NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 208: Another 40 sweep, James suppressed by bloodline

With the help of the referees, the Cavaliers did briefly gain the upper hand against the Bulls. However, as the Bulls' unethical use of shark-cutting tactics and the change of free throw targets changed the situation, the situation changed again.

You can always trust O'Neal's free throws.

While the Cavaliers' offense was hindered, Wang Chong also began to exert his strength. He hit two three-pointers from the outside in front of James, plus his signature mid-range pull-up jumper, and tied the double-digit deficit in the blink of an eye.

The mood of the Cavaliers home fans changed from excitement and excitement at the beginning to anxiety, and finally turned into despair.

How can the Cavaliers win the game when they can't even win with the referee's help?

The score reached 3:0, and the Cavaliers once again faced the situation of being swept out.

In Game 39, James scored a huge triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and assists. Even with the help of the referees, he still couldn't lead the team to win the game. There was no chance of winning. That would be a real win. No more.

After this battle, there was a lot of criticism of James in the league. After all, from the perspective of lineup configuration, although the Cavaliers' Big Three are not as high-quality as the Bulls' Big Three, Ray Allen is still very capable in immediate combat. O'Neal The performance was poor, averaging 4 points and 17 rebounds in 9 games.

In this case, I don't expect James to defeat Wang Chong and reach the finals, but at least don't be so embarrassed by being swept 4:0.

Three years ago, when Wang Chongchu arrived, when the Bulls were still a new team that was not favored by anyone, the playoff confrontation between the two was a clean 4:0. Three years have passed, even if Wang Chong Chong has had outstanding teammates like Billups and Garnett around him, but James is also growing up, and the teammates around him are also getting stronger. Why is the result still 4:0? Does this mean that your strength is not as good as Wang Chong?

If it was too early to draw a conclusion before, now that he has been swept out by Wang Chong for three consecutive seasons, it can be basically concluded that James is not as good as Wang Chong, or he is defeated by Wang Chongtian, almost suppressed by blood.

Even if James is very dissatisfied with this conclusion, there is no room for refutation.

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"Facts have proved that James is indeed not as good as Wang Chong. It is true that he is also a rare superstar in history. Since landing in the league, he has continued to break various scoring records for the youngest player in the league. In just 5 years of his career, he has been selected to the All-NBA Team 4 times, including 2 in a row.”

"But just like players who were born in the same era as Jordan, especially shooting guards at the same position, no matter how outstanding their abilities are, they will still be overshadowed by Jordan's light."

"James, known as the proud son of heaven, is destined to spend his entire career in the shadow of Wang Chong's light."

"Snapped!"

Turning off the TV and slamming the remote control on the coffee table, James' face was ashen and he was in an extremely bad mood.

One day ago, the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals officially ended without any suspense. The Cavaliers lost again at their home court and were swept by the Bulls 4-0.

尽管詹姆斯在4场比赛中场均可以砍下28分10篮板8助攻的准三双数据，47%的投篮命中率对于一名外线球员而言也算十分高效。

But no one will praise his performance because of his all-around statistics.

Winners and losers in competitive sports. As long as you lose the game, what's the use of having beautiful personal data?

In the 1985-86 season, the Bulls led by Jordan were swept out by the Celtics in the first round. Jordan averaged 43.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists in the series. Even Birdie was defeated. After the game, he said that God was wearing Playing ball on the 23rd.

Even so, the experience of being swept by the Celtics in the playoffs is still a humiliating battle in Jordan's career.

James was even worse than Jordan. Jordan was swept twice by the Celtics led by Bird in the third and fourth years of his career. Counting this time, James was swept by Wang Chong for the third consecutive year. Moreover, James The teammates around him this time are much better than Jordan at that time.

In this comparison, many fans who expected James to become the second Jordan were naturally disappointed, especially because the one who suppressed James was the 13th overall pick in the same draft. At the beginning of the draft, James' status with the number one pick was simply heavenly. underground.

But James himself doesn't think so. He admits that Wang Chong is indeed very strong, especially on the offensive end, and his scoring ability is slightly better than him. However, when considering a player's level, we cannot completely look at scoring ability, defense, rebounding, organization and support. All aspects are important reference targets, and James is confident that he can beat Wang Chong in these aspects.

Therefore, Wang Chong has always achieved better results than James in the past few years. In his opinion, it is simply because the opponent has better luck.

It's all about luck from the moment you enter the league through the draft.

James is the No. 1 pick and the much-anticipated pick. The only team that can select him is the Cavaliers, a bad team with a bottom record. And because of his momentum, there is no possibility of any team acquiring him through a trade.

However, Wang Chong, who was selected with the 13th pick, was sent to the traditional giant Lakers because of some worthless trading chips. When he first entered the league, he partnered with OK and successfully won the NBA championship as a rookie.

Wang Chong, who is in Los Angeles, is equally well-received in terms of exposure, almost as much as James, who became famous even before entering the league.

But Wang Chong, who later moved to the Bulls, still had no end to his good luck.

The Bulls' rookie lineup was considered quite bad at the time, but all of them were able to perform amazingly. While each of them grew at an astonishing rate, their worth also increased.

Monta Ellis was traded for All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups.

Luol Deng and Tyson Chandler were even traded for Kevin Garnett, a top star in his prime.

Sometimes James can't help but envy Wang Chong's good luck. Why do all the good things happen to him?

Even now, the young faces in the Bulls lineup are also performing well, such as starting center Marc Gasol and sixth man Paul Millsap. Although their personal data are not good due to the positioning of the team, they are obviously capable. It can be seen that given time, these two people will definitely grow into the main starting players, and at least reach the level of big Z insiders.

You must know that these two players are cheap players that the Bulls missed in the second round of the draft.

While James was envious, he also felt a deep sense of unwillingness.

"If Wang Chong and I swap teams, I can beat him 4:0. What's so difficult about this?"

But the problem James faces now is how to have better teammates than Wang Chong.

In order to put together the Big Three lineup of James + Ray Allen + O'Neal, the Cavaliers have almost exhausted their wealth. Even if the league has better players to trade, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to provide enough attractive players. unless they are willing to put the Big Three on the shelves.

But the problem is that James himself cannot be used as a bargaining chip. Ray Allen is still a very good immediate combatant, and his playing style is also very consistent with James, so he is not suitable for trading away.

<divclass="contentadv">As for O'Neal, his contract will expire in 2010 and his average annual salary is as high as 2000 million. With his current competitive status and the fact that he will be 36 years old next season, he has become a negative asset. , let alone trading high-quality star players, even if you want to get rid of it, you have to get some draft picks before a team is willing to take over.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Cavaliers to make other big moves for at least two to three years.

If James wants to find better teammates, he has only one option, and that is to leave the Cavaliers himself and join a team that is strong enough or has the chips to build a stronger lineup than the Bulls.

But whether to do this or not, James is also extremely torn. He also knows that once he really makes this choice, the voice of doubts from the outside world will be even louder, and if he cannot defeat Wang Chong with this move, he will really fall into doom. land!

James, who is already very shrewd and has planned every step of his career early, has keenly judged that this choice is very important. Once he makes a wrong move, the impact on him will be huge.

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When James was upset and thinking wildly because he was once again swept out by Wang Chong, Wang Chong didn't pay attention to these issues at all.

After defeating the Cavaliers, the Bulls took the lead in entering the finals, waiting for the winner of the Western Conference Finals to be born, and the Western Conference Finals will not let them wait too long.

In the Western Conference Finals series between the Lakers and the Spurs, the Lakers have gained an absolute advantage, taking the lead in winning the match point 3:1.

The lineups of the two teams are almost the same as those in the 07-08 season in history. Although the league situation has been turned upside down by Wang Chong's arrival, the results of the games between these two teams will not change much.

For the Spurs, Duncan averaged 22 points, 17 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, single-handedly suppressing the Lakers' inside line. The combined rebounds of Gasol and Odom barely tied Duncan alone.

Tony Parker also averaged 19 points per game and shot nearly 48% from the field.

The only player in GDP who played a good role was the sixth man Ginobili. He averaged only 12 points per game and shot less than 36% from the field.

Of course, GDP performance is not the point. The point is that the Spurs have nothing to do with Kobe who is at his peak.

In 4 games, Kobe averaged close to 30 points per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 53%, which was higher than Duncan's shooting percentage as an inside player. He almost single-handedly tore apart the Spurs' defensive system.

This is the most striking contrast between the playing styles of Kobe and James.

In the original 06-07 season, James of the Cavaliers was easily defeated by the Spurs in the Finals, but just one year later, Kobe used his offense to defeat the Spurs.

Unlike James' style of breaking through and distributing the ball with the ball, the Spurs' defensive system with Duncan as the core was defeated.

Kobe is now a top-level shooting expert, and his long-range shooting is probably second only to Wang Chong in the league. Moreover, he is also a player who is particularly hungry. Once his condition is up, even Jordan will not be afraid.

The Spurs were unlucky. They happened to encounter Kobe who was in excellent condition. Even though Bowen, who was defending for a while, tried his best to guard Kobe, he was still easily defeated by him.

In fact, in last year's finals, the Spurs were also helpless against Wang Chong's mid-range. Unfortunately, the Bulls did not have players who could compete with Duncan in the paint.

Even though Gasol and Odom were suppressed by Duncan alone in the penalty area, the two of them still caused a lot of trouble for Duncan when they joined forces.

And the most important reason why the Bulls lost to the Spurs in last year's finals was that the team's copycat tactics from the Spurs were completely broken, and the head coach didn't have the ability to adapt on the spot.

The Lakers' tactics are not superficial like the Bulls', and head coach Phil Jackson is recognized as a top coach even stronger than Popovich.

With both hardware and software configurations taking advantage, the Lakers have a huge advantage.

May 5, Game 29 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Spurs, with one foot on the edge of the cliff, worked very hard to win the game, but Kobe Bryant's little universe broke out again. He made 30 of 16 shots and scored 39 points. He just led the Lakers to defeat the Spurs 100:92. The defending champion Spurs were eliminated with a big score of 4:1 and entered the finals.

The script that league officials and the vast majority of fans have been waiting for is coming.

Finals Bulls vs. Lakers, showdown on the 24th!

The reunion of Wang Chong, the old Lakers player, with his old club and the grudge between him and Kobe Bryant are finally about to show off on the stage of the finals! ——

The Bulls and Lakers met in the finals, once again proving the terrifying gold content of the Lakers in the 03-04 season.

In the summer of 2004, OK group disbanded.

In the summer of 2005, Wang Chong officially left the team.

In the following three years, O'Neal successfully reached the Finals and won the championship with the Heat in 06, proving that as a superstar, he could win the championship even without partnering with Kobe.

In 07, Wang Chong led the Bulls to the finals. Although they lost to the Spurs 2:4 and unfortunately missed the championship, it was still an honor to lose.

In 08, Wang Chong and Kobe Bryant both reached the finals and were about to stage a battle of the century.

In the past three years, players from the 04 Lakers have participated in the NBA Finals every year, and they are all the main core players. This is enough to prove how strong the Lakers were in the 03-04 season. Don’t forget that the Lakers still have With two twilight superstars, Karl Malone and Gary Payton, and the OK combination, F4, if you add Wang Chong, who later emerged as the youngest MVP, the Lakers' starting lineup at that time was so luxurious that it was simply enviable. saliva.

Leading the team to the finals successfully allowed Kobe to finally take a breath. The pressure he has been under in recent years has been too great, which can be said to be several times that of James.

O'Neal and Wang Chong both left the Lakers because of him, but they both prospered in the Eastern Conference after leaving. On the contrary, only the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant continued to struggle in the first round and on the edge of the playoffs.

This time he led the team to the finals, and won the regular season MVP, his highest personal honor, which finally made Kobe's waist straighten a little.

Although he was the last player among the trio to lead the team to the finals in 04, Kobe finally did it, and not only in the finals, he also defeated Wang Chong and the Bulls head-on and won the NBA championship, proving that he He is the strongest player in this league!