NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 184 MVP Situation
The Trail Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies on the second night. After losing Pau Gasol, the team has completely given up on this season. At the beginning of the quarter, they maintained a good offensive and defensive state, and the game lost suspense after three quarters.

The process and results of the game did not cause much disturbance. The only thing worth discussing is that the Cleveland Business Daily published a large number of articles questioning Li Zheng’s absence from the game. The special author said that he was threatened and warned by some people, and he was funded by righteous people. Only then can he continue to publish these "professional" articles.

In the article, he said that Li Zheng is a player who understands hype and commercial value best. His strength is very good, but he is not better than Jordan Kobe James. He just understands business hype and the operation rules of the league better. Picking" the opponent explodes and then creates gimmicks. After the popularity takes off, his sluggish performance will be naturally and selectively forgotten by the audience.

After this point of view broke out, the loyal Li Mi Charles Barkley scolded the columnist named Mike Mills on the show, "I don't know what a downturn is. He scored 50 points in the game and scored 35 points in the end. Then Li's performance was down. ?As long as the Blazers lose, those media headlines are Lee’s sluggish performance. When I read the news, this guy either scored 40+ or ​​35+. I really don’t know what they mean by sluggishness.”

"Of course, currently Lee's lowest score is 0 points, maybe you are talking about that game." Barkley finally added that no one should get a lower score than Lee. The opponent's wayward performance, except for Li Zheng, no other player can play such a game.

Li Zheng scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in three quarters. He also scored 4 steals and 2 blocks on the defensive end. The triple-double led the Blazers to take the Grizzlies lightly.

In the fourth quarter, Li Zheng sat on the court quietly admiring the excellent performance of the Blazers' substitutes. Whether they were self-taught or hard training, or relying on Li Zheng's special tutoring and Kobe's encouragement, the current Blazers are all The state of the team is very good. They adjust their body and mind to gradually adapt to the more stressful schedule in April. The opening of the playoff mode is making the Blazers evolve into a team that is completely different from the beginning of the season.

After nearly a year of baptism, many young players have transformed into a better look. Fernandez, Adelaide, and Roy have all improved a lot compared to the beginning of the season. Victory will make people sublimate, and the competition with those strong teams will make these young people grow rapidly.

The western teams finally showed their true strength in April. Even the old fritters like the Spurs dare not continue to hide. The top four positions in the western part are in danger for the Spurs. It's too dead, Paul and Deron are two enemy point guards, just like Li Zheng and James' lifelong enemies.

The two led the Hornets and the Jazz to catch up with each other, and their records have improved by leaps and bounds. In March, they won a wave of consecutive victories, and both of them overtook the Spurs. At present, the Rockets' No. Third, the Hornets and Jazz launched a bloody fight, Deron and Paul unanimously chose to speak with victory, the competition between the two directly squeezed the Spurs to fifth place in the West.

Popovich was a little dumbfounded. He planned for a long time to be third in the West and then control the game to fourth in the West. He avoided the Blazers led by Lee Jung and then went to fight the Rockets. After all, Lee Jung's style was too restrained for the Spurs , he would rather believe that Duncan can handle Yao Ming than believe that the Spurs can win the series against the Trail Blazers without Bowen.

Some people will say that the fifth in the West just can enter the upper half to complete the goal of shopping with the Rockets?But this world is not decided by Popovich. In the west, if you fall to fifth in the west, it means that the sixth in the west is eyeing you. The sun will not let go of the opportunity to surpass the Spurs, especially now that Li Zheng has shown invincibility It has become a consensus that no one in the East wants to touch the Cavaliers and no one in the West wants to touch the Trail Blazers. Popovich is in a state of desperation, and the Suns are attacking vigorously, preparing to squeeze the Spurs to sixth in the West to play with the Trail Blazers.

So the fans finally appreciated Popovich's eagerness in April. Duncan played 40 minutes in two consecutive games. The Spurs also stabilized the situation with their three-game winning streak extended from March. More rest, after all, the West is really fighting to the last bullet, except of course the Rockets.

The Rockets are sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai with the league's first record. The Blazers have not lost the possibility of chasing the Rockets. The number one throne in the league, but McMillan told the world that the Blazers don't care about these "little things" with practical actions.

McMillan's gradually conservative lineup adjustments have reduced the playing time of Li Zheng and Roy, and let the substitutes play more. It also shows that he is already preparing for the playoffs. Li Zheng is not dissatisfied when he is competing with Yao Ming for the MVP. , whether in interviews or on the court, Li Zheng is supporting McMillan unreservedly with his actions and voices.

Yao Ming also expressed in the media that he only wanted to bring the Rockets a championship and did not care about MVP speeches. However, Adelman let Yao Ming play the core of the offense in many consecutive games and arranged a lot of tactics for Yao Ming to collect statistics. Yao Ming's scoring average has increased by 1.1 points, and he has now reached the super center data of 25+11.

The Houston media called on the league to face up to the most dominant super center after O'Neal. This year, the league's first record and the league's first center plus luxurious data, the MVP award cannot let Li Zheng be the only candidate, and Yao Ming is also worthy.

Yao Ming also received support from Los Angeles and Cleveland. Although the support always seemed not so pure, the call for Yao Ming to be elected MVP still caused a lot of shock in the league. The No. [-] team, Yao Ming is the best player on the No. [-] team in the league. Such a player has not been ranked first in the MVP list for six consecutive weeks. Is it unreasonable to judge the awards?

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