Legendary star

Chapter 255 Meng Xu's Ambition

On April 2001, 4, after the Spurs defeated the Timberwolves 28-89 in an away game, they swept the Timberwolves with a total score of 72-3 and thus entered the Western Conference semifinals of the season. In the best game of the series, Garnett made 0 of 25 shots and 20 of 12 free throws in this game when Duncan was troubled by the number of fouls and only played 8 minutes. 6 points and 30 rebounds, but this was of no use. The other players of the Timberwolves were still the same as in the previous game. No one scored in double figures. point.As for the Spurs, although Duncan only scored 14 points and 9 rebounds, David Robinson scored 12 points and 10 rebounds in this game, and Meng Xu also contributed 23 points, 17 rebounds and 25 assists. data.

Just the day after the game between the Spurs and the Timberwolves, the major awards for this season's regular season were announced one by one.The first to be announced is the best rookie. The overall level of the rookies this season is appallingly low. Originally, the rookies of last season were called the worst rookies, but the rookies of this season are even the best rookies of last season. I can't even touch my heels.In the end, Mike Miller, a rookie from the Magic, became the best rookie of the season with an average of 11.9 points, 4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. best rookie.

The best defensive player of the season was won by 76ers center Dikambe Mutombo. After Mourning missed the entire season due to kidney replacement surgery, Meng Xu also began to assume more responsibility on the offensive end. After taking too many responsibilities and resulting in a decline in defensive efficiency, Dikambe Mutombo basically had no competitors in the selection of the best defensive player this season, and finally relied on averaging 13.5 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game Dikambe Mutombo won the fourth best defensive player trophy in his career.

And this season's best sixth man also ended up with the 76ers. As Iverson's substitute, Aaron McKi played a total of 76 games this season, including 43 games as a substitute, averaging 11.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. , 5 assists data.After these two awards came out, most media have already believed that Iverson will miss the regular season MVP this season, and these two awards are precisely the league's compensation for the 76ers.And when the next best coach was selected, this view began to be accepted by most people, because no matter from any point of view, whether it is George Karl who led the Bucks to win 13 more games than last season, Popovich, who has won 60 wins this season, is more qualified than Larry Brown to be the best coach of the season.

Then the league announced the best team and the best defensive team of the season. Just like the controversy over the best coach, when the best team of the season was released, the voice of this controversy became louder.The best defensive team this season is center Dikambe Mutombo, the two forwards are Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, and the two guards are Jason Kidd and Gary Payton.The second team of the All-Defensive Team is center David Robinson, two forwards Bruce Bowen and Kevin Garnett, and the two guards are Doug Christie and Kobe Bryant.

The first team selected for the best team are center Shaquille O'Neal, two forwards Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, and two guards are Jason Kidd and Allen Iverson.Such as the selection of the second team of the best team are Dikambe - Mutombo, Kevin - Garnett, Chris Webber, Tracy? McGrady, Kobe - Bryant and.The three best teams are David Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Karl Malone, Vince Carter, and Gary Payton.

As soon as these two lists were released, they aroused countless controversies. First of all, Kobe and O'Neal were selected to the best team. Both Kobe and O'Neal have missed more than 20 games this season. Under such circumstances, the two can still be selected for the best team, and the league's selection criteria have to be questioned by the outside world.

The biggest controversy still comes from Meng Xu. Compared with last season, Meng Xu's data this season has improved by leaps and bounds. Although he lost to McGrady in the most improved player selection, Meng Xu averaged 18.8 points and 8.5 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 3.1 steals, and 1.6 blocks, the performance is already very good, but in the selection of the best team, Meng Xu overwhelmed Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki and other outstanding superstars were selected as the best team of this season as a forward.And anyone with a discerning eye knows that although Meng Xu's registered position is small forward, Meng Xu has played point guard most of the time in the Spurs this season. With Meng Xu's performance this season, if he enters the best lineup as a guard, he may not be able to make it. Not so controversial.

Therefore, there are many so-called basketball experts who have begun to call on the league to reform the selection rules of the best team. The first thing is to set a standard, that is, to be eligible to participate in the best team after playing at least 70 games in the regular season The selection of the best team is based on the position of the players. In the future, Meng Xu must not be allowed to play a point guard on the court, but enter the best team as a forward.At the same time, it is necessary to reduce the number of votes from the media and increase some professional basketball people to vote, such as the head coaches of each team.Because when the media vote, they first start from the perspective of the fans. Whether they play beautifully or not, and whether they are popular with fans is also one of their so-called selection criteria. , There is no way to enter the best team in a lifetime.

In the midst of this controversy, on April 2001, 4, the league announced the final results of the regular season MVP selection. This year's regular season MVP selection is also considered to be the least suspenseful year. In the entire league, the only players who can pose a threat to Duncan, O'Neal has rested too many games this season, has received so much criticism for being selected to the best team, and the Lakers won more than 30 fewer wins this season than last season In this case, it is impossible for O'Neal to become the MVP of this season, and the final voting results also proved this point. In this year's MVP voting, O'Neal only got one first vote.

And Chris Webber has missed the final MVP competition since the second half of this season because of his poor performance in the few games directly against Duncan.And the last remaining opponent is Allen Iverson. After the All-Star Game, the 76ers, who had experienced a wave of losing streak, not only surrendered the first position in the Eastern Conference, but also caused Iverson to win the first place in the East. In the MVP rankings, it fell directly behind Duncan and Webber from the top of the list, but with the 76 winning streak at the end of the season, and the Spurs constantly adjusting the lineup at the end of the season, the 76ers finally defeated the Bucks and regained the Eastern Conference After the first place, the record is only 4 games behind the Spurs.

Finally, after this year's regular season MVP selection was released, Tim Duncan received 121 of the 53 first votes, and Iverson received 47. Although Duncan finally won the regular season MVP of this season without any danger, But Duncan's 53 first-place votes are also the MVP with the fewest votes in the past 10 years.

On the afternoon of May 2001, 5, the Alamo Stadium, which can accommodate more than 1 spectators, was already full of seats. Today's Alamo Stadium is also the only time this season that it is open to all Spurs fans for free.Just after Duncan won the regular season MVP of this season, the management of the Spurs originally wanted to hold a celebration ceremony for Duncan when the second round of the playoffs began, but the Jazz who had already led the Mavericks 3-2 , but lost the game at his own home court. When the game between the Jazz and the Mavericks did not know when the game would end, the Spurs management and fans, who could not wait, decided after deliberation that taking advantage of today's holiday, Throw a big celebration for Duncan at the Alamo Stadium.

Today's Alamo Stadium, Duncan is undoubtedly the only protagonist. In the center of the court, on a temporary high platform, there is this season's regular season MVP trophy, and Duncan is holding a microphone to express his MVP speech , while all the rest of the Spurs players, as well as the coaches and management personnel, sat under the high platform, watching the protagonists on the field today.

"If Tim has a system, he should be able to gather 5 MVP points soon." Looking at Duncan who was giving a speech on the high platform, Meng Xu also said in his heart with envy.This year is Duncan's fourth season in the league, and this regular season MVP is also Duncan's fourth MVP. Just after Duncan was crowned this season's regular season MVP, some media have already ranked Duncan as the top player in NBA history. Among the top ten superstars, it is even very certain that if the Spurs complete the three consecutive championships this season, then no matter what Duncan's career will look like in the future, his historical status will not fall out of the top 3.Think about it too, if the Spurs win this season, then in the first 5 years of Duncan's career, he will win 4 championships, 3 FMVPs, 3 regular season MVP, and 1 All-Star MVP, which is basically more than most Superstars have been honored throughout their careers. 1 championships in 4 years, such a brilliant start, even Jordan will be willing to bow down.

After thinking about it for a while, Meng Xu felt a burst of loss and regret in his heart. At this time, listening to the cheers of "MVP, MVPMVP..." at the scene, although Meng Xu was looking at Duncan, , still had a smile on his face, but Meng Xu's eyes now showed more than just envy and jealousy.

"One day, I will stand on this platform like Tim."

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