chao's average triple-double performance and super dominance on the defensive end have earned him the title of the most all-around player in NBA history, but what people remember more deeply is Wang Chao's performance. Scoring ability!
When other statistics of this season have shrunk in an all-round way, Wang Chao's horror on the offensive end has once again been displayed, especially the scene of soaring points with Harden in January, which is still unforgettable. 1 points in the next game and 70 points in the two games completely defeated Harden's confidence in one wave, which was shocking.

"Wang Chao, who has no worries about the defensive end and completely liberates his offensive ability, is the most terrifying existence! As a team with only one All-Star player, the Nuggets can become the only team in the league with 60 wins in the regular season. The best proof."

"I don't know how many people still remember that before the start of the regular season, Barkley let go of his rhetoric. If the Nuggets can enter the finals, he will eat a bowl of horse manure. I am already looking forward to this link. .”

Barkley has been very depressed recently, because looking at the Nuggets who are in excellent condition and full of combat effectiveness, even he who has been full of confidence before is a little uncertain.

According to this situation, the Nuggets may really break out in the West!

After all, with the Nuggets' No. [-] record in the Western Conference, they will not meet the Warriors and Spurs in the second round. Their opponents will only be the winners between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers.

In the Western Conference Finals, no matter whether they are facing the Warriors or the Spurs, Wang Chao and the Nuggets are very likely to defeat their opponents and win the Western Conference Finals with the current defensive system capabilities.

When this day comes, what will he do?Do you really eat a big bowl of horse manure in front of the Quanmi live broadcast?
Even Barkley, who is full of promises, can't do it to this level. This is completely different from kissing a donkey's butt. It will really kill people!
When explaining the last few games during the regular season, Barkley had already begun to think about how to get rid of this bet. Even being publicly ridiculed and insulted was better than really swallowing shit.

But no matter what kind of anxiety he has, he still needs to be in charge of the commentary for the first opener of the playoffs.

On April 2018, 4, the first round of the playoffs, the Nuggets faced the challenge of the Los Angeles Lakers at their home court.

The match was broadcast live on Quanmi. As the mainstay of TNT, Barkley came to the studio early.

As soon as he entered the studio, Barkley frowned immediately.

"Oh my god, what does that smell like? It stinks!"

Then he saw that there was a large bowl in front of his seat, and what was in it was what he had been thinking about during this period of time, even dreaming about it when he was sleeping.

"WTF? Who brought this?"

Barkley yelled frantically, and then he saw O'Neal who was giggling not far away.

"Dear Charles, today is the opening game of the Nuggets' playoffs, and I want to use this as a way to remind you of the promise you made at the beginning of the season, this bowl will always be waiting for you .”

"This is the first round! It's just the first round! Whether the Nuggets can win the Western Conference Finals and enter the finals will take at least one and a half months to determine. Why do you think I will lose? Take it away! One Will you still work here?"

Barkley covered his nose and yelled.

This section was filmed by the cameraman and placed in the video announcement before the start of the game, and the effect of the program was instantly full.
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The first-round opponent of the Nuggets, the Los Angeles Lakers, can break into the playoffs this season, which is both unexpected and reasonable.

First of all, internally, Wang Chao's butterfly effect has brought a lot of convenience to the Lakers. Not only did they get Karl-Anthony Towns, the No. 15 pick for [-] years, but they also got Brandon Ingram in the following two years. With Jayson Tatum.

After the three players grow up, they are all players who can easily contribute 20+ points per game, especially Tatum. He played at the MVP level with an average of 30 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.

Although the No. 25 pick Towns will be called a softie in the future, he is also a high-quality All-Star insider who can contribute 10+50 steadily and shoot close to [-]% from the field.

Ingram will also average 24+5+5 per game at his peak in the future.

These three players gathered in the Los Angeles Lakers, allowing the team to complete the reconstruction directly in situ, showing impressive talent and combat effectiveness.

Of course, talent and the combat effectiveness of young players alone are not enough to give them a place in the highly competitive West. Therefore, in addition to internal factors, external factors are also important factors for them to enter the playoffs.

This pot also has to be borne by Wang Chao, because it is also his reason. Gobert and Mitchell are both in the Nuggets now, which led to the Utah Jazz, who should have ranked fifth in the Western Conference with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses this season, directly in the Western Conference. Ten people wandered away, and reconstruction work had begun ahead of schedule.

The New Orleans Pelicans, who also ranked sixth in the West with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, suddenly lost the two top inside twin towers of Davis and Cousins ​​​​with thick eyebrows, and their record is also last in the West.

In the end, the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were supposed to enter the playoffs with 47 wins and 35 losses, ranked eighth in the Western Conference at the buzzer, and several core players in the 17-18 season, Towns ran to the Lakers, and Butler flourished in the Spurs , Wiggins is now the right-hand man next to Antetokounmpo. Last year, he finally sold Love out of the sale. At present, like the Pelicans, he is still in the process of rebuilding indefinitely.

With the withdrawal of the three playoff teams, the Lakers have no competitors at all. Among the remaining teams, the only ones who can compete with the Lakers for a spot in the playoffs are the city rivals, the Clippers. The ship's lineup is obviously too inferior. Even with Louis Williams, who averaged 22 points per game, he only won 40 wins in the end, ranking ninth in the Western Conference. He watched his rival happily return after five years. playoffs.

The Clippers missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years. Since Paul joined the Clippers in 11, they have never missed the playoffs. A mighty force.

To be honest, this sense of contrast is quite disappointing.

While the Clippers fans are envious and jealous, they are also praying, hoping that the Nuggets can teach the Lakers a lesson in the playoffs, and hope that Wang Chao can lead the Nuggets to win the championship and retire, and then join Clippers, let the Lakers guys never laugh again!
Their prayers obviously worked, or in other words, they didn't need to pray at all. When the Nuggets faced the Lakers, it was a crushing game in itself.

Among other things, just looking at the team lineup, the Lakers will take the lead to win?
The current main players of the Lakers are mainly Towns, the No. 14 rookie Julius Randle in 7, Ingram and Tatum.

Among them, Towns performed well this season, averaging 21 points and 12 rebounds per game.

Randall and Ingram each averaged 16.1 points per game. As a power forward, Randall's rebounds are slightly higher than Ingram's.

As for Tatum, his tactical status in the Lakers is one of the least among the four potential rookies. The situation is similar to that of the Celtics at the same time, so the statistics are similar, averaging only 13.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

Their overall strength is actually not worthy of entering the playoffs. It's just that there are not enough competitors in the West, so that they can make up for it. And such a group of Lakers with little experience and lack of main attacking players, and How could it be the opponent of Wang Chao and the Nuggets?
The opening game was directly turned into a bloody massacre by the aggressive Nuggets. (end of this chapter)