Healing Basketball

  Chapter 994 Chapter 994. The little apprentice is lucky (4000 words)

   And compared to Archibald, Liu Xiu's data this time has received higher evaluation.

   In the year when Archibald won both points and assists, the Kings were 36 wins and 46 losses and did not make the playoffs.

  Compared to Archibald in the 1970s and Turtle 10 years later in the original time and space, Liu Xiu received much better evaluations, and the media was full of praise.

  He just won the Dynasty, and this season once again led the team to 58 wins. The media couldn't find an entry point.

On the next morning, Big O accepted an exclusive interview and commented on Liu Xiu: "This is great. I finally saw someone who can average a triple-double again. I think every era should have someone like us. player of.

   Best player? I'm not sure yet, but!

Senator Jess is what the perfect player should look like in my mind. He has amazing talent and a super high basketball IQ. He is so devoted to the game. He always finds a solution to the problem. He is better than me , and he is still very young, at the best time, I look forward to his next performance..."

  Liu Xiu couldn't help smiling when she saw this interview video. When he averaged a triple-double in the first month and had a dozen consecutive triple-doubles, it was obvious that he was not very willing when the big O came out to comment.

  What Big O said at that time, literally sounded optimistic and encouraging, but the underlying meaning was that his average triple-double was temporary.

   Now, Big O can only boast, saying that it was more difficult to get a triple-double in the 1960s than it is now? He tried to fool himself first, but he couldn't even fool himself.

  The best way at this time is to boast blood.

  Such a change makes Liu Xiu very happy. He has worked so hard this season, which is also one of his goals.

  At noon, the league announced the best of the week and best of the month awards for the last regular season.

  Player of the week, East: McGrady, 4 wins and 0 losses, averaging 29.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game; West: Liu Xiu, 2 wins and 2 losses, averaging 37.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 12 assists, 2.75 steals and 0.5 blocks per game.

   Best rookie of the month, East: Yi Jianlian, 8 games, averaging 8.5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.5 steals, and 1 block per game; West: Durant, 10 games, averaging 24.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.9 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game.

  Best coach of the month, East: Isaiah Thomas of the Knicks; West: Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers.

  Best Player of the Month, East: McGrady, 8 wins and 1 loss, averaging 27.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.9 blocks per game;

  West: Liu Xiu, 6 wins and 3 losses, averaging 34.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 10.6 assists, 2.8 steals and 0.3 blocks per game.

  …

  After Liu Xiu returned to Portland with the team in the afternoon, he was immediately taken back to the Willamedy Garden training hall by the team, and received the 7th Player of the Week Award and the 4th Player of the Month award from the league this season.

  Both broke the record for the number of times in a single season!

  He looked at the data when he won the Player of the Month Award for 4 times, and all 4 times he averaged a triple-double in a single month.

  He didn't get a single-month triple-double in January and March, and he didn't win an award.

   Except for the fact that the record in November was really broken, with only 9 wins and 7 losses, the record in the other five competition months was not bad. The data is in place, and the awards will naturally be obtained.

  McGrady's 8-game winning streak in April made it to the playoffs, which surprised Liu Xiuting.

  However, when they played against each other at Madison Square Garden last time, Liu Xiu felt the changes in McGrady. McGrady showed a wave of talent for direct 'upgrade' on the court.

  Although the Knicks lost that game, McGrady's position as the leader in the team was established.

  The McGrady in this time and space after joining the Nets is very different from the McGrady in Liu Xiu's impression. This time he got to know McGrady again.

   McGrady is no longer the all-round fighter, but a pure scorer. He no longer acts as a father and mother like Paul and Wade, and just scores.

   The simpler McGrady seems to be more difficult to deal with than in the original time and space!

   And the best coach of the month... With the record of the Knicks, it is really no problem for the Assassins to win the award.

   But the Assassin's award is a sense of black humor...

  The luck of the little apprentice is really good. The rookies in the Eastern Conference in April are either injured or have a poor performance. The second best performance is Noah, who only averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds per game.

  Due to the sluggish overall performance in the Western Conference in the past two years, most of the rookies with good talent and strong combat power in the 2007 class are in the Western Conference. Yi Jianlian won the best rookie of the month for two consecutive months.

  Liu Xiu checked Yi Jianlian's data. He played 75 games and averaged 7.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.69 steals and 1 block per game. It seems that the data is not as good as his impression of Yi Jianlian's rookie year.

But in the original time and space, Yi Jianlian was the starter from the beginning, and he was focused on training but did not perform well. Here he played as a substitute for Josh Smith, Zaza Pachulia, and Marvin Williams. His performance had ups and downs, but In the last two months, he bucked the trend. Although he played as a substitute for the whole season, his performance has surpassed the starting center Pachulia.

  Pachulia averaged 6.5 points and 4.9 rebounds in 23 minutes per game this season. Yi Jianlian averaged 21 minutes per game, and the statistics are even better.

Judging from the current performance, Liu Xiu feels that his suggestion to Yi Jianlian is correct. At present, when Yi Jianlian has an inside partner like Josh Smith, he should not engage in any core style of play. The role player style of play is the best. OK

Joe Johnson averaged 5.8 assists per game this season. The Hawks traded Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue and others for Mike Bibby in the middle of the season. center.

  Man Josh Smith is a power forward, yes, but his style of play is that of a guard.

  …

   After a day off, on the 21st, the Trail Blazers began to prepare for the first round of the playoffs against the Suns.

  The Suns came to Portland yesterday afternoon, and tomorrow the Trail Blazers will usher in the first game of the playoffs at home.

  Tomorrow, the Bulls and the Cavaliers kick off the playoffs, the Magic and the Pistons, the Lakers and the Nuggets, the Trail Blazers and the Suns.

  The day after tomorrow, the Spurs and the Warriors, the Jazz and the Mavericks, the Pacers and the Eagles, and the Raptors and the Knicks will start a four-group series.

  After the team training, Liu Xiu practiced two sets of three-point shooting tasks.

   There are still 3 groups with a total of 1800 effective shots that have not been practiced. It is uncertain before the start of the first round.

   It's useless to be anxious, he put his mind on preparing for the battle.

Before, he was very upset that the league arranged their games against the Suns and Lakers after the All-Star Weekend, but when it came to the playoffs, he thought this arrangement was too good, and now he can tell the Suns even with his eyes closed. The characteristics and tactical details of the Lakers.

  Even the advantages and disadvantages of the Lakers' fantasy backcourt, a new thing, he can talk about.

  After being prepared, I will play against the fantasy backcourt again, and I will never be caught off guard like the penultimate game.

   After a day of preparations for the battle, Liu Xiu watched the latest news in the evening.

   Like him, fans are interested in tomorrow's Game 4 of Game 1 of the playoffs.

  James challenged the strongest in the Eastern Conference. Pierce was the same on the inside and outside. He dissed James on and off the court. James fans and Garnett fans have already set off a scolding war.

   The game between the Magic and the Pistons is one of the highlights of tomorrow. Two of the three first-round center candidates will meet.

Liu Xiu has seen the "new four major centers" this season. Yao Ming, Howard, and Milicic are three of them. The last "four major centers" have not even played an NBA game, and they have not played in the summer league. However, that person is Emperor Auden.

   This is outrageous, Duncan didn't have this kind of treatment back then...

  Liu Xiu heard that Oden was sent to Germany for treatment. Without the veterinary team's "pray to God for his recovery" treatment method, I don't know if Oden can rise like Griffin and Embiid...

  The series between the Trail Blazers and the Suns is not bad, but it is the game with the lowest topicality tomorrow.

  This time the fans' "shark worship" really began to dissipate, and they all resigned to their fate.

  The MVP match between Liu Xiu and Nash seemed so unfair. Liu Xiu's teammates were very unstable this year, but the players selected by the Trail Blazers for Liu Xiu were all suitable for Liu Xiu.

  And Steve Kerr, ruined the Suns championship lineup.

  Tomorrow there will be another highlight game—the Lakers VS Nuggets, the matchup between the two great talents of the 96 generation.

   Another hot topic is award prediction, playoff team strength list, and playoff player list.

  After ESPN came up with a specific ranking list before the regular season, it ate a wave of traffic, which made other media envious.

  The major media released their own lists after the regular season, and they gave the rankings directly without fear of being slapped in the face.

   The media with the highest traffic and the most lively comments on portal websites and forums are still the old three: ESPN Sports, T.N.T Sports, and Sports Illustrated.

   In the team strength list, Liu Xiu saw that the three major media were very conservative, and they all put them in the first place for three consecutive games.

   But the second place is different. ESPN puts the Spurs second, Sports Illustrated puts the Lakers second, and T.N.T Sports puts the Bulls second.

  Player ranking, Liu Xiu saw that he was ranked first among the three major media, which is not surprising.

  ESPN put James second, Sports Illustrated put Kobe second, and T.N.T put Duncan second.

  The tendency is quite obvious, and there are many controversies, but the popularity is also unprecedentedly high.

In terms of award predictions, MVP predictions, Liu Xiu saw his name, averaging 33.5 points, 10.2 rebounds, 11.24 assists, 3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 51.6% from the field and 38.3% from the three-point range, averaging 2.69 three-pointers per game , 221 three-pointers in a single season, setting a record for his highest number of three-pointers in a single season, and his free throw percentage was 91.4%.

   With this performance, ESPN created a new 'record' for him: the soft 180 club.

  180 clubs need to hit 50% from the field, 40% from three-pointers, and 90% from free throws. It is not a simple sum of the three that is greater than or equal to 180.

  There is only one player selected to the 180 club this season-Nash.

Although he was cheated by the team, Nash's shooting percentage dropped seriously after the All-Star Weekend, but at the end of the season, he still shot 51% from the field, 47% from the three-point range, and 90.6% from the free throw line. 3 times into the 180 club.

  However, Liu Xiu saw that he was not the top favorite for MVP, but just one of the big favorites.

After the All-Star Weekend, Kobe's data dropped a lot. At the end of the season, he was fully present in 82 games, averaging 28.5 points, 6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per game. He played 36.5 minutes, a new low since he became the Lakers' starter. He shot 50.3% from the field , 38.6% three-point shooting rate set a new career high, 62 wins record, becoming a popular candidate for MVP.

  Duncan played 78 games this season, averaged 33 minutes per game, scored 22.5 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2.7 blocks. His efficiency was second only to the 03-04 season, the second highest in his career, and he became a popular candidate for MVP.

Paul of the Jazz, played 80 games, averaged 21.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 11.1 assists and 2.7 steals per game, 48.8% field goal percentage, 36% three-point field goal percentage, the strongest organizational point guard, and the shooting performance of a top scorer , is regarded as the strongest new generation after Liu Xiu.

  The top four in the West each have a popular candidate for MVP.

Other MVP candidates include Garnett, Artest, James and others. The reason why Garnett is not a popular candidate is that Pierce joined, and his record has not improved much compared to last season. The MVP suffers, and James suffers from the record.

  The probability of winning seems to be lower than last year, Liu Xiu is not surprised.

   He has two MVPs in a row, and it is already good to be a favorite.

   If you can get the prize, you can get it, and if you can’t get it, you will be knocked down.

   Best Defensive Player candidates, Garnett, Artest, Camby, Duncan, Josh - Smith.

  Liu Xiu thinks it’s on Garnett and Artest. Camby’s statistics are good, and Duncan usually runs with him...

  …

   April 22, the first day of the 2007-2008 season NBA playoffs arrived.

   After Liu Xiu woke up this morning, she entered a mode of blocking outside news.

   As the network develops more and more, he feels that this matter is becoming more and more important.

   At noon, the league, as in previous years, took the lead in announcing the best manager award of the season-Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak defeated Bulls general manager John Paxson to win the award.

   When Liu Xiu heard the news from Randolph, he complained: "I think the general manager of the Hornets should split this award in half."

   Randolph echoed: "Yes, without them, we might get second in the Western Conference...but the Suns are also pretty good in the third place. The Suns are better than the Nuggets."

   "But it's a pity that I can't play against Melo and Answer again."

   "It's fun for you to beat them, I want to fight Martin and Camby!"

   "It doesn't matter, it's not that I met two well-defended opponents."

   "..."

  The atmosphere of the Trail Blazers preparing for the game is very relaxed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are proud.

  The three major media put them at the top of the team rankings, and Liu Xiu felt the feeling before the start of the season came again... He didn't say anything, if it was useful, there would be no Los Angeles nobles.

   After a day of preparations, at 7:40 p.m., the Rose Garden Arena, the game is about to start. The visiting team enters first.

   Liu Xiu looked at Nash, and the other party's eyes lost the brilliance of the past few years...

   "...The Superstar in Troubled Times series of missions: Four different images trigger..."

  (end of this chapter)