basketball pope

Chapter 773 [I don't like singular numbers]

In the second round, the Clippers easily swept the Warriors, averaging a margin of 17.5 points per game, and the core players all played within 30 minutes.

The data of Paul, Griffin, and Curry has dropped significantly compared with the regular season, but people's evaluation of them has become higher. The only team that can win after playing for a while is the real strong team. The difficulty of winning proves that the strength is not much different. .

The weakness of the Warriors is the same as the Mavericks they eliminated. The pick-and-roll defense is too poor. Brook Lopez and Zach Randolph cannot defend near the restricted area.Against the Clippers, it is a dead end if the pick-and-roll is not good enough. The Clippers' strongest play is to constantly rely on screens to create dislocations, and the guards shoot directly, or break through, or score the ball.

Lopez is highly rated and is recognized as a top ten or even a top five center.Offensively, he is very good, post-ups and mid-to-long-range jumpers are his strengths.

On the defensive end, his top defense is not bad, his help defense and supplementary defense are terrible, and he can't rebound.If you want to make good use of Lopez, you must have a mobile 4 by your side. The Warriors have not been able to solve this problem.It's not that they don't want to trade or sign, it's that there are too few pick-and-roll power forwards in free agency.

In the positional battle, Lopez worked hard to prevent him from going out, but as a result, he was passed over and over again. When the Clippers played small ball tactics, he had to race with the Clippers players.

Outside Mike Conley can still fight against Paul, but he can't do anything against Curry.Curry's catch-and-shoot feature restrains Conley, making his ability to prevent breakthroughs from playing out.

NBA regular season awards announced.

The Rookie of the Year was won by Damian Lillard, who averaged 20.6 points, 3 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game.

His statistics are even more beautiful than Yang Rui's previous life. To join the Blazers, Lillard needs to share the ball with Aldridge and Batum. In the Grizzlies lack of scorers, he has unlimited shot rights, just like Durant back then Join the Thunder.

In addition, the Grizzlies' main tactic is that Lillard and DeAndre Jordan play pick-and-rolls. The ball he passes to DeAndre Jordan, as long as the dunk is successful, is an assist. This is DeAndre Jordan's main scoring method.

The Grizzlies have a terrible record, but they both have great numbers.

The most improved player was acquired by the Pacers' Paul George. He is the new core of the Pacers. Harden ranked second and lost in the record.

The best sixth man is JR Smith of the Knicks, averaging 18.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

Curry switched to starting in the second half, otherwise even if Smith's data reached the peak of his career, he would not have won this award.

What surprised Yang Rui the most this season was that LeBron James was named the Defensive Player of the Year, Ibaka was second and Duncan was third.

James couldn't win the MVP this season. The league gave him the best defensive player. He averaged 26.8 points, 8 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks per game. After Varejao was injured, he played for the Cavaliers on the defensive end. made an immeasurable contribution.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Gasol Jr., who won the best defensive player this season, only won one first-place vote and one third-place vote, scoring 6 points.Not to mention Chandler, even Paul was ahead of him with 19 points.

Without good defensive teammates and the Mavericks' average record, no reporter felt that Gasol was good defensively.

Defensive lineup: Chris Paul, Paul George, LeBron James, Ibaka, Tyson Chandler.

Although the Clippers lost a lot of points per game, when they slowed down and strengthened their defense, there was nothing they could do to defend against opponents. Experts all recognized the Clippers' defensive efficiency.

Second Team: Mike Conley, Jimmy Butler, Andre Iguodala, Tim Duncan, Roy Hibbert.

The Pacers won the third record in the Eastern Conference, and the overall defensive data is good. Many people put the credit on Hibbert. In fact, he is also Yao Ming's defensive style. He can only interfere with shots near the penalty area and guard the penalty area. To the pick-and-roll, the lateral movement speed is slow, and the defense is difficult to change.

The regular season MVP went to Stephen Curry, the most beautiful player on the best team.

最终库里场均打33.8分钟，砍下24分4.1篮板6.6助攻1.6抢断，投篮命中率46.8%，三分命中率43.6%，罚球命中率88.5%。

That's a normal shooting percentage for Curry, higher than the previous two seasons, but his numbers are career-best and he's scoring more efficiently than any other MVP contender.

Ranked second is James. The data was better and he failed to win the second place. Many Jamies on the Internet expressed dissatisfaction.

In the past, Jamie liked to say that MVP was the most valuable personal honor, and advocated the theory of "regular season MVP is the best".

Now, they start to say "Curry stole James' MVP." The reason is that MVP should be given to the player with the strongest individual ability, and the NBA selection rules are unreasonable.

Zhan Hei's words made them miserable. "James was also robbed of three finals MVPs. Are the finals selection rules unreasonable?"

All-NBA First Team: Curry, Kobe, Durant, James, Duncan.

Duncan's selection to the All-NBA team shocked many.

邓肯已经37岁了，场均打30.1分钟，场均能拿下17.8分9.9篮板2.7助攻0.7抢断2.7盖帽，投篮命中率50.2%，罚球命中率是生涯新高的81.7%。

Now, many fans call Duncan "Rookie No. 21". He is indeed incredible. Most players are considering retirement at this age, but Duncan can support a team's inside line and is the core of both offense and defense.

Second Team: Paul, Westbrook, Anthony, Griffin, Yao Ming.

Third Team: Deron Williams, Parker, Harden, Paul George, Kevin Love.

There are many strongmen who were not selected for the best team, the Nets "real thigh" Joe Johnson, the Cavaliers Wade, the Lakers "Warcraft" Howard and so on.

Although Howard has been controversial since joining the Lakers, he also scored 17.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.4 blocks. The shooting percentage was 57.8% and the free throw was slightly worse, 49.2%.

Considering that Howard's playing time has been reduced to 35.8 minutes and averaged only 10.7 shots per game, his offensive efficiency has not decreased compared to the previous two seasons with the Magic, but he has made fewer shots and played for less time.He didn't even make it to the third team, and this season can be said to be a complete defeat.

Stevens was elected the best coach last season. Yang Rui was not reelected, so there was no pressure in the selection. Relying on the best record in history, he was elected the best coach of the season by unanimous votes.

Yang Rui said in his acceptance speech: "There is an idiom in China that good things come in pairs, so I don't like odd numbers, and I hope to win this award again in the future."

The reporter asked: "Are you confident about defending your title this year?"

"In the current situation of the Clippers, if you want to keep a low profile, you can't keep a low profile. If we only lost 5 games in the regular season and didn't win the championship, what would people say?" Yang Rui paused and smiled: "So, everyone You should ask me if I have the confidence to win the championship, this is really difficult, I don’t want to put psychological pressure on the players, I can really accept one or two losses.”

The reporters took pictures together. This championship announcement was too arrogant.

A female reporter asked: "You won an Oscar in odd numbers, does that mean that you will also devote some of your energy to competing for the Oscar in the future?"

Yang Rui shook his head. "I'm thankful for that kind of thing, and of course, I'm very confident in the quality of my popcorn movies. You can go to the theater to see The Martian."

Scarlett Mars Potatoes was released on May 5, and it performed well. It won the championship in North America with $6 million in the first week. Yang Rui advertised by the way. He didn't expect Oscar.

(End of this chapter)