NBA: James wants to team up with me

In the second round of the playoffs, the Bulls immediately showed the gold content that a team with three best lineups and three best defensive lineups should have.

On May 5, the opening game of the second round began, and the Bulls defeated the Pacers 5:106 at home.

In this game, all members of the Pacers were suppressed, especially Paul George, who had just been selected for the All-NBA Second Team. He received special care from Wang Chong in this game and was guarded by Wang Chong throughout the game. As a result, he shot 17 out of 4 in the entire game. Only 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists were recorded.

George's 18 points are the highest scorer on the Pacers team.

Pacers center Roy Hibbert was also beaten by Gasol. He played 20 minutes in the whole game and left the game with 6 fouls. His personal data was 0 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 6 fouls. Even the Bulls The home fans were dumbfounded.

You must know that Hibbert was selected as an All-Star substitute this season and is also a well-known center with a promising future in the league. He did not expect to actually produce such bizarre statistics in an important playoff game.

But at this time, they didn't know that for Hibbert, 0 points and 0 rebounds were just the beginning. He would perform such performances many times and be praised by fans across the ocean. A kind nickname "Gao Yuanyuan".

The main reason for this nickname is that Hibbert, as a big man with a height of 2 meters and the former Black Yao, can often score 18 points and 0 rebounds. Combining the characteristics of height and two zeros, he has " The title "Gao Yuanyuan".

两天后的二番战，步行者核心乔治依旧无法应对王崇单防能力拉满的防守，继续13投5中仅有11分6篮板4助攻入账。

When the stars were unable to form an effective matchup, the Pacers could only lose the game in humiliation 82:98, falling behind by a big score of 0:2.

In the next game, Paul George, who returned to his home court, finally began to recover, and gradually adapted to Wang Chong's high-pressure defense. He finally performed normally, but he only made 15 of 6 shots, with a shooting percentage of 40%. 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, mostly relying on 10 of 8 free throws.

But George's condition improved, but it was difficult to stop the bull's rolling cavalry from running over the walkers.

117:99, the Bulls made another victory, winning the match point with a big score of 3:0.

The gap in strength between the two teams is clear at a glance.

Last season, the Pacers were able to compete with the Bulls a little bit, at least they would not be swept. However, only one year later, the strength of this Bulls team is obviously stronger. Curry, Gasol, Bart Needless to say, the growth of Le and others, even Wang Chong can clearly see the great progress on the defensive end.

Except for the improvement of Paul George this season, the Pacers' other players have not improved significantly, especially Roy Hibbert, a highly promising center with high potential, who averaged 17+10 points per game in the playoffs last season. After the double-double data, the new season is like Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year. Every year is worse than the previous year. During the regular season, he only had 10 points and 6.6 rebounds. His performance in the first round of the playoffs was also very poor, averaging only 5 points per game. Points and 3.7 rebounds.

This makes people wonder what the quality of this center who is only 27 years old is.

In the fourth game of the series on May 5, a miracle did not happen. Although the Pacers resisted fiercely, the huge gap in strength made them unable to resist.

101:95, the Pacers lost the fourth game and were swept by the Bulls with a big score of 0:4. However, the score difference in this game was basically the smallest in the four-game series.

The Bulls, who easily swept the Pacers, successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, and then just had to sit back and wait for the outcome of another Eastern Conference matchup between the Heat and the Celtics.

Unlike the Bulls' easy and comfortable crushing game, the game between the Heat and Celtics was called the battle of the century.

Although the Heat's Big Three have a higher configuration, the Celtics' overall lineup is better. Both sides first won their two home victories, and then in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Heat won with James' 30+10+10 triple-double. In the next game, the Celtics, who were trailing 2:3, were not to be outdone. Durant scored 6 points, 46 rebounds and 7 assists in the G3 game, helping the Celtics fight back.

In the final tiebreaker, the Heat were still superior and narrowly defeated the Celtics to win the game.

Fans who watched the entire series showdown between the two teams had an illusion in a trance, something was wrong! Why does it look like I've seen this episode before?
If you think about it carefully, everyone will suddenly realize that it seems that it was the same script last season, and the score trends and final results of both sides were almost exactly the same.

It has to be lamented that the strength gap between the Heat and the Celtics is indeed extremely small, but no matter what, the Heat finally defeated the Celtics and entered the Eastern Conference Finals, and once again faced off against the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals. I just don't know if the Heat have a chance to defeat the Bulls this time and avenge their disgrace.

On the Western side, the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers entered the Western Conference Finals.

Since Paul has already won a championship with the Lakers at this time and space, leading the team to the Western Conference Finals and touching the floor of the Western Conference Finals is no longer a particularly exciting thing for him.

In the second round, the Clippers faced off against the Thunder, and they won after a hard-fought battle.

Although Paul has rich experience and is a top point guard in the second team and first defense, he still suffers a little when playing against Westbrook. Westbrook is taller, stronger, and more explosive than him. This kind of unreasonable and arrogant breakthrough, highlighting the word "reckless", really made Paul suffer a little loss.

But the Clippers' first core is not Paul but Harden, and the Thunder have no player who can match up with Harden at the shooting guard position.

As for the inside, Griffin does have a good level, but it is difficult to take advantage against DeAndre Jordan, who should have been his teammate for many years.

Jordan's strengths are his super jumping ability and the ability to protect the basket inside. Although Griffin has quite a few offensive methods and knows a little bit about various techniques, his real trump card is the basket attack and dunk inside. , just restrained by Jordan.

The Clippers took 6 games to resolve the battle and entered the Western Conference Finals with a big score of 4:2.

But facing the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals is still a difficult opponent for the Clippers to defeat.

Basically, in the West, last year's runner-up San Antonio Spurs have a high probability of winning and entering the finals. As for whether the defending champion Bulls in the East can continue to enter the finals and compete for the championship, it depends on the actual results of the game.

Before the start of the Eastern and Western Conference finals, the league released the results of the season awards.

There was no surprise. Kevin Durant won the 35-2013 regular season MVP with 14% of the votes thanks to his performance as the scoring champion. Wang Chong, as the second-ranked player on the MVP list, also won the 29- regular season MVP with % of the votes. %, not a big gap from Durant. Wang Chong's statistics this season are indeed a bit dull compared to the past, and the team's record is not outstanding compared to previous years, so this result is not surprising.

But this is only a superficial data comparison. In terms of high-level data, Wang Chong still completed the rankings as always, fully covering Durant, who won the MVP.

Seemingly to compensate Wang Chong, the league awarded the best defensive player DPOY to Wang Chong.

In this way, Wang Chong also achieved two consecutive DPOY championships. Although this is only an award suitable for blue-collar players, Wang Chong, as the league's top scorer and superstar, winning this award twice in a row can further highlight his strength. .

Wang Chong's defensive statistics this season are actually not as luxurious as last season, with steals and blocks both reaching the level of 2+2.

It is a fact that Wang Chong's single defense ability has become stronger this season, but in fact, no matter how strong the defense is in single defense, it is difficult to directly steal or block the opponent. After all, if the opponent is prepared, if he can still If the ball is easily taken away from his hands, it will not be his turn to survive in the NBA.

This season Wang Chong can still average 2.1 steals per game, but his number of blocks has dropped to 1.7.

The decrease in shot blocking data does not mean that Wang Chong's defensive ability has decreased. After all, defense does not have to directly cause blocks to be considered successful. As long as it can prevent the opponent from scoring, it is enough.

Wang Chong's defensive efficiency has been witnessed by everyone throughout the season, including his excellent performance against the league's top strikers such as James, Durant, and Carmelo Anthony. It is impossible to fault him at all.

And Wang Chong's competitors in the selection of the best defensive player are also clear.

Due to various butterfly effects, Joakim Noah, who should have won this year's Defensive Player of the Year with the Bulls, although he is also active in the NBA, has not shown DPOY-level defensive ability, or he has left the Thibodeau Bulls. The defensive system and Noah's defensive characteristics cannot be fully utilized.

The opponents competing with Wang Chong for DPOY are mainly Howard of the Heat, DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers, Ibaka of the Thunder, and DeAndre Jordan who is on the same team as Wang Chong.

Compared with these competitors, Wang Chong has an extremely obvious advantage, and it is natural for him to be elected DPOY with high votes.

The Rookie of the Year award was won by Michael Carter-Williams.

As a rookie in the 2013 draft with the worst quality in recent years, Carter Williams averaged 16.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, which is enough to be elected as the best rookie, because among all rookie players, even he Only four players scored in double figures, namely Victor Oladipo, the second pick with 13.8 points, who averaged 12.8 points per game, Trey Burke, the ninth pick in the first round, and the No. 9 pick in the first round. Tim Hardaway II, the 10th pick, averaged points per game.

Compared with these three, Carter Williams with 16.7+6+6 is indeed the only candidate for the best rookie.

What? You ask where the number one pick in 13 went? Was there a No. pick in last year's draft?
The Best Sixth Man Award was unexpectedly awarded to Bulls bench player Isaiah Thomas, which was surprising.

Thomas Jr. is the Bulls' main force on the bench this season, averaging 15 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which is an astonishing feat.

As a small player with a height of only 1 meters, it is indeed commendable to be able to perform like this in the NBA.

但小托马斯的数据在第六人的竞争中却并不占优，因为他的竞争对手中有场均16.6分3.2助攻的贾马尔.克劳福德，15.9分的迪昂.维斯特以及场均17.9分3篮板3助攻的尼克.杨。

The reason why Thomas can finally stand out from these competitors is that the Bulls are first in the league and lead all teams in record, and the other is related to his height.

Regardless of whether he admits it or not, Thomas' height is indeed quite rare in the NBA, and it is also very inspiring. It has made many basketball fans of average height realize that they also have a chance to play in the NBA.

The league obviously wants to set such a model, so it promoted Thomas to the best sixth man position.

Unlike Wang Chong, who was calm and relaxed after winning DPOY, just like eating and drinking, Thomas Jr., who won the Best Sixth Man, was so excited that he even burst into tears when being interviewed by reporters.

"None of this was something I had ever dreamed of. When I was a kid, countless people questioned me, how could a little guy like me make it to the NBA? Now I've done it, and I'm doing very well! I won the Sixth Man of the Year Award, and my team is going to continue to challenge for the championship. Oh my God, this is really crazy!”

After calming down a little, Thomas continued: "I will continue to work hard in future games to help the team win every victory, proving that even a small man can play well in the NBA! Try to be like Wang Chong said Like that, selected as an All-Star!”

Thomas' excitement is completely understandable.

This year is also Thomas's contract year. After his rookie contract ends, Thomas will soon face the issue of contract renewal. Although it is only an insignificant best sixth man award for the stars, it will undoubtedly be an increase for Thomas. A good opportunity to increase your own worth and capital.

Thomas himself actually knows that after this season, there is a high probability that he will not stay with the Bulls.

Not to mention that his own expected salary is at least tens of millions, just being a substitute for Curry in the Bulls cannot meet Thomas' expectations.

Everyone is ambitious, and no one is willing to be a substitute player for a lifetime, especially someone like Thomas who hopes to make a career in the NBA and prove the value of a small player.

He has made up his mind that even if the Bulls want to renew his contract in the summer, they will decline and choose a team that can give him a starting position or even a main force status.

He has also discussed this idea with Wang Chong. After all, Wang Chong has given him a lot of help during his three-year career as a rookie. To him, he is a good big brother and must be respected.

Wang Chong's support also made Thomas little feel relieved and immediately relaxed.

Of course Wang Chong will not stop Thomas from seeking a bigger stage. After all, he likes Thomas very much. He is the strongest player on the planet at 175 and one of the most inspiring players in the league. How many people would dislike him? Although it is unclear how Thomas, whose career trajectory has completely changed, will develop his career in the future, Wang Chong will still send his sincere support and blessings. (End of chapter)