Basketball starts with breathing

After the All-Star Weekend, all the media were reporting the results of the game and vying to interview MVP Tracy McGrady. At the same time, many media mentioned the topic of "Lu Yu may travel westward".

In fact, this is a kind of signal sent by NBA President David Stern, because the East is too weak. If you want to make the Eastern team stronger, only by letting Lu Yu come to the West will you have the opportunity to drive more stars out. Go east.

Just like Jordan led the Bulls to invincibility a few years ago, the dominance shrouded the entire East, and the stars of the same era couldn't beat the Bulls, so they went west.

The league also wants to use Lu Yu to come to the west and bring all the stars of his generation to the east.

Logically speaking, the economy of the East is more developed, shouldn't the market of the East team be hot?
In fact, during the Bull Dynasty and the Celtics Dynasty, the league at that time was always in a state of being strong in the east and weak in the west, but in the east, because the economy was too developed, there were too many sports for the audience to choose from, such as baseball, rugby, Even golf will take away a large number of NBA audiences, which has also led the general managers and even owners of many teams in the East to believe that winning a championship and not winning a championship seems to make little difference from the perspective of making money.

There are more and more fish-belly teams in the East. Everyone has a feeling of breaking the pot and falling. In addition, it is enough to work hard to enter the playoffs to earn tickets. This pattern cannot be changed after a few years.

Nowadays, the west is more attractive to players. First, the western cities are not bad for money. Second, basketball is an entertainment project after all. The entertainment in the west is more developed than that in the east.

Coupled with the fact that the celebrities of the past generations prefer to enjoy life in these areas after retirement, a complex network of interpersonal relationships has been formed, which has made the West more attractive to players.

So more and more stars are willing to come to the West, which makes David Stern very helpless.

The trade deadline soon came, and most of the teams in the East began to rot. They didn’t expect to compete with the Bulls for the Eastern Conference championship. The arms race began in the West. The top eight teams also tried their best to pull one out of the top eight teams.

However, during this time, the attention of fans was on the NCAA March Madness, and no one cared about the situation in the NBA. When the March Madness ended, the NBA's regular season gradually came to an end.

After the All-Star Game, the Bulls lost two more regular-season games to the Magic and Kings.

The reason they lost to the Magic was because after the All-Star Game, McGrady was as fierce as a drug. No matter how much he threw a basketball, he could fall into the basket, which almost gave the Bulls a McGrady moment.

The Bulls actually had a chance to win the game, but the players on the team took turns hitting the iron and wasted the opportunity.

Among them, the most powerful striker was Lu Yu. He set an example and played the worst game of the season. Even if the opponent completely let him down, he would not be able to make a shot.

In the end, the regular season ended, and the Bulls once again broke the regular-season winning record they created last season, reaching 78 wins this season.

One improvement from last season.

The second place in the East is the Nets, and the third place is the Pistons. Interestingly, the Nets only won 47 games, but the Pistons won 54 games. The Pistons ranked behind the Nets instead.

The reason is very simple. This season, the Bulls ranked first in the Central Division with 76 wins. The Pistons and the Bulls both belong to the Central Division and can only be ranked behind the Nets, who are ranked first in the Atlantic Division.

The most unexpected thing in the East is the Heat. No one expected that the Heat could reach the fourth place in the East this season.

This is why Lu Yu said that James was actually quite good in the past few years, because in the past few years, both the Nuggets, the Heat and the Cavaliers were both teams in the league, but after the Nuggets and the Heat welcomed Anthony and Wade, they quickly Turned over and made the playoffs, but the Cavaliers where James was still couldn't make it.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the Cavaliers gave away everything the team could play in order to clean up Ricky Davis.

How should I put it, it's the same for Lu Yu anyway, even if O'Neal is given to James, he still keeps the Cavaliers from rushing to the East.

The worst thing in the East should be the Magic. Last year, it was the fifth-best team in the East, but this year it ranks last from the bottom. If it wasn't for winning a game against the Bulls, fans might have forgotten about this team.

Looking at this situation, it is to sign for next year's champion.

Poor McGrady wasted another year of talent here, maybe next season, McGrady will go?

It's just that the Rockets don't have Yao Ming. Where can McGrady go?
Go to the Warriors and form the Yao Mai combination, and the Warriors don't want him.

Another team that let fans down is the 76ers, who didn't make the playoffs this year.

It's just that they are stronger than magic, they struggle a bit.

The Timberwolves are ranked first in the West, followed by the Lakers, Spurs, Kings, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Warriors and Nuggets. Looking at the first few teams that dominate the West, it proves that the money in the Arms Competition this season is not in vain.

The Spurs also have more wins than the Lakers, and they are behind the Lakers because of the division's problems.

Although Kobe's Eagle County incident did not occur in the Lakers this season, Malone's harassment of Kobe's wife Vanessa inevitably occurred, which also made the atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room very subtle, and the record naturally declined.

The data of the regular season were released. McGrady once again won the scoring title, averaging 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. In fact, Iverson also averaged 28 points per game this season, but because of too many injuries and missed games, he did not make the list. .

But when everyone looked down and found that Peja, who was second in scoring, only had 24.2 points per game, they were all stunned.

McGrady averaged 28 points per game to get the scoring title, second-ranked Peja Stojakovic was only 24.2 points, and Kobe, who averaged 30 points per game last season, also slipped to only 24 points.

What causes players to score so low?

It can be seen from the data that only 4 players in the top ten scoring champions have a shooting rate of more than 45%. Among these 4 players, except for Peja, they are all inside players.

When McGrady averaged 32.1 points per game the previous season, his shooting percentage was still 45.7%. This season, it dropped by 4 percentage points to only 41.7%. Not only McGrady, but many guards seemed to stop playing at once. The shooting percentage dropped from 45.1% to 43.8%, Carter's shooting percentage dropped from 46.7% to 41.7%, and Iverson's shooting percentage was only 38% due to injury.

The fundamental factor behind the lower scoring efficiency is the increase in defensive intensity. The most direct factor affecting the low score is that the league used a new zone defense manual in the 02-03 season, which no longer restricts the use of team zone defense. The introduction caused many stars to begin to feel uncomfortable.

After a season of adaptation, in the 03-04 season, each team found that the zone defense was both labor-saving and efficient in restricting guards in defense, and they used zone defense to limit the breakthrough attack of super scorers. In the attacking range of the basket, there will always be a center and a forward who helps defend in the penalty area, making it even more difficult for a defender to break through and score.

At this time, everyone suddenly realized that it was a wise choice for Lu Yu to play as a power forward!

Ok?
Where is Lu Yu's scoring average?

So all the fans looked down, there was no Lu Yu's name in the top five, and there was no Lu Yu's name in the top ten. Finally, at No.15, they saw Lu Yu's data, averaging 20.2 points, 10 rebounds and 11.3 assists per game.

20+10+10 data?
The advantage of low scoring average is beyond everyone's imagination, but everyone was stunned when they saw Lu Yu's shooting percentage. When everyone's shooting percentage was generally lower than 45%, Lu Yu's shooting percentage was actually the same as that. Like O'Neal, at 58%?

Coupled with Lu Yu's 11.3 assists, he basically holds the data of assisting the king, which means that the minimum 40 points in the whole game are related to Lu Yu.

You must know that this season, when the United defense is being applied more and more strongly, the most benefited are the super defensive teams such as the Pistons and the Spurs. They can often score no more than 80 points in the game. win the game.

This is equivalent to Lu Yu leading half the team by himself.

In fact, in the second half of the season, in order to save the ratings, David Stern introduced a new rule called "no hand-check".

It was proposed at the beginning of the season, but it was not implemented. At the end of the season, Stern couldn't sit still.

This rule means that if the perimeter player is above the free throw line, as long as he moves with the ball, the defending player cannot use his hand or forearm to act on the body of the player holding the ball, otherwise it is a foul.

The implementation of this rule was half a season earlier than Lu Yu's previous life, but each team did not dare to play, and even the referee didn't know whether to blow it or not, so in fact, this rule existed in name only.

There is a high probability that it will not be officially implemented until next season.

Not much different from the previous life.

This season, Lu Yu has only won the honor of being the champion of assists. Other statistics are average, but the efficiency is terrifying.

In the first round of the playoffs, the strong Bulls swept the Celtics, and the Celtics lacked Anthony Walker without even a decent power forward. In the end, there was no way but to let Pierce go to the top.

How could Pierce defend against Lu Yu? Even though he looks strong, his lateral movement speed is slow. Lu Yu can cut into the inside line and score easily with just a feint.

As a result, Lu Yu, who only scored 20 points per game in the regular season, scored 30.7 points per game in the first round of the playoffs, taking away the game in one wave.

The Bulls swept the Heat again in the second round, because the Heat won a game in the regular season, and many people were optimistic that the Heat could cause trouble for the Bulls.

Wade also tried his best to score, but he couldn't bear the Bulls to bloom more, and the Heat couldn't stop it.

The award Lu Yu was announced, and Lu Yu won the regular season MVP consecutively.

The league is very helpless at this point. They also want to award the MVP to others, such as Garnett of the Timberwolves. If the record of the Timberwolves is placed in the past, there is absolutely no problem. Garnett's personal data is also very good. In comparison, it is significantly worse.

Lu Yu also became the eighth player in league history to win two consecutive MVPs.

The first seven are Russell, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Bird and Jordan.

If Lu Yu didn't turn out last season, then Duncan would have become the eighth two-peat MVP candidate.

Because Duncan just won the regular season MVP the year before, and in Lu Yu's previous life, the MVP last season was still Duncan, but the appearance of Lu Yu broke this honor.

Now fans are starting to look forward to whether Lu Yu can win the three-peat regular season MVP.

After all, only Bill Russell, Chamberlain and Bird have won three consecutive regular season MVPs in history.

Although Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan, Magic, and Moses Malone have all won at least three MVPs, none of them have been able to win the MVP for three consecutive seasons. At most, they only won the MVP for two consecutive seasons. And know.

Pettit and Karl Malone also won two MVPs in their careers, but not in two consecutive seasons.

Beyond that, no other player has at least two MVPs.

The Rookie of the Year award went to LeBron James.

Although the team record is average, but his personal data is very good.

Cartwright won the best head coach again. Many people questioned him for winning the best head coach. Some fans even said that my grandmother could have this record when Lu Yu's head coach.

The most improved player will be given to the Mavericks' Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi averaged 19.3 points and 9.2 rebounds this season, turning the Mavericks from a five-star general to a six-star general.

The best defensive player did not have Ben Wallace this time, but to Artest, who was mentioned as a starter this season.

The best lineup is still those regulars, but it's a bit surprising that Garnett, the second-ranked MVP in the regular season, only mixed one second team.

One was O'Neal, Duncan, Lu Yu, Kobe and Kidd.

The second team is Ben Wallace, O'Neal Jr., Garnett, Arenas and McGrady.

The third team is Yao Ming, Artest, Nowitzki, Reed and Baron Davis.

Duncan was able to make it to the finals last season to be honest, because the Spurs' record this season is actually not as good as the Timberwolves.

Garnett is very depressed, his honor this season was almost robbed by Lu Yu!

Garnett hasn't played for a while since Lu Yu played as a striker!
What's even more hateful is that if Lu Yu hadn't led the Bulls to 78 wins, this season's regular season MVP must have been his.

However, when interviewed by the media, Garnett still smiled and said: "Congratulations to Lu Yu, he deserves this honor, and I admire him very much. I think if only he is qualified to win the MVP in the league, in this He's unique in the league."

Garnett didn't dare to fight Lu Yu again. Before the All-Star Game, he mocked several other Chinese players, and he was madly sprayed by Lu Yu, and he was severely humiliated at the All-Star Game.

He is very afraid of Lu Yu now, and even he is thinking if the Timberwolves reach the finals and face the Bulls led by Lu Yu, what should he do?
Although he didn't win the scoring title again this season, two consecutive MVPs and two first-team honors have made Lu Yu a superstar ahead of his contemporaries.