NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 642 The hot man who was missed in the voting

After some unraveling, Cousins ​​finally regained his confidence and was full of fighting spirit to defeat Wang Zelin in the next duel with the Blazers.

James breathed a sigh of relief after seeing his little brother recover.

In fact, not to mention Cousins, even he himself was taken aback by Wang Zelin's performance.

If he also knew that before he successfully broke through the Eastern Conference, no matter how badly Wang Zelin played, it would not have much impact on him.

League No.1 is not so easy to sit on!
James can have his current status, the most important thing is to rely on 4 MVPs and two championships!
If Wang Zelin wants to surpass James in a substantial sense, he still needs to accumulate further honors.

Therefore, the first time James knew the news, he took the initiative to congratulate Wang Zelin in front of the media for his great feat.

It can only be said that Zhan Chao is worthy of being a man!

However, the fact that James and Wang Zelin, the parties involved, can remain rational does not mean that many people on the Internet think so.

And behind this, it is naturally inseparable from the fuel of the media.

In the early morning of the 25th, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland from San Francisco and refused numerous interviews from the media. Wang Zelin and his teammates focused on preparing for tonight's back-to-back games.

Even though they are at home and their opponents are relatively ordinary Jazz, they have not been tempted by the sweet words on the Internet, and they still maintain a focused attitude to deal with tonight's game.

On the Internet, the discussion on whether Wang Zelin surpassed James to become No.1 in the league has intensified.

Indirect TV also followed the fans' thoughts and held a noon symposium on this topic.

And the theme of this symposium is, who is Wang Zelin or James who belongs to No.1 in active service, and the current historical ranking of the two.

"Yesterday's game is definitely the most exciting game I have seen this season, so far!"

"Warriors Curry went all out to bargain for 48 points, Thompson also scored 24 points, and the Splash Brothers scored 72 points; while Wang Zelin broke out with all his strength, and finally succeeded in scoring two guns!"

Barkley, as the host of the scene, watched the highlights of the Trail Blazers and Warriors games with all the guests, his face was full of emotion.

"I suggest that the teams in the league that want to win the championship should take advantage of this summer to hoard centers quickly, because without the support of centers, Wang Zelin can do whatever he wants inside!"

"The Warriors' three-point tactics are indeed very powerful. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the most gifted outside duo I have ever seen, but it is useless against Wang, because he once again proved to the world that dominating the basket can rule the audience!"

O'Neill took Barkley's words and continued.

Through this game, Wang Zelin once again proved that the ancient centers have not been completely forgotten by history. Even if they don't shoot three-pointers, they can still dominate the game by relying on their dominance at the basket, and finally dominate the game!
As soon as they came up, the two couldn't help saying all kinds of compliments to Wang Zelin, so Reggie Miller next to him rolled his eyes, as if to say, hey guys, don't forget today's theme.

"Steph is indeed a very good player. After he retires, he is likely to become the number one three-point shooter in history, but I still think that he is not enough to be among the top three in the league, because there are at least three people ahead of him, LeBron, Wang and KD."

Reggie Miller quickly brought the topic to James, another protagonist today.

"Yes, LeBron and Wang are undoubtedly the two strongest players in the league today. In fact, since the Trail Blazers won the championship last season, there have been endless topics about Wang surpassing LeBron. Here I would like to ask, did you know the post-game interview of Warriors coach Kerr yesterday?"

Kenny Smith, who was the last to speak, successfully brought the topic back on track under the constant instructions of the on-site director.

Then without waiting for everyone to answer, he asked himself and answered: "LeBron is undoubtedly a very dominant superstar in any era, and belittling LeBron is belittling the modern league!"

"So your opinion is..."

"That's right, I think Wang has not surpassed LeBron so far, and it may be possible in the future, but at least this season is like this."

"Even if he achieves two consecutive championships this year?"

"Yes, even if Wang won two consecutive championships, this is not enough to prove that he has completely surpassed LeBron!"

Barkley and Kenny Smith are worthy of being golden partners. Between singing and singing, the topic discussion in the live broadcast room quickly became intense, and it also infected the fans of each team who were watching the live broadcast.

After some discussion, neither of the two could convince the other, and they turned their attention to O'Neill and Reggie Miller.

The lens turns.

Someone expressed his opinion: "I think the No.1 position in the league is not only based on strength, but also on honor. Wang is only in his third season now, and his honor structure is not enough to have much impact on LeBron."

"We call him No.1 now, it's too early!"

Reggie Miller offers a different perspective of his own.

Finally, the camera was given to O'Neal, who was sitting in the second position from the right.

However, O'Neill, who has always been recognized by the outside world as a loyal fan of Wang Zelin, unexpectedly answered everyone's expectations.

"I agree with Kenny and Reggie's point of view. As Reggie said, No.1 in the league should not only value strength, but also the honors obtained. What's more, at the level of personal strength, LeBron is still the strongest in the league. Even if it is the king, at most it can only keep pace with him. As for the championship, the king is also missing LeBron."

"Maybe, we can wait until the Blazers really defend their title this year, and then it will not be too late to compare the two."

Barkley refuted O'Neal's point of view: "Shaquille, you should look at the defensive treatment of Wang Zelin in the current league teams. It is no worse than yours in the past. Is there any star in the league who is valued by so many teams like him? With his strength, honor is only a matter of time."

"According to you, when the Magic lost to Mosaic in the finals, my performance was no better than Hakeem. Although I scored 2 points less, the overall shooting percentage surpassed Hakeem by 11.2%, but people at that time did not think that I surpassed Hakeem after the finals and became No. 1 in the league!"

No one expected that O'Neal would use his first trip to the finals to refute it.

"But……"

Barkley doesn't know if O'Neal took the wrong medicine today, but he was also an expensive MVP player in the league at his peak, and he also has his own understanding of basketball, so he chose to stick to his own opinion.

But as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by O'Neill:
"That's because you haven't won a championship, and you haven't felt the importance of a championship to a player's historical status! Especially for a super giant, championships and FMVP are essential factors for competing for historical status."

At this time, everyone suddenly realized that they almost forgot that O'Neal was a supporter of the "championship greatness theory".

Just like O'Neal later, winning three championships surpassed the remarks of many historical celebrities second only to Michael Jordan. He seemed dismissive of the so-called expert rankings who made such remarks, which caused a lot of sensation at the time.

Now, even if the object is Wang Zelin, whom he loves very much, he insists on his theory without hesitation.

Of course, everyone always takes themselves as the biggest starting point in everything they do.

As the only winner of three consecutive championships and three consecutive FMVPs since the 21st century, adhering to this set of "championship greatness theory" is undoubtedly very beneficial to O'Neal's competition for historical status rankings.

Otherwise, he would not have persisted in this theory.

This is the biggest reason that prompted him to "backstab" Barkley today.

"Haha, Charles, in fact, we all know that LeBron is a great player, and there is no doubt that Wang is destined to be great in the future! But I think, no matter how much we discuss with the four of us, the sample is limited after all, and no one can convince anyone. Who is the No.4 in the league today, it is better to leave it to the fans to evaluate. I remember a Chinese saying that the eyes of the masses are discerning!"

When the words "you haven't won a championship" came out, Barkley's face darkened visible to the naked eye, and O'Neal was not to mention how happy he was in his heart. He usually hated Barkley like this.But considering that today is a more serious symposium after all, the words in the final summary are not as sharp as before.

Seeing this, Barkley also smiled and said: "You are right, I suggest a vote on TNT's official website, and the fans will choose the No.1 in the current league."

"agree!"

"This method is good, and the recognition of fans is also very important."

Since several guests had different views on the No.1 league and were influenced by O'Neal, Barkley immediately suggested that the fans vote.

And his proposal also won the approval of several guests.

After the symposium ended, TNT official website immediately opened a poll:
Who do you think is No.2014 in the league in the 2015~1 season?
In addition to James and Wang Zelin, the four-time scoring champion Durant and Curry, who led the team to an MVP-level performance this season, are also among the candidates.

The two of Durant and Curry entered the list, and they have also been recognized by many fans.

After all, the former just competed fiercely with Wang Zelin in the regular season battle last season, and the latter Ze is the second most popular candidate after Wang Zelin on the MVP list this season.

Fans will choose the league No.4 among the 1 strongest players in the league today!
For this voting event, fans all over the world were very enthusiastic. In a short while, the number of voters exceeded six figures, and it is still rising rapidly.

The voting activity was going on so hotly, as if everything was going so smoothly, that everyone seemed to have forgotten the existence of another old guy.

……

at the same time.

In Los Angeles, inside a mansion in Beverly Hills, a certain number 24 player who did not want to be named was driven mad by anger!

Damn!

TNT officials unexpectedly did not rank him among the strongest four in the half-season, and more importantly, the fan base did not have much reaction to this ranking.

Whether it was accidentally missed by the staff, or TNT is declaring in disguise: he has withdrawn from the ranks of active top players...

What can be endured, what can't be endured!

Fuck Fake!

After swearing, he checked, the next opponent of the Lakers - the Minnesota Timberwolves! ?
Well, then it's up to you!
……

……

The vigorous voting on the Internet did not affect Wang Zelin and his teammates' game at night.

Against the Jazz back-to-back at home, it only took less than three quarters to completely blow up the game.

In the end, after Wang Zelin played 25 minutes and scored 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, he entered the off-duty state ahead of schedule.

After four quarters, the Blazers easily defeated their opponents at 107:95 at home and won two consecutive victories.

It's the 26th.

After a full day of 24-hour voting, the final results are in.

The votes of James and Wang Zelin are far ahead of Curry and Durant.

53% of fans agree that James is still No.1 in the league today!
37% of fans also believe that Wang Zelin has replaced James in the league!

Curry and Durant received only 5 percent and 4 percent of the vote, respectively.

As for the last 1% of fans, they chose to abstain from voting after careful consideration.

The gap between James and Wang Zelin is still visible to the naked eye, but it is not as big as imagined.

It was the gap between the last two and the first two that really exceeded expectations.

TNT officials immediately announced that LeBron James is still No.1 in the league today!
It's just that after this event, Wang Zhelin has completely secured his position as the second player in the league, and he really sits on the sidelines.

In addition to this news, on the 26th, another breaking news came from the West.

In the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Timberwolves, Kobe Bryant, No. 24 of the Lakers, whose name had to be disclosed, tonight, the goji berries in his thermos cup seemed to have been replaced by Red Bull in advance.

全场33投20中，三分球11中5，罚球9中6，砍下了51分5个篮板4次助攻2是抢断的豪华数据。

这也是科比职业生涯的第27次单场50+，距离乔丹的31次50+，只差4次了。

Since Kobe did not suffer from the Achilles tendon rupture in the original time and space, as early as last season, he had broken the record of 25 single-game 50+ games in history.

This season, the Black Mamba's scoring average has once again declined, falling to 23 points. There are no 50+ games, and 40+ is also one of the few.

Just when everyone thought that Kobe would never be able to recover the scoring state that he regarded as scoring like a bag, and the season ended, he suddenly staged a scene of the gods descending from the earth.

A wave of 51 points in a single game quickly took away all the heat of TNT's voting activities.

And looking at it this way, the decline in Kobe's explosive scoring ability is not as serious as everyone imagined, and it may not be impossible to surpass Jordan in the future.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the second time in Kobe's NBA career that he scored 50+ in a single game against the Timberwolves!

The last time it had to go back to the 06-07 season when he averaged 31.6 points per game and won the top scorer period.

那一场比赛，他面对森林狼35投17中，罚球9中4，独砍50分6篮板3助攻3抢断，帮助湖人109:102笑到了最后。

When the 37-year-old Black Mamba quickly made it to the hot list of sports newspapers all over the world with a 51-point performance, at that moment, everyone had an illusion:
Hot man, he's back!

(End of this chapter)