readytorunbook Chapter 376
Chapter 376
Chapter 376
Watching Popovich win the best coach trophy, and take the Bobcats to New York's Rivers, he can only vent his anger on the Knicks.
On May 5th and May 4th, in three days and two games, the Bobcats swept the Knicks and entered the second round of the playoffs.
The remaining 7 matchups between the East and the West also came to an end within a week.
Rose has been diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament and is unlikely to return.
Although the Bulls who lost Rose worked hard, they were still washed away by the magic of returning light.
On the other side, the Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 4-1.
Jun Zilei's contract expires next year, and the Celtics' Big Three are destined to fall apart.
For the Cavaliers, the Eastern Conference semifinals accidentally ran into the Magic, but the Cavaliers didn't think it was a good thing.
"If our opponent is the Bulls, we can use LeBron to match up with Derrick Rose, and then knead them at will. Last year's playoffs, we did that."
"Switch the Bulls into the Magic, and the situation will be different. Although Dwight Howard is no longer at his peak, he is still the number one center in the league today. Let's look at the weak inside of the Cavaliers..."
An analysis by the Cleveland Candide is basically the Cavaliers' aspirations.
They can sweep against the Bulls, and against the Magic, if the operation is not good, a tiebreaker is possible.
Of course, they didn't think they would lose, the reason is simple:
场均27.1分7.9个篮板6.1个助攻1.9个抢断的乐邦、场均22.1分4.8个篮板4.6个助攻1.7个抢断1.3个盖帽的韦德以及场均17.2分7.9个篮板的波巨头。
Just these three people are enough to support the Cavaliers' main lineup.
Not to mention, they also have Chauncey Billups, who averages 9.8 points per game, and Caron Butler, a sixth man who averages 12.9 points per game.
Then count Battier who can provide a certain perimeter defense, Pietrus who has both offense and defense, and Eddie Jones, Mike Bibby and James Jones who can provide three-point firepower.
The Cavaliers this season are really different from last season.
However, they are still weak on the inside, except for Varejao and Bo Giants, who can be regarded as eligible rotations, and there is only one Przybilla.
If they run into Gao Yuanyuan and Roy Hibbert, these three plus Lebron and Battier, who can reach the fourth position, will be enough for the rotation inside.
But what they ran into was a monster with a little injury, and this rotation was not enough to watch.
Unless, Lebron is willing to make sacrifices, and occasionally goes to the fifth position to match the Sparks...
The question is, is Lebron willing to sacrifice?
The opponent of the Bobcats is the last to surface, and the duel between the Pacers and the Eagles is the most suspenseful in the East.
Although they both played to the sixth game like the Bulls vs. Magic, the Bulls lost four games in a row without Rose. The gap is too big.
The Pacers vs. Eagles also played to the sixth game. In the end, the Pacers were even better and defeated the Eagles with a total score of 4 to 2.
"The Eagles lost, Joe Johnson is probably going to leave..."
The NBA is like this. The regular season can determine which teams need to be completely rebuilt, and the playoffs can determine which teams need to make changes.
The Eagles, who have been playing in the playoffs for the past two years, are one of the teams that need to make changes. Jon Jonson has declined a lot. Sending him away should be the best change the Eagles can make now.
In the West, the Spurs swept the Jazz, the Thunder also swept the Mavericks, the Lakers and the Nuggets reached a tiebreaker and won with difficulty. The Grizzlies also relied on their hardness to defeat the Clippers in 6 games.
In the second round, the Spurs vs. Grizzlies, Thunder vs. Lakers, Cavaliers vs. Magic, and Bobcats vs. Pacers, one after another.
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Leave the big city of New York and go back to what big city fans think of as the country.
Charlotte Time Warner Center, Bobcats vs. Pacers.
Before the game, Li Ke kept taking deep breaths, not nervous, but excited, excited...
He has played in this league for five seasons.
In his rookie season, he won an Rookie of the Year trophy. In the playoffs, he won the O'Brien Cup and the Finals MVP trophy.
In the second grade, he won a Most Improved Player Award and fished early in the playoffs.
The third season was a season with nothing to gain. Fortunately, in the World Championships that year, Li Ke was crowned MVP of the World Championships without a championship, but he also got a trophy.
In the fourth season, he won the All-Star Game for the first time, and in the playoffs he won his second O'Brien Cup and the Finals MVP trophy.
This year is his fifth season.
He finally touched the MVP trophy, which represents the highest personal honor in the regular season...
"It's a season late!"
It is indeed a season late. If he hadn't been suspended last year, last year's MVP would have been his.
Even last year's Derrick Rose can't compare with last year's Li Ke.
But, who made Li Ke miss 16 games last year?
Li Ke, who was standing at the entrance of the player tunnel, stared at the MVP trophy, and then moved away a little.
Next to the MVP trophy, there is another trophy.
Yes, that's right, today's Li Ke will be crowned at the same time with a cup in each hand.
Another trophy is the Dpoy trophy mentioned by him and David Falk after some analysis.
"This year's best defensive player is really not easy to give. Those who are eligible to compete, to put it bluntly, there are only four people, Joakim Noah of the Bulls, LeBron James of the Cavaliers, Sheldon Lee of the Bobcats, and Tim Duncan of the Spurs."
"Noah's team is superior in statistics, averaging 9.8 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, which is not bad at all."
"But he was Dpoy last year, and the league is unlikely to let him go back and forth."
"For the remaining three, the team's defensive statistics are not ranked among the top in the league, because they all play offensively."
“个人数据来说，谢尔顿是6.9个篮板2.8个抢断1.0个盖帽，勒布朗是7.9个篮板1.9个抢断0.8个盖帽。”
"Except for one rebound, the rest of LeBron is not as good as Shelton, so we will rule it out."
"Tim Duncan's team data is a little stronger, otherwise, his 9.0 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 1.5 blocks are actually not outstanding."
"So, leading the league's No. 1.0 steals and averaging [-] blocks per game as a wing player, Sheldon's Dpoy is really well-deserved."
The well-deserved Li Ke took a deep breath, the appearance ceremony had already begun, and his teammates appeared one by one.
Soon, he heard his name——
"The last one to play is—NCAA, NBA double champion, NCAA Final Four MOP, NBA Finals MVP, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, Yellow Mamba, the true Chosen Son in the history of basketball, our King of Charlotte——Lee! Ke!"
The live host tried his best to shout Li Ke's name with a substandard accent.
Immediately afterwards, Li Ke stepped out of the player channel in one step!
He didn't rush out directly, but stood at the entrance of the passage, completely exposing himself.
In the ears, the cheers rushed to the peak immediately, and the vigor and vigor almost collapsed the arena.
Li Ke was standing at the entrance of the passage, raising his arms and waving.
"Sheldon! Sheldon! Sheldon!"
"Sheldon! Sheldon! Sheldon!"
"..."
Amidst the neat shouts, he wobbled to the center of the field.
The distance was not long, but he walked for a long time.
The distance was not short, but after a few trances, he walked over.
A main stage was set up in the stadium, with two trophy display stands on it. There was an empty space in the middle, and someone was already standing there.
It was none other than the short David Stern.
From the very beginning, he stood upright, with a smile on his face.
He thought that Li Ke would rush to the middle of the two trophies soon, but he didn't expect...
Therefore, the old man could only maintain his standing posture and smile, which was a little stiff.
When Li Ke came closer, he quickly reached out his hand and shook it.
Then, the host announced loudly: "First of all, congratulations to Li Ke, who was elected as the MVP of the 99.17-38.61 NBA regular season with a first choice rate of 2011 and a vote rate of 12!"
Mr. Si immediately grabbed the MVP trophy and handed it to Li Ke.
After receiving the trophy, Li Ke's first reaction was to take a look first.
It is no different from other MVP trophies, but when Li Ke touched this trophy for the first time, his first reaction was that it was huge!
Unable to bear it, Li Ke immediately held up the trophy high.
At the Time Warner Center, cheers swept through again.
After a while, the host announced loudly again: "Secondly, we still want to congratulate Li Ke, who was elected as the best defensive player in the 76.92-35.44 NBA regular season with a 2011% first-choice rate and 12% vote rate!"
"Congratulations!"
The cheers continued, and Mr. Si handed the Dpoy trophy to Li Ke again.
One person with two cups, Li Ke held them up high.
"Okay, okay, it's all over now, Li Ke will go straight to the grand slam of personal honor!"
Yang Wu, Director Zhang was as happy as a honey, dancing with hands and feet.
"Holding two trophies at one time, he has two trophies at once, unprecedented!"
"Uh……"
Yu Jia, who was also very happy, was taken aback when he heard this unprecedented sound, and then corrected Director Zhang's mistake.
"Mr. Zhang, this is not unprecedented. History still has precedents. Dwight Howard in the 09-10 season also had a double cup. Counting forward, there are also Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan!"
"Did you forget the scorer?"
"Uh, counting as the scoring champion, there is also Jordan..."
"Plus the steal king?"
"Jordan has..."
"..."
Director Zhang immediately felt that this game was boring.
After a while: "Don't forget, the Bobcats this season have a good chance to defend their title. If they defend their title..."
"If Li Ke is crowned FMVP after defending the title, he will truly be unprecedented!"
……
After winning the MVP and Dpoy, another step to defend the title.
Facing the Pacers, the Bobcats shot mercilessly.
Li Ke blew out the immature Paul George's defense. Roy Hibbert faced Jordan Jr. and had no advantage at all. In the end, Wesley Matthews stared down Danny Granger, who played with an injury.
Yes, that's right, Granger also played with injuries.
This is the biggest problem with the shortened season, because of the tight schedule, insufficient preparation before the season, and too many injuries.
The final result is that this season's competitiveness is not enough.
But for the Bobcats and Spurs who grabbed the top two in the regular season, public opinion and opponents still recognize it.
Because these two teams can win all kinds of winning streaks under various rotation situations, leading the East and West.
This is the skill, if you change to another team, if you don't move in the rotation, you will lose if you change, and you can barely let the main players support the game, but injuries happen unexpectedly.
To put it bluntly, it is still not strong enough.
Therefore, sometimes it is said that injuries are part of the game and part of strength, which is absolutely true.
In this way, the Bobcats blasted the Pacers and successfully won the first game of the series.
At the end of the game, Li Ke went home with two trophies.
In the honor showroom in Charlotte Manor, Li Ke solemnly put down the MVP trophy in the C seat, and then put the Dpoy trophy next to the MVP trophy.
Many people know that the championship trophy is called the Larry O'Brien Cup. Larry O'Brien was the NBA president before Stern.
The FMVP trophy should actually be called the Bill Russell Cup. Bill Russell is the man with the most championships in the NBA.
And, the best coach trophy is called the Reed Auerbach Cup, because he is the Cardinal, the real godfather of the NBA.
But many people don't know that the regular season MVP trophy is actually called the Maurice Podoloff Cup, and Maurice Podolov was the first president of the NBA.
Even Li Ke only got the answer after carefully observing the MVP trophy.
"..."
"I hope that in this time and space, the All-Star MVP will not be renamed the Kobe Bryant Cup..."
……
After Li Ke won the MVP and Dpoy trophies, the honor of the regular season has reached the last one, and various best teams have been released.
As in the past two years, Li Ke still entered for a while and also entered the first defense.
For a while this year, Li Ke was still selected as a guard. He looked at Kobe, who was partnering with him in the backcourt, and had no idea.
Looking at Le Bang and Xiao Du at the forward position, touching his chin, Li Ke suddenly felt that if he changed the forward position to run for election next year, who would be squeezed out?
Is it him, or Le Bang, or Xiao Du?
Shaking his head, he knew that the league would not let him run as a forward, because at the forward position, Xiao Du and Le Bon were both superstars touted by the league.
Look at the second team, Griffin, who led the playoffs without a cannonball, and Love, who didn't make the playoffs but had a gorgeous stats, partnered forward, and the guards were Tony Parker and the turtle.
In the third team, Wade and Curry partnered in the backcourt, and Guagua and the old driver partnered in the front line.
There are many capable guards and flanks, but the center forward, the first center is still the spark, the second team is the cowardly An Zhu, and the third team is the blue-collar king's boxing champion.
"If I change the position of forward to participate in the election, I am afraid that the league will have to cancel the selection of the center alone."
The best defensive team, Li Ke and Tony Allen partnered in the backcourt, the forwards were LeBon and this season's block leader Serge Ibaka, and the center was still the spark.
In fact, it can be seen from the first defense that it is impossible for Noah to get in even Zhuang Dpoy.
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(End of this chapter)