I’m Really Playing Basketball

"On May 12th, Eastern Time, the NBA officially announced that Chinese star Chen Xiao of the Bobcats won the MVP of the NBA regular season this season. On this day, the NBA held a press conference for Chen Xiao. NBA President David Stewart En personally awarded the MVP trophy to Chen Xiao.

A total of 120 sports reporters and broadcasters from the United States, Canada and China participated in the voting for the NBA's regular season MVP this time. In addition, an MVP fan selected by the NBA official website participated in the voting, so a total of 121 people voted.

The player who gets the first vote will get 10 points, and so on as 7 points, 5 points, 3 points, 1 point.

Chen Xiao received a total of 121 first-place votes in this voting, totaling 1,200 points, and was undoubtedly elected as the NBA regular season MVP this season.

He is followed by Kevin Durant of the Milwaukee Bucks (717 points), LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers (385 points), Wade of the Miami Heat (352 points) and Ron Howard of San Antonio Spurs (331 points).

This time Chen Xiao was elected MVP of the regular season, which was also the third time in his career that Chen Xiao was elected MVP.

In NBA history, those who have won regular season MVP honors three or more times include Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. -Johnson, Moses Malone and Michael Jordan.

Now, Chen Xiao has become a new member of the three-time MVP club.

At the same time, Chen Xiao's career regular season MVPs and Finals MVPs have reached three and five times respectively, bringing the total to eight times, tying the number of former Lakers superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Jabbar has six regular season MVPs and a total of Finals MVP 2 times.), tied for second in NBA history after Jordan, who won 11 times.

In this season's playoffs, Chen Xiao and the Bobcats performed well. Chen Xiao still maintained his excellent regular season form in the first round series with the Knicks. He had three triple-doubles in four games and still played well throughout the series. Averaging a triple-double of 30 points per game, he led the Bobcats to a 4-0 sweep of the New York Knicks in the series, and met the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

As the biggest favorite for the NBA championship this season, the Bobcats are likely to win the fourth championship in team history, and Chen Xiao is also very likely to win the sixth championship and sixth FMVP in his career. By then, he Will surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and become the second player in total MVP and FMVP.

After accepting David Stern's MVP award, that night, before the semifinal G1 game between the Bobcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chen Xiao gave a speech at the Charlotte Bobcat Arena. In his speech, he said: "I I am very happy to receive this award. This is not my personal honor, nor is it a personal affirmation. This award represents the achievements that I and my teammates, as well as our entire team, have achieved in the previous stage of the competition. They have created The unparalleled results finally allowed me to receive this award.

However, from now on, this award has become history together with our past achievements. Now, we have a more ambitious goal, which is the championship. We want to win a championship, that's the most important thing to us. "

In addition, Chen Xiao thanked Bobcats head coach Michael Jordan several times during his speech. Michael Jordan choked up several times. Finally, he hugged Chen Xiao next to him and said: "I am very excited now, and my mood is a bit fluctuating. I'm sorry, I It’s always in my mind what’s going to happen next.”

Perhaps, what Michael Jordan is thinking about is what Chen Xiao and the Bobcats are thinking about, the NBA championship!

With the morale bonus of Chen Xiao's MVP award, the Bobcats and Cavaliers played in the Eastern Conference semifinals in G1. The Bobcats defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-99 at home. In this game, Chen Xiao made 13 of 22, three-pointers. He made 3 of 9 field goals and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 35 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks in the game, once again scoring a triple-double.

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May 13, 2012, capital time, at noon on this day, is definitely a very happy day for domestic fans.

Although Chinese players such as Chen Xiao and Yao Ming have been shining brightly in the NBA, they have been living a comfortable and happy life these years.

But there are not many days like today. Apart from the days when Chen Xiao and Yao Ming won the championship and FMVP, today is the day that makes them the happiest.

After all, this is the unanimous regular season MVP!

Moreover, in Chen Xiao's MVP speech, the trophy beside Chen Xiao was not only the regular season MVP trophy, but also the best defensive player trophy he won for the second time in his career.

At the same time, Chen Xiao also won the first team defense for the tenth consecutive season in his career this season and the defensive first team for nine consecutive seasons.

This season, Chen Xiao completed the super honor grand slam of scoring champion, best defensive player, first team, first defense, and MVP in the regular season.

The last player to achieve such an honor was Michael Jordan in the 1987-88 season.

If you add Chen Xiao's assists king, Jordan never did it in the 1987-88 season.

Of course, for Chen Xiao and Jordan, being the assist leader is really not an honor, it's like mosquito meat level.

Across the NBA, the gap between the assists leader and the scoring leader is like a mouse and an elephant.

I have to say that Joe is still Joe. In the regular season of the 8788 season, he played really well. However, in the playoffs, he was still swept out by the Pistons 4-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Just imagine, if Joe can complete the championship and win the FMVP this season, he will really become a god this season, and it will be the most dominant season in NBA history.

However, considering the strength of the Bulls and the strength of the Pistons, Celtics, and Lakers at that time, it was indeed difficult for Boss Joe to become a god.

This season, it will be slightly easier for Chen Xiao to complete this god-like season of becoming a god. Of course, it is not that easy.

Although the Bobcats won G1 between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, this game definitely shocked Chen Xiao and the Bobcats into cold sweats.

The Cavaliers, who rotate almost eight players, are indeed very strong, and it seems that the Cavaliers' system is somewhat inferior to the Bobcats.

Therefore, the current situation of the Bobcats is definitely not as easy as the very excited and happy Chinese fans think.

Without O'Neal and Stoudemire this season, the Bobcats' inside line has almost directly lost its dominance. The inside line combination of Cousins ​​​​and David West is actually very strong, but neither of them is the kind of dominant inside line.

In G1 with the Cavaliers, it was very difficult to face the inside combination of Oden and James.

Coupled with the three outside the Cavaliers, Matthews, Danny Green and Conley, are all excellent defensive players, the Cavaliers' defense is actually very good.

When the Cavaliers' five starting players are on the court, the Cavaliers' defense can be described as airtight. The Bobcats can only attack hard and find it difficult to create opportunities.

Although the Bobcats are also a team that is good at singles and strong attacks, no matter how strong you are in singles and strong attacks, unless you are at Chen Xiao's level, few are reliable.

In G1 with the Cavaliers, the Bobcats' players who scored in double figures were Chen Xiao's 35 points, Rose's 22 points, and Roy's 12 points.

Of course, the Cavaliers are also suffering, and the Bobcats' defense is not bad. However, what makes the Cavaliers better than the Bobcats is that the Bobcats' advantages are all on the outside, while the Cavaliers' advantages are all on the inside.

Oden vs. Cousins, James vs. David West, the Cavaliers are dominant in the paint and have the advantage in rebounds. Therefore, in such a defensive battle, rebounding is very important, and the team with the natural advantage in the paint becomes very important. has advantages.

And this is also the reason why Chen Xiao and Jordan were very cautious during the regular season. No matter how hard others brag, no one else can see the bragging, and other teams no longer exist.

But Chen Xiao knows, and Jordan also knows that they have created a miracle, but other teams in the league are holding back their big moves. They are not getting weaker, but getting stronger.

Just take the Cavaliers. They used such an eight-man rotation against the Bobcats in the regular season, and each starting player played for more than 35 minutes.

The Cavaliers' eight-man rotation in this game is so annoying. What if the Cavaliers' seven-man rotation is in the next game?

Even more extreme, what about a six-man rotation?

The Cavaliers gave the Bobcats great difficulties in the playoffs last season. In the end, the Bobcats advanced 4-2, which was the most difficult series in the entire playoffs.

In this season's playoffs, Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown obviously learned the lessons of last season and knew that his lineup was not as thick as the Bobcats anyway, so he reduced the number of lineup rotations and the playing time of rotation players.

Judging from G1, they have such a trend.

In the entire G1, only two rotation players, Scola and Korver, got more than 10 minutes of playing time.

It can only be said that Donovan, the new head coach of the Cavaliers, has a lot of skills.

At the very least, it's much better than Mike Brown who doesn't know how to adapt and can only use superstars.

Donovan can not only squeeze superstars, but also use other players.

Therefore, now that the audiences in China and the United States are surprised at the awards week of the regular season, Chen Xiao, Jordan and the Bobcats are already facing a formidable enemy.

The Bobcats have had a super record this season, but it is also true that the team is missing three powerful immediate combat capabilities in O'Neal, Stoudemire and Battier.

It is also true that the Bobcats' dominance in the playoffs has declined, and their ability to adjust and respond to crises has declined.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Cavaliers are a super team led by an S-class team. They are not fake but really strong.

By the way, this is the crisis faced by the Bobcats. For the entire NBA audience, although they recognize the strength of the Cavaliers, they do not believe that the Cavaliers can defeat the Bobcats in the semifinals.

Therefore, it is understandable that they focus on the regular season awards.

And the various awards awarded in this year's regular season are indeed very interesting.

Chen Xiao's MVP, best defensive player, let alone one defense after a while.

For example, this year's Rookie of the Year was awarded to Kyrie Irving of the Nets, but Faried of the Clippers was very unhappy, because this rookie with a beast-like body performed really well for the Clippers. Excellent.

Led by Chris Paul, this beastly player and his post partner DeAndre Jordan have created a lob city that belongs to Los Angeles.

Faried himself averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in his rookie season.

For a rookie, this performance is excellent both offensively and defensively, and his presence on the court is overwhelming. Therefore, he is also one of the favorites before the Best Rookie of the Year award.

And he is the more popular one. After all, he has made the playoffs and is ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

And Irving of the Nets... leads the lottery.

But the final result was given to Irving, which seems a bit like the best rookie in history in 2003 was given to James instead of Anthony.

There is controversy, that's for sure. It's just that Xiao Zhan and Anthony are good friends, so there is controversy among fans and the media.

But Faried and Owen... haha.

After the Best Rookie Award was awarded, Faried and Irving had a heated battle on social media.

In addition to the best defensive player, there is also discord between the Heat's Paul George and the Bobcats' Jimmy Butler, the most improved player this year.

The statistics of Jimmy Butler and Paul George this season are actually similar.

They are even almost identical, averaging about 13+6+3+2 per game.

However, the slightly different thing is that Paul George's shooting percentage is 45%, while Jimmy Butler's shooting percentage is slightly worse.

And judging from his performance on the court, Paul George has better talent, and he is omnipotent.

But Jimmy Butler's performance on the court was a little off. It can't be said to be bad, it can only be said to be average.

So many people say that although the two have similar statistics, Butler is because he is by Chen Xiao's side. In fact, in terms of strength, Paul George is much stronger.

In this case, the most improved player naturally has to consider improvement in strength.

The stronger Paul George deserves this award.

But in the end, this award was indeed given to Butler. There is no doubt that it is difficult to convince Paul George.

Although Chen Xiao has a good relationship with Wade and Yao Ming, they cannot interfere in the discord between the two younger brothers.

And as the NBA enters its heyday, the weight of any NBA award becomes heavier. Who is willing to throw away this?

Of course, in addition to these two, it goes without saying that the best lineup has been controversial throughout the years.

This year's first team is Yao Ming, James, Durant, Chen Xiao, and Ron Howard.

Wade's MVP votes were ahead of Ron Howard, but his All-NBA team dropped to the second team.

This is also a huge point of controversy.

It's just that Luo Ge and Wade are good brothers, and it makes sense that the Heat's record cannot support the two of them.

But the guards on the second team are Rose and Wade, which is crazy.

However, these NBA fans who were crazy about the best lineup controversy quickly diverted their attention, and at the same time, they were shocked and stunned.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers won three games in a row after falling behind by one game.

After four games, the total score was 3-1. Facing the 78-win Bobcats, the Cavaliers actually got the promotion point in four games!

"Bobcat is going to be eliminated?!"

"The NBA is going crazy!"

"No, this world is going crazy!"