NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 278 The Best Team of the Season, Praise the Rockets
The five players selected for the second team are: Chris Paul, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Marc Gasol.

The five players selected for the third team are: Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard.

The Rockets have three players selected to the best lineup, Wang Chao from the first team, Leonard from the second team and Butler from the third team.

From the perspective of personal data and performance on the field, the three Rockets players are all well-deserved to be selected into the best team. Needless to say, Wang Chao, the 30+10+10 season averaged a triple-double plus the team The league's first record, if he is not selected for the first team, no one in this league is eligible to be selected for the first team.

It is also reasonable for Leonard to be selected for the second team. This season, Leonard can contribute 19.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. In addition, he also has 2.1 steals. Both offensive and defensive performances are impeccable. In the mid-term, he was absent for a period of time due to injuries, but the attendance rate of 68 games throughout the season is not particularly low.

Butler, who was selected to the best third team, is relatively more controversial. Although Butler is not much worse than Leonard in terms of performance on the court, but looking at the data alone, Butler averaged 18.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.7 per game. The assist data is still slightly worse.

In fact, based on Butler's personal data performance and the team's record, it is nothing to be selected for the third team. The key is that such things need to be referenced and compared.

The Warriors won only one game less than the Rockets in the regular season this season, but only Curry was selected to the best team in the team.

得分后卫位置上场均21.7分3.2篮板2.9助攻的克莱.汤普森，中锋位置上场均18.5分12.7篮板的德马库斯.考辛斯。

Neither of them was selected to the best team, and both are better than Butler in terms of statistics, which is a bit intriguing.

Of course, Butler is not to blame for this matter. The best team was not chosen by him, but by sports reporters and TV commentators across the United States.

In fact, when he learned that Leonard was selected to the second team and Butler was selected to the third team, the Rockets general manager's heart sank.

He knew that this was flattery.

It must be a good thing for him personally to have Butler selected to the best third team, but for the team, a player who is in a contract year has become one of the best 15 players in the league. There will be more interested teams, and when the contract expires, it will become more difficult for the Rockets to keep Butler.

Butler is still like this, he has more potential than him, not to mention Leonard who was also selected to the second team.

Neither the league nor the outside media want a super team that can rule the league for several years to exist in the NBA, and use various methods to tear down the Rockets.

As for Thompson, Cousins ​​and Butler, who is more worthy of the best three-team spot is actually not important at all.

Wang Chao, Leonard, and Butler were not only selected to the best team, but also selected to the best defensive team.

Wang Chao was selected to the best defensive team with an average of 2.2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. Leonard is also the best defensive team. This season, he also averaged more than 2 steals per game, averaging 2.1 steals per game The data, and the performance of often defending the opponent's outside core players in the game, made him successfully entered the ranks of the best defensive team.

The other three players on the defensive team are Chris Paul, Draymond Green and DeAndre Jordan.

The defensive second team's list is: John Wall, Tony Allen, Tim Duncan, Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard.

In a team, it is extremely rare to have three players selected to the best team and the best defensive team at the same time. This is obviously a kind of flattery, and what is needed is to reveal a message to the entire league , Although there is no big deal, just through the draft to acquire talents, the strength of this Rockets team is rare in history.

"If the Rockets can keep their current lineup this summer, even if Dayao announces his retirement, they will still be the biggest favorites to win the championship, and they can even continue to hit the championship in the next few years when Wang Chao remains at his peak."

"It's not that the league has never had a super team. Whether it's the previous Lakers Super F4 or the Cavaliers' current lineup, they are all rare in history. Obviously nowhere near the roster that the Rockets have carefully crafted over the years."

The outside world is now affirming and evaluating the strength of the Rockets' lineup. Prove that other teams in the league are more incompetent? ——
On May 5, the second round of the NBA playoffs began one after another.

The Rockets host the Oklahoma City Thunder.

With one first-team player and one third-team player, the Thunder is at the top level in the league.

But still no one thinks that the Thunder can beat the Rockets, and not many people even think that the Thunder can entangle with the Rockets a little bit and play a few more games.

As a result, most fans can imagine, but the result of the game still exceeded many people's expectations.

In the first game, the Thunder lost 93:127 by 34 points and were completely blown away.

It wasn't Wang Chao, Leonard or Butler who beat the Thunder, but Yao.

This season, Dayao’s presence has not been very strong, because Dayao is not very high in terms of the number of games played or the playing time. He played only 82 games in 57 games in the regular season, with an average playing time of 19.8 minutes. The data is only 11.2 points and 6.8 rebounds.

This is already the data of a role player. Naturally, with such a performance, there is no way to be selected to the best team like in previous years.

Everyone can see that Dayao is really old. Although Dayao will not officially reach the age of 2015 until his birthday in September 9, but his competitive state is the same as joining the Celtics in the 35-10 season. People, the 11-year-old O'Neal is not much different.

In the 10-11 season, O'Neal averaged 20 minutes per game in the Celtics, scoring 9.2 points and 4.8 rebounds. Although he has been reduced to a role player, as long as he enters the inside line, he still has a shooting percentage of 66.7% by virtue of his tonnage advantage. Remarkable.

Dayao's current state is similar to that of Shaquille O'Neal in the Celtics jersey, but with his height advantage and soft touch, he is more calm and relaxed in scoring at the basket than Shaquille O'Neal.

After the end of this season, it is no secret that Dayao will officially retire, leave the NBA, and leave the basketball arena.

Many people are lamenting that the Yao of this time and space is not the Yao of the original history. He has had an extremely brilliant career, won the NBA championship twice, and has even more honors in the international arena. Two Olympic gold medals and a World Championships trophy are the most important strokes in Dayao's honor book.

It is foreseeable that when Dayao officially announces his retirement, the end of being a legendary NBA superstar will definitely trigger violent repercussions.

Who would have thought that Dayao could still play the most representative performance of his career as he approached his retirement.

In this game, the Rockets' starting five are Wang Chao, Middleton, Butler, Leonard, and Dayao.

Thunder starting five: Westbrook, Andre Robertson, Durant, Ibaka, Steven Adams.

With the Thunder owning Adams, Kendrick Perkins has fewer and fewer opportunities to play. This season, he played less than 15 minutes and only had 4 points and 5 rebounds.

But although Perkins did not start the game, it did not hinder Dayao's "retaliation".

Because of Perkins' malicious foul, Dayao was injured on the stage of the Western Conference Finals. As a result, the Rockets entered the finals with only Wang Chao as an All-Star player. They were defeated by the Big Three by the Heat.

It can be said that if it weren't for Perkins, the Rockets might have already won three consecutive championships, and are now attacking the fourth championship.

This kind of experience made Dayao's desire to attack very high whenever he faced the Thunder, especially Perkins, and he wanted to die for the opponent.

In the past two seasons, the Thunder lost miserably every time they met the Rockets. Whether it was the regular season or the playoffs, they won very few games.

It's just that even so is still not enough to make Dayao vent his anger.

In this game, Dayao was very active at the beginning. After winning the jump ball against Adams, he went directly to the bottom line of the inside line and reached out for the ball with his back against Adams.

Naturally, Wang Chao simply handed the ball to Dayao. During the regular season, he carefully protected Dayao so that he could make a difference in the playoffs.

Dayao's "maintenance" this season has been perfect.

During the regular season, not only the playing time is strictly controlled, but also in the daily training, Wang Chao will also use sparring potions combined with physical potions to recover from fatigue and reduce the body's load and pressure from time to time.

In fact, according to Dayao's current competitive state, he averages about 30 minutes per game, and it is more than enough to get a stat of about 18+8. The state of the regular season is really a smoke bomb.

The Thunder were obviously confused. Seeing Yao holding the ball, Adams didn't take it seriously at first. After all, Yao averaged only 11.2 points per game during the regular season.

With his back to Adams, Dayao swayed his shoulders from side to side, and then directly stepped back to make a jump shot and made a steady shot.

Adams is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 13 meters. As a center, he has good ability to protect the frame and has an excellent performance in rebounding. There is no way.

Adams, who raised his hand to try to interfere with Dayao's shot, just reached the position around Dayao's nose, and the interference effect was very poor.

In the next few minutes, Dayao kept showing off his offensive ability.

Dreamy footsteps, small hooks, mid-range half-stops, and even grabbed offensive rebounds in front of Adams and Ibaka and made strong dunks.

In less than 5 minutes, the Thunder was suspended by the Rockets. In these 5 minutes, Yao made 6 of 6 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 14 points alone, tearing the Thunder's defense to pieces.

Durant looked bewildered. He was preparing for a match of the century with Wang Chao on the stage of the regional semifinals. Before Wang Chao started to exert his strength, they were already about to be crushed. a hammer?
Dayao, who output full power for 5 minutes, was replaced directly after the timeout to rest. Wang Chao knows how to manage load. Now Yao is not a part of the main tactical system of the Rockets. Immediately after that, he left the court to rest and accumulate energy to prepare for the next wave of onslaught.

Dayao's second appearance was at 6 minutes and 31 seconds of the second quarter. As soon as he appeared, the Rockets immediately changed their tactics. All players opened up space and left the inside to Dayao alone.

It was still Adams, facing Dayao's proficient insider skills, he was continued to be beaten in a fancy way.

In the second quarter, Dayao made 5 of 4 shots and scored 8 points. By the end of the halftime, his personal data had reached 22 points and 4 rebounds.

But it's not over yet.

In the third quarter, Dayao made his debut again, making 6 of 4 shots and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 12 points.

Dayao didn't continue to play until the fourth quarter, because the gap between the two teams had been widened to nearly 30 points, and the Thunder had replaced the game with an all-substitute lineup early.

Dayao's offensive firepower and high efficiency were completely beyond the expectations of the Thunder. He played only about 17 minutes in the whole game. Yao made 17 of 14 shots and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 34 points and 6 rebounds. An average of one shot per minute, and the frequency of shots is even higher than that of Wang Chao.

The cheers of the Rockets home fans have hardly stopped since the start of the game. For the vast majority of Rockets fans, Dayao is their youth. From joining the Rockets in 2002 to 2015, 13 years For a long time, Dayao has always been the totem and pillar of the Rockets inside.

Not surprisingly, this will be the last time Dayao played in the playoffs for the Rockets in his career. The Rockets fans who originally thought that they would be satisfied as long as they could see Dayao play never imagined that the 35-year-old Yao actually He can also dominate the field and help the team win with such a strong performance.

大姚单场狂砍35分6篮板，加上王超的29分8篮板11助攻，两人合砍64分，光是这一点就已经比雷霆队那边杜兰特+威斯布鲁克的得分更高了。

雷霆的双核这场比赛表现并不算差，前者20投12中得到32分，后者虽然15投6中命中率不佳，但罚球却13投10中，也有25分8助攻的表现。

But unlike the Rockets who have scoring points such as Leonard and Butler in addition to Wang Chao and Dayao, the dual-core driven Thunder team, the main offense is around Durant and Westbrook. In the case of 2v2, Durant And Westbrook can't even score as well as Wang Chao and Yao, how can the Thunder win the game?
The score of 127:93 is just a true portrayal of the strength gap between the two teams.

(End of this chapter)