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Chapter 119 Best Player of the Month
The regular season of the 2008-2009 season has finally come to an end, but the Kings, who have reached the playoffs, have not yet reached the time to relax. After the whole team had a day off, on April 4th, the Kings team started again in full swing. Training, and ready to leave for Denver, to prepare for the two away games against the Denver Nuggets.

On April 4, just two days after the end of the regular season, the NBA announced the playoff table and the detailed schedule. The Kings, who entered the playoffs with the seventh place in the Western Conference, will play against the Western Conference in the first round. The second Denver Nuggets, according to the current 17-2-2-1-1 playoff system, the first game of the series between the two sides will start on April 1 at the Denver Pepsi Center, the home of the Nuggets. curtain.

In addition to the playoff schedule and matchup list, NBA officials also announced the best players of the month in April in the East and West. Although only half of the games were played in April, the regular season is all over. There are 4 games, 8 games, or even 7 games, but NBA officials still select the best player of the month in the East and West in accordance with the usual practice.

LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers became the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in April. In all regular seasons in April, the Cavaliers led by LeBron James achieved a record of 4 wins and 7 loss. In these 1 games Among them, LeBron James averaged 8 points, 29.9 rebounds, and 6 assists per game, shooting 6.6% from the field, 53% from the three-point range, and 41% from the free throw. The data are impeccable.

Compared with LeBron James, who has been elected the best player of the month in the Eastern Conference for many times, the best player in the Western Conference in April is a new rookie who cannot be a new rookie. Elected as the best player of the month in April, this is also the second rookie to win the best player of the month in his rookie season after Larry Bird. It is too scary to be elected the best player of the month in his rookie season , It was too shocking, but no one in the entire league and the media in the United States stood up to question that Yan Hua was not worthy of the best of the month, but was full of praise.

Because Yan Hua led the Kings to a record of 6 wins and 1 loss at the end of the regular season in the absence of team boss Kevin Martin. In the playoffs, in these 7 games, Yan Hua averaged 28 points, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, 4 assists, shooting 54% from the field and 78% from the free throw, especially at home In the game against the Lakers, Yan Hua even scored 49 points and 22 rebounds in a quasi-quadruple-double, so Yan Hua definitely deserved the Western Conference Player of the Month award in April.

For the king who is extremely lacking in honor, the best player of the month is also an award worth celebrating, because since the NBA established the best player of the month award, the king has only two players who have won the best player of the month, namely Chris- Webber three times, and Peja Stojakovic once, and Yan Hua won the player of the month as a rookie, and Yan Hua is the No. Before Yan Hua, Larry Bird was the only one who could win the Player of the Month in the season. Even Jordan, he couldn't win the Player of the Month in his rookie season.

Of course, the current best player of the month is far from being able to compare with the best player of the month in Jordan's era, because in Jordan's era, the best player of the month was not divided into east and west, and there were only 6 players in each season. Second, the best player of the month at that time was known as the little MVP, and those who could win the best player of the month were basically superstars of the moment.

Although in the system, the reward for getting the best player of the month is only a pitiful 100 system points, not even a milestone reward, but for Yan Hua, and the Kings Club, Yan Hua's best player of the month is already considered It's a great honor, so when the league staff sent the small trophy symbolizing the best player of the month to the Kings Club, the Kings' general manager, Geoff Petrie, sent nearly two hundred people up and down the club , all gathered together, and held an awarding ceremony for Yan Hua in a grand manner. Although Geoff Petrie's "making a fuss" made Yan Hua feel a little embarrassed, Yan Hua enjoyed the high-profile feeling very much .

Generally speaking, in order to allow all fans to witness the moment when the player wins the award, the trophy for the best player of the month is basically awarded before the start of the first home game at the beginning of the month, but the regular season is now over , and the first home game of the Kings playoffs will be a week later, so in order to let Yan Hua enjoy the glory of winning, the general manager Geoff Petrie called everyone in the Kings Club At the training ground, an award ceremony was held for Yan Hua, so that everyone in the club can enjoy this honor.

After the episode of the month's best player trophy "presentation ceremony", the Kings re-entered the original track and started intense training and preparations again. However, the Kings returned to the playoffs after a lapse of three seasons. The king was very excited, because the team's entry into the playoffs meant that everyone in the club, including the cleaning lady and the security guy at the door, could get an extra bonus.

Since Chris Webber was traded, the Kings have entered a period of reconstruction. Although they have entered the rebuilding period, the management of the Kings can't bear to completely mess up, so they are hovering on the edge of the playoffs year after year. They are all close to the playoffs, and there are no high-quality draft picks every year, but this season, the Kings can finally feel proud.

Although the king's regular season ranking this season is only seventh in the Western Conference, as the general manager of the king, Geoff Petrie, after the end of the regular season, he is always looking high-spirited and red-faced. The ranking in the regular season is not very good, but at any rate, it has won 50 wins in the regular season, and compared with this season, the future of the king is undoubtedly bright. The Magic in the East is the king's example. Geoff Petrie is very optimistic , I am also very confident that the Kings will also be able to step up every year like the Magic, and re-enter the ranks of the league's powerful players in three years.

"The playoffs are about to begin." After the training session in the afternoon, the owners of the Kings Club, the Marouf Brothers, several presidents, and the general manager Geoff Petrie appeared in the team's restaurant Here, I encouraged the players who were about to leave for Denver one by one, and after making a good promise to them, I sent them to the bus to the airport. When I boarded the bus and left the club, I saw Surrounding the outside of the club, wearing various Kings jerseys and waving flags, as if sending off the Kings fans who are about to go to the army, Yan Hua waved his hand out the window and whispered to himself .

"Oh, isn't it just the playoffs? Let's see how nervous you all are." After the encouragement from the boss and the management, and the farewell from the die-hard fans, the Kings players who boarded the bus all disappeared. The expressions of excitement and excitement were replaced by serious expressions, because they knew that if they did not play well, they would not only be sorry for themselves and the team, but also for the fans who supported them, so there was still a season. John Salmons, the team boss with experience in the playoffs, stood up from his seat and began to encourage these early playoff buddies around him.

"Haha, John, if I remember correctly, you haven't played in the playoffs for several years." After John Salmons stepped forward and explained it with the attitude of someone who has experienced it, the veteran Bob Bill Jackson "ruthlessly" exposed him. Judging from the number of years he has entered the league, John Salmons can be considered a veteran, but he really doesn't have much experience in the playoffs. When the 76ers played as a substitute and came to the Kings, the Kings were in the rebuilding period and missed the playoffs for many years in a row, so John Salmons' so-called playoff experience is not as good as Bobby Jackson.

"I think back then, I also played in the second round." After being exposed by Bobby Jackson, John Salmons defended himself indifferently.

And after John Salmons and Bobby Jackson quarreled with each other, the tension in the bus gradually disappeared, even when John Salmons and Bobby Jackson talked about their experiences back then , The other players in the car were also amused and laughed.

　Thank you Yinyue under the void for your reward, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)