Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 243 Regular Season MVP Belonging
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Without too many accidents, the Kings lost the first game due to insufficient physical fitness and insufficient preparation.

This is definitely not a good thing for the Kings.

However, the game has just begun. Whether it is the head coach or the players, the Kings are full of confidence.

The second round of the playoffs is a field of seven games and four wins. This is a long series.

The game has just begun, so there is no need to rush.

The Kings are not in a hurry, and so are the Supersonics. After all, they have the home court advantage, and now they win another game first.

Moreover, in the first game, winning was basically a matter of course, without revealing too many tactics.

It can be said that the Sonics basically played step by step in this game, and then won.

本场比赛，王昊得到了25分7篮板4助攻，加里佩顿也有16分11助攻的表现。

However, it can be seen from the game that neither of them has fully performed, nor has it fully exploded.

There is no need for this, after all, the team has always been in the lead.

The game between the Sonics and the Kings started first, but it didn't attract much attention.

It's not that their game is not exciting, but there are more exciting games.

For example, in the next Lakers game against the Spurs, O'Neal and Duncan, who is the league's number one insider?

Then there is the digital team vs. the Raptors. Iverson and Carter, the two shooting guards, who is better?
As for the game between the Hornets and the Bucks, it was even more bleak than the Sonics.

It is estimated that apart from the local fans and media in Charlotte and Milwaukee, not many people pay attention.

However, the result was slightly different than expected.

Although the Lakers are playing on the road, they can play with great momentum. O'Neal and Kobe ravaged the basket one after another.

Although the Spurs have two defensive gates, Tim Duncan and David Robinson, they can't stop them at all.

Finally, relying on the shark-slaying tactic and the joint efforts of the two inside towers, O'Neal was pushed down.

But on the other side, Kobe exploded.

Constantly holding the ball to break through, all kinds of singles, almost tore the Spurs' perimeter defense to pieces.

The inside line can still rely on Duncan and David Robinson, what about the outside line, who can you rely on?
No one can limit Kobe. In the end, in the whole game, Kobe scored a new playoff high of 45 points.

Faced with Kobe who was fully fired, Popovich couldn't even find a way to deal with it.

Of course, in addition to Kobe's own strength, a very important reason is that the Spurs have no one available.

Seeing Kobe killing all directions, Popovich couldn't help but think of last year's game, last year's Wang Hao.

What if the Spurs had Wang Hao?

Of course, Popovich just thought about such a possibility, and it was basically impossible.

Not to mention that San Antonio is not so attractive, and the team itself has to save money in various ways.

It wasn't just the Spurs who were annoyed at home, but also the numbers, who lost to the Raptors at home.

The original home court advantage has long since disappeared at this time.

Carter and Iverson's performance is almost the same, but today's Raptors have a surprise attack.

Veteran Dell Curry made 9 of 4 three-pointers and contributed a crucial 20 points.

In addition, there is one very important thing.

The NBA officially announced the most valuable player of the NBA regular season this season, that is, the MVP.

No surprises, it's Allen Iverson of the digital team.

To be honest, when he saw the news, if he said he wasn't disappointed, it would be a lie.

If it is his own reasons, for example, his grades are not good enough, or his personal data is not good enough.

That's nothing to say, he really wasn't good enough.

But the reality is that the Sonics won the regular season championship this season, and Wang Hao was also selected to the best team.

And from the perspective of personal efficiency, Wang Hao's efficiency is as high as 31.1, leading the league.

As a result, the NBA officially chose Iverson.

"Wang, don't worry about these things, the NBA awards are actually very particular, it doesn't mean that you will win the award if you perform well.

As someone who has experienced it, I must tell you that you have performed well, but you are qualified to win the award.

But who will win the prize in the end is not certain.

vote?My God, let a group of expert journalists who only watch football choose the best players, do they qualify?
What's more, in many cases, their choice is not their own choice, you understand! "

In order to comfort Wang Hao, Gary Payton even told the truth about some unspoken NBA rules.

After all, the NBA official, as the manager of the entire league, still has a very large influence.

Otherwise, some players would not be said to be the official sons of the NBA.

The reason for such a statement can only show that NBA officials do have a huge influence in this regard.

"Wang, you are the MVP in my mind."

"God knows who those guys voted for."

"Wang, we will show everyone who is the best with our performance!"

……

Not just Gary Payton, everyone is comforting Wang Hao.

After all, everyone knows that Wang Hao is absolutely indispensable in today's Supersonic team.

If it is because of these reasons, Wang Hao's mentality is affected, and his game state is affected.

That supersonic speed is the biggest loss.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I'm fine!"

"To be honest, when the result didn't come out, I was really worried, but now it's better."

It would be a lie to say that he didn't care at all.

It's just that Wang Hao's mentality will not be affected, after all, this is what he has expected.

First of all, Iverson's performance deserves this MVP.

Secondly, his identity and origin are basically doomed, and there will be a little bit of trouble.

Since he had already been mentally prepared, he would naturally not be affected by the state of the game.

May 5, Seattle Key Arena.

"Seattle, Seattle..."

When he was still in the player tunnel, Wang Hao heard the shouts in the arena one after another.

Still the same sentence, you have to have achievements to have fans.

As the Sonics' performance this season has been soaring, the same is true for the playoffs.

More and more fans walked into the Key Arena to cheer for the Sonics.

Especially in the playoffs, it is said that the key arena is already full of seats.

Not only that, before the start of each game, there will be scalpers selling tickets outside the arena.

The price of scalper tickets is several times higher than normal tickets, but even so, there are still people rushing to buy them.

"Wang, it's still the same as the last game, Peja will be handed over to you, let me watch him!

Also, PJ, I know Chris is not easy to deal with, but you have to interfere with him as much as possible.

Patrick, and Gary, you also need to help PJ, not let Chris play too comfortably. "

"Don't worry, I can handle it!"

Today's Peja is still a bit immature, and Wang Hao still has a bit of confidence in dealing with it.

At this time, he also unconsciously remembered that Iverson should have received the MVP trophy in Philadelphia at this time.

The preparations that should be made have actually been done long ago, and now it is just the last reminder before the game.

On the other hand, the Kings have another two days of rest, and now they look very energetic.

Not just spirit, but full of confidence.

No, as soon as the game started, Divac took the lead and grabbed the first chance for the Kings to attack.

After getting the ball, White Chocolate quickly advances with the ball, fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions, which is his favorite rhythm.

When advancing with the ball, he also played two tricks, which made Gary Payton sniff.

In his view, such an action is meaningless.

Whoever imagined it would be slapped in the face in the blink of an eye.

White Chocolate, who just came to the top of the arc, made a look about to break through with the ball, and suddenly flicked his wrist.

A pass that doesn't look at people, more than that, the basketball has obvious rotation, and bounces with an arc after landing.

Obviously it was an erratic pass, but it happened to fall into the hands of Doug Christie.

That's right, in such a trance moment, Rashad Lewis was cut by Christie.

PJ Brown's defensive speed is not slow, but he can only watch Christie layup.

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"Rashad, cheer me up and don't make this stupid mistake again!"

Paul Westphal was a little angry. The opponent's score was not terrible, but the mistakes he made were terrible.

Christie is the king's perimeter defensive gate, correspondingly, his scoring ability is somewhat lackluster.

Although he can act as a shooter from outside the three-point line, the threat of three-pointers is average, and more of them are cuts without the ball.

Basically, except for Peja, the remaining three can pass the ball, which makes Christie play very comfortably.

Because this means that as long as he can run out of space, the basketball has a very good chance of appearing in his hands.

Before the game, Paul Westphal reminded more than once to be careful of Christie's air cut.

But the game had just started, and Lewis missed someone.

After all, Lewis's offensive attributes are far greater than his defensive attributes, and it can be regarded as a defensive loophole for the Supersonics.

Otherwise, Paul Westphal would not let Wang Hao defend Peja, because he was worried that Lewis would not be able to defend him.

Lewis cheered up quickly, he knew very well that his position was not very stable.

Once he doesn't play well, Ruben Patterson can come up at any time.

It's not just Paul Westphal who is dissatisfied, in fact, the head coach on the other side is also dissatisfied.

Although scored, but for this way of scoring, Adelman is very dissatisfied.

The reason is simple, this is not the Princeton system.

In addition to emphasizing off-ball running and passing, Princeton basketball is also very important to control mistakes.

But White Chocolate's way of playing is doomed, and he has as many wonderful strikes as mistakes.

This makes Adelman hate it!

If it weren't for White Chocolate's way of playing too coquettish and being the main force for the Kings to buy tickets, Adelman would have kicked him out a long time ago.

In fact, this season, White Chocolate's playing time and importance have been greatly reduced.

In the third grade, after fully adapting to the rhythm of the NBA, it became unimportant.

It’s also quite a hit with white chocolate.

More importantly, Adelman already has a favorite object, and then the Kings will pursue it with all their strength.

Closer to home, continue to return to the game.

PJ Brown handed the ball to Gary Payton, but Gary Payton dribbled the ball across half court without rushing.

This scene made the Key Arena fans a little uncomfortable, and they were all already cheering, hoping that the team would respond to a ball.

But dribbling the ball slowly across the half court like this, there is no passion at all!
And this is how the Supersonics face the Kings, slow down the speed and rhythm, and play positional warfare.

In the positional battle, the Supersonics have Wang Hao and Gary Payton, and they really don't like the Kings.

After halftime, Gary Payton handed the ball directly to Wang Hao, and Wang Hao handled the team's first attack.

In order to defend Wang Hao, the Kings also made preparations. Christie was the first line of defense. Behind him, Divac and Chris Webber were also ready to double-team.

Facing such a player with fairly good one-on-one defense ability, Wang Hao didn't think about going one-on-one.

Seeing him make a move, PJ Brown immediately raised to a high position and gave Wang Hao a pick-and-roll cover.

Wang Hao took advantage of the situation and chose to break through, because at the moment of the pick-and-roll, Christie had already chosen to go forward.

A very wise choice, most teams and most defenders will do this when facing Wang Hao.

There is no way, the threat from his three-pointer is too great.

Without a three-pointer, Wang Hao is not powerless, I saw him suddenly speeding up, almost passing Chris Webber in one step.

Chris Webber was shocked, and quickly posted it, trying to block between Wang Hao and the basket.

I have to say that although Chris Webber is not a very good defensive gate, his defense is really not bad.

Especially in the peak years of his career, he can keep up with most guards with his movement speed and athleticism.

Although he has never been selected to the best defensive team, Chris Webber's defensive efficiency is really not bad.

As far as this season is concerned, Chris Webber's defensive efficiency is as high as 97, which means that the opponent gets 97 points per [-] rounds.

In this data, Duncan is 94, and as the best defensive player this season, it is only 97.

Therefore, it is not nonsense that NBA awards often pay more attention to statistics.

Overall, Chris Webber's defense is not bad.

No, his moving speed was so fast that he actually caught up with Wang Hao and formed a barrier.

Wang Hao was not in a hurry, and when Chris Webber approached, he saw a light flick of his wrist.

The basketball flew out of his hands, around Chris Webber's head, and headed straight for the hoop.

shoot?

Of course not, if such shots can be scored, it would be too exaggerated and too casual.

When the basketball flew over the hoop, a figure leaped high and followed closely behind, holding the basketball firmly with both hands.

That's right, it was PJ Brown who went down after the pick-and-roll.

PJ Brown didn't delay after catching the basketball, smashing it into the basket, and an alley-oop opened the scoring for the SuperSonics.

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Although it was just the beginning, such a wonderful goal instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the fans.

(End of this chapter)