NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 409 Finals, Lakers vs. Nets
"In the regular season MVP selection, Wang Feng narrowly beat Antetokounmpo by 3 points and won the regular season MVP for the fourth consecutive year."

"Create history! The first four consecutive regular season MVP winners in the history of the league were born! Wang Feng created a miracle and became a new historical record holder! It is amazing, Wang Feng, who has achieved such brilliant achievements, is still nearly half a year away from turning 29 years old ! His legend will continue!"

"Wang Feng and the Lakers have successfully reached the finals for the third consecutive year. Can they win three consecutive championships this season, and can Wang Feng's individual championships reach six? Let us wait and see!"

In Huaguo, all kinds of news about Wang Feng laid the groundwork, and all kinds of headlines were almost completed.

On the other hand, in the United States, Wang Feng's four consecutive regular season MVPs were only briefly mentioned.

No way, Wang Feng was able to win the MVP of the four consecutive regular seasons. It was an event that the media reporters collectively overturned. It can be justified, after all, the average is 40+10+10 per game, why do we have to give some face-to-face, or what is the "fairness" of the media?
Unexpectedly, other colleagues had the same idea, which led to the ridiculously high number of votes for Wang Feng's second place. He actually beat Brother Antetokounmpo by 3 points, and the boat capsized in the gutter.

Wang Feng won four consecutive regular season MVPs. A player from China has shown his strength in the NBA, which has already made the American basketball circle look bad. If they continue to report it, it will be clear that they have no players in the United States who can compete with Wang Feng?
The media in the United States chose to deal with the incident coldly.

And the biggest loser in the regular season MVP, Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo is even more upset.

Originally thought that the first regular season MVP of his career was finally coming. Before the voting results were announced, Antetokounmpo had always been the most prestigious winner, and even suppressed Wang Feng for a while.

Unexpectedly, when the voting results were announced, the MVP of the regular season was actually Wang Feng again!

This is the third season in a row!

From the beginning of the 18-19 season, Wang Feng and Antetokounmpo have always been the most competitive opponents for the MVP in the regular season, and they are the most eligible players for the MVP in recent years.

In the past two years, Antetokounmpo lost to Wang Feng by a big score without any suspense, and he didn't even have a chance. This year, it was hard to rely on the US reporters' reluctance to Wang Feng's four consecutive MVPs, and the chances of the Lakers' record declining because of Butler. With the opportunity to aspire to the MVP of the regular season, I didn't expect that it would fall short in the end.

Brother Antetokounmpo of course also knows that Wang Feng is far better than himself in terms of personal statistics and contribution to the team's victory, but he can't stand being suppressed by Wang Feng for several years. Sheng Yu and He Shengliang's feelings were already driving him crazy.

In the current news, whenever Antetokounmpo is mentioned, Wang Feng will always be used for comparison.

As a player who is basically in the same period, it is a kind of sadness compared with Wang Feng.

Therefore, even with the assistance of external forces, as long as he can beat Wang Feng, it is acceptable to Antetokounmpo!

It's a pity that even though he had acquiesced in this way, he still failed to win against Wang Feng, and it was extremely ironic to be defeated by a 3-point gap.

When the mood was extremely bad, even worse things happened.

The tiebreaker between the Bucks and the Nets will directly determine who can enter the finals and compete for the championship trophy.

At the home court of the Nets, the Bucks resisted for three full quarters, but in the end they failed to resist. They collapsed across the board in the fourth quarter and lost their last chance. They lost the game 119:105 and were defeated by the Nets 3:4. Eliminated and missed the finals.

After the regular season MVP was taken away, Antetokounmpo lost the Eastern Conference championship and the chance to compete for the championship. He failed completely throughout the season and gained nothing.

Every year Antetokounmpo falls into the sand in the playoffs, there will always be someone to comfort him, it doesn't matter, you are still young, and there will be more opportunities in the future.

But going around, Antetokounmpo is 27 years old after the end of this season, but so far he has achieved nothing. He has never won a regular season MVP, nor has he won a championship. But these are not what Antetokounmpo wants.

But whether you want it or not is not what Antetokounmpo said. There are many depressed players like him in the league.

Garnett, James, and Durant all struggled to win a championship before making a decision, but I don't know if Antetokounmpo will also embark on a "ultimate career path" in the career path that Wang Feng has been suppressing. Hard" road ideas.

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Throughout the Eastern Conference Finals series, Durant and Antetokounmpo are undoubtedly the most dazzling teams of the two teams.

After two less-than-successful seasons, Durant finally seemed to be accumulating explosions, playing the best playoff performance of his career.

In the Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Bucks, Durant averaged 7 points, 37 rebounds and 9.7 assists in 6 games, almost comparable to Wang Feng in the West in terms of statistics.

During the entire playoffs, Durant also averaged 35 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, second only to Wang Feng in the playoffs scoring list.

Antetokounmpo's performance in seven games is actually very good, averaging 28 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists per game. Both offense and defense are key factors for the Bucks to support seven games, but there is no way.

The quality of the Bucks' Big Three configuration is indeed worse than that of the Nets. Middleton is a little bit better. Wall played well during the regular season, but in the playoffs, he is more or less undercover. .

Wall's playing style is a bit like a combination of Westbrook and Rondo. He is good at breaking through the frame with the ball and assisting teammates, but he is not good at long-range shooting, and his three-pointers are not stable enough.

In terms of breaking through the frame with the ball, the Bucks already have Antetokounmpo, who is more efficient. Letting Wall attack with the ball will only reduce the Bucks' offensive efficiency.

On the Nets side, Irving and George, who are very accurate in long-range three-pointers, can not only create space for Durant's offense with the ball on the court, but also share the pressure on the offensive end.

While the helper is not as good as the opponent, Antetokounmpo has not surpassed Durant in the competition of personal ability, and even fell behind faintly. In this case, no one can be blamed for the loss.

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The Nets eliminated the Bucks and successfully entered the finals. This is also the first time in three years that Durant returned to the finals stage.

Dating back to Durant's last finals, it was the 2017-18 season. The Warriors went all the way and swept James' single-core Cavaliers 4:0 in the finals to win the trophy. Durant won the first championship trophy of his career and Successfully won the finals FMVP from teammate Curry and completed the career honor grand slam.

Regular season MVP, finals FMVP, championship, scoring champion...

Durant has all these honors, but sure enough, the championship won by the Warriors is still a bit unconvincing.

With the first championship, Durant began to long for the second championship...and he wanted the championship trophy with himself as the core!
Therefore, after the Warriors were out of the Western Conference Finals due to injuries in the 18-19 season, Durant decisively chose to leave the team and join the Nets, and in the Nets, he also formed a Big Three with a lineup that was as deep as the Warriors.

While there is not much difference in lineup strength, this team is not the same as the Warriors. It is a team that truly belongs to Durant. Here he is the only leader, the first core!

Last season, due to the force majeure of injuries, the Nets were not able to break through from the East, but this season, the team is strong and strong, and finally broke out of the East and entered the stage of the finals!

"The championship! I must get it!"

Durant, who won the Eastern Conference championship trophy, thought so proudly in his heart.

It's just that such thoughts were quickly shrouded in darkness, because he immediately remembered that his opponent in the finals was the Lakers led by Wang Feng!
This is definitely the worst opponent.

If possible, Durant would prefer to play against the Clippers or Warriors with full health.

Even James, Leonard and Westbrook's top three Clippers, in Durant's view, are better than the Lakers.

The reason is very simple, purely because of Wang Feng.

Since the 14-15 season when Wang Feng joined the league, Durant has started to play against Wang Feng.

From the very beginning, Wang Feng, who was positioned as a 3D player, was in charge of defending Durant. Later, Wang Feng and Durant, who developed scoring ability, competed with each other. Afterwards, since joining the Lakers, Wang Feng's scoring ability has begun to surpass Durant. above rand.

83 points in a single game, 38.6 points per game in the regular season, 40 points per game, plus a triple-double per game...

Wang Feng's performance every season is refreshing people's understanding of the concept of scoring.

Before Wang Feng, it was recognized that the player with the strongest scoring ability was undoubtedly Durant.

The four-time scoring champion, with a career average of 27 points per game, can be said to be the most efficient and scoring scorer since Jordan.

Although Allen Iverson, the shortest No. [-] pick in history, also has four scoring champions, he is obviously inferior to Durant in terms of shooting percentage and scoring efficiency.

But the appearance of Wang Feng changed everything.

Not to mention Durant, people are now talking more about who is stronger or weaker than Wang Feng in terms of scoring ability between Jordan and Wang Feng. Even such discussions are divided into two factions, and the debate is extremely fierce.

The faction that supports Jordan believes that Wang Feng's high scoring is mainly reflected in the three-pointer. The defense in the small ball era is weak, and the scale of whistle-blowing has reached the level of body whistle. Scoring is far easier than in Jordan's era.

Whether it is Wang Feng, James, Curry or Durant, in Jordan's era, under the high-pressure defense, the scoring will inevitably shrink significantly.

The faction that supports Wang Feng scoffs at this point of view.

Not to mention that Wang Feng has many offensive methods, not just relying on three-pointers to make a living, even if he is really facing high-intensity defense, will Wang Feng really be afraid?

You can't see it at all from the usual games.

In order to target Wang Feng, all the teams in the league can be said to be doing everything they can. Double-teams and even triple-teams are emerging in endlessly. This behavior proves that Wang Feng is not afraid of physical confrontation at all, and even the defense in the 80s cannot affect him.

The two factions disagreed with each other and argued endlessly, but there was absolutely nothing about Durant among them. Both sides believed that a thin arm and thin leg like Durant would definitely be chopped into pieces in the 80s.

(End of this chapter)