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The Bulls' 2011-12 season still stopped in the finals.

Facing the Lakers with the same Big Three configuration, the Bulls, whose lineup was in dire straits, still lost to their opponents. They lost to the Lakers 2:4 and lost the finals.

The Bulls won two home games in G1 and G5, but with the huge disparity in strength, not even Wang Chong could turn the tide.

At the end of Game 6 of the Finals, Kobe couldn't suppress his excitement and burst into tears on the court.

It's too difficult, it's really too difficult.

Although Kobe had already won four championships before this, all four championships were won with O'Neal, and none of them truly belonged to him.

Now, Kobe, who has won the fifth championship in his career, truly has a championship of his own. What this means to Kobe, who is naturally strong and has an almost paranoid desire for victory, is self-evident.

In the 6 games of the Finals, Kobe's performance was actually only average. With Danny Green guarding him the whole time, he averaged 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was only 39%. Whether it was suppressed throughout the Finals, Gasol and Howard, who averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, still have no advantage compared to Paul, who defeated Thomas and averaged 18 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists per game.

But the Lakers are Kobe's team after all. Even if he is a bit like being separated from the team now and basically relies on his personal ability to fight alone on the court, after the team wins the championship, the FMVP will still be awarded to Kobe.

However, after winning the championship, the Lakers were ambitious.

There is only one MVP and FMVP player, why should we compete with Wang Chong, who has won four consecutive championships, 4 MVPs, and 4 FMVPs? To put it bluntly, if the Bulls hadn't had too many injuries this season, what would have happened to you in the championship? They lost two games against the remnant Bulls and won the championship 4:2. With this fighting ability, do you still want to defend the championship next season? Have you asked us about the bull?

On the defensive end, the two core defensive cores of the Lakers are Paul and Howard. Even though Kobe was also selected for the All-Defensive Second Team, his contribution to the Lakers' defense is actually not as good as before. The increase in age has made Kobe's competitiveness more difficult. His form has also declined, and his defensive energy is naturally not as good as the years at his peak.

If Wang Chong is awarded another FMVP trophy for the losing team, it will be 5 FMVP trophies.

How did you win the first four championships in your career? You don't have any clue.

But the league did not do this. After all, unlike Jerry West, the first losing FMVP in history, Wang Chong has already won 5 championships. Looking at the 4 FMVP trophies, the only players in league history who can rival them are Jordan and O'Neal. .

No one knows how many more championships the Bulls will win in the future.

That's Paul and Howard.

To put it cruelly, Kobe this season was a bit like a leech, clinging to Paul and Howard to suck blood. After winning the championship, he deservedly received all the flowers and applause.

No one thinks that Wang Chong needs such a trophy to comfort him. After all, after this troubled season, as long as the Bulls players can return healthily, the Bulls will still be one of the league's biggest favorites to win the championship next season, even if they are better than Lupus and Garnett are both old, but the new generation of Curry and Gasol can completely replace the former.

Wang Chong's fans were also unhappy.

But Howard can't restrict Wang Chong, but he can effectively restrict other Bulls players, including Gasol. All Bulls players are tightly guarded. Wang Chong is unable to survive alone. No matter how good his performance is, he can't make a difference.

As the heroes of the championship, Paul and Howard certainly felt uncomfortable when they saw this. After all, before they came to the Lakers, they were the absolute core bosses of their respective teams and the most dazzling kid in the spotlight.

In fact, after the finals, some media believed that just by averaging 43+11+5 per game during the finals, Wang Chong could become the second loser FMVP in NBA history. After all, based on this data, the Lakers' It would take two of the Big Three combined to equal Wang Chong in terms of data.

The Lakers won the championship, and the two played an indispensable role. The most important tactical system of the Lakers' offensive end was the pick-and-roll tactics of Paul and Howard. Kobe was just playing alone on the court. The so-called critical moment attack nine times out of ten. They will all miss shots and not help the team at all.

When Kobe Bryant gave his Finals MVP acceptance speech, he made a bold statement. The Lakers will defend their title next season. He will win the sixth championship in his career, surpass Wang Chong and O'Neal, and catch up with the league's number one player, Michael Jordan. .

This statement sounds a bit harsh, especially for O'Neal fans, who feel particularly uncomfortable.

He also caught up with O'Neal, held O'Neal's thigh and won four championships. Now he has just won one, and with the two superstars Paul and Howard protecting him, do he immediately feel confident?

In addition to Wang Chong and O'Neal, who were touched by Kobe, there were actually two other people present who felt quite uncomfortable.

The Lakers were not as good as the Heat in defending Wang Chong. After changing his name, Artest's defensive ability was not much better than that of Sean Battier, not to mention that the Heat later asked James to team up with Battier. With Wang Chong, the Lakers simply can't come up with such a configuration. Even if they have Howard, the three-time DPOY, there is no way to limit Wang Chong's scoring offense.

Wang Chong's performance during the finals was not inferior to that during the Eastern Conference finals, averaging 43 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was close to 60%.

The 33-year-old Kobe finally won the first FMVP of his career, which brings Kobe's honors to 5 championships, 1 MVP, and 1 FMVP. Although personal honors are still a bit lackluster, compared with Jordan, who has 6 championships, 5 MVPs, and 6 FMVP, and Wang Chong, who has 5 championships, 4 MVPs, and 4 FMVPs, is far behind, but at least he can leave his name in the history of the league. Under the name Jordan, the second shooting guard in history will no longer be questioned.

In the Los Angeles Lakers, the spotlight is basically all focused on Kobe, and the two of them have become foils. Who would be happy if he replaced him?

If a player has a relatively high emotional intelligence, when delivering his acceptance speech, he will also thank his teammates for their help and humbly say that he would not have been able to succeed without the help of his teammates. This can be regarded as a thank you to the players who have contributed silently.

But Kobe didn't mean that at all. Maybe he was too excited and forgot about it, or maybe he didn't think so at all, thinking that it was his credit for the team to win the championship.

Of course, the joy of winning the championship has temporarily obscured these contradictions. As long as we can win the championship, everything we have to pay will be worth it.

But once the Lakers fail, the situation may change again. It's hard to say whether Paul and Howard can continue to tolerate Kobe.

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In any case, the shortened NBA 2011-12 season has come to an end.

With the finals over, the league's teams have begun non-stop preparations for the new season.

The Bulls are no exception. This season, the contracts of many Bulls players have expired, including Chauncey Billups, Danny Green, Marcus Thornton, and the main players of Jeremy Lin's team.

Considering that Billups is 35 years old and has suffered serious injuries, even if the team wants to keep him, it will only be a short-term veteran's basic salary contract at most, and the signing and renewal of other players will also be limited. The team needs to discuss it in detail.