lakers championship

Chapter 405 Best Defensive Player?
The moment the final whistle sounded, Tianyang took the initiative to walk towards LeBron, and the two bumped into each other to greet him.

Afterwards, Tianyang shook hands with Embiid, Davis, Giannis and others one by one.

After the players on both sides finished greeting each other, most of the lights on the scene dimmed instantly, leaving only the LOGO area in the center of the court lit, which meant that the awards ceremony had begun.

During the introduction by the live DJ, the famous TNT host Ernie appeared with a microphone in his hand.

According to the process, the donation results of this All-Star Game should be announced first.

"Now, it is my great honor to announce that Team LeBron has won a $15 donation for 'Out of School Mutual Aid' and Team SkyOcean has won a $35 donation for 'Brotherhood.' Brown is two captains."

After the words fell, Ernie glanced at the notebook and continued:
"In addition, Kia America's Group Chairman and COO Michelle brought us the NBA All-Star Game trophy. Now, let us applaud NBA Chairman Adam Silver for presenting the trophy!"

During a burst of joyful BGM, Xiao Hua walked up to Ernie and took the microphone.

"Thanks, Ernie.First of all, I want to thank the city of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers for providing such excellent service and support for the game.Thanks also to the fans from all over the world, without you we wouldn't be able to do what we did.At the same time, I would like to thank the players of Team LeBron and SkyOcean for their wonderful performances. You played an All-Star game worthy of being remembered! "

Having said that, Xiao Hua stopped for a short pause, first looked at Tianyang on the left, then at LeBron on the right, then turned around and waved to the other All-Star players standing in the back row, and then continued:

"Of course, for tonight's game, there is only one AVMP, and that is Li Tianyang from the Los Angeles Lakers!"

Tianyang's quasi-triple-double data of 31 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds has already made the fans 100% sure of the result, but the moment Silver called out his name, deafening cheers erupted from the Staples Center.

Although the honor of AMVP is far inferior to MVP and FMVP, after all, it was the Lakers players who got it at the Staples Center.
Michelle handed the trophy to Xiao Hua, and Tianyang took it over and held it up high. The cheers of the fans reached the highest point!

Ernie walked up to Tianyang and asked, "How do you feel now?"

"Great! Thank you to every player, staff, and fan who participated in this All-Star game!"

"Tonight, your team worked very hard on defense from the beginning, and was also very determined on offense. Why?"

"Several of us discussed, we want to show everyone the charm of defenders!"

"OK, congratulations again on being elected AMVP."

In a blink of an eye, all the links were over, Tianyang also returned to the locker room to take a shower, and then went to Beverly Hills to participate in the All-Star Night event hosted by Jordan with Curry and the others.

After the event, Harden and Owen proposed to go to a nightclub to have a good time, but Tianyang went home directly.

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After the All-Star Game, there were still four days of vacation. Tianyang took a day off and spent another day with Farage to shoot fashion brand endorsements. On the 21st, he went back to training.

He thought it was early enough that he would be alone all day, but less than an hour after arriving at the training base, Ingram, Hart, Kuzma, and Tatum also came to the training base one after another.

After the regular training in the morning, the four of them followed Tianyang to learn three points.

In the afternoon, Kobe, Rondo, Carter and other veterans also came to the training base, and the Lakers completed the full assembly one day in advance.

On the 23rd, the Lakers sit at home and usher in their first opponent after the All-Star Game – the Dallas Mavericks.

Like the previous game, the Mavericks had no desire to win at all, and the Lakers were happy to see the results. They decisively gave up mid-range shots and only used breakthroughs and three-pointers to score. But the rest time was too long, and they couldn't feel the touch. After the game, they were 12 points behind the Mavericks.

Fortunately, in the last quarter, Nick Young stood up and hit consecutive three-pointers, and at the same time drove other players to feel the touch. The Lakers won the game without any risk.

After defeating the Mavericks, the Lakers went to Sacramento to challenge the Kings.

Since both Nance Jr. and Clarkson were sent to the Cavaliers in a trade, Tianyang and the others completely lost their concerns about playing seriously, and continued to give up mid-range shots, only scoring with breakthroughs and three-pointers.

Perhaps because of back-to-back battles and too much physical exertion, the Lakers still couldn't find the touch at the beginning, and even Tianyang was crazy about hitting the iron. As a result, after three quarters, they were 15 points behind the Kings.

The king had never thought of winning, but suddenly they saw a little hope, and it was like being beaten with chicken blood. All kinds of fairy balls and luck balls appeared one after another, making the Lakers miserable.

The Lakers were forced to change their tactics, using mid-range shots as the main scoring method, and finally won the game with difficulty 111-108.

On the 26th, the Lakers went to Atlanta to challenge the Eagles.

As a popular contender for the No. [-] lottery, the Eagles didn't pretend to want to win at all, and played X** all the way.

The Lakers were also affected by this, and continued to take the game to practice three-pointers. Even though they only made 31 shots, they still beat the Hawks 123 to 104. Even Thomas Bryant and Zubac scored in double figures.

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After defeating the Hawks, the Lakers played exactly 60 games, and the entire February schedule was over.

Due to the suspension, Tianyang failed to win Zhuangsi's best player of the month, but this did not affect his MVP ranking in the latest issue, and he still ranked first.

On March 3, EPSN announced the season awards voted by its 1 commentators.

Among them, Tianyang won the first team, first defense, best defensive player, and MVP.

Last season, Tianyang squeezed out Harden for a while, but did not have the other three honors. If such a result really happens, it will definitely be the biggest winner.

This prediction was recognized by some players and opposed by some fans.

The most fierce objection is naturally the famous fans Bill Simmons, who refuted in his blog:
"One team and MVP are both fine. After all, Tianyang currently leads the Lakers to 54 wins and 6 losses, surpassing last season's record of 52 wins. Every win in the future is a new breakthrough, and it may even break or tie the Warriors. record, but I still want to say that Tianyang is not worthy of the first defense and the best defensive player."

"There are two reasons. One is that Tianyang's defensive statistics are not outstanding, such as average steals, blocks, fouls, etc. are inferior to Oladipo, Holiday, Butler, Murray; The second is that Tianyang’s contribution to the team’s defensive system is far inferior to players such as Rudy Gobert and Green, and even his teammate Randle. We all know that the Lakers lacked Randle in the Western Conference Finals last season. After Del, the Warriors directly turned the tide of the battle!"

Simmons' blog changed the views of many neutral fans at once. The voices of Tianyang not worthy of being the first defense and the best defensive player became louder and louder. Journalists who had voting rights in previous years also began to stand in support.

Many Lakers fans were outraged, and left messages on SkyOcean's Twitter, hoping to respond.

　Ingram punches Paul today. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)