NBA: Sharks at the peak, guard the basket!

Chapter 221 Dominate the list and reach the top of the league!
The list of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs:
Lakers (1) VS Clippers (8);
Jazz (2) VS Suns (7);
Sonics (3) vs Timberwolves (6);
Rockets (4) VS Trail Blazers (5).

Compared with the East, the first round of the West is not very interesting.

It is worth mentioning that the same-city derby between the Lakers and the Clippers is a bit interesting.

The Clippers are all soldiers to challenge the giants Lakers.

Will the young Lakers, who are all main players, get lost collectively in the intensity of the playoffs?
The Clippers have become the team most likely to achieve a black eight this year!

At the same time, if the Lakers reach the second round.

They are about to face the Houston Rockets Big Three!

It is still a severe test for the young Lakers to play a series against an old world like the Rockets' Big Three.

Not to mention reaching the finals, they either played against the Supersonics led by last season's final runner-up Rainman and Gloves, or they played against the second-ranked Jazz in the Western Conference.

The Los Angeles Lakers, a young team, may be the least optimistic Western Conference No. [-] in NBA history.

"The main core of the Los Angeles Lakers is too young. Lin Hong and Kobe Bryant are both rookies in the 96 class. They made the playoffs in their rookie season and have no playoff experience at all!"

"The intensity of the playoffs, even many NBA stars can't stand it, let alone two rookies?"

"The regular season is as fierce as a tiger, and the playoffs are as weak as a bug's star everywhere!"

"And their opponents are too strong. If the Lakers can reach the finals all the way, I would call their promotion process the most difficult in history!
The Clippers who are all soldiers.

The Big Three rockets of the Flying Pig Glider Dream.

Glove Payton vs. Rainman Kemp for the overall runner-up Sonics.

And the Utah Jazz of Black and White Shuangsha + Great Pyrenees, Stockton + Postman Malone + Ostertag!

The Lakers want to advance?

It's really not that difficult.

"I know this will be a new test and challenge, but we are ready."

On the second day after the end of the regular season, Lin Hong, who started training for the playoffs, accepted an interview with the local media in Los Angeles:
"The playoffs are a brand new game mode, which will be more intense and brutal than the regular season.

However, we will play every game as if it is the last game in the series. "

"Perhaps everyone thinks that we are too young, there are too many flukes in winning the first place in the regular season, and even think that we will get lost in the playoffs."

"But what I want to say is..."

"The younger generation should dare to challenge and play a dominant role on both offensive and defensive ends, so that those old guys who have occupied the league for too long will be convinced to withdraw from the stage of history."

"In short, the league needs fresh blood."

Lin Hong's meaning is very simple. It can be summed up in one sentence: If you are willing to cut yourself into pieces, you dare to pull the emperor from his horse and change the dynasty.

"Now is the age of our youth."

Immediately afterwards, Kobe, who was interviewed by the Los Angeles media, said bluntly: "This is the meaning of my standing on this court!"

The prologue of the new era has quietly opened!
at the same time.

The data of the regular season will also be released.

Points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, turnovers.

Field goal percentage, [-]-point percentage, free throw percentage and more.

And the Celestial Giants of the Lakers dominate all kinds of lists with great strength, and even Young Ke has made some gains.

Scores per game leaderboard:
Lin Hong ranked first, averaging 33.5 points per game.

Following closely behind, in second place is old hooligan Michael Jordan, averaging 29.6 points per game.

Leading the Big Three of the Bulls, ranking first in the Eastern Conference.

Scoring champion is a good honor for outside players.

Although it is completely incomparable with MVP, it is better than FMVP.

There is also a certain gap from the best team.

But in the position of center, being able to win the scoring champion has a different meaning, especially in the era of Jordan's hegemony.

In the two seasons after Jordan retired, Admiral Robinson and Shaquille O'Neal took the opportunity to win a scoring champion.

After Jordan came back again, he won the scoring champion again.

If it wasn't for the birth of Lin Hong, Jordan would still be monopolizing the scoring champion.

In other words, Lin Hong stole the scoring title from Jordan abruptly.

Rebound leaderboard list:

This is a list for big men.

The top four players are:

Fourth place: Anthony Mason, the former New York beast, averaged 11.4 per game.

Third place: Mutombo, the African mountain, averaged 11.6 per game.

Second place: Rodman, the worm, averaged 16.1 points per game, far ahead of the two big men behind him, and he is indeed one of the greatest rebounders.

The first place, without a doubt, is Lin Hong.

But after seeing the average rebound data of the season, Lin Hong was not satisfied.

His average rebounds per game this season are not much more than No.2 and No.3.

Lin Hong averaged only 23.5 rebounds per game this season.

To know.
The fourth New York beast has 11.4.

The third Uncle Mu also has 11.6.

The two add up to 23.

Lin Hong is only 3 more than the sum of No.4 and No.0.5.

This season's cap leaderboard:

No.4: Alonzo Mourning and Shaq O'Neal, both averaging 2.9 times per game.

No.3: Mutombo, the African mountain, averaged 3.3 per game.

No.2: "Bamboo Pole" Sean Bradley, a fellow of Nuo Tian Wang, was the No. 93 pick in 2. His height was 29 meters, and he averaged 2.0 blocks per game. talent.

It is worth mentioning that Sean Bradley has done a good job in injury management this season. He only missed 82 games in 9 games and played a total of 73 games, which is considered his peak.

But within a few years, injuries found this big man.

Back and leg injuries limited his playing time and diminished his ability.

This also has to make Lin Hong sigh, the injury is as fierce as a tiger.

No.1 is still Lin Hong.

Averaged 4.4 blocks per game.

Lin Hong's block data per game has been in decline at the end of the season.

It's not that the league deliberately wants to prevent Lin Hong from blocking shots.

It was Lin Hong's terrifying defensive deterrence, which made the offensive players timid, and would rather give up attacking the inside than challenge Lin Hong head-on.

This is the famous 'defensive paradox' in the league.

The stronger your defense is, the less people will dare to name and beat you, and your statistics will drop.

Lin Hong achieved a monopoly in scoring, rebounding and blocking shots.

And Xiaoke has made some achievements in the assist list, reaching the top three.

Mark Jackson averaged 11.4 assists per game, ranking first in the league.

Ranked second: John Stockton, averaging 10.5 contributions.

Third place: Kobe Bryant, averaging 9.7 per game.

Fourth place: Kevin Johnson, averaging 9.3 per game.

As for Lin Hong, he averaged 5.4 per game, which is pretty good for a big center.

Although Lin Hong has also played brilliant assist data, with 10+ assists in a single game.

But that was early in the season.

The major teams are relatively unfamiliar with Lin Hong's style of play.

It is difficult for Lin Hong to directly assist and score through long passes.

The reason is very simple, Lin Hong's giant long pass was nailed to death, but Lin Hong was able to create opportunities for his teammates to "play more and play less" through a pass.

This is also the reason why Kobe's assist data soared after the All-Star Game.

Lin Hong ate Kobe's bonus.

Similarly, Kobe also took Lin Hong's bonus.

Ah!
This is the so-called mutual benefit and win-win situation.

The five basic data of the players.

That is points, rebounds, blocks, assists and steals.

Lin Hong occupied three of them by himself, and directly secured the title of 'League's No. [-] brush'.

Of course, in addition to these five basic data.

In terms of turnovers, the Lakers also dominate.

Lin Hong averaged 4.8 turnovers per game, surpassing the 4.4 turnovers of Georgetown's old teammate Allen Iverson, becoming the league's turnover leader.

No.2阿伦·艾弗森4.4次，No.3拉特雷尔·斯普雷韦尔4次，No.4斯塔克豪斯3.9次。

"The Answer" Iverson and "Madman" Latrell Sprewell are the only players with more than 4.0 turnovers per game.

However, Iverson still averaged 23.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game.

It is worth mentioning that.

In the first half of the season, Kobe's turnovers per game once ranked second in the league, averaging 4.2 per game.

But because of the joining of Bruce Bowen, Kobe put more energy on offense. His average turnovers per game plummeted to 3.2, which unfortunately fell out of the top five positions in the league.

The number of fouls.

The Los Angeles Hair Band Gang is also not to be outdone.

Lin Hong averaged 4.2 fouls per game, ranking first in the league.

With a slight advantage, he beat the second Georgetown senior Alonzo Mourning with an average of 4.1 fouls per game.

Become the player with the most fouls per game this season.

Despite Lin Hong's high number of fouls, he has not been labeled as 'mindless'.

The big reason is that Lin Hong's celebration is too aggressive, and he often gets fouled during the game.

Of course, under the protests of the fans and the Lakers executives, the league acquiesced to open a green channel for Lin Hong, allowing him to wag his fingers after blocking shots.

Lin Hong became the first player who can shake his finger to celebrate during the game without being called a technical foul after becoming the old senior Mutombo.

犯规榜的第3-5名分别是：雨人坎普场均4.0次、大本场均3.9次，查尔斯·奥克利场均3.8次。

Black and red are also red, and Daben is considered to be on the list.

And various gambling companies have also issued odds for winning the playoffs.

It is surprising.

The Los Angeles Lakers' championship odds rank only fourth in the league.

The higher the odds, such as seventh and eighth in the east and west, their odds of winning the championship are frighteningly high.

1: 160.

If you bet one dollar, you can lose $160.

But obviously, anyone who knows a little bit about penalty kicks knows that if you buy them to win the championship, it is equivalent to leeks delivered to your door.

In the long history of the NBA, there has never been a seventh and eighth team that won a championship.

Jordan retired in the gap, and the Rockets led by the big dream Olajuwon in 95 won the championship abruptly with the sixth record in the Western Conference.

So, never underestimate the heart of a champion.

Currently.

The lowest odds of winning are: Chicago Bulls.

The second-lowest odds to win: Utah Jazz.

This season's Utah Jazz, under the guidance of old coach Jerry Sloan, with the internal and external core of Malone and Stockton, after several years of ups and downs, finally showed their fangs this season.

At the end of the regular season, the Jazz ranked second in the Western Conference with 62 wins and 20 losses. They averaged 2 points per game, ranking third in the NBA, and averaging 103.1 points per game ranked eighth in the league.

The third-lowest odds to win: Miami Heat.

The fourth lowest odds of winning are: Los Angeles Lakers, odds are 1:5.8.

This odds makes Chinese fans who do business and work in the United States feel as if they have seen a lot of money, and they can't stop.

Such handsome comparisons as 【Ordinary Life】, 【Yinyu Ren Pingsheng 666】, 【Cast】, 【Pure Essence】, 【Heavenly King Gaidi 1】and so on.

They were angry that Lin Hong was underestimated! ! !
The gaming company also underestimated the Los Angeles Lakers headband led by Lin Hong.

In order to support their compatriots, they did not hesitate to take out a full $10 from their pockets and bet on the Lakers to win the championship.

indeed.

It's like the gaming company is not optimistic about the Lakers winning the championship.

Although the external media recognized the strength of the Lakers in the regular season, they did not think that the young Lin Hong and Tie Ke could break through the siege and ascend to the pinnacle throne in the playoffs where super giants are king.

ESPN also took the opportunity to encourage various media to launch a voting campaign.

About how far the Lakers can go in the playoffs.

A: The second round.

B: Semifinals.

C: Western Conference Finals.

D: Finals.

E: The championship.

A total of 28 media participated in the voting.

What made Lin Hong depressed was that [-]% of them chose A.

In other words, there are still many media that believe that the Clippers can complete the black eight miracle in the playoffs.

And the top scorer of the Los Angeles Clippers, Lloyd Ott couldn't help laughing heartily when he saw the media voting data.

"I know the Lakers' performance in the regular season is very impressive, but this is the playoffs, I don't think we will lose to them, any miracle can happen."

Roy Outer said dryly.

"Oh, Lowe, in the playoffs you will face the All-Star starting Lin Hong, will you make any changes?" The reporter asked again.

When he heard the word All-Star, Lloyd Ott's face suddenly pulled down.

Lloyd Ott, like the Clippers, had no presence in the 90s.

Not to mention missing the All-Star, there is not even a substitute.

And Kobe, the blacksmith, hugged the thigh of a giant in the Celestial Dynasty, and was selected as the All-Star starter.

What he couldn't bear the most was that Ben, who was undrafted, was even more popular with fans than him, the Clippers' top scorer, which made Roy Ott very depressed.

"My team and I will win the final victory. Facts prove that no one on our team was selected as an All-Star. What a wrong decision."

Lloyd Ott said something out of the question.

The day before the playoffs.

Knowing Lloyd Ott's answer when facing the reporter, Big Ben couldn't help laughing.

"Ben, Lloyd Ott is the inside core of the Clippers. As long as he can be dealt with, half the game will be won. Do you have the confidence to deal with him?"

The reporter asked provocatively.

confidence?

When it comes to confidence, Daben will not be sleepy.

"Even with one hand, I can handle Roy!"

Big Ben responded to Lloyd Ott's provocation with a straight face.

Lin Hong next to him couldn't help raising his thumbs up after seeing Da Ben's domineering speech.

Even if it's just a semi-finished Big Ben, it's not something a cat or a dog can challenge! !
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(End of this chapter)