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The Bulls' regular season record was finally settled at 68 wins and 14 losses, with a winning rate of 83% and a record that ranked first in the league.

It's a cliché. At the beginning of the regular season, no one could have imagined that the Bulls would be able to achieve such a strong record this season, let alone the fact that the team was missing Garnett and had nothing to gain from the free market last summer. Under the circumstances, the strength did not decrease but increased, becoming stronger.

But if you look closely at the composition and data performance of the Bulls team, it's actually not that incredible.

王崇一如既往，场均28.8分11.2篮板4.8助攻2.2抢断2封盖，全面的数据让人几乎挑不出一点毛病。

And Wang Chong is not the only one who has a stake in this year's Bulls.

Stephen Curry, who returned from injury, had the best season of his career, averaging 24.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, shooting 45% from the field and 44% from the three-point range, becoming Wang Chong's most effective right-hand man from the outside. second scoring point.

Originally, Curry was not taken seriously in the league. Curry's speed is only average among the guards. He also has the attributes of a glass man, coupled with his poor performance on the defensive end, let alone Paul, Rose, Compared with Westbrook and other first-line point guards in the league, even the No. 1 point guards in the past two years, John Wall and Kyrie Irving, are rated much higher than Curry.

This is normal. Both Wall and Irving are the top picks in the NBA, and their potential and abilities have been widely recognized since they entered the league. Although their teams are among the worst teams in the league, most people still think that as long as they are Over time, both can become the league's top defenders.

In contrast, Curry, who was not optimistic at the time of the draft, has already started his career with the Bulls.

In his rookie season, he was able to average 20+ points per game next to Wang Chong, and his performance was quite amazing. However, due to injuries, his performance began to decline. Last season, he was injured for the season at the beginning of the season.

For this reason, even if he sacrifices part of the team's record to increase the number of shots, Wang Chong cannot sit back and watch as the scoring leader is not guaranteed.

The Bulls had the best record in the league, and the Heat had not started a 27-game winning streak at that time. Therefore, the Bulls were far ahead in the league. Even if they sacrificed one or two games to help Wang Chong win the scoring title, it was completely acceptable. .

From this list, you can see how Curry performed this season.

In the past two seasons, the league's offensive rhythm has generally been low, and the average points per game of the stars have also been affected.

You must know that Wang Chong is less than 29 years old now. If we refer to the age when Jordan last won the scoring title at 35 years old, he still has 6 years to continue to compete for the scoring title, let alone ten scoring titles in the future. Well, even if you get eleven or twelve, it’s not surprising at all.

It stands to reason that after returning from a serious injury, a player with average physical fitness like Curry will definitely need a long period of time to recover and adapt, and his performance will only be worse than before. I never thought that Curry would explode so powerful after returning from injury. In terms of combat effectiveness, although the defensive end is always a laggard for the Bulls, Curry is really strong on the offensive end, especially outside the three-point line. One-handed pick-and-roll three-pointers has almost become one of the Bulls' main offensive tactics.

But Wang Chong attaches great importance to the scoring champion. After all, if he wants to surpass Jordan and become the new god of basketball, he must catch up with Jordan in all aspects and without blind spots.

So when Durant increased his shots, Wang Chong also increased his shots, and the increase rate was higher than that of Durant.

The top ten in the league in scoring this season are Wang Chong with 28.8 points, Kevin Durant with 28.6 points, LeBron James with 27 points, Kobe Bryant with 26.9 points, and Cameron with 26.7 points. Anthony, James Harden with 26.5 points, Stephen Curry with 24.8 points, Russell Westbrook with 23 points, Kyrie Irving with 22.5 points and Dwyane Wade with 21.2 points.

The result is that after Durant spent a long time, he found that the gap in points per game between him and Wang Chong was not shortened, but was further widened.

After realizing Wang Chong's determination to compete for the scoring title, Durant had no choice but to give up because the deal was not worthwhile.

Seven consecutive scoring titles can only be considered as an achievement equaling Jordan's. Winning eight consecutive scoring titles is the first step towards surpassing Jordan.

Wang Chong once again won the league's scoring crown. With this crowning of scoring titles, Wang Chong has monopolized the scoring title for eight consecutive years, surpassing Jordan's seven consecutive scoring titles and becoming the player with the most consecutive scoring titles in NBA history. player, and is only 2 times away from Jordan's record of ten scoring titles in his career.

Like this season, there are only two players who average more than 28 points per game, namely Wang Chong with 28.8 points and Kevin Durant with 28.4 points.

Carmelo Anthony, who was supposed to win the scoring title this season with an average of 28.7 points per game, had a certain impact on the ball rights due to the addition of Rose in the team. In the end, he averaged only 26.7 points per game, ranking third in the league. five.

Regardless of the number of points per game, the scoring champion is the scoring champion, representing the player with the strongest scoring ability in the league in the current season.

Seeing that Durant gave up the fight for the scoring title, Wang Chong stopped, and his average points per game gradually dropped from 29+ in the middle of the season to 28.8 points.

The average of 28.8 points per game was Wang Chong’s lowest scoring average ever when he won the scoring title. In the middle of the season, not everyone was interested in the scoring title, such as Kevin Duran, who has not won a scoring title so far. Special, he deliberately increased the number of shots he took in the middle of the season, wanting to try to compete for the scoring title from Wang Chong.

Moreover, everyone knows the reason why Wang Chong’s average score per game has dropped. The sacrifice of offensive firepower has brought about Wang Chong’s super defense ability on the defensive end. He averaged 2.2 steals and 2 blocks per game. Not for nothing.

But not the Celtics. They were still competing with the Heat for second place in the Eastern Conference. Last season, the Celtics fell in front of the Heat in the playoffs. There is a high probability that the two teams will meet again in the playoffs in the new season. In this situation, it is very important for the Celtics to have home court advantage.

Needless to say, his scoring average of 24.8 points per game ranks seventh in the league.

Even if he wanted to win a scoring title and add momentum to his career, Durant had no choice but to give up.

Many media commentators sincerely lamented that Wang Chong is now a truly all-around offensive and defensive player, with almost no weaknesses found in him. Coupled with the help of Curry and Gasol, The Bulls are indeed strong enough.

Yes, at this time they finally began to admit that the Bulls are a Big Three team, and also believed that the strength of Curry and Gasol could be included in the discussion of the giants.

Curry averaged 24.8 points per game, ranking seventh in the league in scoring. It is natural for him to be recognized as a giant.

<divclass="contentadv">Gasol, who averaged 18+9 per game this season, can naturally be called a giant.

This kind of thing still needs to be compared.

Next door, with the Heat, Bosh averaged only 17 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season, which is not as good as Gasol. Moreover, Gasol's ability to protect the basket inside is quite outstanding this season. Looking at the entire league, only the Lakers Howard of the Spurs, Duncan of the Spurs, Tyson Chandler of the Knicks and a few other inside centers are slightly better than him in protecting the basket.