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Chapter 235

April 4, Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

The venue was packed. Even though they were facing the Cavaliers, who were determined to be at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, the magnificent 12-13 season in the history of the Bobcats was about to come to an end. More than 2 enthusiastic fans dressed in the style of the Bobcats poured in. The maximum capacity was 1. Spectrum Center Arena, hoping to end this unforgettable season with your beloved team on the last day of the regular season.

Facing the enthusiastic fans whose enthusiasm lasted for the whole game, the Bobcats team worked hard and achieved a high shooting rate of "50+40+80", easily defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers and handing their opponent their 58th defeat of the season. It also fixed his 12-13 season at 55 wins and 27 losses.

At the end of the game, the fans did not disperse immediately, but stayed in place, cheering loudly for the Charlotte Bobcats team name and the names of the players they supported, with the non-standard "Chen Xiao" sound resounding throughout the Spectrum Center Arena. .

After completing such a wonderful season, the Bobcats did not have to leave the arena in despair like a rat that everyone yelled at last season. Instead, they regained the enthusiasm of entering the playoffs for the first time in team history in the 09-10 season.

As the team owner, Michael Jordan came to the center of the arena with a microphone and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Charlotte is the best basketball city. Since the Hornets left, the buzzing all over the city has also been louder." Then it went away, and now, the streets across the city are filled with fans wearing Bobcat jerseys. You can feel the support of the Charlotte Bobcats from everyone walking on the street. We are very honored to be able to revitalize this basketball city. The passion of the community, thank you, guys."

After Jordan finished his speech, Chen Xiao, who was already waiting on the sidelines, stepped forward to the center of the arena amid Danzi's wave.

A roar of shouts and screams instantly erupted from top to bottom of the arena, gradually uniting into a uniform, enthusiastic and generous "MVP" praise.

With a smile blooming and feeling the fans' sincere love, Chen Xiao took Jordan's microphone and stood there for a moment.

"Thank you." As soon as the first word came out, the fans who lowered their voices slightly seemed to have been given enough fuel, completely drowning out Chen Xiao's voice, which was enhanced by the on-site technology equipment.

There was another cheer for more than 30 seconds. Charlotte fans had been waiting for this moment for too long. Unlike the first season in the team's history to enter the playoffs, this season's Bobcats made them feel the long-lost "hope." The team is working hard and holding its head high, and everything is no longer a mystery.

After the fans vented their passion for a while and gradually became quiet to listen, Chen Xiao said: "Thank you, guys, you are the best fans! Every time I walk out of the tunnel at home, I cheer with passion without having to look up. The sound lets me know that the arena is still full today.

Your cheers and cheers are the biggest motivation for us to run on the court. Without your support, we would not be able to win 11 consecutive games in November, sweep the defending champion, complete 8 consecutive victories, let alone win 11 games in a row. Finished the season with 55 wins.

Thank you, sorry, Ben, Ramon, I have to say, you who are fully committed to every game and cheer loudly for the team, guys, you are the best sixth man! "

……

On the evening of the 17th, after the Lakers, who lacked Kobe Bryant, defeated Mosaic under the leadership of the twin towers and the explosive Blake, the 2012-2013 regular season came to an end.

The regular season rankings are finalized, and the playoff matchups will be announced soon.

west:

Upper half:
Thunder (1) vs Mosaic (8)

Clippers (4) vs. Grizzlies (5)

Lower half:
Nuggets (3) vs Warriors (6)

Spurs (2) vs. Lakers (7)

In the last five key games, the Lakers took their fate into their own hands. In the penultimate game, after narrowly defeating the Spurs, who used their rotation method, the Lakers had locked in the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.

In the last game, in a direct confrontation with Mosaic, they took risks and won the opponent, which also allowed the Lakers, who had the same final record of 45 wins and 37 losses, to surpass Mosaic and stand in front of the Spurs.

Going round and round, the Lakers and Spurs met again in the playoffs. The last time was back in the year when Kobe Gasol was first formed. After Popovich angrily denounced this as robbery, the Lakers and Spurs followed 03-04 in the Western Conference Finals. When they met again after the season, the Lakers' 4:1 was equivalent to a gentleman's sweep of their opponents, showing off the power of the team's team.

Time goes by, and when we meet again, we no longer see our old friends.

east:

Upper half:
Heat (1) vs. Celtics (8)

Pacers (4) vs. Nets (5)

The Heat and Green, who met in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, met early this season. However, with the strength ebbing and flowing, it is a question whether the Green Army can still prolong the game and consume the Big Three Heat.

Lower half:
Bobcats (2) vs. Eagles (7)

Knicks (3) vs Bulls (6)

In the Big 3 outside the Heat, the Bobcats and Knicks only faced 6 or 7, but it was not an easy pick for either team. Not long ago, the Knicks were swept by the Bulls for the season, and the Hawks were also rare for the Bobcats. The teams that tied (2:2) in the regular season.

On the evening of the 20th, G1 of the Bobcats and Hawks will be the first to start the playoffs.

……

After the regular season in April ends, voting for the regular season awards begins, but it will take some time before they are officially announced. Before the awards of MVP and Best Team are announced, the last of the regular season "small awards" will be announced first. .

Player of the Month for April.

西部：勇士队斯蒂芬·库里，5胜3负，场均25.4分8.1助攻2.14抢断；

Curry, whose team record and personal statistics were not very outstanding, suddenly emerged and won the Player of the Month in his first career. In the last game against the Trail Blazers, Curry made 11 of 4 three-pointers to defeat himself. The three-point field goal percentage in the regular season increased to 272, making Ray Allen's single-season three-point field goal record set in the 05-06 season pass away. This also impressed the judges with Curry's performance, and faced His 47 points with the Lakers and 15 assists against the Suns also laid the foundation for Curry to win the Western Conference Player of the Month.

East: Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks, 8 wins and 2 losses, averaging 36.9 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.From November to March, there were a total of 11 Eastern Conference Player of the Month awards. Chen Xiao and James tied once. Chen Xiao won the first 3 awards and James won the last 5 awards. The two monopolized the Eastern Conference, while the Western Conference also won the 3 awards. Durant was in charge this time.

The winner will be determined in the last month, and there is a vague saying in public opinion.

But thanks to Melo's strong performance for a full half month, Carmelo Anthony's name has been engraved on the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in April in advance.

Defeated the Heat led by James face-to-face, scoring 50 points to tie his personal career record; scoring 3+ in 40 consecutive games, tying the franchise record of the team's famous "King of New York" Bernard King.

With his scoring spree in April, Anthony has been widening the gap since surpassing Durant in the scoring list. Finally, he won the first scoring title of his career with 4 points. He truly deserves the name of the offensive kaleidoscope.

The awards that need to be selected are still in the process. Although public opinion has made various predictions about this, and many players have been labeled as "must be selected" and "they are XXX with their eyes closed", but it has not yet been announced. Fully announced, there may be variables.

But the various "XX kings" listed there are clearly visible.

Scoring champion:
Carmelo Anthony with 28.7 points;

Durant with 28.1 points and Chen Xiao with 27.7 points ranked in the top three. Players who scored more than 25 points included Kobe, James, and Harden. There were only 6 players in total.

At this time, those who can average 25 points per game in the season are among the best scorers in the league, usually around the 5th place, and the average of 20 points per game in the season has not yet depreciated, which is a mess, and only 10th place can be achieved in the entire season. In the early days, 20+ points were greater than those of the All-Stars. Parker, who scored 20.3 points this season, was the last player to score 20+ points, ranking 12th.

Rebounding king:
Chen Xiao with 15 rebounds;
Warcraft with 12.4 rebounds and Vucevic with 11.9 rebounds ranked second and third.

Similar to the scoring, Al Horford, who averaged 10.2 rebounds per game, ranked 11th in the rebounding list. Cousin and Lao Dengtou held the goal with 9.9 rebounds.

With a gap of nearly 3 rebounds, Chen Xiaofang won the title of "rebound king", although there was no trophy.

Before the start of the season, Chen Xiao, who was not particularly confident in his rebounding ability, did not expect that from the first game, rebounds would "flood" into his hands. Of course, this contained Chen Xiao's willingness to spare no effort. Perhaps, there is a hidden "fighting" attribute in the system. Chen Xiao speculated that he should not be low.

He is over 2 meters tall in shoes, with a terrifying height that can almost touch the basket with his hand, agility that is not constrained by a giant's height, and a strength confrontation that will not suffer in the face of large-tonnage insiders, like a cattail leaf fan. Big hands, physical ability that can play the whole game, factors other than the "rebounding" attribute such as this, give Chen Xiao a shocking bonus to his rebounding ability on the court.

Return to the basket, stand, stretch out your hand, and the rebound is in your hand. It is so easy to protect the defensive rebound.

Pressing forward to squeeze out an opponent who is blocked, or in a stalemate, the slight disadvantage can be made up for by Chen Xiao's static talent, and it is not difficult to steal offensive rebounds.

As we get closer to the small ball era, more and more three-pointers are being shot, and the pace is accelerating, but the iron law in the basketball world that controlling rebounds equals controlling the game is still in effect.

Assist king:
Rajon Rondo with 11.1 assists.

Although many fans will think at first glance, eh, isn't Rondo reimbursed?

However, in the current NBA, there is no rigid requirement for playing a certain number of times in a season. Instead, the selection criteria for data kings are "no less than 70 games played" or "no less than 1400 points in total and no less than 800 total rebounds" More than 400, and the total assists are no less than [-]."

Therefore, although he played only 38 times, he had a total of 420 assists. As the only player with double-digit assists per game, Rajon Rondo relied on his excellent court organization performance before his retirement, averaging 11.7 assists per game last season. After assisting, he continued to dominate the assists king throne.

Prior to this, many outsiders believed that this system standard was unreasonable. In simple arithmetic, the single data champion is equivalent to the minimum standard of scoring champion after playing more than 70 games normally. The minimum standard required for the scoring champion is 20 points per game and rebounds. The king is 10+, which is quite reasonable. After all, there are only more than 20 players in the league who have scored 10 points and rebounded in double figures. Among the more than 10 players, choose the one that stands out the most.

However, 400 assists is pitifully small in comparison. It is equivalent to averaging 6 assists per game to cross the threshold and participate in the selection of the assist king.

What you need to know is that there are 400 players with more than 28 assists this season, and Rajon Rondo happens to be ranked 25th.Obviously, before Rondo was retired, he was the best playmaker in the league, with more assists than Chris Paul, but he couldn't win the assists title with an assist number that exceeded unreasonable standards in half a season. A symbolic honor for the master of the organization.

Amid heated discussions from the outside world, the league has also taken action. According to the caliber of the league spokesperson, the "Rondo Clause" may soon meet with the players next season. In the future, the spectacle of being at the top of the list after half a season will become history. .

Blocking King:
Chen Xiao with 3.6 blocks.

As well as dominating the rebounding list, Chen Xiao, as the only player who averages significantly more than 3 blocks per game, dominates the two rankings in a row.

Ibaka with 3.025, Larry Sanders with 2.8 ranked second and third, and Tim Duncan returned to the top four after a long absence.

If you win the rebounding title in a single season, it may be a short-lived rebounding madman; if you win the block title in a single season, it may be a deliberate brushstroke that is crazy about shots.

But if the two are combined in one person in a single season, then this person is at least a superstar.

The history of the NBA over the past few decades has proved it.

Before Chen Xiao, who dominated the double rankings this season, only five players in history had accomplished such a feat.

In the 75-76 season, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged 16.9 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game. Obviously, in addition to his everlasting excellence in scoring, Skygou also performed at the top level in history in terms of rebounding and defense at center. Chen Xiao once again competed with himself. templates side by side.

Then, in the 76-77 season, Bill Walton had only a few healthy years and his only peak season. He stayed healthy throughout the season. The "Red Giant" played 65 games and showed his outstanding abilities, averaging 14.4 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game. And led the Trail Blazers to win the first and only championship in team history.

89-90赛季的奥拉朱旺，场均14篮板4.6盖帽，单赛季场均4.6盖帽在历史上也能位列第6。

In the 01-02 season, he averaged 13 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, DPOY, rebounding leader, blocks leader, All-Defensive First Team and All-NBA Third Team. Although he showed himself in all aspects with the above, MVP, championship, FMVP All included, scoring, rebounding and blocking are incomparable to any historical superstar. Ben Wallace also achieved the highest honor of a defensive player this season.

The most recent is Warcraft. The peak season of "single James" was the 08-09 season and the 09-10 season for two consecutive years, 13.8+2.9, 13.2+2.8. Warcraft is also the only one in history to accomplish such a feat twice. As a player, only 3 blocks seemed a bit inferior to the above-mentioned seniors.

(End of this chapter)