NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 187 The youngest regular season MVP in history—Wang Chong!

In the second round showdown between the Bulls and the Heat, most fans themselves are more optimistic about the Bulls winning and entering the Eastern Conference Finals.

But no one expected that the score between the two teams would be a clean 4:0. The defending champion combination of Wade and O'Neal was swept out. They were somewhat disgraced, but at least they were eliminated in the second round, and their opponents were still regular The Bulls, who had won 69 games, were not too embarrassed to lose. At least they were much better than the Mavericks, who had a life-and-death battle with them in the Finals last year and ended up being overturned by the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

A few days later, the remaining three groups of matchups in the east and west of the league were all decided.

In the East, the Cavaliers defeated the Nets 4:2. James led the Cavaliers to the Eastern Conference Finals. It was the third time in team history that they entered the Eastern Conference Finals, which is really rare.

It's a pity that this way, the Eastern Conference finals will be a duel between the Bulls and the Cavaliers. This is not good news for Cavaliers fans.

Because since Wang Chong joined the Bulls last year, the Bulls have won consecutive games against the Cavaliers. They have zero shutouts in the regular season and have been swept out of the playoffs. Including the four games between the two teams during the regular season this season, the Bulls also won. The victory ended.

It's not that the Cavaliers are too weak, the main reason is that the Bulls are too strong, especially Wang Chong. Whenever he plays against James, he will always unconsciously go all out and try his best to win the game.

Wang Chong actually found out that he seemed to be a bit targeted at James, but this is understandable. As the future leader of the league, James is the strongest player in the league since Kobe and before Curry.

Wang Chong and James entered the league at the same year, so they would naturally have the involuntary desire to compare themselves with each other. If they could suppress James throughout their careers, they would be able to rank among the top superstars without any other honors.

And there is a saying, seeing James frustrated and unconvinced, Wang Chong will spontaneously feel a sense of achievement and satisfaction, but he doesn't know if such suppression will make James give birth to a bucket in advance and take his talent with him. Ideas about which city to go to.

No matter what, just run if you want to. Anyway, James's ball-carrying and core-playing style is only suitable for building a team as the absolute first core. He needs specific teammates to maximize his strength.

If James is paired with a Splash Brother, he will definitely rise to the sky on the spot, and his combat effectiveness even far exceeds the combination of the Splash Brothers plus Durant and Green during the Warriors of the Universe.

Curry and Thompson are both competent or proficient shooters in off-ball play and fixed-point shooting, which fit perfectly with James' one-star and four-shooting tactical system. On the contrary, Durant, despite his considerable achievements with the Warriors, But even on the court, he is positioned like a mercenary. He just uses his super ability to hold the ball in singles to attack the Warriors at critical moments.

But how can the Splash Brothers be so easy to find? Without the ability of a time traveler like Wang Chong to foresee things, James would be in trouble even if he ran a few more times, which would only make more and more people criticize him.

Wang Chong also thought about a question, whether James might come to join him later.

This possibility is quite high, because when he was traded from the Lakers to the Bulls, the Cavaliers also participated in the discussion about his trade, and they were very active.

It is said that it was because of James' request to partner with him that the Cavaliers management was very active in operating.

But unfortunately, the chips that the Cavaliers can provide are very average. Compared with the Bulls who are willing to play Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Eddy Curry, they can't compete with each other, so they regret to miss Wang Chong.

It's just that even if the Cavaliers can really provide enough valuable chips, Wang Chong will not be willing to go to Cleveland to assist James. He originally planned to be the boss of a team. If he is to be someone else's younger brother, he will continue. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to stay in the City of Angels and be Kobe's little brother than to be James' little brother?

James' extravagant wish may never be realized, unless he is willing to publicly express that he wants to be Wang Chong's Pippen, in which case he can consider it.

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The Eastern Conference finals are Bulls vs. Cavaliers, while the Western Conference finals are Jazz vs. Spurs.

There are still no additional variables in the historical process.

The Jazz defeated the Warriors 4:1, who had just completed a black eight miracle. The Golden State Gang failed to create another miracle and could only stop in the second round of the playoffs. However, the Warriors were able to overthrow the Mavericks, who were ranked first in the Western Conference. .

The match between the Spurs and the Suns was decided in six games, with the Spurs defeating the Suns 4:2.

In this round of the series, there were extremely controversial shots.

In Game 4 of the series, the Suns relied on their excellent offense to tenaciously regain a victory. The two teams tied the score at 2:2. However, at the last moment of the game, Horry, who was committing foul tactics, used a fierce hit to Knocked Nash directly out of the court.

This kind of action outside the game immediately angered Stoudemire and Diaw on the Suns' side. The two angrily rushed to the court to seek justice for Nash, but this played into the Spurs' hands.

Horry, who committed a flagrant foul, was expelled on the spot, but the Suns lost even more miserably because Stoudemire and Diaw paid the price for their impulsiveness. After the game, the league imposed additional penalties and the two were directly suspended for one game.

In the crucial Battle of Tianwangshan, the Suns lacked two generals and unfortunately lost with a narrow gap of 85 points at 88:3. In the subsequent G5 series at the Spurs' home court, although Stoudemire and Diaw both returned to the team, they lost in the Spurs' home court. In the team's devilish home court, the Suns still failed to win the game. Their opponents seized the opportunity to win two consecutive games and lost with a total score of 2:4.

To put it bluntly, Horry's flagrant foul on Nash almost directly led to the Suns losing the series.

This is also the reason why many people hate the Spurs.

On the road to winning the championship, any team will inevitably have some players who do the dirty work, but the Spurs are the most famous for doing this kind of thing, especially Bruce Bowen, who was selected as the best first defense this season. , his black feet disabled many stars. When he retired, the stars in the league almost rushed to tell each other.

However, the way of heaven is easy to reincarnate, who will be spared by heaven?

The Spurs, who were full of evil, later became a victim. Leonard, the top star who was hailed as Duncan's successor, was injured by Pachulia of the Warriors. Not only did the Spurs lose the series, but also because of Various issues such as whether to recover from injuries directly caused a gap between Leonard and the Spurs management. In the end, Leonard switched to the Raptors and helped the Raptors win the championship in the 18-19 season.

This means that evil people need to be punished by evil people, but it is undeniable that any winning team must have one or two players who do the dirty work.

The Spurs have Bowen and Horry, the future Warriors have Green and Pachulia, and the Lakers also had evil people like Artest during their two consecutive championships.

The Bulls currently have more say in this aspect, and it should be Tyson Chandler.

Chandler is nicknamed the Boxing Champion not only because his name is the same as boxing champion Tyson, but also partly because of his tougher fighting style.

Of course Chandler doesn't know how to box or hit, but as a blue-collar insider, doing dirty work is a basic skill, and his fierce attack with a pair of iron elbows to open the way is also very lethal.

The topic has gone too far. The Western Conference finals will be Spurs vs. Jazz. If nothing else, the Spurs will basically defeat the young Jazz by a big score and enter the finals.

The showdown in the finals will most likely be between Wang Chong's Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs.

<divclass="contentadv"> Bulls vs. Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. Most people are optimistic that the Bulls will win. After all, the Cavaliers have never won against the Bulls since Wang Chong joined the Bulls. This time How can you win in the Eastern Conference Finals?

Cavaliers fans naturally refuse to believe this fact. They still have some illusions, hoping that James can lead the team to defeat the Bulls and enter the finals with his super personal ability.

In the Cavaliers' decades of team history, the team has never reached the finals, let alone won the championship trophy.

If the Cavaliers can reach the finals this season or even win the championship, they will create history for the Cavaliers!

It's just that Cavaliers fans are full of hope for James, but James himself doesn't even have any confidence.

It has been four seasons since he entered the NBA. James has been able to defeat Wang Chong very few times, which makes him even less confident, especially when the Cavaliers have no strong helpers.

On May 5, Game 21 of the Eastern Conference Finals was played at the Chicago United Center, home of the Bulls.

The Bulls, who won 69 games in the regular season, have an absolute home court advantage no matter which team they face in the playoffs, and no one can shake it.

After the game started, the two teams were inseparable.

I have to admit that the Cavaliers are indeed much stronger than the Bulls' opponents in the first two rounds, the Magic and Heat. They are basically the second-best team in the Eastern Conference after the Bulls.

The two teams fought fiercely for two quarters, and at the end of halftime, the score was 46:43, which was evenly matched.

But in the second half of the game, the situation took a turn for the worse.

In the third quarter of the game, the Bulls' defensive intensity suddenly surged. The Cavaliers' offense was repeatedly blocked. They only scored 16 points in a single quarter, but the Bulls scored 27 points, of which Wang Chong scored 14 points in a single quarter. .

The point difference between the two teams instantly expanded to more than double digits. In the fourth quarter, James led the Cavaliers to launch a fierce counterattack. However, every time they launched an offensive, they were blocked by Wang Chong with the same offensive score.

The result was that in the fourth quarter, the Bulls scored 22 points. Although the Cavaliers scored 26 points in a single quarter and recovered 4 points, the point difference in the third quarter was too wide and they could only lose the game. , the score was 88:82.

In this game, James was on full fire, scoring a near-triple-double with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

But the Cavaliers still have that problem. Apart from James, the highest scorer on the team is Big Z, who came off the bench and scored 14 points on 7 of 16 shots.

Starting center Ben Wallace only had 9 points and 11 rebounds, which was no different from the Bulls' Tyson Chandler's statistics.

But as the Cavaliers' second star, if Ben can only trade with the Bulls' blue-collar center Chandler, what's the point of the Cavaliers spending tens of millions to introduce him?

On the Bulls side, against the Cavaliers, Wang Chong finally had some interest in getting serious.

He changed from his sluggish state in the first two rounds of the series and came out with full firepower in the game, scoring 35 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 58% from the field and 45% from the three-point range.

The Cavaliers' loss in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Finals was not the most uncomfortable thing for James.

Because before the Eastern Conference Finals series officially begins, the league first announced the final prize of the season.

There is no doubt about the regular season MVP. With 37% of the votes, Wang Chong was undisputedly elected as the 2006-07 regular season MVP. At the age of 22 years and 297 days, he became the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history.

Before Wang Chong, the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history was Washington Bullets legend Wes Unseld. He won the regular season MVP at the age of 23 years and 9 days, nearly two years later than Wang Chong. months time.

However, Wes Unseld was already 22 years old when he entered the league. He won the regular season MVP in his rookie season. In this regard, there is no second player in the league. He is really awesome. Break.

Wang Chong was young when he entered the league. Although he set a new record for the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history, he has actually been in the league for four seasons. In this regard, he is closer to Jordan and is famous. The basketball god also won his first regular season MVP trophy in his fourth season in the league.

As the first player in the 03 class to win the league's highest personal honor award, Wang Chong naturally deeply stung James, the chosen one.

Because he only ranked sixth in the MVP selection, not only was he inferior to Wang Chong, but there were Nowitzki, Nash, Kobe and Duncan above him.

Now, not only in terms of team performance, but also in terms of personal honors and awards, James was completely left behind by Wang Chong. He could only look up to the opponent. In addition, the team lost to the Heat in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Finals. You can imagine the frustration. And know.

By the way, among several other season awards, the Rookie of the Year award was won by Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy, who averaged 16.8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

The best sixth man is Barbosa of the Suns. This season, Barbosa averaged 19.4 points and 4 assists per game, which is higher than the original score. Obviously, the team is missing a player who averages 14.7 points per game. Adding Bell has benefited fellow defender Barbosa's personal data a lot.

The selection result of the best defensive player was a bit unexpected for Wang Chong, because the selected player was none other than the Bulls' main center Tyson Chandler.

It seems that the bonus of 69 wins in the regular season, which is second in history, is indeed cruel enough, and it actually allowed Chandler to win the regular season MVP 6 years ahead of schedule.

Wang Chong is not sure whether the current Chandler's defensive level has reached the level where he won the regular season MVP in the 11-12 season. But in terms of personal defensive ability, Chandler, Duncan, Garnett and others should have played in 06. -Marcus Camby, who won the Defensive Player of the Year award in the 07 season, is still inferior in comparison.

But voting itself has some subjective and objective views. Otherwise, Duncan would not have even one best defensive player in his entire career. His interior defensive ability is definitely of historical level.

Chandler was able to win this award in large part because of the Bulls' 69-win record, which allowed him to narrowly edge out the shot-blocking leader Camby in the voting and was successfully elected as the best defensive player DPOY, which can be regarded as a reward for his hard work. The best return.