NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 137 James: Veteran of the Green Army, I understand!

On May 5th, the Magic beat the Eagles at home 7:105, and the total score reached 85:2. destiny.

In fact it is.

After the game came to the Eagles' home court in Atlanta, the situation did not change. The Eagles, like the Pistons, were helpless against the Magic. They could neither prevent Wang Chao from scoring nor how to deal with Howard's defense.

97:82, 110:99, two away games, two clean victories, with a total score of 4:0, the Magic once again staged a sweep and sent the Eagles home.

Facing the defense of the Magic, the Eagles averaged only 4 points per game in 84.5 games, which is far below the average value of the regular season. At the same time, several main players in the team, Eagle King Joe Johnson averaged 4 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists in 4 games , Shooting 41.9% from the field.

Al Horford is even more exaggerated. In the case of averaging 27 minutes per game, he only had 3.3 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and his shooting percentage was 33%. Howard was completely blown away.

The only player who performed better was power forward Josh Smith. As a famous spring man, Josh Smith was better than Wang Chao in terms of strength and jumping, and the gap with Wang Chao in terms of speed was not very big. It is still difficult to defend him.

But even so, because of Howard inside, Josh Smith only averaged 18.5 points and 5 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage of 42% is not high.

In contrast, the performance of the Magic's super magic combination can be described as perfect.

The game against the Eagles was Howard's performance time. With Horford's hammer unilaterally pressed, Howard averaged 4 points and 25.4 rebounds in 16.4 games. Cover, the dominance of the basket is undoubtedly displayed.

And Wang Chao, whether it was the four games against the Pistons or the four games against the Eagles, played as stable as ever. Although his scoring average was significantly lower than the regular season, his average scoring was only about 28.6 points per game. However, this is not because Wang Chao's scoring ability has declined, but because the Pistons and Eagles are too careless to fight. They don't need Wang Chao's shots, and the two teams can't bear the defeat. Wang Chao is basically in three quarters. After the game, he clocked in and got off work, and he didn't show all his offensive firepower at all.

"Sweeping the Eagles 4:0, the Orlando Magic swept their opponents for the second time in the playoffs. The super magic combination showed a more dominant competitive state than the regular season, and the goal is directly to the championship!"

"The super magic team averaged 54 points, 20 rebounds and 7 assists per game. Is there anyone in the league who can stop them?"

"Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, the Magic team that advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals early, and wait for the bloody battle between the Cavaliers and the Celtics!"

The advantages in record and playoff ranking are fully reflected at this moment.

When the Magic ended the division semifinals early and began to rest and prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers and Celtics were still shopping on the other side.

The two teams each won their own home victories, and the current battle has reached a 2:2 tie. Next, the key Tianwangshan battle will be held at the Cavaliers' home court.

James fought fiercely against the Big Three Celtics with his own strength, which was the most interesting game in the conference semifinals. In the first four games, James averaged 38.5 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game. The entire Cavaliers except James In addition, only Mo Williams and Delonte West can get double-digit scores stably.

On the Celtics side, there is a three-way battle against Lv Bu. Pierce averaged 19.2 points, Ray Allen 13.4 points, and Garnett 14 points and 9 rebounds. Together, the three can score 46.6 points, plus an average of 14 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Rondo, with 9.4 assists, was able to draw with the Cavaliers.

The battle between the Cavaliers and the Celtics has already surpassed Wang Chao's cognition as a time traveler.

According to the original historical process, Garnett should have been injured not long after the All-Star break and was reimbursed for the season with a torn ligament in his right knee.

But perhaps because of the butterfly effect, Garnett did not suffer from that crucial serious injury, but he also suffered some fragmentary minor injuries and illnesses, and his state was obviously affected. Although he was successfully selected this season Won the best defensive team, but missed the best team.

No matter how much Garnett's condition is affected by injuries, the Big Three are stronger than the original configuration of the two giants. After all, the final result of the battle between the Three Kingdoms and Lu Bu is that Lu Bu was defeated and fled.

On May 5, at the home court of the Cavaliers, the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers 12:92 in the crucial battle of Tianwangshan, and won the match point 88:3.

In this game, James tried his best. He scored 49 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, and almost scored 50 points. However, the rest of the Cavaliers collectively pulled their hips, and all of them together only scored 39 points.

On the Celtics side, Garnett finally regained some form, scored 22 points and 7 rebounds, and cooperated with Pierce with 19 points and Ray Allen with 13 points to win this crucial game.

Afterwards, although in the G6 game, the unwilling Cavaliers tenaciously regained a city in Boston, the site of the Celtics, James scored a large triple-double of 40+10+10, tying the big score to 3:3. , but in the final tiebreaker, the Celtics were even better. The Big Three plus Rondo scored 80 points, defeated the Cavaliers, and successfully entered the Eastern Conference Finals.

When the seventh game ended, James was confused.

Being defeated by the Celtics Big Three for two consecutive seasons once made the Chosen One feel doubtful about his life.

When he just led his team to the Finals in the 06-07 season, James once thought that the future really belonged to him, although the guy who said this was a bit of an idiot...

But who would have thought that in the next two seasons, the Cavaliers would not even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals?

Thinking back carefully, the Phoenix Suns who defeated him in the 06-07 season were actually equipped with the Big Three at that time. Nash, Stoudemire and Wang Chao are definitely considered giants, and the configuration is no worse than the current Celtics.

At this moment, James felt as if he had realized something. He watched the scene where the Big Three clapped each other and celebrated the Green Army's entry into the Eastern Conference Finals.

At this time, the Big Three of the Celtics may never have dreamed of what kind of impact their combination would have on James' young mind. Not surprisingly, the Celtics will still beat the Cavaliers 4:2 in the conference semifinals next year. james.

But in 10 years, the sky in the east will change.

With the announcement of James' decision one, there is only one handle left in the Eastern Conference, and that is the Miami Heat.

In the 10-11 season and the 11-12 season, the Celtics' Big Three fell in front of the Heat's Big Three twice in a row, and finally they were completely disbanded because the Big Three were too old. This is called tit for tat.

Of course, because of Wang Chao, the current situation of the league is very different from the original history. The Celtics have not yet won the championship, which is far from being successful. Will James follow the example of the Big Three of the Green Army? Wang Chao is not sure about the shortcut to form a three-big combination to compete for the championship. In his opinion, the probability is about 7%. James is an egoist after all. He knows what he needs and how he can better goal achieved.

Wang Chao believes that James should not let him down.

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The Celtics eliminated the Cavaliers 4:3 to enter the Eastern Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Finals will be the matchup between the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics, which is exactly the same as last season.

On the west side, there was also an extremely tragic fight.

The Lakers easily eliminated the Jazz 4:1 in the first round and entered the division semifinals, but their opponent in the division semifinals was not easy to mess with because it was the Houston Rockets who defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 4-2.

Although McGrady, the main scoring core of the Rockets, is reimbursed for the season due to injury, Yao and Lewis are both strong. Assists, coupled with the fact that the Rockets have a lot of outstanding players due to Tracy McGrady's injury this season, such as Brooks, Scola, Landry, Battier and others, really competed with the complete Lakers. Inextricably linked.

Among them, Dayao was particularly active. Like Garnett, Yao also benefited from the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chao's crossing. He did not suffer serious injuries in 07, and his attendance rate this season is also guaranteed.

What worries Wang Chao the most is that he was injured in the first game against the Lakers in the semifinals, but he insisted on playing with the injury. He scored a team-high 28 points and 10 rebounds and led the team to win the game. Planted the root of the disaster, and finally before the start of the G4 game, his left foot was overwhelmed and fractured, and he was reimbursed for the season.

This injury directly affected Dayao's career. After that, Dayao had a long-term recovery for a year, and then returned in the 10-11 season, but this time Dayao only played 5 games before returning Reimbursement for the injured season.

Not long after, Dayao officially announced his retirement, and a generation of Huaguo legendary stars came to an end.

For this reason, Wang Chao was very worried that Dayao was really injured during the game.

But the game between the Lakers and the Rockets in G1 ended in the Lakers' victory. Yao scored 20 points and 8 rebounds in the game. He couldn't stop the team from losing, but he didn't get injured because of Kobe. It was a blessing in disguise.

In the next few games, Dayao, who was uninjured and light, became more and more courageous, making it difficult for the Lakers to parry inside.

Whether it was the young Shark Bynum or Pau Gasol, they couldn't handle Dayao at all inside. Thanks to Kobe's absolute dominance on the outside, the two teams fought until seven games. In the final tiebreaker, Kobe scored 32 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, almost single-handedly beating the Rockets and helping the Lakers advance to the Western Conference Finals.

The tenacious Rockets really shocked the Los Angeles fans into a cold sweat. The Lakers are the defending champions, and they are also the number one in the Western Conference. They won 66 wins in the regular season, and the overall strength of the lineup is obviously stronger than the Rockets.

But the Rockets have a healthy Yao, and averaged 7 points and 24 rebounds in 9.4 games, which fully proves how important a super center is in the playoffs.

The Lakers, who eliminated the Rockets, entered the Western Conference finals, and their opponents were the Denver Nuggets who defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4:1.

The Nuggets' ability to reach the Western Conference Finals also surprised many people. Facts have proved that the Nuggets' approach of exchanging Iverson for Billups is correct.

Although Billups can't compare with Iverson in terms of scoring ability and the number of fans, the strength of this often underestimated FMVP is beyond doubt.

This season, Billups has connected the Nuggets together very well, not only allowing Carmelo Anthony to play the best playoff performance of his career so far, averaging 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, but also allowing JR. The personal abilities of players such as Smith, Kenyon Martin, and Nene were all brought into play.

Even Billups averaged 20 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists after entering the playoffs.

It's just that no one thinks that the Nuggets can win against the Lakers. After all, the strength of the two teams is too different. While the outside line does not have much advantage, the Nuggets are at a huge disadvantage inside.

Not surprisingly, the Lakers will soon defeat the Nuggets, reach the finals for the second consecutive year, and chase two consecutive championships.

In contrast, the Eastern Conference Finals is still very difficult to judge.

Last season, the Magic beat the Celtics by chance, but at that time most people still believed that the Celtics were stronger, and losing the game was just a little bit of luck, plus the elevator door tactics were too buggy and the referees were still ignorant. The reason for turning a blind eye.

But after a year, the two teams met again in the Eastern Conference finals, and the situation was different.

After a season of baptism, Wang Chao has grown from a first-class scorer who averaged 26.9 points per game last season to a super scorer who averaged 32.6 points per game. Howard's dominance at the basket has also become stronger and stronger. While getting stronger and stronger, the Big Three of the Celtics began to show signs of decline due to age.

This is inevitable. By 2009, the ages of the Big Three of the Green Army have reached 34, 33 and 32 respectively. Although this age group is not completely without combat effectiveness, no matter in terms of physical condition or competitive level, compared with the peak The period of time must be slightly worse.

Under the ebb and flow, it is really hard to say whether the Celtics are still the opponents of the Magic.

Even considering other aspects, the two teams played against each other four times in the regular season, and the Celtics had a psychological advantage of 3 wins and 1 loss. However, the Magic had home court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals, and it was also difficult to judge the pros and cons.

Therefore, the duel between the two teams can only be determined after the game really starts.

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Before the start of the Eastern and Western finals, the league first announced the results of the season awards.

Without any surprises, James was elected as the MVP of the regular season in the 08-09 season, winning for the first time in his career. In the voting results announced by the league, he got 29% of the votes and successfully defeated many powerful opponents to stand out.

Wang Chao ranked No.2 with 27% of the votes, not much lower than James. It can be said that he lost to his opponent.

This was somewhat beyond Wang Chao's expectations. According to his thinking, with James' influence in the American media, he was quite disadvantaged in this kind of voting that lacked the participation of reporters from China.

But now it seems that there are not many reporters who support him compared to James. In this case, as long as Wang Chao can continue to play an efficient season in the next few seasons, the first regular season MVP of his career should come soon.

Under James and Wang Chao, followed by Kobe and Wade. Both of them got about 15% of the votes, which is not a small gap with the former. Next is Wang Chao’s partner Howard, who got 9% of the votes. Don't underestimate the 9% of the votes in this area, plus Howard's vote rate, the total vote rate of the top five players in the regular season MVP list has reached 95%, and the remaining players can only share the remaining 5%. The sixth Paul has only 1.7% of the votes.

Wang Chao was not selected as the All-Star MVP. Although many Huaguo fans were dissatisfied, just like the best team, once the voting results of the awards are announced, there is no possibility of change. The team's contribution is indeed more than that of Wang Chao, otherwise the Magic would not have two players ranked within the top five of the MVP rankings.

Corresponding to Wang Chao, Howard was elected the best defensive player without any suspense.

This award can only belong to Howard, especially when Garnett's personal data is declining and he has played fewer games in the regular season. Looking at the league, there is no other player who can compete with Howard in defense.

The best rookie was won by the top pick Derrick Rose who averaged 16.8 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

The winner of the Most Improved Player Award is Danny Granger, who averaged 25.8 points, 5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game this season.

The sixth man of the year is Jason Terry of the Mavericks...

The announcement of the results of the season awards means that all the awards in the regular season are over. The remaining awards in the next 08-09 season are only the champions of the East and West, and who will win the final championship.

(End of this chapter)