NBA: James wants to team up with me

In four games, Durant averaged 22 points per game and shot 41% from the field. In fact, overall, his performance cannot be considered a stretch.

As the strongest scorer in the league in the future, Durant's strength and understanding are still the best, but he happened to be defeated by Wang Chongtian, and even though he was restrained, Durant still gradually figured out the next two games at home. After getting the hang of it, he began to adapt to Wang Chong's defensive intensity. Although the offense was still very difficult, his shooting percentage began to pick up, and his scoring average could reach more than 20 points per game.

Even Wang Chong has to admire him. In terms of offensive talent alone, Durant may really be the strongest after Jordan, bar none.

Even he himself uses Durant's growth template card.

Of course, when it comes to comparing the spirit of a player, Durant definitely can't compare with Jordan. The courage to take the initiative to embark on the "most difficult road" is a decision that Jordan has been unable to make throughout his career.

But having said that, Durant’s current team is the Celtics, one of the top clubs in the league. It is different from a small-market team like the Thunder. Once it is confirmed that Durant is worthy of building a team, With the candidates cultivated by the core main players, the Celtics will inevitably build a championship lineup around Durant at all costs, and are unlikely to give Durant the opportunity to embark on a difficult road.
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A few days later, the two Western Conference matchups were also decided.

The Lakers defeated the Suns 4:2, and the Spurs eliminated the Mavericks 4:2, both entering the Western Conference Finals. In this way, the Western Conference Finals will be the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the San Antonio Spurs, another classic classic showdown in the Western Conference.

Facing the Lakers, who have reached the Finals for two consecutive years, the Spurs have no advantage at all. There is a high probability that they will fall in the Western Conference Finals and watch their opponents enter the Finals.

Compared to the two sets of matchups in the West, the match between the Magic and the Cavaliers in the East is undoubtedly much more intense and tragic.

The battle between James and Howard, the two No. 03 picks in 04 and , was extremely fierce.

James played an almost dominant performance, averaging an exaggerated triple-double of 36 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists per game that no one can match.

Howard strongly proved in his matchup with O'Neal that he is indeed qualified to take over the title of No. 1 center.

Averaging 25 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, the penalty area with Howard in it is like a no-fly zone.

The two sides first won two games at home, and the battle ended in a 2:2 draw.

In the subsequent battle at Tianwangshan, the Cavaliers, who were playing away from home, successfully won the game with Ray Allen's super high shooting percentage of 10 of 7 three-pointers, taking the lead in winning the match point 3:2.

But the Magic did not sit still. In the subsequent sixth game, Howard scored a 30+20 double-double, leading the Magic to defeat the Cavaliers and tenaciously equalize the score.

With a big score of 3:3, the two sides had a final tiebreaker in Orlando, home of the Magic.

I thought this would be a fierce battle of the century, but the result of this game disappointed many people.

The Magic were suppressed by the Cavaliers throughout the game and were unfortunately eliminated by their opponents.

The reason why the fans were disappointed was not because the game was not intense enough, but because the game was somewhat strange.

As the absolute core of the Magic, Howard was troubled by fouls throughout the game. He committed two fouls in the first quarter. As a result, he was timid throughout the game and did not dare to play with all his strength. Even so, Howard In the end, he received his sixth foul a few minutes into the fourth quarter and was sent off.

Wang Chong watched the entire game in front of the TV, so he knew exactly what happened.

Four of Howard's six fouls came from James.

To be precise, it came from a defensive foul when James broke through and attacked the basket with the ball.

This is not to say that James' breakthrough was so unstoppable that Howard could only use a foul to stop it. It can only be said that the referee's penalty helped a lot.

You can't say that several foul calls against Howard were diving. The two did have physical contact at the time.

However, there is a certain degree of subjectivity in whistle-blowing. Many actions on the field can be whistled or not, and the referee needs to make his own judgment. If a controversial penalty is blown, the balance whistle will be blown by default in subsequent games. To make up for the team's disadvantage caused by the previous whistle.

The referee did blow the balance whistle later to make up for the Magic, but he changed the concept. The Magic called Howard for a foul, but when it was the Cavaliers' turn, the person who was called for a foul was an insignificant ordinary character. players.

Although the Magic had nearly 10 more free throws than the Cavaliers after the entire game and seemed to enjoy the home court advantage, the actual situation was completely different.

Wang Chong knew very well that this was probably ordered by the alliance. As for the reason... of course it was to make money.

Although Howard's fame has skyrocketed in recent years, he still has a lot of problems with James in terms of popularity and commercial value. More importantly, if the Eastern Conference finals were an old rival like Wang Chong vs. James, the attention, topic and ratings would be Definitely far better than Wang Chong vs Howard.

Considering this point alone, the league definitely hopes that James' Cavaliers can win the series and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Originally, the Magic and the Cavaliers were about equal in strength. The referee only needed to interfere a little bit, which was enough to affect the balance of victory and defeat.

As a time traveler from 2023, Wang Chong already knows what the league is like, and he doesn't have any big psychological fluctuations.

He is even happier that the Bulls' opponent in the Western Conference Finals is the Cavaliers, because of the two teams, the Magic and the Cavaliers, the former is obviously more difficult.

It's not that the Magic are necessarily stronger than the Cavaliers, but the Bulls lack Garnett. Even with Wang Chong on top, the inside defense is still a bit weak. Gasol is not Howard's opponent at all. Once Howard is strong, Exploding to dominate the paint, the Bulls also had a hard time playing.

If you switch to the Cavaliers, this concern will completely disappear.

O'Neal no longer has the ability to attack the basket. The Cavaliers are even weaker inside than the Bulls. They mainly rely on James, Ray Allen and Mo Williams as the three main outside players. This is very similar to the Bulls. , this season after Garnett was injured, the Bulls also have three outside players: Wang Chong, Curry and Billups.

Therefore, the showdown between the Bulls and the Cavaliers is actually a competition between outsiders.

Under this premise, if the Bulls reuse Gasol in the game and use his inside offensive ability as a breakthrough, considering O'Neal's deteriorating competitive state, it is very likely to be the key to defeating the Cavaliers! ——
Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers.

The list of duels for the Eastern and Western finals has been determined, and by mid-May, the two teams will officially start the battle of the century.

Before the start of the Eastern and Western Conference finals, the league also announced the final selection results of various season awards for the 2009-10 season.

After a fierce competition between Curry and Evans, Curry won the Rookie of the Year award with 42% of the votes narrowly beating Evans, who received 41% of the votes.

The result of this selection was really beyond Wang Chong's expectation. He didn't expect that because of him, Curry actually won the Rookie of the Year title at the beginning, starting so high.

It is undeniable that Curry won the Rookie of the Year, and his performance in the two rounds of the playoffs played a key role.

If we only compare their performance in the regular season, Curry and Evans can only be considered equal. Considering that Curry is only the second or even third player in the Bulls, it doesn't matter if the team's record is better than Evans. Persuasiveness. But after entering the playoffs, Curry's performance in the two rounds of games was remarkable and eye-catching.

With the surge in defensive intensity, Curry's shooting percentage has not been affected at all. He is very stable and provides continuous scoring output next to Wang Chong. The pick-and-roll cooperation between the two is also the Bulls' strongest offensive weapon at present.

In the first round, he averaged 21 points and 5 assists per game. In the second round against Rondo, his data dropped slightly, but he also recorded 18 points and 6 assists.

As a first-year rookie, it is really rare to be able to perform like this in the playoffs for the first time in his career.

Because of this, some media increased Curry's impression points a lot when voting, allowing him to narrowly beat Evans in the vote rate and win the Rookie of the Year trophy.

The Sixth Man of the Year is Jamal Crawford of the Atlanta Hawks.

The Most Improved Player Award was awarded to Aaron Brooks of the Houston Rockets.
The best coach finally went to Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown.

The last two awards are also the two awards that attract the most attention.

The best defensive player DPOY was finally successfully won by Howard.

This is the second year in a row that Howard has received this honor, and he truly deserves it.

But when the fans saw the voting results announced by the league, they were surprised.

Howard received 44% of the votes, and there was no doubt that he topped the list.

But the second place was actually Wang Chong of the Bulls. His vote rate was as high as 39%. Although it was 5 percentage points lower than Howard, it was still very close. This proved that in the hearts of the vast majority of media reporters who voted , Wang Chong's defensive level has reached Howard's level.

The most striking contrast is that last year, Howard was also elected as the best defensive player, with a vote rate as high as 50%, while James, who ranked second, only received 14% of the votes. There is a huge gap between the two.

It seems incredible that Wang Chong can receive such a high evaluation, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to make some sense.

This season, Garnett, the Bulls' defensive core, was unexpectedly reimbursed for the season. Everyone thought the Bulls would suffer a fatal blow.

But no one expected that the Bulls actually held on and ended the regular season first in the league.

During the regular season, Wang Chong took over Garnett's power forward position, and at the same time shouldered the defensive work that should have belonged to Garnett, and did a very good job.

Careful fans will find that Wang Chong averaged 2.1 steals per game and 1.9 blocks per game this season. His defensive statistics are quite gorgeous. Even Garnett at his peak had never achieved this.

Looking at the league in recent years, only Andrei Kirilenko, nicknamed AK47, can reach the level of Wang Chong in terms of defensive performance.
In the 03-04 season, Kirilenko averaged 2.8 blocks and 1.9 steals per game in the regular season, showing full dominance on the defensive end.

As a top scorer, Wang Chong has made such an exaggerated improvement on the defensive end, which shocked the media reporters very strongly. The impression point bonus is naturally extremely high, which directly led to Wang Chong receiving the DPOY vote in the voting. The large number of votes even nearly threatened Howard's re-election as DPOY.

Compared with the best defensive player, the selection of regular season MVP has no suspense or controversy.

With 37% of the vote, Wang Chong defeated James, Kobe, Howard and other competitors and was elected the most valuable player of the 2009-10 regular season.

This is the third time in Wang Chong's career that he has won the regular season MVP, and it is also the second consecutive year that he has won the award.

The entire league rarely agrees with this result.

Wang Chong's performance in the regular season this season is not bad at all.

场均32.2分9.4篮板4.4助攻2.1抢断1.9封盖，个人数据方面无可挑剔。

The Bulls also achieved the league's first record in the regular season with 64 wins and 18 losses. Although they have regressed a lot compared to last season's 73 wins and 9 losses, you must know that the Bulls have lost a regular season MVP like Garnett. After being a top star at the same level, he can still maintain such a high record, which is already a very rare thing in itself, and it also fully reflects Wang Chong's importance to the team.

Not only that, Wang Chong has also finished the rankings in terms of high-end statistics this season, and is far ahead in terms of efficiency value, victory contribution value, etc.

It is worth mentioning that among these lists, the second-ranked player is all James.

The chosen son of the 03 class, who was considered to be the emperor who would rule the entire league, once again had no choice but to accompany him for a season.

In the 09-10 season, this was supposed to be the season in which James won his second regular season MVP trophy in his career, but it was once again snatched away by Wang Chong.

Again, appearing in the same era as Wang Chong can only be considered unlucky for James. Whether it is team honors such as championships or personal honors in terms of data performance, he is surrounded by Wang Chong in all directions.

Of course, this is not the worst, because the two sides will then have a life-and-death battle in the Eastern Conference finals.

If James leads the Cavaliers to win the Eastern Conference Finals, that would be slightly better.

But once James and the Cavaliers were mercilessly run over by the Bulls' cavalry and fell on the stage of the Eastern Conference finals, that would be the real heart-wrenching moment!
Not to mention James himself, even many die-hard James fans have begun to worry in advance and have begun to prepare for a rainy day.

The Eastern Conference Finals haven't even started yet, but some voices have already begun to set the pace online.

"I feel sorry for James, why do I always have teammates like this? O'Neal has the highest salary in the team of 2000 million, but in these two rounds of playoffs, he played worse than a blue-collar center, especially against Howard in the second round. Being oppressed by all kinds of oppression, he only averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds per game. In this state, there is no way the Cavaliers can beat the Bulls. Who let O'Neal be too embarrassed?"

"When you get older, you should retire early, or sign with a veteran's minimum salary or something. Doesn't this drag down my James? The Bulls have already taken a big advantage before the game starts, hey!"

"Even if the Cavaliers lose to the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, the blame for the loss is not mine. The only blame is on the monster teammates around him."

It can only be said that the James group knows how to prepare for a rainy day.

Before the Eastern Conference Finals has even started, the pot-sharing meetings have already begun in advance.

And their memories are generally not very good. They dislike O'Neal, who earns 2000 million, and his performance is not as good as blue-collar workers with a high salary, but they selectively ignore the fact that Garnett, who earns 1700 million per year in the Bulls, can't even play in the game. (End of chapter)