Legendary star

Chapter 654

"Crazy Spurs and Pacers have started to throw away all the competitors behind them!"

"Gods and Buddhas are fighting for hegemony. After the Magic Bird War, the NBA is likely to enter the situation of two powers fighting for hegemony again!"

As the schedule continued to advance, the Pacers who entered the devil's schedule did not start to fall behind as Philip Sanders expected. Instead, they ushered in one victory after another, whether it was the Nets or the Suns, or The Nuggets have fallen at the feet of the Pacers one after another. Even if it is a back-to-back away game, there is no way to stop the Pacers from advancing. After the last 12 consecutive victories, the Pacers have won a wave of 17 consecutive victories. And 14 consecutive victories, ending all games before the All-Star break with a record of 43 wins and 7 losses.

Compared with the madness of the Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs are not inferior. In the 51 games before the All-Star Game, the Spurs won 45 of them, with a record of 45 wins and 6 losses. Under the body, although the Spurs did not win more than a dozen consecutive victories like the Pacers, the Spurs were no worse than the Pacers in terms of stability.

In the situation where the Spurs and Pacers are advancing, those competitors have gradually fallen behind. The closest to the Pacers and Spurs are the Dallas Mavericks with 40 wins and 10 losses, and the Detroit Pistons with 39 wins and 12 losses. The Suns, Nets, Heat and other teams have been left behind by nearly ten games.

For the NBA, a two-horse race will always be more attractive than a stand alone, especially the Celtics and Lakers, which are the benchmarks established by the NBA. After Magic Johnson and Bird Bird, David S. Stern has been looking for the next pair of "magic birds". Even when Michael Jordan ruled the world, David Stern never forgot to create an opponent for Jordan. Ryder Drexler, Charles Barkley or later Grant Hill, and Anfernee Hardaway couldn't shake Jordan's throne, let alone achieve the same double as Magic Johnson and Bird Bird. It's time for a hegemony.

After Jordan retired, while David Stern spared no effort to find Jordan's successor, he also once again saw the hope of the two powers competing for hegemony. Stern was very excited, but after the excitement, David Stern also had some regrets. After all, both the Spurs and the Lakers are in the Western Conference. Such a two-horse hegemony is far from what the Magic Birds can achieve. Height, after all, these are two teams that will never meet in the finals.

It is precisely because of this that David Stern will spare no effort to build momentum for Meng Xu after he travels to the Pacers, hoping that Meng Xu can lead the Pacers to the finals, whether it is the Spurs against the Pacers or the Lakers For the Pacers, its influence will far exceed that of the Spurs and Lakers. In the end, Meng Xu did not live up to David Stern's expectations. The Pacers VS Lakers for two consecutive years made the NBA earn a lot of money. It was full and even helped David Stern achieve the goal of NBA globalization.

But there was an unexpected situation. Just when David Stern planned to continue to strengthen the support for the Pacers and the Lakers, and strive to create a pair of old enemies similar to the Lakers and Celtics, David Stern The Lakers, whom En had placed high hopes on, fell apart overnight. After the split of the OK combination, the Lakers couldn't even make it to the playoffs. The angry David Stern had to give up his plan to support the Lakers.

However, the Spurs won the championship last season, which gave David Stern hope again. With the gimmick of the "Wake Forest duo" civil war, the ratings and influence brought by the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers It will definitely surpass the Pacers and Lakers, so when Magic Johnson proposed the God-Buddhist hegemony at the beginning of the season, David Stern instructed the NBA to follow up quickly and used almost all resources to hype Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, even at the expense of making some small moves behind the back, helped the Spurs and Pacers to take the lead in the record list.

However, it is a little regrettable that when the God-Buddhist hegemony has become the mainstream of this season, Kobe Bryant jumped out to grab the show, although the Lakers' current record of 26 wins and 25 losses can only barely rank eighth in the Western Conference , but who made Kobe Bryant's data this season so explosive? After 51 games, Kobe Bryant averaged 36 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game. It is 6 points ahead of the second-ranked Arenas.

On December 2005, 12, in the game between the Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks, Kobe scored 20 points in three quarters, more than the Mavericks' total score of 62 points. However, Kobe's performance was not over yet. In January, that is, in January 61, in 2006 games, Kobe Bryant averaged an astonishing 1 points per game, and even scored the third highest 13 points in NBA history in the game against the Raptors. Physically exhausted, Kobe Bryant is likely to break Meng Xu's second NBA scoring record of 43.4 in a single game.

Under Kobe Bryant's crazy scoring momentum, the discussion about who has the better scoring ability between Kobe and Meng Xu naturally appeared. As the three-time scoring champion, he scored the highest in a single game in the playoffs and finals The record holder and the owner of the second highest scoring record in the regular season, Meng Xu's scoring ability is naturally beyond doubt. Even before this season, Meng Xu's scoring ability was recognized as the number one active player in the league. With the emergence of Kobe Bryant this season, Meng Xu's title of the most scoring ability has also been challenged.

If Meng Xu could use his super scoring ability to suppress Kobe Bryant like he did in previous seasons when he competed for the scoring title with McGrady Iverson, then naturally there would not be so many controversies. However, Meng Xu's scoring average has fallen off a cliff this season. Meng Xu, who averaged 32 points per game last season and was crowned the scoring champion, averaged only 27 points per game this season.

However, Meng Xu doesn't care about these discussions from the outside world at all. Three scoring titles are enough for Meng Xu. Meng Xu never thought of challenging Jordan's record of ten scoring titles. There is only one record that Xu wants to challenge Jordan, and that is 6 championships and two three consecutive championships.

Under Meng Xu's call and encouragement, the Pacers are now full of fighting spirit, so the current Pacers team is more than a star and a half stronger than last season. Jermaine O'Neal, NN-Hilary, Tyshawn -Prince, James Posey, their average data has increased to varying degrees compared to last season, Jermaine O'Neal averaged 23 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.9 blocks per game, NN-Hilary He averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game. Tyshawn Prince averaged 15 points per game. With his teammates so strong, Meng Xu will naturally let them share more of his burden .

(End of this chapter)