NBA: James wants to team up with me

The Lakers set a new league record with 74 wins and 8 losses in the regular season. It sounds shocking, but for Wang Chong's fans, it is really commonplace.

Including this time, Wang Chong has exceeded 70+ in the regular season for the third time, and most of his career he has led the team to more than 60 wins, which is really nothing surprising.

At the same time, the record for the most scoring titles in league history was also broken.

This season's scoring title was ultimately won by Wang Chong with an average of 32.1 points per game. Westbrook originally had great hopes of winning this year's scoring title, but at the end of the season, in order to ensure a triple-double, Westbrook focused a lot on rebounding and assists, resulting in a slight decrease in his points per game. However, he was not very obsessed with the title of scoring title, so he did not have a particularly strong desire to compete with Wang Chong.

In other words, even if he wanted to compete, Westbrook knew that he could not beat Wang Chong, as there was a huge gap between the two in scoring ability.

However, although he lost the scoring title, Westbrook is still highly regarded as the MVP this season.

Even though the Lakers won 74 games, Wang Chong was assisted by Durant, who averaged 28+ points per game. In addition, Westbrook's average triple-double performance this season was indeed shocking enough, which made the wind direction completely lean towards Westbrook.

However, this is also not important to Wang Chong. Wang Chong has already won six regular season MVPs. In the field of MVP awards, only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can be on par with him. The peak of his career can be maintained for at least four or five years. He can easily win another MVP and there is no need to rush.

西部这边常规赛战绩前八的球队最终为湖人74胜8负，马刺59胜23负，快船55胜27负，雷霆52胜30负，爵士45胜37负，灰熊42胜40负，鹈鹕41胜41负，开拓者40胜42负，

隔壁东部前八的球队则为61胜21负芝加哥公牛，52胜30负多伦多猛龙，50胜32负波士顿凯尔特人，48胜34负华盛顿奇才，44胜38负亚特兰大老鹰，42胜40负密尔沃基雄鹿，40胜42负印第安纳步行者，38胜44负迈阿密热火。

It is obvious that the Eastern Conference is completely suppressed by the Western Conference in terms of overall record, and only the Bulls can maintain their first-line strength.

What is more worth mentioning is the rise of the Bucks.

In the 16-17 season, the Greek monster, Giannis Antetokounmpo, also began to gradually show his terrifying talent.

Antetokounmpo, who has a height and wingspan that is no less than Wang Chong and Durant, has developed muscles comparable to James in his four years in the league. This makes him extremely lethal when he dribbles the ball and drives to the basket, especially his long legs. It often only takes him two steps to cross the penalty area from the three-point line, and the scene is very shocking.

This season, Antetokounmpo averaged 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game, as well as 1.6 steals and 1.9 blocks. Like Wang Chong, he can reach a dominant level on both offense and defense. In addition, Antetokounmpo is only 22 years old at this time, and he looks like a good seedling that can become a top superstar.

As Kobe, Duncan, Garnett and other older generation players gradually leave the league, players led by Antetokounmpo, Davis and others are also highly anticipated.

Of course, the protagonists of the league now are still the backbone forces such as Wang Chong, Durant, James, Curry, etc.

The playoffs begin.

The Lakers faced the Portland Trail Blazers, who were ranked eighth in the Western Conference, in the first round.

There is nothing much to say about this series. Even though Lillard led the Trail Blazers to beat the Pelicans led by Davis and the Kings led by Cousins ​​and entered the playoffs at the last minute despite the loss of Aldridge.

But the Trail Blazers' playoff journey ended early as they faced the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

4:0, there was no resistance at all, a complete crushing victory.

The whole process was so bloody and brutal that it was unbearable to watch.

The Trail Blazers often fell behind by a large margin before the end of the first half, losing by an average of nearly 20 points per game.

Although the Trail Blazers' two backcourt duo, Lillard and McCollum, performed well, one averaging 24 points and the other 21 points, these two players on the Trail Blazers performed slightly better, and the price of their good performance was that the Lakers' Wang Chong, Durant, and Thompson all scored 20+ points, and Jokic also scored in double digits.

Because it was clear that this was a game with a huge gap in strength, the Lakers' 4:0 sweep of the Trail Blazers did not bring any surprises to the fans, but instead they felt it was natural.

With the configuration of Wang Chong + Durant, it would not be surprising at all if they went 4:0 all the way to the Western Conference Finals or even the Finals, let alone the first round.

The Lakers entered the second round early and waited for a few days before the first round of the Eastern and Western Conference games were all over.

All the teams in the upper half of the Western Conference advanced, so the second round matchups will be Lakers vs. Thunder and Spurs vs. Clippers.

Before the start of the second round of games, the league also announced the best team and best defensive team selections for the 16-17 season.

The competition for this year's best team is still quite fierce, and many players who have firmly occupied the first team in the past few years have fallen off the list.

The five players in the first team are Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Wang Chong, Leonard and Anthony Davis.

Curry, James, Durant and other familiar faces were squeezed into the second team.

But that's not surprising.

Among the players in the first team, Westbrook averaged 30+ triple-doubles, Harden also had luxurious stats of 30 points and 9.2 assists, and Leonard's personal stats were slightly inferior to those of the players in the first team, but he also had stats of 25.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Combined with his contribution on the defensive end and the Spurs' record, it is not surprising that he was selected for the first team.

The most questioned player among the five players in the first team is actually Anthony Davis. Although Davis's statistics this season are extremely luxurious, averaging 28 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, as well as 1.3 steals and 2.2 assists, he is good at both offense and defense.

But the problem is that the luxurious data cannot hide the fact that the Pelicans' record is only seventh in the Western Conference and they almost missed the playoffs, and their winning rate is just 50%.

No matter how impressive your personal statistics are, it is still somewhat inappropriate if you cannot lead the team to achieve results.

Curry, James and Durant were squeezed out of the first team and entered the second team.

The five players in the second team are Curry, Butler, Durant, James, Antetokounmpo and Giannis Antetokounmpo. The quality of this second team is also quite good.

The next best three teams are Lillard, Klay Thompson, DeMar DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge and Gasol Jr.

The 74-win Lakers had Wang Chong, Durant and Thompson selected for the first, second and third teams, which is well deserved.

As for the best defensive lineup, the five players on defense include Paul, Beverly, Wang Chong, Leonard and Gobert.

The second defense is Danny Green, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Antetokounmpo and Davis.

The Lakers also had three players selected, showing their dominance.

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In the second round of the playoffs, the Lakers' opponent was the Oklahoma City Thunder led by Westbrook, who averaged a triple-double.

In the first round, the Thunder and the Jazz fought for 7 games. Westbrook carried the team strongly, averaging 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists per game, and still led the team to defeat the opponent with an averaging triple-double.

However, in the playoffs, Westbrook still exposed many problems. The first was his shooting percentage. In the series against the Jazz, Westbrook's shooting percentage was only 39%. At the same time, although he averaged 10.4 assists per game, he had 6 turnovers, and the assist-to-turnover ratio was seriously uncoordinated. Although he was the biggest contributor to the Thunder's victory, the Thunder and the Jazz were so close in the first round, which was also largely related to Westbrook's mixed performance.

But in the second round, when the Thunder faced the Lakers, they had no chance at all.

The entire process of the game was basically no different from that of the Trail Blazers, with the score also being 4:0, and the suspense of the game was lost after three quarters.

The Lakers didn't even intend to target Westbrook during the game, allowing him to play as much as he wanted.

Westbrook did live up to expectations, averaging a super triple-double of 4 points, 38 rebounds and 11.6 assists in 11.2 games, like a lone hero.

But anyone who has watched the game will not have such an idea, because often in the second half of the game, the Lakers will replace some of their main players and leave some substitute players on the court.

There is no way, the score difference is already so big, there is really no point in letting the main players continue to bully the weak ones.

And every time this happens, Westbrook plays like a tiger against the Lakers' backup guard, and his statistics naturally go up.

Lost the game, won the stats, this is what Westbrook learned from a senior named James who wishes to remain anonymous.

And even though the Thunder were beaten by the Lakers and swept out 0:4, Westbrook reaped a lot of rewards.

不光是场均38+11+11的系列赛豪华数据，随后联盟公布的2016-17赛季常规赛MVP评选，威斯布鲁克也靠着场均三双的历史性壮举顺利摘得。

In this way, although the Thunder exited miserably in the playoffs, Westbrook still reaped a lot of rewards this season. Not only did he win the regular season MVP, he also won the All-Star AMVP in the middle of the season. Now he only lacks the Finals FMVP. Considering Westbrook's playing style, it is likely that he will find it difficult to win this FMVP throughout his career.

The Lakers eliminated the Thunder, but the game between the Spurs and Clippers next door was quite intense.

Although the Spurs had an absolute advantage in the regular season, when they faced off in the playoffs, they were shocked to find that the Clippers were not easy to deal with.

While the backcourt duo of Harden and Paul is quite formidable, Jordan's defensive ability in the penalty area is not much worse than Gobert, who was selected as the first defensive player.

Although Leonard already had the ability to carry the game at this time, the Spurs still had to fight the Clippers until a seventh game, and only relied on a stronger lineup to defeat the Clippers and meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.

This is the second consecutive year that the two teams have met in the Western Conference Finals, but unlike last season when it was difficult for many people to judge which team had the advantage in the Western Conference Finals, this time almost everyone stood firmly on the side of the Lakers.

The Spurs' lineup has not changed much compared to last year, except that Leonard is a little stronger.

But the Lakers have an extra Durant!

Moreover, even though the Spurs had an absolute advantage in lineup last season, they were still defeated by Wang Chong on his own. This time with Durant joining the team, how can the Spurs win?

Everyone's guess was correct. The Spurs were ultimately no match for the Lakers and were defeated in the Western Conference Finals.

However, they are slightly better than the Thunder and the Trail Blazers in the first two rounds. They were not swept out 4:0. In their home court, the Spurs still won a game with great difficulty, but were eventually eliminated with a big score of 4:1, avoiding the embarrassment of being swept.

The Lakers, who made it to the finals with a near-crushing momentum, faced the defending champion Chicago Bulls on the finals stage.

This result was within everyone's expectations.

Like the Lakers who are the best in the Western Conference, the Bulls' lineup is invincible in the Eastern Conference. The combination of Curry + James is second only to the Lakers' Wang Chong + Durant combination in the league.

Lakers fans have been eager to get started.

Last season, Wang Chong was unable to carry the team alone and the Bulls won the championship. He made a comeback this season and it is time to avenge last year's defeat.

On June 2017, 6, the first game of the finals was held at the Lakers' home court, the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The first game was a fierce battle between two teams with the strongest lineups in the league, and it was a competition of players' personal abilities.

For the Lakers, Wang Chong scored 41 points, Durant scored 29 points, and Thompson scored 17 points. The three of them combined for 87 points.

As for the Bulls, James scored 35 points, Curry scored 27 points, and Gasol Jr. scored 20 points, for a total of 82 points, showing no sign of being outdone.

But the performance gap between the other players of the two teams is a bit big.

湖人这边除了三大主力外，约基奇有12分8篮板入账，格林也有9分5篮板4助攻。

The Bulls couldn't find a player who scored in double digits.

In the first game, the Lakers defeated the Bulls 122:109 to get off to a good start.

In the second game two days later, the Lakers won another game and took a 2-0 lead.

But the Bulls are different from other teams after all, and they really have the ability to turn the tide.

In the third game of the finals, the Bulls, who returned to their home court and knew clearly that they could not lose this game again, burst out with extremely strong fighting power. Curry and James both scored 40+ points, helping the Bulls to turn the tide and win the game, with the score narrowing to 2:1.

However, this game seemed to have burned out the Bulls' blood. In Game 19 of the finals, James, who mainly relied on breaking through and attacking the basket to create damage, was fine, but Curry had a cold touch throughout the game, scoring only 4 points, 6 rebounds and assists.

This directly led to the Bulls losing to the Lakers at home, with the Lakers taking the match point with a score of 3:1.

Although the Bulls were in desperate situation and tenaciously won another victory at the Lakers' home court, they eventually fell in Game 6 of the Finals facing the Lakers who had three match points.

4:2, the Lakers defeated the Bulls, avenged their defeat in last season's finals, and successfully won the championship in the second year after Wang Chong joined!