NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 165 Eliminating the Celtics and the Regular Season MVP
"Wang Chao scored 49 points and helped the Magic beat the Celtics to get the first match point. With a total score of 3:1, the Celtics were on the verge of being eliminated."

"After the game, Wang Chao responded strongly to Pierce. Didn't he say he was going to start a counterattack? I'm waiting!"

With a big score of 3:1, the Magic team has a 97% probability of successfully advancing to the Eastern Conference finals according to the odds offered by the bookmaker, while the probability of the Celtics being able to complete a comeback is only 3%.

The cruel reality has made many Celtics fans have to recognize the status quo. Some people have even begun to discuss whether the Celtics should dismantle the Big Three as a bargaining chip and build a new lineup around the newly emerging Rondo. .

It has been three years since the Big Three were formed, but they have not even been able to enter the finals once. It is really unreasonable, and the Big Three of the Green Army were originally gathered for the championship. The next step is to prepare.

This refers to Kevin Garnett. As the only superstar among the Big Three, Garnett has a lot of personal honors, regular season MVP, best defensive player DPOY, best first team, first defense gets soft , these honors Pierce and Ray Allen are tied together, they can't compare with him.

Because of this, Garnett's desire for a championship is far better than the other two. After all, after his personal achievements reach his level, the only way to improve his historical status is the NBA championship.

As one of the best power forwards in the past ten years, Garnett has always been steadily suppressed by Duncan because he doesn't even have a championship.

What Garnett thinks, I am afraid only he and his agent know.

But the Celtics' defeat is already a certainty.

On May 5, in the fifth game of the series, the Celtics, who were unwilling to fail like this, launched the most ferocious counterattack, which did have a lot of effect. Losing this game, I don't want my players to be injured in the process of head-to-head with the opponent. After all, the playoffs have reached the semi-finals of the division. Once the main players are injured, it is likely to affect the Eastern Conference Finals and even the Finals.

The Celtics, who stubbornly regained a victory, still lost the game in the sixth game of the subsequent series, with a total score of 4:2. The Magic defeated the Celtics in the playoffs for the third consecutive season and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference. finals.

Throughout the series, the Magic's Wang Chao and Howard's dual cores showed their power at the same time. Wang Chao averaged 30.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game, and Howard averaged 21.8 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game. The Super Magic teamed up to defeat the Celtics.

On the Celtics side, the performance of the Big Three in six games was unsatisfactory.

保罗.皮尔斯18.3分7篮板3.8助攻，雷.阿伦15.7分4.2篮板3.3助攻，加内特13.7分8篮板……

Facts have proved that the era of belonging to the Big Three is really gone forever.

In the following seasons, the Celtics were still one of the powerhouses in the East, but at that time, the real core of the Celtics had become Rajon Rondo.

Wang Chao doesn't know whether James will play a decisive role without the successful case of the Celtics' Big Three winning the championship, bringing his talents to the south coast to form the Heat's Big Three, but in any case, after these three years, the Celtics People no longer have the previous super fighting power. Even if the 11-12 season looks back and the Heat lost seven games in the Eastern Conference finals, it is not of any reference significance. At least compared with the current Magic team, they are no longer It's the opponent.

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There is no suspense about the Magic's opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals. It was the Cavaliers who eliminated the Eagles 4:1.

Without the best sixth man Jamal Crawford, the Eagles are weaker than before. Although the old Big Three of the Cavaliers are worrying about their combat effectiveness, there is one saying that the Cavaliers are still better than the same period in the original history. Even better, Carter is a former All-Star player no matter how quickly his status declines. Last season, he also averaged 20+ points per game. It is impossible to lose his combat effectiveness immediately in just one season.

Entering the playoffs, Carter averaged 15.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, which is better than nothing.

However, the Cavaliers are still lucky to be able to enter the Eastern Conference Finals. If they meet the Celtics in the conference semifinals as they did in the original history, then James will most likely be beaten by the three old hooligans of the Celtics.

Judging from the combat effectiveness shown by the Celtics and the Magic in the divisional semifinals, the Cavaliers are really not opponents.

They can't even beat the Celtics, let alone the Magic.

On the contrary, the Eastern Conference matchup between the Magic and the Cavaliers is quite hot, after all, it involves two sets of high-profile duels.

One is the confrontation between Wang Chao and James, the two most powerful strikers of the new generation.

The other is the duel between Howard and O'Neal, the new and old champion centers.

Howard and O'Neal have nothing to say about this matchup. At the end of his career, O'Neal has no qualifications to be compared with Howard, but fans who have always believed in the lethality of the Sharks under the basket are sure that even if they are over 38 years old, as long as O'Neal Seriously, Howard is not an opponent at all. Even if his physical fitness can't last four quarters, as long as he can suppress Howard in a certain quarter or even a certain period of time, the Cavaliers' money will not be wasted.

And O'Neal has also clamored before that the 70-win Magic team is simply not comparable to the Lakers during the OK combination's three consecutive championships.

So now there are many people who eat melons want to see what kind of performance O'Neal will have when they face the 70-win Magic and the Super Magic.

As for Wang Chao vs. James, it is obviously the most popular matchup right now, second only to the 24vs23 that the league has been paving the way for a long time.

James just won his first regular season MVP in his career last season, and Wang Chao also won his first Finals FMVP last season.

The two happened to be relatively close in age. James entered the league a year earlier than Wang Chao, but he was one year younger than Wang Chao.

James' honor accumulation is higher than that of Wang Chao, but Wang Chao is only 27 years old but already has two championship rings and an FMVP. It is difficult to say who is more successful.

Before the start of the Eastern Conference finals, the season awards announced by the league also gave Wang Chao a qualitative leap in honor.

In the 2009-10 regular season MVP selection, Wang Chao became the first regular season MVP from China in league history with 35.2% of the votes.

As Wang Chao's biggest competitor, James received 32.7% of the votes and missed the second regular season MVP trophy in his career by a narrow margin of 2.5%.

In fact, anyone can see that James is in the ballot. Although the two can be said to be evenly matched in terms of personal statistics, but in terms of team honor, James is far behind by Wang Chao. After all, the Magic won 70 games in the regular season. With 12 losses, the Cavaliers only had 59 wins, not as good as last season.

If James can win the regular season MVP in this way, then the shady scene is too exaggerated.

Although the league during Stern's tenure would engage in some commercial gimmicks and even favor superstar players in whistleblowing rules, it was not so shameless as to completely reverse right and wrong for the sake of profit, otherwise the finals would have been fired for so many years No. 24 vs No. 23 will not always be without success.

Therefore, even though James has a preference for American journalists to vote, there are still many reporters who voted for Wang Chao, so that Wang Chao surpassed James in the vote rate and successfully won the regular season MVP.

Only in this way, James is even more embarrassed.

Everyone is an excellent player of the new generation. You have an MVP, so do I. You have a scoring champion. Not only do I have two, but the championship that can most affect a star’s historical status, you don’t have one, and I already have one. took two.

The pressure came to James all at once.

After all, as the No. 03 pick in [-] and the Chosen Son, James is considered by many to be the "emperor" destined to rule the league!
What is Wang Chao?
Not only did he enter the league a year later than James, but he was also a second-round rookie, which is completely different from James, who is the number one pick.

But it is such a mud-legged guy, but he has achieved corner overtaking in just a few years after joining the league. His personal honor has tied James and won two more championships than James.

How can you not be angry?

On the day the regular season MVP was announced, James did not appear in the public eye all day, and even a day later, when a reporter captured James, he could clearly see the gloomy face of the other party.

James was really in a hurry.

The existence of Wang Chao is like the kid next door in elementary school, no matter how good you are, he will beat you to pieces.

"We must win the championship this year!"

James realized that if he loses to Wang Chao again this season and misses the championship, or even worse, if the Magic successfully defends the title and Wang Chao gets the third championship ring in his career, then he will really be ridden by Wang Chao up.

The unhappy players are not just James.

In Oklahoma City, Durant turned off the TV, the expression on his face not much stronger than that of James.

"That guy actually won the regular season MVP, damn it..."

Not being able to beat Wang Chao in the scoring championship made Durant very upset, and he hated Wang Chao because of this. After all, in the last few games, Wang Chao obviously intended to compete with him for the scoring championship. of.

If it weren't for Wang Chao, Durant could have won the scoring crown in the third season of his career and successfully gained popularity in the league.

Durant didn't think about the last few games because he scored first, which led to Wang Chao also scoring high. He attributed all the reasons for not winning the scoring champion to Wang Chao. Not only did he play well in the playoffs, but he also won the MVP of the regular season. How could Durant, who has always been careless, swallow this breath?
Durant, who sat on the sofa sulking for a long time, thought about it, and immediately turned on the computer and logged in to his vest trumpet, and started a series of operations on the Internet.

"Wang Chao doesn't deserve to win the regular season MVP at all. The Magic's record of 70 wins is due to the overall strength of the team. He has Dwight who has just won the best defensive player by his side. In contrast, James Leading the team alone and reaching the Eastern Conference finals is even more worthy of the MVP!"

After posting a lengthy post on the Internet, Adu showed a happy smile on his face.

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In the season awards announced by the league, the Magic are undoubtedly the biggest winners. Wang Chao was elected as the MVP of the regular season, Howard won the best defensive player again, and Jamal Crawford was the same as the original history. Good sixth man.

As for the other awards, there is no suspense for the best rookie, and it was won by Kings guard Tyreke Evans, who averaged 20+5+5 per game.

The Most Improved Player Award went to Rockets guard Aaron Brooks.

The best coach is of course Stan Van Gundy, who led the team to 70 wins and 12 losses.

There are a total of six awards, and the Magic won four of them. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as the biggest winner.

On May 5, the regular season MVP award ceremony was held at the Orlando Amway Arena, the home of the Magic.

Wang Chao, who was dressed in a neat suit, had a bright smile on his face, looking handsome.

All members of the Magic team attended the awards ceremony. Wang Chao’s compatriot, Yao from the Rockets, and Alian from the Nets also came. In addition, Wang Chao’s teammate in the Suns, two-time regular season MVP Steve. Nash also personally came to the scene to send blessings to Wang Chao.

It was really beyond Wang Chao's expectation that Nash could be present in person.

You must know that Nash is not idle at all. After the Suns defeated the Trail Blazers in the first round to advance, they easily swept the Spurs 4:0 in the second round. Now they are actively preparing for the Western Conference Finals with the Lakers. The first game between the two teams It will start on May 5, so Nash has to fly back to Phoenix immediately after attending Wang Chao's award ceremony.

Wang Chao and Nash have always had a good personal relationship, and they both have the same agent, Bill Duffy. To be exact, Nash told Wang Chao about Bill Duffy's contact information.

Wang Chao, who was on the stage, gave an award-winning speech according to the prepared speech. Like most awards, he thanked his family, friends, team, and teammates for their support and help.

Wang Chao was very calm throughout the whole process, and he didn't appear to be choked up in the middle of the speech or so moved that he couldn't cry.

There is no way, Wang Chao's regular season MVP was really not very difficult, the process can even be said to be quite easy, and there is really no mental journey to talk about.

Even in Wang Chao's view, this regular season MVP is just the beginning of his career against the sky. In the next few seasons, he will continue to gain various honors, regular season MVP, finals FMVP, scoring champion, and even Assist king...

The so-called strongest in history is gradually formed under the accumulation of these top honors.

Wang Chao, who has a system, will definitely go through this stage, and even continue to surpass various top stars in the history of the league, until he surpasses the world-recognized basketball god Michael Jordan and becomes the new basketball god.

Of course, along the way, there will inevitably be various fierce competitions, leaving behind the corpses of losers, and those stars who should have been radiant will also be covered by their own light.

Not to mention the future, there are far more than one star affected by Wang Chao now.

James, who was deprived of his second regular season MVP by Wang Chao, Durant, who lost his first scoring title in his career, and the Big Three of the Celtics who failed to win the championship are all listed here.

(End of this chapter)