Almighty Athlete Chapter 32: Singing forward
In the center of the att center, there was a silence. The audience was silent. Many audience members covered their faces and looked at it with shock. ??Ranwen Novel???`t
A single game scored more than 100, which is considered to be completely impossible in modern basketball, but Zhang Guan did this miraculously, and exceeded 100 points!
101 points, this number seems to be a pot of ice water, instantly killing the spurs in the hearts of the Spurs. For the Spurs, this 101-point blow to morale is unparalleled. Even if the Spurs have an extremely tenacious will, but in the face of a single opponent with 101 points, they can not inspire the fighting spirit in their hearts.
But the game is still not over. Like the last time, the referee stopped the game again, and they started to watch the video of the game again. They still have to determine whether the time is over when Zhang Guan scores a goal.
In the end, the referee once again decided to return to the watch, the time is 0.5 seconds!
However, this time, the Spurs fans did not cheer, not because 0.5 seconds was not enough for a shot, but because of Leonard's foul, Zhang Guan also added a penalty.
If you serve in the frontcourt, 0.5 seconds is enough to throw a ball, but if you grab a rebound after a free throw, there is no chance of even a shot in 0.5 seconds. So Zhang Guan only need to deliberately miss this ball, let basketball bounce on the rim, time will run out.
Even with 0.5 seconds left, the Spurs have lost.
Zhang Guan once again reached the free throw line, and the Spurs players stood frustrated on both sides.
"It's over!" Zhang Guan took a deep breath and aimed at the place where the rim and the rebound passed. This position would allow basketball to have a relatively high bounce and also consume more time.
"Whoosh!" basketball shot, just hit it, and then bounced high, the Spurs players did not even fight for this rebound, because the basketball has not landed, the sound of the end of the game has already sounded!
basketball hit the ground directly, the game is over!
"Won, we won!" On the bench of the Lakers, everyone rushed to the court and hugged each other.
Black Eight Miracle! They gave the Spurs another dark horse miracle!
From 0-3 to 4-3, no team in the league can do it, but now the Lakers do it!
At this moment, every Lakers player seems to see that the road leading to the championship has been laid in front of them. 0 to 3 behind can win four consecutive games, other difficulties and obstacles, what is it!
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"The Lakers have made a comeback! A comeback that is 0 to 3! For the first time in history, a comeback when you are 0 to 3!"
"Oh my God! Zhang Guan101 points, he surpassed Chamberlain's 100 points! How is this possible? In the modern basketball, there are people who can get so many points!"
On May 5th, the entire American media was talking about 101 points in Zhang Guan's single game, and also talking about the Jedi's big comeback when the Lakers were 0 to 3 behind. Many media even chanted the Lakers' slogan to win the championship.
If it is placed in February, the Lakers will definitely be considered a lunatic to win the championship. At that time, the Lakers could not even touch the threshold of the playoffs.
And when they are 0 to 3 behind, the world knows that the Lakers are finished and they can prepare for the next season.
But after just over a week, the Lakers stepped on the powerful Spurs and successfully advanced.
Everyone who has watched this game knows that the Spurs have no problem playing, and it can be said to be a relatively good one. Duncan’s 0.4 second shot is hailed as a classic in the history of the playoffs. But unfortunately, they met a superhuman opponent, a Zhang Guan that can score 101 points.
In a modern NBA game, if any player can get a high score of 50 or 60 in a game, the opponent can surrender directly, let alone a super high score of 101 points! Thanks also to the Spurs as the opponent, and the Spurs from the 2013 to 2014 season, if they are replaced by other teams, I am afraid they will be defeated long ago.
And the results of this game also affected the regular season mvp candidates.
Originally, Durant was the biggest hit of mvp. The other popular candidates include James, Griffin, Noah and Harden. Their teams are all very good. They entered the playoffs early. They The average data per game is also very good. The Lakers, because of their average record, only entered the playoffs on the last day of the regular season, so Zhang Guan won the mvp's whine is not comparable to Durant and James, at most comparable to Griffin.
James has won the regular season mvp for two consecutive years. People are optimistic about his three consecutive games. Moreover, James is one of the most popular among American athletes. As a "foreign monk", Zhang Guan is really not comparable to James.
Durant’s performance this season is indeed eye-catching, averaging 32 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists, and led the Thunder to the No. 1 throne in the Western Conference with at least 41 injuries. Scoring 25 points, also surpassed Jordan's 40 consecutive games, only ranked after Chamberlain and Robertson, ranked third in history. Compared with Durant, Zhang Guan only led the Lakers to play more than thirty games, which is his biggest weakness.
A player who hasn’t even hit half of the regular season games, but has to take the regular season mvp, is really unreasonable.
However, with the appearance of 101 points, the situation of regular season mvp selection was reversed in an instant.
It is unlikely that any of Chamberlain’s records will be broken by the latecomers. The most memorable one is 100 points in a single game, but Zhang Guan scored 101 points, although it was obtained in the playoffs. Achievements, but has already established the image of his first person in basketball in the hearts of the people.
A total of 124 journalists and hosts from the United States and Canada participated in the selection of regular season mvp this year. Each judge must select the 1st to 5th picks, of which the first pick is 10 points and the second pick is 7 Points, 3 points 5 points, 4 points 3 points, 5 points 1 point. That is, there are a total of 125 first-place votes.
On May 6, NBA officially announced that Zhang Guan won the 13-14 regular season mvp. Among the 125 first-place votes, Zhang Guan won 122 votes, the remaining three were divided between Durant and James, Durant got two, and James got one.
In the first year, he entered the NBA, and after less than half a season, he won the regular season mvp. Zhang Guan is the first and estimated to be the only one.
Zhang Guan just hurriedly released a winning speech, because on May 6th, the Lakers faced the second opponent of the playoffs: Portland Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers ranked fifth in the Western Conference in the regular season. They scored 4-2 to win the fourth Houston Rockets in the Western Conference. The "Morden" combined in the first year tasted Defeated.
In the controversial series, Howard averaged 26 points and 13.7 rebounds per game, and scored the first center of the NBA; Harden averaged 26.8 points per game, which is not satisfactory, but the Rockets coach McHale’s on-site response level is really impressive I felt a little anxious, almost led by the Blazers head coach. In this round of the series, the Rockets scored more points than the Blazers. Of the four losses, three of them lost within three points, and the difference is only one ball. If you change to a high-level coach, you can easily make up for the gap in this ball through tactical changes on the spot.
Aldridge Galliard’s configuration looks more reasonable than the Thunder’s second. It's just that the Trail Blazers start with Meng Ruhu and substitutes as weak as dogs. This is something the entire league knows. In the playoffs, it is often the depth of the bench that the Blazers have no bench depth, it is also destined not to go too far in the playoffs.
In the Western Conference semifinals, although the Blazers are at ease and have home advantage, ranking higher than the Lakers in the regular season, but everyone feels that the Blazers are the weaker side, including the Blazers I think so too.
Because the opponent is the Lakers who just reversed the Spurs!
Because there is a Zhang Guan in the Lakers who can score 101 points!
Being able to beat the Spurs in the series is itself a manifestation of strength, and even the Heat may not be able to do this. And the existence of 101 points in a single game, even if it only exerts 60-70% of the skill, gets a 60-70, is enough for the Trail Blazers to surrender.
Although the Lakers only took a day off and played away, the morale was strong.
From 16 wins and 31 losses, to the playoffs, the Lakers went through a roller coaster journey; from 0 to 3 backward to 4 to 3 reversal, the Lakers went through a roller coaster journey again. However, these two roller coasters have cast the Lakers' steely tenacity. 0 to 3 behind the turnaround Spurs, which makes every Lakers player become more confident, even the old players such as Gasol who have won the championship, also completed the transformation in this round of playoffs.
Victory after despair can make weak people fearless and tough people vulnerable, and on the court, especially in the playoffs, such fearlessness and toughness are the best arms.
This is the case in the playoffs.
The first game between the two sides, although the Blazers played at home, but the Blazers lost a full 20 points. In the second round of the playoffs, this kind of score gap is uncommon. After all, no one can make it to the second round of the playoffs, and no one is an underdog, and every game of the playoffs will be desperate. A 20-point difference is indeed rare.
The Blazers’ starters are still playing well. Aldridge has a large double-double of 30+15, Lillard is also a quasi-double of 20+10, and Batum and Matthews also have good performances. However, after the bench debut, the score was quickly pulled away.
In terms of firepower, the Lakers bench is not weak. As long as it plays normally, it can barely handle the playoffs. But the Lakers have an additional factor, and that is Nick Young's nerve knife.
When Nick Young does not show power, the Lakers bench is equivalent to the bench of a normal playoff team, and once Nick Yang’s nerve knife shows power, I believe that many teams’ starting lineups will also feel Difficult to parry.
This season, the frequency of Nick Young’s Knife is still relatively high, otherwise it is impossible to score 17.9 points per game. In the two games that opened the Trail Blazers on the road, Nick Young played well, scoring more than 20 in both games, which is comparable to the total score of the entire Trail Blazers bench.
The bench didn’t give up, and the Blazers lost again in the second game, but this time they only lost 9 points, a big improvement over the first game.
In a series, with two consecutive losses at home, the Blazers are basically a farewell to the playoffs.
On May 10, the Lakers finally returned to Los Angeles.
After a 0-3 turnout and 101 points in a single game, the Lakers returned to Staples like a rebirth. This night, the whole of Los Angeles boiled.
The Staples Stadium has not been so lively for a long time. The stadium is not only full of seats, but also many big-name celebrities come to help. This is Los Angeles after all, it is the center of American entertainment, and it has the most stars in the world. . With the victory of the Lakers, the stars are also willing to appear at the Lakers home.
And outside the stadium, it was also packed with fans who didn’t buy tickets, including overcrowding on the road, and they cheered for the home team. In order to thank these fans for their support, the Lakers also specifically rented two large screens to broadcast the live game situation.
The Staples Stadium has not seen such a grand event for a long time.
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In such a home atmosphere, whether it is Aldridge or Lillard, there are some abnormalities. Aldridge entered the second round of the playoffs for the first time, so he has not seen this situation; while Lillard is playing for the first time in the playoffs, lack of experience in the playoffs is inevitable.
The Trailblazers dual-core encounters the Lakers, a team that plays the playoffs every year, and the shortcomings of inexperience in the playoffs are exposed. When the Lakers play their home games, the shortcomings are magnified several times. The Lakers have players such as Gasol, Farmar and Ci Shiping who have passed the finals. D'Antoni's playoff experience is much better than that of the Trail Blazers coach Stouts. Losing seems to be a necessity.
4-0, the Blazers lost two more games and were swept by the Lakers. The Lakers also successfully advanced to the Western Conference finals~IndoMTL.com~ They are facing the winners of the Thunder and Clippers.
The Lakers definitely want to play the Clippers. Now the Lakers are undoubtedly the darling of Los Angeles. Entering the playoffs, the 0-3 Spurs, the Lakers have brought Los Angeles miracles again and again, plus There is a Zhang Guan of 101 points, and now the Lakers' momentum is probably not much worse than that of the Ok Lakers Dynasty. If the same city derby, it means that every game is the home of the Lakers.
It's just that the Clippers eventually lost to the Thunder with a total score of 2 to 4.
In this round of the series, the Clippers lost nothing wrong. From the statistical point of view, the Clippers have more shots than the Thunder in each game, averaging 10 more shots per game than the Thunder, and there is not much difference between the two sides in terms of shooting percentage. Four more assists, three more steals than Thunder, and five fewer turnovers.
However, in rebounding, the Clippers lost 7.2 per game to the Thunder, which is the most important reason for the Clippers to lose. For teams in the playoffs, if there is no abnormal shooting percentage, protecting rebounds is an important thing. The Clippers, with Jordan and Griffin, lost to the Thunder in rebounds.
The Clippers rely on Jordan and Griffin for rebounds, and the Thunder’s two rebounders are not center Perkins and forward Ibaka, but Dewey second! Durant averaged 9.5 rebounds per game, even with Jordan Jr.; and Wei Shao averaged 6 rebounds, 2.2 of which were frontcourt rebounds, which means that he used himself as an inside player. How desperate to play.
With rebounds, the second younger team led the team to the Western Conference finals in this way. They faced the Los Angeles Lakers who were waiting for work.
The battle is on the verge. (To be continued...)