Chapter 551: The Dynasty Dream Shattered
Anthony is averaging 27 points per game this season and is actually playing well, but the situation was too ugly and he is not liked by the head coaches of various teams, let alone the league. Now many fans have lost patience with him; Deron's situation is similar.
Roy... is gone, disappearing like a flash in the pan. After completing his rookie contract, winning the Rookie of the Year award, two All-Star reserve awards, and two All-NBA selections, he could no longer play. In the first year of his five-year, $5 million contract, his season was over. Even the Trail Blazers' medical staff, who loved to pray to God and were extremely optimistic and confident, said that Roy might not be able to return.
Many people also regretted Bynum, as he only played 40 games in the early season, was plagued by injuries, averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game, and was not selected as an All-Star.
Los Angeles fans were delighted during this year's All-Star Weekend.
Kobe, Garnett, and Blake Griffin, the three most popular All-Stars from the Los Angeles local teams, were selected for the main game.
In addition, Zhang Yang was invited to participate in almost all events of the All-Star Weekend!
The All-Star Weekend started on the 14th. Curry showed his strength, making 8 three-pointers and scoring 41 points in a single game, leading the sophomore team to a strong victory over the rookie team 148-139 and won the Rookie Game MVP.
New York's Jack's playing style is becoming more and more reckless. Zhang Yang is very curious about how Curry will grow into in this time and space.
With his foundation not yet solid, Curry's performance can't be said to be very good. In the first half of his sophomore season, he averaged 8 three-point shots per game. It can be seen that his three-point shooting has improved, but his actual performance is not better than his rookie season.
Because the Knicks had Bosh, and the improvement of Harden and Wilson Chandler, they were able to enter the playoffs and began to be targeted by their opponents. Curry, who averaged the second-highest three-pointers in the league, was naturally also a target. His performance declined instead of improving, averaging three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage returned to 35%.
Curry's mental quality should be fine, but in New York, the pressure he has to bear is greater than in the injury-ridden season with the Warriors. It depends on whether he can handle it.
However, the public opinion environment in New York has created pressure for Curry similar to that within the Warriors. Given Curry's personality, Zhang Yang knows that this guy will definitely force himself to become stronger to respond to those attacks.
On the second day, the day of individual events, Zhang Yang started his journey of 'deep participation in the All-Star Weekend'.
In the Shooting Stars Contest, Zhang Yang represented the Southeast Division, and his partners were retired stars - Shaquille O'Neal representing Orlando and Kelly Mozart representing the WNBA Charlotte Needles.
The fans were very happy to see Zhang Yang's hopeless expressions when he and his two teammates took photos together. O'Neal and Mozart were both big centers without baskets.
The other three teams are the Pacific Division team led by Nash, the Northwest Division team led by Matthews, and the Atlantic Division team led by Bosh.
Zhang Yang was eliminated in the preliminaries thanks to his two teammates. Bosh made three-pointers in the preliminaries and finals, beating all opponents and starting the road to dominance as a shooting star.
Seeing Bosh's coquettish look in front of the camera, Zhang Yang suddenly felt that the biggest beneficiary of the 03 Big Three not sticking together might be Bosh.
New York has high exposure, Bosh's performance stands up, home games are broadcast live, and the camera is constantly...
In the skills challenge, six players, including Zhang Yang, Curry, Durant, Nash, Kidd and Billups, participated. When the list was first announced, it was jokingly called the 6-year-old team and the 22-year-old team. The three young men are all 75 years old, and the three old men were all born around 22.
This year the Knicks became the big winner. Curry defeated the defending champions Nash and Billups in the finals and won the second trophy for the Knicks.
Zhang Yang, like the three brothers from last year's 05 class, was eliminated directly in the preliminaries.
But when it comes to the three-point contest, the situation is different.
Zhang Yang scored 23 points in both the preliminaries and the finals, beating Curry, Durant, Pierce, Nowitzki, and DeRozan to defend his title.
In the dunk contest, Zhang Yang won the most cheers when he appeared on the stage. His dunk was also beautiful, with smooth and powerful movements, but not difficult. He and DeRozan were eliminated in the preliminaries, while Griffin and McGee advanced to the finals.
In the final, McGee's dunk was actually more creative, but Griffin relied on his high popularity to get more fan votes and won the dunk contest championship.
Although he is a contestant, after watching the finals, Zhang Yang couldn't help but hope that LaVine and Aaron Gordon would enter the NBA as soon as possible to save this sport. Or, could he save the sport himself by accumulating more jumping jacks before his body completely stops developing?
On the last day of the All-Star Game, 23+24 played against 3+3+1. Kobe and James teamed up, with Durant on the wing, to battle against the trio of Zhang Yang, Wade and Bosh.
Zhang Yang and Wade both scored 28 points, and Bosh also scored 25 points, but unfortunately their inside strength was indeed not enough.
Yao Ming had already said that he would just make a single appearance, leaving the opportunity to show his face in front of fans around the world to young players such as Horford and Al Jefferson.
The way Carlisle spoke does not mean that he is thin-skinned, but if he still insists on using up Yao Ming and letting him play, he will offend the All-Star players named by Yao Ming. Who knows if they will become his players in the future?
At this time, Carlisle still preferred those big, black and thick ones, and would take the initiative to be consumed once they were stimulated.
After arriving in Houston, James was relatively low-key throughout the first half of the season, much more restrained than during the original Big Three period. It may be that the wildness of the Western Conference exceeded his expectations.
In the Eastern Conference, there are the Bobcats, Bulls, and Magic. The Magic are on the brink of collapse this season. When he came to the Western Conference, he found that every team that could make the playoffs looked similar to the Bobcats and Bulls.
今晚他只投了6次，全力传球，6投3中、其中三分球1中1、加上6中4的罚球，拿到11分11板12助攻，还是攒着劲儿想要悄咪咪的拿奖。
However, the players who received the most votes in the end were Kobe with 40 points and Durant with 35 points. After all, they were the host country, and Kobe defeated Durant and James to win another All-Star MVP.
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The Knicks won three trophies and the Los Angeles team won two trophies. The teams from the two largest cities became the big winners of the Los Angeles All-Star Weekend.
During the All-Star Weekend, the soap opera between Anthony and Deron finally ended.
After Sloan resigned, the Jazz completely gave up the idea of keeping Deron and accepted the Nets' trade request with three starters, Odom, Ramon Sessions and Derrick Favors, as bargaining chips, and sent Deron to Rutherford.
The Trail Blazers made a beautiful move this time, using Stoudemire, who had just been selected for the All-Star Game, as a bargaining chip, and with the small forward Nicolas Batum who showed potential, they traded Anthony back from the Nuggets!
The Trail Blazers wanted a sharp inside player who could attack the basket because they had Roy and Aldridge, but Roy is gone, and Stoudemire and Aldridge are a partnership mainly because Aldridge is accommodating Stoudemire, and the two have average records as team leaders.
Matthews, who is better at receiving shots and cutting without the ball, averaged 14 points per game in the first half of his sophomore season and has the potential to take off, but he is only good at finishing, not passing and controlling the ball, and is not compatible with such a twin tower. He needs an outside ball-holding offensive superstar.
Stoudemire was originally signed without a deal. Using Stoudemire as a bargaining chip to trade for Anthony is almost like picking up a young outside superstar who is not even 27 years old for free after having to lose Roy!
It is worth mentioning that although they entered the NBA three years apart, Anthony and Roy are of the same age, with Anthony being less than two months older than Roy.
Andre Miller, Matthews, Anthony, Aldridge, Paul Allen waved his money ability to create a well-structured core lineup. Andre Miller is the type of point guard that Anthony likes. He has one-on-one ability, but focuses on organizing the offense. Matthews and Aldridge are both good at catching the ball and shooting.
Of course, the flaws are also obvious. Aldridge is the only capable player in the interior of the Trail Blazers, and Anthony will most likely be needed as the power forward. The strongest interior player on the bench is Fabricio Oberto, the Argentine interior player abandoned by the Spurs.
After a week's rest during the All-Star Weekend, the Bobcats began the second half of their journey.
The Bobcats showed people the difference between the championship team and last season's Cavaliers, who won 52 of 43 games in the first half of last season, with a winning rate of , but only in the second half.
The Bobcats had a winning rate of in the first half of this season, with 52 wins in 42 games. In the second half of the season, they had a record of 30 wins and 24 losses in 6 games, with almost no fluctuations!
最终，山猫队以66胜16负，击败了63胜19负的马刺队、60胜22负的雷霆队，拿到常规赛冠军！
Zhang Yang played in all 82 regular season games, scoring 2698 points in a single season, averaging points per game, which set a new single-season scoring record, plus rebounds, assists and steals, and averaged three-pointers per game with a hit rate of . Unfortunately, his shooting percentage of and free throw percentage of were slightly behind, and he was just a little bit away from the 180 club.
He tried hard for this, but there were always some objective conditions. For example, when he played against Curry, Wade, Kobe and others, he was used to shooting. In some other games, due to injuries and poor condition of his teammates, he didn't know how to control his shooting percentage, so he just took the ball and did it.
But he thought it over after a moment of frustration. He is still two months away from turning 23 and has plenty of time to improve. Isn't his shooting percentage better and more stable than last season? The 180 club will come eventually.
The record of Eastern Conference teams this year is not as good as in the past four seasons. After the Bobcats with 4 wins, the Bulls with 66 wins are next.
The Bulls' record is 'average' mainly because they have been adjusting. Wade and Yao Ming have passed the time when they had to compete in the regular season, and the championship is their only goal.
The Celtics, who had an amazing start, have returned to their normal performance, but it's not bad at all, with 53 wins and 29 losses, a clear improvement over last season, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.
The Pacers experienced some fluctuations in the mid-term, but stabilized after the All-Star Weekend, finishing the regular season with 50 wins and 32 losses, the first time they won 03 games since the 04-50 season, beating the 49-33 Hawks to maintain their fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
The Pacers' new head coach Frank Vogel also beat Carlisle, Thibodeau and Brooks to win the best coach award.
After the regular season ended, someone finally spoke up for Randolph, who was not selected for the All-Star Game. He played in 80 games, averaging points, rebounds and 2 assists per game. He participated in all 50 wins and was the spearhead of the charge, a super power forward on par with Nowitzki and Bosh.
This season, Randolph no longer has the negative news he had before. There have been conflicts on the court, but they were basically just to stand up for his teammates and stand next to Granger as a thug.
Frank Vogel expressed his gratitude to Randolph at the best coach press conference, calling Randolph the best power forward in the world.
This is the first time in four seasons that the Magic failed to win 4 games, with only 50 wins and 47 losses, ranking sixth.
Although they used Carter as a bargaining chip to trade with the Suns and Raptors for Turkoglu, Howard and Van Gundy had already separated, and Turkoglu's personal condition collapsed after one year with the Raptors. He was no longer the European magician who averaged 07+09+19 per game from 5 to 5. He had lost his aura and was just an ordinary organizing forward.
After nearly 10 years, the Knicks finally returned to the playoffs, ranking seventh in the Eastern Conference with 45 wins and 37 losses, while the Bucks are eighth with 41 wins and 41 losses.
The Western Conference is even more impressive, with two teams that have 60 wins!
The Spurs rested a large number of players in the second half of the season. Duncan, who played in all 52 games in the first half, played less than 70 games in the end. He rested for 14 games in the second half and finally finished second in the Western Conference with 60 wins and 22 losses.
The Thunder ended the regular season with nine consecutive wins, surpassing the Spurs with 9 wins and 61 losses to take first place in the Western Conference.
This is also the first time in six years that a Northwest Division team has won first place in the Western Conference. The last time was the Timberwolves in the 6-03 season.
Rose + Durant were described by the media as "two MVPs", who were described as a rare dual core that could truly unleash their individual abilities.
湖人队57胜25负第三、小牛队57胜25负第四、火箭队56胜26负第五、灰熊队55胜27负第六、国王队48胜34负第七、太阳队42胜40负第八。
The 41-win Nuggets and 39-win Trail Blazers failed to make the playoffs.
Although they failed to continue the 4-win threshold for the playoffs in the previous four seasons, the top six teams won 50 games collectively, and the sixth-placed Grizzlies relied on sweeping the Bulls in the regular season to rank second in the Eastern Conference!
The Kings' operations are always unexpected. Last season, they looked like they were going to make trouble again, but in the end they didn't make any random trades. Korver left because his contract expired. They signed Boozer without a deal and renewed Stephen Jackson's contract. They stood up and made it to the playoffs in one fell swoop.
Paul has returned from injury, but he hasn't played enough games and his performance isn't as good as it was in the past three years. In addition, Zhang Yang has moved to play small forward, so Rondo is expected to be selected into the best team and even first team defense!
Among the eight playoff teams in the Western Conference, there are four teams from the Southwest Division and three teams from the Pacific Division. The Thunder ranks first in the Western Conference, but they are the only team in the Northwest Division.
The wildest is still the Southwest Division. If Paul hadn't been injured, the Hornets would have a high probability of getting 50 wins and would have been firmly in the Western Conference playoffs this season. Nash's Suns would have had no chance and it would have been the first time since the new division was created that five teams from the same division would have made the playoffs together.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Bobcats easily advanced with a 4-1 victory.
雄鹿队管理层是真的在努力，3年2400万签下约翰-萨缪尔斯、吃下了科里-马盖蒂的大合同、交易得到古登、早在09年还用比市价溢价不少的5年6000万续签了博古特，从未放弃过补强。
With Jennings, Delfino, Ilyasova, Boykins, Keyon Dooling... the lineup looks really good.
It's a pity that Jennings can't shoulder the burden of being a core player on the outside. He averaged 16 points and assists per game in his rookie year, but only points and assists per game in his sophomore year. Not to mention being the core of a championship team, he doesn't even have the potential to be an All-Star. He doesn't even have the potential to be a second-in-command worth tens of millions.
It's true that the Bucks management was willing to spend money and recruit players in a targeted manner. They made it to the playoffs relying on their lineup. The only game they won had little to do with Jennings. Maggette scored 29 points and Samuels scored 27 points. They struggled in one game after falling behind 0-3. The two players did not continue to explode in Game 5. The Bobcats, who played too laxly in Game 4, woke up and slaughtered the Bucks by 5 points in Game 30.
Zhang Yang, who won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award three times this season, was once again elected the regular season MVP after a year.
His first-choice rate was higher than he expected. He received 110 of the 99 first-place votes, accounting for 36% of the total points, winning the MVP with an absolute advantage, and his score share was equal to the second and third place combined.
But what’s interesting is that the second place is Rose, with of the total points, and the third place is Durant, with of the points.
There has never been a precedent for a team to have two players ranked in the top three of MVP, which means that the personal performances of both players have been highly recognized by the media.
得票第四的是詹姆斯，。
There is some truth in criticizing the Cavaliers for being bad. Although their record is not as good as the Cavaliers, they have Lowry as the assistant point guard, Kevin Martin as the sixth man, Lopez in the paint, Brooks when they need to shoot wildly, Yi Jianlian to follow up on fast breaks, and Scola, Budinger, Courtney Lee and other substitutes. In the middle of the season, they also traded for Jordan Hill, Dragic and other good players...
The Rockets' lineup of just over 6000 million is actually better than the Cavaliers' lineup of 9600 million. James doesn't even have to fight for rebounds, and his weight has dropped back to just over 110 kilograms.
What the Royals media said this time won the majority's approval - the Rockets led by James can compete for the first place in the league by going to the East.
James also played very well in the playoffs, averaging 25 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists per game, and feeding Lopez an average of 22 points per game from mid-range and close range.
Lowry, who dares to take the ball and play one-on-one but is rational enough to know not to steal the show, has seen his performance soar by James' side in the regular season. He has grown from a substitute with an average of 7 points and 4 assists per game in the past few years to an excellent auxiliary point guard with an average of 13 points and 5 assists per game. In the playoffs, he even averaged 15 points and 4 assists per game.
The Rockets once tied the Mavericks 2-2, but in Game 5, the Rockets had a terrifying moment - Nowitzki scored 21 points in the final quarter, the first 20+ points in a single quarter in the playoffs in his career, and shot through everything!
半场53比42领先11分、三节75比67领先8分的火箭队，末节被诺维斯基带队打了个34比20，惨遭逆转。
G6小牛队从开场就直接进入状态，诺维斯基33分、阿泰斯特16分7板、特里22分、比卢普斯14分6助攻，暴打33分的詹姆斯、20分的大洛佩茨、15分的洛瑞……111比96大胜。
The Mavericks won two games in a row and advanced to the second round away from home to meet the Thunder.
The Thunder swept the Suns 4-0 in the first round, and Rose shaved the head of his old predecessor.
Nash has done his best. In the absence of Stoudemire, he led Carter and Frye, averaging 11 assists per game, surpassing Rondo who averaged assists per game to become the assist king. They made it to the playoffs with difficulty, and he has done his best.
The only teams that had an easy first round in the Western Conference were the Thunder, Kings and Grizzlies, who caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs and Lakers.
The two teams played in a stinky and tough style, and the game was dragged to the sixth game.
On the Knicks side, Harden, who made it to the playoffs for the first time, excitedly challenged Wade.
In his junior season, Harden averaged points, rebounds and assists per game. He is not as amazing as Rose, nor as effective as Mayo, nor as eye-catching as Westbrook, but he is also making steady progress.
With Curry, who plays as recklessly as his third brother, Wilson Chandler and Bosh on the front line, and Camby, who has good stats at center... Harden wants to overthrow the strong!
Then it was swept away...
However, the performances of Bosh, Harden, and even Curry were still remarkable. Bosh averaged 22 points and rebounds per game. His scoring and rebounding were the highest among both teams' inside players, and his scoring was second only to Wade, who averaged 26 points per game.
哈登场均19分7板6助攻，打场均26分5板5助攻的韦德是打不过，但比常规赛不降反升，也算能在大场面站稳脚跟。
Curry... was quite cool, shooting three-pointers per game, which stunned Yao Ming, who was used to seeing Zhang Yang shooting three-pointers. He made a total of 4 three-pointers in 15 games, averaging per game, ranking first among all players in the first round. The only thing was that his shooting percentage was a bit low, at .
However, Curry was really good in his first playoff appearance. Without his amazing three-pointers, the Knicks would have lost even more miserably. The strength gap was too big. Bosh averaged 22 points per game and Harden averaged 19 points per game, and they had already tried their best. If he wanted to improve the team's performance, he had to perform well.
The Hawks may need to start rebuilding. Bibby has aged rapidly this season. Crawford, who served as the point guard in this playoffs, exposed his defect of not being able to withstand the intensity of the playoffs. Pierce also began to show his age... They were defeated by the Pacers 4-2 and were eliminated in the first round.
The Magic also fell in the first round. Howard played very well in 5 games, averaging 27 points, rebounds and offensive rebounds per game, like a god. The only problem was that he averaged turnovers per game, which was a bit of a letdown.
The Celtics relied on their overall defense to defeat the Magic 4-1 and advance to the second round.
Howard scored the second-highest score among inside players in the first round, second only to Nowitzki. After being eliminated, he immediately sent a written notice to the Magic declining to exercise his player option.
15 years ago, the Magic got nothing in return and lost O'Neal, and this time, the probability is that the same thing will happen.
The Magic management and Orlando media once again staged mysterious operations. Some said they tried to retain Howard, and some said they did, such as trading back Turkoglu, but at the same time putting Howard on the shelf. Regarding Howard's request to change the head coach, the management did not appease him, but preached. Moreover, this matter that was said behind closed doors was actively disclosed by the management to the Orlando local media, and the local media followed suit to preach...
Howard is not a good-tempered person. With such treatment, no matter who the Magic team negotiated a trade with, he told the other party that he would not renew his contract. There were a few times when the trading partners really wanted to trade, but they backed off when they saw his attitude. By the last trading window of the All-Star Weekend, the Jazz and Nuggets were crowded with people, while the Magic were deserted.
The eight teams that advanced to the second round are the Thunder, Spurs, Lakers, Mavericks, Bobcats, Bulls, Celtics, and Pacers. There was not a single underdog team in the first round this year.
But in the second round, Xia Ke came up...
The first in the Western Conference and the first in the Eastern Conference were eliminated first!
The Thunder's duo played well, with Rose averaging points and assists per game, and Durant averaging 27 points per game, although his shooting percentage was a bit low.
，，以55%。加上场均19分的特里、把杜兰特防得只有41%命中率的阿泰斯特、。
The Mavericks won four straight games, defeating the Western Conference No. 1 Thunder and sweeping their way into the Western Conference Finals.
This is actually not surprising. The Mavericks' performance in the playoffs last season was so brutal that they shot the Suns to death. Nowitzki led the team to the Western Conference Finals and avenged their previous defeat.
It was just unfortunate that they met the Lakers, and their interior defense was seriously at a disadvantage, being played around by Garnett and Kwame Brown.
In the first round this year, against the Rockets led by James, Nowitzki continued to shine. Before the start of the second round, most people also felt that the Thunder were in trouble.
But it was surprising that the Bobcats lost to the Pacers 2-4 and were eliminated in the second round.
But fans who watched the game don't think so.
The Bobcats lost their first game to the Pacers 98-104, losing their home-court advantage right from the start.
此战，兰多夫15投10中，外加8中8的罚球，，打爆了山猫队内线群。
格兰杰拿到24分9板3助攻，德罗赞也稳稳拿到18分5助攻，福特单场送出11次助攻……
As the game intensity increased, the Bobcats looked extremely weak as a whole.
后面的G2和G3，山猫队倒是都赢了，把主场优势重新抢了回来，但G2，张杨27投13中，其中三分球9中3，加上12中11的罚球拿到了40分；G3张杨28投13中，其中三分球12中5，加上7中7的罚球拿到38分。
When Zhang Yang failed to continue his performance, the Bobcats lost three games in a row.
，格兰杰场均23分8板、德罗赞场均17分3板5助攻，携手率队4比2终结山猫队两连冠！
When the Bobcats were trailing 2-3, most people still believed they could make a comeback.
After they were eliminated, many media outlets made excuses for them, saying that they had played too many games in the past two years and that some of their main players should have had a rest during the regular season. However, they were unable to introduce multiple new substitutes like they did last season, so the 10-man main rotation was almost non-stop except for injuries. They worked hard for results in every game, and they had to work hard because they were all important links in the tactical system and there were no capable enough substitutes.
Some media also said after the fact that the Bobcats showed signs of decline in the first round and that the Bobcats also lost the game when the Bucks went on a rampage.
This is the first time that the Bobcats have received such public attention after being eliminated from the playoffs...
The first place teams in the East and West were eliminated early, but the second place teams both won.
The Bulls defeated the Celtics in 5 games and easily advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Spurs defeated the Lakers in 6 games, with a score of 4-1, and met the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.
The media inexplicably made excuses for the Bobcats, but some of the reasons they found were correct. The overall fatigue from the long-term battle was indeed the main reason. The performances of the two core players, Okafor and Felton, were far inferior to those in the regular season, which in turn dragged down Zhang Yang. It was too difficult for Millsap, Ibaka and Collison to carry the team forward.
The Lakers also encountered a similar situation. They have played the most games in the league for three consecutive years. Although the Zen Master has repeatedly reduced the playing time of core players, Kobe only played 3 minutes in the regular season and scored 33 points, rebounds and assists. It was the first time in six years that he fell out of the first defense. Garnett also reduced the difficult play on the offensive end and mainly handed the support work to Gasol, focusing on simple balls and concentrating on linking defense. Kidd even retired in the regular season...
Even the Lakers did not pursue the continuity of regular season play like the Bobcats, which is related to the stream-of-consciousness of the triangle offense and the high requirements of the system like Carlisle. Of course, each has its own advantages. Carlisle's requirements for players other than the top star are not as high as the Zen Master's, and the Zen Master does not have so many requirements for the abilities of role players other than the big core.
But even though the Zen Master has tried his best to keep the three veterans playing, the Lakers still showed signs of fatigue in the playoffs. They almost lost in the first round and ultimately failed to make it through the second round, falling to the Spurs.
This year's first team: Rose, Kobe, Zhang Yang, James, Howard;
Second team: Wade, Parker, Durant, Nowitzki, Gasol;
Third team: Ginobili, Mayo, Bosh, Randolph, Yao Ming.
First defense: Rondo, Tony Allen, Zhang Yang, James, Howard;
Second defense: Hinrich, Kobe, Garnett, Okafor, Chandler;
The Mavericks and Spurs will meet in the Western Conference Finals, and the Bulls and Pacers will meet in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The situation in the Eastern and Western Conference Finals once again exceeded people's expectations.
I thought the battle between the Bulls and the Pacers would be extremely intense and the Bulls would easily beat the Pacers, but the actual situation was the opposite.
The Mavericks ended the battle in 5 games. Nowitzki averaged points per game, which was even better than in the second round. He was unstoppable like a god descending from the sky.
The only game the Spurs won was when Duncan scored 34 points and Ginobili scored 26 points. The two old guys went on a rampage and won. In the other four games, the Mavericks won by a net of 4 points, and the score difference in each game was not small.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls and the Pacers played to a decisive seventh game. In the last game, the Bulls defeated the Pacers 91-80 at home and advanced to the finals with a thrilling 4-3 score.
Wade averaged points, rebounds and assists per game in this series, and Yao Ming also averaged points and rebounds per game. Apart from the two of them, no other Bulls player averaged double digits. Hinrich averaged 38 points and assists per game with a 5% shooting percentage. However, Hinrich did a really good job on defense, making DeRozan suffer a lot, and his performance in key shots was also good.
Wade was at a disadvantage defending Granger due to his size, and Granger averaged 25 points per game.
No one could have imagined that the Pacers would take off just by signing Randolph. If Wade had passed the ball to Hinrich in the corner for a three-pointer in Game 1 when the score was tied at 88-88 and Hinrich had missed the shot, the Pacers might have even made it to the finals!
In 18 playoff games, Randolph averaged points, rebounds, 2 assists and steals per game, proving with his strength that the three-year, $3 million contract he got was not a junk contract, but rather great value!
Just as Bird was criticized badly when he signed Randolph during the offseason, he is praised as much now. For an annual salary of less than 1500 million, he got a 28-year-old playoff superstar in his prime. His vision is extremely sharp.
The Mavericks returned to the finals after four years, and the Bulls returned to the finals after two years.
From G1 onwards, the two teams fought very fiercely. In the first game, the Bulls took the home advantage with 102 to 97; but then the Mavericks won two games in a row to regain the home advantage; after the Bulls defended their second home court in G4, in the decisive battle, Nowitzki scored 39 points, 22 of 12 shots, including 4 of 4 three-pointers, plus 11 of 11 free throws, with an outrageous hit rate of , overwhelming Wade's 31 points and Yao Ming's 20 points, and led the team to win the decisive battle with 97 to 91.
But the Bulls did not fall when they returned to their home court in Game 6, defeating the Mavericks 95-89 and dragging the finals into a seventh game.
抢七大战中韦德拿到28分5板8助攻、姚明23分7板3助攻，两人得分比对面第一第二得分手更高，诺维斯基只拿到25分、特里只拿到19分，但阿泰斯特拿到18分、比卢普斯也拿到了16分，两人都打出了本次季后赛最佳得分表现！
And the most crucial moment, with 9 seconds left and the team leading by two points, Nowitzki received a long pass from Billups that left only 4 seconds left, and he turned around and made a fadeaway jump shot...
100 to 96, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Bulls with a score of 4 to 3 and won the championship!
Nowitzki won the Finals MVP with an average of points, 8 rebounds and assists per game, successfully avenging Wade!
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The shattered dream of a dynasty was undoubtedly a big blow to Zhang Yang.
During his experience, he successfully completed dynasties and even super dynasties after defeating the strongest opponents such as the Bulls, Warriors, Spurs and Thunder in New York and Los Angeles. This made him very optimistic that he could also complete a dynasty, even though the recruitment last summer was unfavorable.
Now he found that the situation was different from what he thought, and some things were still very realistic.
This time he finally understood why so many superstars went fishing after being eliminated from the playoffs. Fishing requires patience and quietness, and it can help one calm down.
After fishing for a few days, Zhang Yang calmed down and started training.
This season was not without gains. In addition to the regular season trophies such as MVP, double first team, and increasing the number of career monthly player awards to 9, his mid-range shooting finally reached 94. Most importantly, he became the first historical three-point shooter in history.
In mid-June, he started another training. At the end of February and the beginning of May, he gained 6 point of mid-range shooting talent and upgraded his route prediction to the intermediate level.
This experience was in the 80 playoffs, before the second round of the 95-team season began...
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Perhaps because of Zhang Yang's call here, Jordan did not wait until the end of the season to make a comeback, but announced his return to the Bulls at the beginning of the free market in the summer of 94.
The Knicks won the championship, and the NBA entered a new salary increase cycle, and the money-throwing mode started again.
Moreover, it is not the Cavaliers' indiscriminate spending, nor is it Cuban's unique operation of spending money to save up expiring contracts to exchange for stars. As long as the popular teams in big cities know how to operate, they can spend money in a very calculated and appropriate way.
Bird used a lucrative four-year, $4 million contract to compete with the Lakers for Doug Christie.
The contract offered by the Lakers was 3 million for three years, with a 750% salary increase for Bird and one more year on the contract, which directly exceeded Pippen's treatment.
Doug Christie left the Angels for the Big Apple without looking back.
，能投能分球，最主要的是他是1-3号位防守效果最好的年轻球员之一。
A defensive 3D player who can pass the ball, Big Bird is an outside helper specially equipped for Zhang Yang who is over 30 years old.
The Atlanta Hawks hired Greg Kate, a veteran center from the Class of 1 with a strong defense, for $200 million a year. In the 83-93 season, he averaged 94 points, rebounds and 7 blocks per game. He was one of the key players for the Hawks to finish second in the Eastern Conference and a pillar of the interior defense. His shortcoming is that he is old. At 2 years old, he can hardly play 34 minutes a game, but he is just the right substitute for Ewing.
After the space freed up by salary increases and expiring contracts was used up, Bird successfully renewed Anthony Mason Jr.'s contract with a three-year, $3 million contract and renewed the contract of best sixth man John Starks with a three-year, $1000 million contract.
Both contracts are above the market value. Bird explained to Charles Dolan that he saw a trend of continued sharp increases in salaries in the next few years. It may not take long before both contracts will go from premium to great value next year.
Since he is a player in the team's long-term plan, we must prevent conflicts with the other party over salary issues in the future.
Even the owner of the Bulls noticed this at the time. He didn't want Pippen to sign the 7-year, 2000 million contract. He wanted him to sign a 3-4 year contract. When the contract expired, it would coincide with a new round of salary increase. This was already a sign at that time. The negotiations between the NBA and major TV stations and overseas broadcasters went very smoothly.
Veteran Charles Oakley, who took a pay cut to stay with the team, got a four-year, $4 million contract with a starting salary of $1500 million and a final year salary of $277 million.
The Knicks entered the salary mode of starting Pippen in the main rotation.
After the start of the new season, after Pat Riley had influenced the team-building philosophy of the league's middle-level teams, the league "manually" opened the iron-blooded era by shortening the three-point line distance by 52 cm.
93-94赛季铁血风潮开始蔓延，联盟平均得分从92-93赛季的场均104分，，让斯特恩看到了进攻方面的危机。
Stern's original intention of shortening the three-point line was to improve offensive efficiency by increasing the three-point shooting percentage. A game without defense is not good, but a game without offense is even worse.
The goal of improving each team's three-point shooting percentage has indeed been achieved. The league's average three-point shooting per team has reached per game, almost doubling that of the previous season.
However, the league's average score has dropped precipitously, from points to 97 points, and has fallen directly from the triple-digit era to the double-digit era, which greatly exceeded the expectations of experts.
Bird's foresight was reflected. The two players he brought in, Christie and Kate, were both defense-first players. In the Eastern Conference where the iron-blooded trend was at its strongest, they became the most iron-blooded team. Although their average points per game dropped from 103 points per game last season to points, their average points allowed per game also dropped from 99 points to points, ranking first in the league in defensive efficiency.
尼克斯队常规赛取得56胜26负的战绩，仅次于57胜25负的魔术队、力压55胜27负的公牛队，位居东部第二。
However, the Magic, who are in the Eastern Conference where the iron-blooded atmosphere is more intense, did not choose to keep up with the iron-blooded era. Instead, they went the other way and focused on offense. They became the only team this season with an average of 110+ points per game, averaging points per game. However, their average points lost per game also ranked third in the league, reaching 106 points. Only the Warriors and Wizards, the two bottom teams, lost more points than the Magic.
The pattern of the West being strong and the East being weak has already formed, at least in the regular season. The top five teams in the Western Conference start with 50 wins, the Spurs are first with 60 wins, the fourth-placed Supersonics have 57 wins, the fifth-placed Lakers have 50 wins, the runner-up Rockets only have 47 wins and rank sixth, and the Trail Blazers, who lost their glider, plummeted to seventh.
The Nuggets are still only eighth in the Western Conference, but it is surprising that their lineup can make the playoffs again. The already mediocre lineup is one year older. There was a player who averaged 18 points per game last season, and this season's highest average is 16 points. Last season's second-leading scorer LaPhoenzo Ellis is out for the season... They can make the playoffs because they are the first iron-blooded team in the Western Conference, and they relied on defense to achieve 41 wins.
In terms of personal performance, after a season of fierce competition with Jordan and O'Neal, Zhang Yang averaged points per game, beating Jordan's points and O'Neal's points per game, and won the scoring title for four consecutive years, becoming the first player after Chamberlain and Jordan to win the scoring title for four consecutive years.
Jordan's playing style was chaotic in his first year after his comeback. His connection between facing the basket and back-to-the-basket shooting was not good enough, and he made many mistakes in complex techniques. His average of turnovers per game this season was far higher than his career average of , and even higher than his career average of 88 turnovers per game in the difficult season of when he lost his point guard, when he had the highest assists per game in his career. His shooting percentage was , which was also the first time in his career that it was below 45%.
As a third-year player, O'Neal's offensive efficiency was very high. He averaged shots per game, ranking first among centers. Since the modern basketball era, only five centers have averaged more than 5 shots per game in a single season, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Olajuwon, Ewing, David Robinson, and O'Neal was the fifth.
O'Neal's hit rate is also the highest among these players. The other three active players only have a hit rate of about 20% in a season with an average of 50 shots per game. Ewing's hit rate is even less than 50%. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once had the highest, but it was only 55%, while O'Neal reached .
Normally, if a player like O'Neal appears, no one can compete with him for the scoring title as long as he wants to compete, but there are Zhang Yang and Jordan in the league today...
However, none of the three MVPs won the award.
O'Neal has received less praise this season than Anfernee Hardaway, and this evaluation is traditionally initiated by the local media.
Although Jordan scored high, his efficiency hit a new low in his career. In the best team announced after the first round, he was even suppressed by Stockton and Hardaway and was only selected for the second team and first defense. Not counting the season he retired, this was his worst performance in seven seasons.
Zhang Yang has won the MVP for two consecutive years, but this time he received a few fewer votes than Ewing, who averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and assists per game, ranking only fifth. The MVP was won by David Robinson.
However, Zhang Yang returned to the first defense and was once again in the double team!
Doug Christie averaged points, 3 rebounds, assists and steals per game, showing excellent wing passing ability beyond Bird's expectations. Zhang Yang's breakthrough and passing style became simpler. If there was no scoring opportunity after breaking through, he could just pass the ball to Christie on the wing.
The first round series between the Knicks and the Cavaliers was known as the representative of iron-blooded basketball. In the three games, the Knicks averaged 3 points and the Cavaliers averaged points.
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Today is April 1995, 4. This time we are here the day after the first round. According to the mission, we can fight against Jordan + Pippen, O'Neal + Penny, Dream + Glider at most at one time!
After reading the training information, Zhang Yang fell on the bed, then jumped up and went to the gym to try his skills.
The influence of age is still here. When he was about to turn 32, his speed dropped from 94 to 92. Although it is still top speed, he is no longer the absolute number one in the second and third positions like before. His jumping speed also dropped from 91 to 90.
However, the strength increased from 91 to 92, the explosive power decreased slightly, but the static strength increased significantly, which can be clearly felt during equipment training.
Fortunately, the techniques are still the same, and the decline in physical fitness has not yet affected the way of playing. His running and jumping are still top-notch, and with the muscle memory of this body, he adapts quickly.
Unlike most stars, whose athletic ability suddenly declines sharply in a certain season after the age of 30, such as Pierce, they completely switch to floor play.
And the melee combat is even stronger. In this iron-blooded era... it’s not a loss but a profit?
In terms of shooting basics, he is still the strongest among those in the 80 line, with 96 three-pointers, 96 mid-range shots, and 95 layups. His ball control has also improved from 93 to 94. Only a few point guards are better than him. He is a true ball control master. It was the first time that Zhang Yang felt the difference in ball sense so clearly during training.
Moreover, this three-pointer is not calculated based on the distance shortened by half a meter, but the original three-pointer distance. In addition, he can maintain accuracy by one step away from the original three-point line...
Zhang Yang remembered that the three-point line was supposed to be shortened in 95. Perhaps because of him, the league shortened the three-point line a year in advance. In addition to suppressing the iron-blooded trend, perhaps they also wanted to "artificially create" some three-point shooters who could compete with him.
As a result, the Iron Blood Tide was not suppressed, but because the range within the three-point line became smaller, the team defense became easier to play.
It is true that several players who averaged more than 3 three-pointers per game were "artificially created". "He" is no longer the only player who averages 3+ three-pointers per game, but there are only two, Denis Scott of the Magic and George McLeod of the Mavericks, and no one else. And "he" was directly raised to a whole new height by the new rules.
He averaged three-point shots per game and made three-pointers per game with a hit rate of , becoming the first player in NBA history to average more than 4 three-pointers per game!
His three-point shooting percentage reached an exaggerated 40%+!
Zhang Yang's training has just begun and he is already looking forward to the next one. His physical fitness is gradually declining, but it is just slow and will not get better. However, his basic skills will not stop improving. His three-point talent ceiling is currently 98, and if the three-point line is shortened, it will still continue to 98.
Early double-teaming is not allowed, the three-point line is shortened, and the three-point shot is already 96... Give it another two or three years, and the three-point shot average per game in the 90s will exceed 5?
It’s really not impossible!
He is not only good at three-pointers, but also unique in this era in his long two-point shooting under the original three-point line specifications. Originally, he often shot quick stop shots with a screen and one step inside the three-point line, or he would take a step inside the three-point line and then directly jump up and shoot after shaking off the opponent. Now, shots from such distances have become three-pointers...
In this era, Reggie Miller originally stood out as the three-point king, but it was really limited to this era. When Zhang Yang watched the video, he determined that Reggie Miller's three-point ability in the 94-95 season was about the same level as when his three-point shooting exceeded 90. Of course, Reggie Miller had some particularly bright moments in individual games, but his overall performance is currently around 90.
In the future, Reggie Miller's three-point basic skills will definitely improve with his age, and when he is most accurate, it may even be close to the historical level, but for now, except for 'him', the three-point level of 90 is the ceiling for others!
Because of him, many teams and players have begun to pay attention to three-pointers, but the overall three-pointer foundation is not enough, let alone qualitative change, even quantitative change is not yet possible.
As for Zhang Yang himself, he failed to compete with the Silver Horn King, who was like a god descending from heaven, and failed to try his hand at the historic three-pointer who had just broken through 95, and compete with Nowitzki, a historic mid-range shooting master. He still feels regretful when he thinks about it now.
However, at the 80th line, you can use a historical three-pointer to compete with another historical... no, the strongest mid-range shooting expert!
(End of this chapter)
Anthony is averaging 27 points per game this season and is actually playing well, but the situation was too ugly and he is not liked by the head coaches of various teams, let alone the league. Now many fans have lost patience with him; Deron's situation is similar.
Roy... is gone, disappearing like a flash in the pan. After completing his rookie contract, winning the Rookie of the Year award, two All-Star reserve awards, and two All-NBA selections, he could no longer play. In the first year of his five-year, $5 million contract, his season was over. Even the Trail Blazers' medical staff, who loved to pray to God and were extremely optimistic and confident, said that Roy might not be able to return.
Many people also regretted Bynum, as he only played 40 games in the early season, was plagued by injuries, averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game, and was not selected as an All-Star.
Los Angeles fans were delighted during this year's All-Star Weekend.
Kobe, Garnett, and Blake Griffin, the three most popular All-Stars from the Los Angeles local teams, were selected for the main game.
In addition, Zhang Yang was invited to participate in almost all events of the All-Star Weekend!
The All-Star Weekend started on the 14th. Curry showed his strength, making 8 three-pointers and scoring 41 points in a single game, leading the sophomore team to a strong victory over the rookie team 148-139 and won the Rookie Game MVP.
New York's Jack's playing style is becoming more and more reckless. Zhang Yang is very curious about how Curry will grow into in this time and space.
With his foundation not yet solid, Curry's performance can't be said to be very good. In the first half of his sophomore season, he averaged 8 three-point shots per game. It can be seen that his three-point shooting has improved, but his actual performance is not better than his rookie season.
Because the Knicks had Bosh, and the improvement of Harden and Wilson Chandler, they were able to enter the playoffs and began to be targeted by their opponents. Curry, who averaged the second-highest three-pointers in the league, was naturally also a target. His performance declined instead of improving, averaging three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage returned to 35%.
Curry's mental quality should be fine, but in New York, the pressure he has to bear is greater than in the injury-ridden season with the Warriors. It depends on whether he can handle it.
However, the public opinion environment in New York has created pressure for Curry similar to that within the Warriors. Given Curry's personality, Zhang Yang knows that this guy will definitely force himself to become stronger to respond to those attacks.
On the second day, the day of individual events, Zhang Yang started his journey of 'deep participation in the All-Star Weekend'.
In the Shooting Stars Contest, Zhang Yang represented the Southeast Division, and his partners were retired stars - Shaquille O'Neal representing Orlando and Kelly Mozart representing the WNBA Charlotte Needles.
The fans were very happy to see Zhang Yang's hopeless expressions when he and his two teammates took photos together. O'Neal and Mozart were both big centers without baskets.
The other three teams are the Pacific Division team led by Nash, the Northwest Division team led by Matthews, and the Atlantic Division team led by Bosh.
Zhang Yang was eliminated in the preliminaries thanks to his two teammates. Bosh made three-pointers in the preliminaries and finals, beating all opponents and starting the road to dominance as a shooting star.
Seeing Bosh's coquettish look in front of the camera, Zhang Yang suddenly felt that the biggest beneficiary of the 03 Big Three not sticking together might be Bosh.
New York has high exposure, Bosh's performance stands up, home games are broadcast live, and the camera is constantly...
In the skills challenge, six players, including Zhang Yang, Curry, Durant, Nash, Kidd and Billups, participated. When the list was first announced, it was jokingly called the 6-year-old team and the 22-year-old team. The three young men are all 75 years old, and the three old men were all born around 22.
This year the Knicks became the big winner. Curry defeated the defending champions Nash and Billups in the finals and won the second trophy for the Knicks.
Zhang Yang, like the three brothers from last year's 05 class, was eliminated directly in the preliminaries.
But when it comes to the three-point contest, the situation is different.
Zhang Yang scored 23 points in both the preliminaries and the finals, beating Curry, Durant, Pierce, Nowitzki, and DeRozan to defend his title.
In the dunk contest, Zhang Yang won the most cheers when he appeared on the stage. His dunk was also beautiful, with smooth and powerful movements, but not difficult. He and DeRozan were eliminated in the preliminaries, while Griffin and McGee advanced to the finals.
In the final, McGee's dunk was actually more creative, but Griffin relied on his high popularity to get more fan votes and won the dunk contest championship.
Although he is a contestant, after watching the finals, Zhang Yang couldn't help but hope that LaVine and Aaron Gordon would enter the NBA as soon as possible to save this sport. Or, could he save the sport himself by accumulating more jumping jacks before his body completely stops developing?
On the last day of the All-Star Game, 23+24 played against 3+3+1. Kobe and James teamed up, with Durant on the wing, to battle against the trio of Zhang Yang, Wade and Bosh.
Zhang Yang and Wade both scored 28 points, and Bosh also scored 25 points, but unfortunately their inside strength was indeed not enough.
Yao Ming had already said that he would just make a single appearance, leaving the opportunity to show his face in front of fans around the world to young players such as Horford and Al Jefferson.
The way Carlisle spoke does not mean that he is thin-skinned, but if he still insists on using up Yao Ming and letting him play, he will offend the All-Star players named by Yao Ming. Who knows if they will become his players in the future?
At this time, Carlisle still preferred those big, black and thick ones, and would take the initiative to be consumed once they were stimulated.
After arriving in Houston, James was relatively low-key throughout the first half of the season, much more restrained than during the original Big Three period. It may be that the wildness of the Western Conference exceeded his expectations.
In the Eastern Conference, there are the Bobcats, Bulls, and Magic. The Magic are on the brink of collapse this season. When he came to the Western Conference, he found that every team that could make the playoffs looked similar to the Bobcats and Bulls.
今晚他只投了6次，全力传球，6投3中、其中三分球1中1、加上6中4的罚球，拿到11分11板12助攻，还是攒着劲儿想要悄咪咪的拿奖。
However, the players who received the most votes in the end were Kobe with 40 points and Durant with 35 points. After all, they were the host country, and Kobe defeated Durant and James to win another All-Star MVP.
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The Knicks won three trophies and the Los Angeles team won two trophies. The teams from the two largest cities became the big winners of the Los Angeles All-Star Weekend.
During the All-Star Weekend, the soap opera between Anthony and Deron finally ended.
After Sloan resigned, the Jazz completely gave up the idea of keeping Deron and accepted the Nets' trade request with three starters, Odom, Ramon Sessions and Derrick Favors, as bargaining chips, and sent Deron to Rutherford.
The Trail Blazers made a beautiful move this time, using Stoudemire, who had just been selected for the All-Star Game, as a bargaining chip, and with the small forward Nicolas Batum who showed potential, they traded Anthony back from the Nuggets!
The Trail Blazers wanted a sharp inside player who could attack the basket because they had Roy and Aldridge, but Roy is gone, and Stoudemire and Aldridge are a partnership mainly because Aldridge is accommodating Stoudemire, and the two have average records as team leaders.
Matthews, who is better at receiving shots and cutting without the ball, averaged 14 points per game in the first half of his sophomore season and has the potential to take off, but he is only good at finishing, not passing and controlling the ball, and is not compatible with such a twin tower. He needs an outside ball-holding offensive superstar.
Stoudemire was originally signed without a deal. Using Stoudemire as a bargaining chip to trade for Anthony is almost like picking up a young outside superstar who is not even 27 years old for free after having to lose Roy!
It is worth mentioning that although they entered the NBA three years apart, Anthony and Roy are of the same age, with Anthony being less than two months older than Roy.
Andre Miller, Matthews, Anthony, Aldridge, Paul Allen waved his money ability to create a well-structured core lineup. Andre Miller is the type of point guard that Anthony likes. He has one-on-one ability, but focuses on organizing the offense. Matthews and Aldridge are both good at catching the ball and shooting.
Of course, the flaws are also obvious. Aldridge is the only capable player in the interior of the Trail Blazers, and Anthony will most likely be needed as the power forward. The strongest interior player on the bench is Fabricio Oberto, the Argentine interior player abandoned by the Spurs.
After a week's rest during the All-Star Weekend, the Bobcats began the second half of their journey.
The Bobcats showed people the difference between the championship team and last season's Cavaliers, who won 52 of 43 games in the first half of last season, with a winning rate of , but only in the second half.
The Bobcats had a winning rate of in the first half of this season, with 52 wins in 42 games. In the second half of the season, they had a record of 30 wins and 24 losses in 6 games, with almost no fluctuations!
最终，山猫队以66胜16负，击败了63胜19负的马刺队、60胜22负的雷霆队，拿到常规赛冠军！
Zhang Yang played in all 82 regular season games, scoring 2698 points in a single season, averaging points per game, which set a new single-season scoring record, plus rebounds, assists and steals, and averaged three-pointers per game with a hit rate of . Unfortunately, his shooting percentage of and free throw percentage of were slightly behind, and he was just a little bit away from the 180 club.
He tried hard for this, but there were always some objective conditions. For example, when he played against Curry, Wade, Kobe and others, he was used to shooting. In some other games, due to injuries and poor condition of his teammates, he didn't know how to control his shooting percentage, so he just took the ball and did it.
But he thought it over after a moment of frustration. He is still two months away from turning 23 and has plenty of time to improve. Isn't his shooting percentage better and more stable than last season? The 180 club will come eventually.
The record of Eastern Conference teams this year is not as good as in the past four seasons. After the Bobcats with 4 wins, the Bulls with 66 wins are next.
The Bulls' record is 'average' mainly because they have been adjusting. Wade and Yao Ming have passed the time when they had to compete in the regular season, and the championship is their only goal.
The Celtics, who had an amazing start, have returned to their normal performance, but it's not bad at all, with 53 wins and 29 losses, a clear improvement over last season, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.
The Pacers experienced some fluctuations in the mid-term, but stabilized after the All-Star Weekend, finishing the regular season with 50 wins and 32 losses, the first time they won 03 games since the 04-50 season, beating the 49-33 Hawks to maintain their fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
The Pacers' new head coach Frank Vogel also beat Carlisle, Thibodeau and Brooks to win the best coach award.
After the regular season ended, someone finally spoke up for Randolph, who was not selected for the All-Star Game. He played in 80 games, averaging points, rebounds and 2 assists per game. He participated in all 50 wins and was the spearhead of the charge, a super power forward on par with Nowitzki and Bosh.
This season, Randolph no longer has the negative news he had before. There have been conflicts on the court, but they were basically just to stand up for his teammates and stand next to Granger as a thug.
Frank Vogel expressed his gratitude to Randolph at the best coach press conference, calling Randolph the best power forward in the world.
This is the first time in four seasons that the Magic failed to win 4 games, with only 50 wins and 47 losses, ranking sixth.
Although they used Carter as a bargaining chip to trade with the Suns and Raptors for Turkoglu, Howard and Van Gundy had already separated, and Turkoglu's personal condition collapsed after one year with the Raptors. He was no longer the European magician who averaged 07+09+19 per game from 5 to 5. He had lost his aura and was just an ordinary organizing forward.
After nearly 10 years, the Knicks finally returned to the playoffs, ranking seventh in the Eastern Conference with 45 wins and 37 losses, while the Bucks are eighth with 41 wins and 41 losses.
The Western Conference is even more impressive, with two teams that have 60 wins!
The Spurs rested a large number of players in the second half of the season. Duncan, who played in all 52 games in the first half, played less than 70 games in the end. He rested for 14 games in the second half and finally finished second in the Western Conference with 60 wins and 22 losses.
The Thunder ended the regular season with nine consecutive wins, surpassing the Spurs with 9 wins and 61 losses to take first place in the Western Conference.
This is also the first time in six years that a Northwest Division team has won first place in the Western Conference. The last time was the Timberwolves in the 6-03 season.
Rose + Durant were described by the media as "two MVPs", who were described as a rare dual core that could truly unleash their individual abilities.
湖人队57胜25负第三、小牛队57胜25负第四、火箭队56胜26负第五、灰熊队55胜27负第六、国王队48胜34负第七、太阳队42胜40负第八。
The 41-win Nuggets and 39-win Trail Blazers failed to make the playoffs.
Although they failed to continue the 4-win threshold for the playoffs in the previous four seasons, the top six teams won 50 games collectively, and the sixth-placed Grizzlies relied on sweeping the Bulls in the regular season to rank second in the Eastern Conference!
The Kings' operations are always unexpected. Last season, they looked like they were going to make trouble again, but in the end they didn't make any random trades. Korver left because his contract expired. They signed Boozer without a deal and renewed Stephen Jackson's contract. They stood up and made it to the playoffs in one fell swoop.
Paul has returned from injury, but he hasn't played enough games and his performance isn't as good as it was in the past three years. In addition, Zhang Yang has moved to play small forward, so Rondo is expected to be selected into the best team and even first team defense!
Among the eight playoff teams in the Western Conference, there are four teams from the Southwest Division and three teams from the Pacific Division. The Thunder ranks first in the Western Conference, but they are the only team in the Northwest Division.
The wildest is still the Southwest Division. If Paul hadn't been injured, the Hornets would have a high probability of getting 50 wins and would have been firmly in the Western Conference playoffs this season. Nash's Suns would have had no chance and it would have been the first time since the new division was created that five teams from the same division would have made the playoffs together.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Bobcats easily advanced with a 4-1 victory.
雄鹿队管理层是真的在努力，3年2400万签下约翰-萨缪尔斯、吃下了科里-马盖蒂的大合同、交易得到古登、早在09年还用比市价溢价不少的5年6000万续签了博古特，从未放弃过补强。
With Jennings, Delfino, Ilyasova, Boykins, Keyon Dooling... the lineup looks really good.
It's a pity that Jennings can't shoulder the burden of being a core player on the outside. He averaged 16 points and assists per game in his rookie year, but only points and assists per game in his sophomore year. Not to mention being the core of a championship team, he doesn't even have the potential to be an All-Star. He doesn't even have the potential to be a second-in-command worth tens of millions.
It's true that the Bucks management was willing to spend money and recruit players in a targeted manner. They made it to the playoffs relying on their lineup. The only game they won had little to do with Jennings. Maggette scored 29 points and Samuels scored 27 points. They struggled in one game after falling behind 0-3. The two players did not continue to explode in Game 5. The Bobcats, who played too laxly in Game 4, woke up and slaughtered the Bucks by 5 points in Game 30.
Zhang Yang, who won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award three times this season, was once again elected the regular season MVP after a year.
His first-choice rate was higher than he expected. He received 110 of the 99 first-place votes, accounting for 36% of the total points, winning the MVP with an absolute advantage, and his score share was equal to the second and third place combined.
But what’s interesting is that the second place is Rose, with of the total points, and the third place is Durant, with of the points.
There has never been a precedent for a team to have two players ranked in the top three of MVP, which means that the personal performances of both players have been highly recognized by the media.
得票第四的是詹姆斯，。
There is some truth in criticizing the Cavaliers for being bad. Although their record is not as good as the Cavaliers, they have Lowry as the assistant point guard, Kevin Martin as the sixth man, Lopez in the paint, Brooks when they need to shoot wildly, Yi Jianlian to follow up on fast breaks, and Scola, Budinger, Courtney Lee and other substitutes. In the middle of the season, they also traded for Jordan Hill, Dragic and other good players...
The Rockets' lineup of just over 6000 million is actually better than the Cavaliers' lineup of 9600 million. James doesn't even have to fight for rebounds, and his weight has dropped back to just over 110 kilograms.
What the Royals media said this time won the majority's approval - the Rockets led by James can compete for the first place in the league by going to the East.
James also played very well in the playoffs, averaging 25 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists per game, and feeding Lopez an average of 22 points per game from mid-range and close range.
Lowry, who dares to take the ball and play one-on-one but is rational enough to know not to steal the show, has seen his performance soar by James' side in the regular season. He has grown from a substitute with an average of 7 points and 4 assists per game in the past few years to an excellent auxiliary point guard with an average of 13 points and 5 assists per game. In the playoffs, he even averaged 15 points and 4 assists per game.
The Rockets once tied the Mavericks 2-2, but in Game 5, the Rockets had a terrifying moment - Nowitzki scored 21 points in the final quarter, the first 20+ points in a single quarter in the playoffs in his career, and shot through everything!
半场53比42领先11分、三节75比67领先8分的火箭队，末节被诺维斯基带队打了个34比20，惨遭逆转。
G6小牛队从开场就直接进入状态，诺维斯基33分、阿泰斯特16分7板、特里22分、比卢普斯14分6助攻，暴打33分的詹姆斯、20分的大洛佩茨、15分的洛瑞……111比96大胜。
The Mavericks won two games in a row and advanced to the second round away from home to meet the Thunder.
The Thunder swept the Suns 4-0 in the first round, and Rose shaved the head of his old predecessor.
Nash has done his best. In the absence of Stoudemire, he led Carter and Frye, averaging 11 assists per game, surpassing Rondo who averaged assists per game to become the assist king. They made it to the playoffs with difficulty, and he has done his best.
The only teams that had an easy first round in the Western Conference were the Thunder, Kings and Grizzlies, who caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs and Lakers.
The two teams played in a stinky and tough style, and the game was dragged to the sixth game.
On the Knicks side, Harden, who made it to the playoffs for the first time, excitedly challenged Wade.
In his junior season, Harden averaged points, rebounds and assists per game. He is not as amazing as Rose, nor as effective as Mayo, nor as eye-catching as Westbrook, but he is also making steady progress.
With Curry, who plays as recklessly as his third brother, Wilson Chandler and Bosh on the front line, and Camby, who has good stats at center... Harden wants to overthrow the strong!
Then it was swept away...
However, the performances of Bosh, Harden, and even Curry were still remarkable. Bosh averaged 22 points and rebounds per game. His scoring and rebounding were the highest among both teams' inside players, and his scoring was second only to Wade, who averaged 26 points per game.
哈登场均19分7板6助攻，打场均26分5板5助攻的韦德是打不过，但比常规赛不降反升，也算能在大场面站稳脚跟。
Curry... was quite cool, shooting three-pointers per game, which stunned Yao Ming, who was used to seeing Zhang Yang shooting three-pointers. He made a total of 4 three-pointers in 15 games, averaging per game, ranking first among all players in the first round. The only thing was that his shooting percentage was a bit low, at .
However, Curry was really good in his first playoff appearance. Without his amazing three-pointers, the Knicks would have lost even more miserably. The strength gap was too big. Bosh averaged 22 points per game and Harden averaged 19 points per game, and they had already tried their best. If he wanted to improve the team's performance, he had to perform well.
The Hawks may need to start rebuilding. Bibby has aged rapidly this season. Crawford, who served as the point guard in this playoffs, exposed his defect of not being able to withstand the intensity of the playoffs. Pierce also began to show his age... They were defeated by the Pacers 4-2 and were eliminated in the first round.
The Magic also fell in the first round. Howard played very well in 5 games, averaging 27 points, rebounds and offensive rebounds per game, like a god. The only problem was that he averaged turnovers per game, which was a bit of a letdown.
The Celtics relied on their overall defense to defeat the Magic 4-1 and advance to the second round.
Howard scored the second-highest score among inside players in the first round, second only to Nowitzki. After being eliminated, he immediately sent a written notice to the Magic declining to exercise his player option.
15 years ago, the Magic got nothing in return and lost O'Neal, and this time, the probability is that the same thing will happen.
The Magic management and Orlando media once again staged mysterious operations. Some said they tried to retain Howard, and some said they did, such as trading back Turkoglu, but at the same time putting Howard on the shelf. Regarding Howard's request to change the head coach, the management did not appease him, but preached. Moreover, this matter that was said behind closed doors was actively disclosed by the management to the Orlando local media, and the local media followed suit to preach...
Howard is not a good-tempered person. With such treatment, no matter who the Magic team negotiated a trade with, he told the other party that he would not renew his contract. There were a few times when the trading partners really wanted to trade, but they backed off when they saw his attitude. By the last trading window of the All-Star Weekend, the Jazz and Nuggets were crowded with people, while the Magic were deserted.
The eight teams that advanced to the second round are the Thunder, Spurs, Lakers, Mavericks, Bobcats, Bulls, Celtics, and Pacers. There was not a single underdog team in the first round this year.
But in the second round, Xia Ke came up...
The first in the Western Conference and the first in the Eastern Conference were eliminated first!
The Thunder's duo played well, with Rose averaging points and assists per game, and Durant averaging 27 points per game, although his shooting percentage was a bit low.
，，以55%。加上场均19分的特里、把杜兰特防得只有41%命中率的阿泰斯特、。
The Mavericks won four straight games, defeating the Western Conference No. 1 Thunder and sweeping their way into the Western Conference Finals.
This is actually not surprising. The Mavericks' performance in the playoffs last season was so brutal that they shot the Suns to death. Nowitzki led the team to the Western Conference Finals and avenged their previous defeat.
It was just unfortunate that they met the Lakers, and their interior defense was seriously at a disadvantage, being played around by Garnett and Kwame Brown.
In the first round this year, against the Rockets led by James, Nowitzki continued to shine. Before the start of the second round, most people also felt that the Thunder were in trouble.
But it was surprising that the Bobcats lost to the Pacers 2-4 and were eliminated in the second round.
But fans who watched the game don't think so.
The Bobcats lost their first game to the Pacers 98-104, losing their home-court advantage right from the start.
此战，兰多夫15投10中，外加8中8的罚球，，打爆了山猫队内线群。
格兰杰拿到24分9板3助攻，德罗赞也稳稳拿到18分5助攻，福特单场送出11次助攻……
As the game intensity increased, the Bobcats looked extremely weak as a whole.
后面的G2和G3，山猫队倒是都赢了，把主场优势重新抢了回来，但G2，张杨27投13中，其中三分球9中3，加上12中11的罚球拿到了40分；G3张杨28投13中，其中三分球12中5，加上7中7的罚球拿到38分。
When Zhang Yang failed to continue his performance, the Bobcats lost three games in a row.
，格兰杰场均23分8板、德罗赞场均17分3板5助攻，携手率队4比2终结山猫队两连冠！
When the Bobcats were trailing 2-3, most people still believed they could make a comeback.
After they were eliminated, many media outlets made excuses for them, saying that they had played too many games in the past two years and that some of their main players should have had a rest during the regular season. However, they were unable to introduce multiple new substitutes like they did last season, so the 10-man main rotation was almost non-stop except for injuries. They worked hard for results in every game, and they had to work hard because they were all important links in the tactical system and there were no capable enough substitutes.
Some media also said after the fact that the Bobcats showed signs of decline in the first round and that the Bobcats also lost the game when the Bucks went on a rampage.
This is the first time that the Bobcats have received such public attention after being eliminated from the playoffs...
The first place teams in the East and West were eliminated early, but the second place teams both won.
The Bulls defeated the Celtics in 5 games and easily advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Spurs defeated the Lakers in 6 games, with a score of 4-1, and met the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.
The media inexplicably made excuses for the Bobcats, but some of the reasons they found were correct. The overall fatigue from the long-term battle was indeed the main reason. The performances of the two core players, Okafor and Felton, were far inferior to those in the regular season, which in turn dragged down Zhang Yang. It was too difficult for Millsap, Ibaka and Collison to carry the team forward.
The Lakers also encountered a similar situation. They have played the most games in the league for three consecutive years. Although the Zen Master has repeatedly reduced the playing time of core players, Kobe only played 3 minutes in the regular season and scored 33 points, rebounds and assists. It was the first time in six years that he fell out of the first defense. Garnett also reduced the difficult play on the offensive end and mainly handed the support work to Gasol, focusing on simple balls and concentrating on linking defense. Kidd even retired in the regular season...
Even the Lakers did not pursue the continuity of regular season play like the Bobcats, which is related to the stream-of-consciousness of the triangle offense and the high requirements of the system like Carlisle. Of course, each has its own advantages. Carlisle's requirements for players other than the top star are not as high as the Zen Master's, and the Zen Master does not have so many requirements for the abilities of role players other than the big core.
But even though the Zen Master has tried his best to keep the three veterans playing, the Lakers still showed signs of fatigue in the playoffs. They almost lost in the first round and ultimately failed to make it through the second round, falling to the Spurs.
This year's first team: Rose, Kobe, Zhang Yang, James, Howard;
Second team: Wade, Parker, Durant, Nowitzki, Gasol;
Third team: Ginobili, Mayo, Bosh, Randolph, Yao Ming.
First defense: Rondo, Tony Allen, Zhang Yang, James, Howard;
Second defense: Hinrich, Kobe, Garnett, Okafor, Chandler;
The Mavericks and Spurs will meet in the Western Conference Finals, and the Bulls and Pacers will meet in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The situation in the Eastern and Western Conference Finals once again exceeded people's expectations.
I thought the battle between the Bulls and the Pacers would be extremely intense and the Bulls would easily beat the Pacers, but the actual situation was the opposite.
The Mavericks ended the battle in 5 games. Nowitzki averaged points per game, which was even better than in the second round. He was unstoppable like a god descending from the sky.
The only game the Spurs won was when Duncan scored 34 points and Ginobili scored 26 points. The two old guys went on a rampage and won. In the other four games, the Mavericks won by a net of 4 points, and the score difference in each game was not small.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls and the Pacers played to a decisive seventh game. In the last game, the Bulls defeated the Pacers 91-80 at home and advanced to the finals with a thrilling 4-3 score.
Wade averaged points, rebounds and assists per game in this series, and Yao Ming also averaged points and rebounds per game. Apart from the two of them, no other Bulls player averaged double digits. Hinrich averaged 38 points and assists per game with a 5% shooting percentage. However, Hinrich did a really good job on defense, making DeRozan suffer a lot, and his performance in key shots was also good.
Wade was at a disadvantage defending Granger due to his size, and Granger averaged 25 points per game.
No one could have imagined that the Pacers would take off just by signing Randolph. If Wade had passed the ball to Hinrich in the corner for a three-pointer in Game 1 when the score was tied at 88-88 and Hinrich had missed the shot, the Pacers might have even made it to the finals!
In 18 playoff games, Randolph averaged points, rebounds, 2 assists and steals per game, proving with his strength that the three-year, $3 million contract he got was not a junk contract, but rather great value!
Just as Bird was criticized badly when he signed Randolph during the offseason, he is praised as much now. For an annual salary of less than 1500 million, he got a 28-year-old playoff superstar in his prime. His vision is extremely sharp.
The Mavericks returned to the finals after four years, and the Bulls returned to the finals after two years.
From G1 onwards, the two teams fought very fiercely. In the first game, the Bulls took the home advantage with 102 to 97; but then the Mavericks won two games in a row to regain the home advantage; after the Bulls defended their second home court in G4, in the decisive battle, Nowitzki scored 39 points, 22 of 12 shots, including 4 of 4 three-pointers, plus 11 of 11 free throws, with an outrageous hit rate of , overwhelming Wade's 31 points and Yao Ming's 20 points, and led the team to win the decisive battle with 97 to 91.
But the Bulls did not fall when they returned to their home court in Game 6, defeating the Mavericks 95-89 and dragging the finals into a seventh game.
抢七大战中韦德拿到28分5板8助攻、姚明23分7板3助攻，两人得分比对面第一第二得分手更高，诺维斯基只拿到25分、特里只拿到19分，但阿泰斯特拿到18分、比卢普斯也拿到了16分，两人都打出了本次季后赛最佳得分表现！
And the most crucial moment, with 9 seconds left and the team leading by two points, Nowitzki received a long pass from Billups that left only 4 seconds left, and he turned around and made a fadeaway jump shot...
100 to 96, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Bulls with a score of 4 to 3 and won the championship!
Nowitzki won the Finals MVP with an average of points, 8 rebounds and assists per game, successfully avenging Wade!
...
The shattered dream of a dynasty was undoubtedly a big blow to Zhang Yang.
During his experience, he successfully completed dynasties and even super dynasties after defeating the strongest opponents such as the Bulls, Warriors, Spurs and Thunder in New York and Los Angeles. This made him very optimistic that he could also complete a dynasty, even though the recruitment last summer was unfavorable.
Now he found that the situation was different from what he thought, and some things were still very realistic.
This time he finally understood why so many superstars went fishing after being eliminated from the playoffs. Fishing requires patience and quietness, and it can help one calm down.
After fishing for a few days, Zhang Yang calmed down and started training.
This season was not without gains. In addition to the regular season trophies such as MVP, double first team, and increasing the number of career monthly player awards to 9, his mid-range shooting finally reached 94. Most importantly, he became the first historical three-point shooter in history.
In mid-June, he started another training. At the end of February and the beginning of May, he gained 6 point of mid-range shooting talent and upgraded his route prediction to the intermediate level.
This experience was in the 80 playoffs, before the second round of the 95-team season began...
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Perhaps because of Zhang Yang's call here, Jordan did not wait until the end of the season to make a comeback, but announced his return to the Bulls at the beginning of the free market in the summer of 94.
The Knicks won the championship, and the NBA entered a new salary increase cycle, and the money-throwing mode started again.
Moreover, it is not the Cavaliers' indiscriminate spending, nor is it Cuban's unique operation of spending money to save up expiring contracts to exchange for stars. As long as the popular teams in big cities know how to operate, they can spend money in a very calculated and appropriate way.
Bird used a lucrative four-year, $4 million contract to compete with the Lakers for Doug Christie.
The contract offered by the Lakers was 3 million for three years, with a 750% salary increase for Bird and one more year on the contract, which directly exceeded Pippen's treatment.
Doug Christie left the Angels for the Big Apple without looking back.
，能投能分球，最主要的是他是1-3号位防守效果最好的年轻球员之一。
A defensive 3D player who can pass the ball, Big Bird is an outside helper specially equipped for Zhang Yang who is over 30 years old.
The Atlanta Hawks hired Greg Kate, a veteran center from the Class of 1 with a strong defense, for $200 million a year. In the 83-93 season, he averaged 94 points, rebounds and 7 blocks per game. He was one of the key players for the Hawks to finish second in the Eastern Conference and a pillar of the interior defense. His shortcoming is that he is old. At 2 years old, he can hardly play 34 minutes a game, but he is just the right substitute for Ewing.
After the space freed up by salary increases and expiring contracts was used up, Bird successfully renewed Anthony Mason Jr.'s contract with a three-year, $3 million contract and renewed the contract of best sixth man John Starks with a three-year, $1000 million contract.
Both contracts are above the market value. Bird explained to Charles Dolan that he saw a trend of continued sharp increases in salaries in the next few years. It may not take long before both contracts will go from premium to great value next year.
Since he is a player in the team's long-term plan, we must prevent conflicts with the other party over salary issues in the future.
Even the owner of the Bulls noticed this at the time. He didn't want Pippen to sign the 7-year, 2000 million contract. He wanted him to sign a 3-4 year contract. When the contract expired, it would coincide with a new round of salary increase. This was already a sign at that time. The negotiations between the NBA and major TV stations and overseas broadcasters went very smoothly.
Veteran Charles Oakley, who took a pay cut to stay with the team, got a four-year, $4 million contract with a starting salary of $1500 million and a final year salary of $277 million.
The Knicks entered the salary mode of starting Pippen in the main rotation.
After the start of the new season, after Pat Riley had influenced the team-building philosophy of the league's middle-level teams, the league "manually" opened the iron-blooded era by shortening the three-point line distance by 52 cm.
93-94赛季铁血风潮开始蔓延，联盟平均得分从92-93赛季的场均104分，，让斯特恩看到了进攻方面的危机。
Stern's original intention of shortening the three-point line was to improve offensive efficiency by increasing the three-point shooting percentage. A game without defense is not good, but a game without offense is even worse.
The goal of improving each team's three-point shooting percentage has indeed been achieved. The league's average three-point shooting per team has reached per game, almost doubling that of the previous season.
However, the league's average score has dropped precipitously, from points to 97 points, and has fallen directly from the triple-digit era to the double-digit era, which greatly exceeded the expectations of experts.
Bird's foresight was reflected. The two players he brought in, Christie and Kate, were both defense-first players. In the Eastern Conference where the iron-blooded trend was at its strongest, they became the most iron-blooded team. Although their average points per game dropped from 103 points per game last season to points, their average points allowed per game also dropped from 99 points to points, ranking first in the league in defensive efficiency.
尼克斯队常规赛取得56胜26负的战绩，仅次于57胜25负的魔术队、力压55胜27负的公牛队，位居东部第二。
However, the Magic, who are in the Eastern Conference where the iron-blooded atmosphere is more intense, did not choose to keep up with the iron-blooded era. Instead, they went the other way and focused on offense. They became the only team this season with an average of 110+ points per game, averaging points per game. However, their average points lost per game also ranked third in the league, reaching 106 points. Only the Warriors and Wizards, the two bottom teams, lost more points than the Magic.
The pattern of the West being strong and the East being weak has already formed, at least in the regular season. The top five teams in the Western Conference start with 50 wins, the Spurs are first with 60 wins, the fourth-placed Supersonics have 57 wins, the fifth-placed Lakers have 50 wins, the runner-up Rockets only have 47 wins and rank sixth, and the Trail Blazers, who lost their glider, plummeted to seventh.
The Nuggets are still only eighth in the Western Conference, but it is surprising that their lineup can make the playoffs again. The already mediocre lineup is one year older. There was a player who averaged 18 points per game last season, and this season's highest average is 16 points. Last season's second-leading scorer LaPhoenzo Ellis is out for the season... They can make the playoffs because they are the first iron-blooded team in the Western Conference, and they relied on defense to achieve 41 wins.
In terms of personal performance, after a season of fierce competition with Jordan and O'Neal, Zhang Yang averaged points per game, beating Jordan's points and O'Neal's points per game, and won the scoring title for four consecutive years, becoming the first player after Chamberlain and Jordan to win the scoring title for four consecutive years.
Jordan's playing style was chaotic in his first year after his comeback. His connection between facing the basket and back-to-the-basket shooting was not good enough, and he made many mistakes in complex techniques. His average of turnovers per game this season was far higher than his career average of , and even higher than his career average of 88 turnovers per game in the difficult season of when he lost his point guard, when he had the highest assists per game in his career. His shooting percentage was , which was also the first time in his career that it was below 45%.
As a third-year player, O'Neal's offensive efficiency was very high. He averaged shots per game, ranking first among centers. Since the modern basketball era, only five centers have averaged more than 5 shots per game in a single season, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Olajuwon, Ewing, David Robinson, and O'Neal was the fifth.
O'Neal's hit rate is also the highest among these players. The other three active players only have a hit rate of about 20% in a season with an average of 50 shots per game. Ewing's hit rate is even less than 50%. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once had the highest, but it was only 55%, while O'Neal reached .
Normally, if a player like O'Neal appears, no one can compete with him for the scoring title as long as he wants to compete, but there are Zhang Yang and Jordan in the league today...
However, none of the three MVPs won the award.
O'Neal has received less praise this season than Anfernee Hardaway, and this evaluation is traditionally initiated by the local media.
Although Jordan scored high, his efficiency hit a new low in his career. In the best team announced after the first round, he was even suppressed by Stockton and Hardaway and was only selected for the second team and first defense. Not counting the season he retired, this was his worst performance in seven seasons.
Zhang Yang has won the MVP for two consecutive years, but this time he received a few fewer votes than Ewing, who averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and assists per game, ranking only fifth. The MVP was won by David Robinson.
However, Zhang Yang returned to the first defense and was once again in the double team!
Doug Christie averaged points, 3 rebounds, assists and steals per game, showing excellent wing passing ability beyond Bird's expectations. Zhang Yang's breakthrough and passing style became simpler. If there was no scoring opportunity after breaking through, he could just pass the ball to Christie on the wing.
The first round series between the Knicks and the Cavaliers was known as the representative of iron-blooded basketball. In the three games, the Knicks averaged 3 points and the Cavaliers averaged points.
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Today is April 1995, 4. This time we are here the day after the first round. According to the mission, we can fight against Jordan + Pippen, O'Neal + Penny, Dream + Glider at most at one time!
After reading the training information, Zhang Yang fell on the bed, then jumped up and went to the gym to try his skills.
The influence of age is still here. When he was about to turn 32, his speed dropped from 94 to 92. Although it is still top speed, he is no longer the absolute number one in the second and third positions like before. His jumping speed also dropped from 91 to 90.
However, the strength increased from 91 to 92, the explosive power decreased slightly, but the static strength increased significantly, which can be clearly felt during equipment training.
Fortunately, the techniques are still the same, and the decline in physical fitness has not yet affected the way of playing. His running and jumping are still top-notch, and with the muscle memory of this body, he adapts quickly.
Unlike most stars, whose athletic ability suddenly declines sharply in a certain season after the age of 30, such as Pierce, they completely switch to floor play.
And the melee combat is even stronger. In this iron-blooded era... it’s not a loss but a profit?
In terms of shooting basics, he is still the strongest among those in the 80 line, with 96 three-pointers, 96 mid-range shots, and 95 layups. His ball control has also improved from 93 to 94. Only a few point guards are better than him. He is a true ball control master. It was the first time that Zhang Yang felt the difference in ball sense so clearly during training.
Moreover, this three-pointer is not calculated based on the distance shortened by half a meter, but the original three-pointer distance. In addition, he can maintain accuracy by one step away from the original three-point line...
Zhang Yang remembered that the three-point line was supposed to be shortened in 95. Perhaps because of him, the league shortened the three-point line a year in advance. In addition to suppressing the iron-blooded trend, perhaps they also wanted to "artificially create" some three-point shooters who could compete with him.
As a result, the Iron Blood Tide was not suppressed, but because the range within the three-point line became smaller, the team defense became easier to play.
It is true that several players who averaged more than 3 three-pointers per game were "artificially created". "He" is no longer the only player who averages 3+ three-pointers per game, but there are only two, Denis Scott of the Magic and George McLeod of the Mavericks, and no one else. And "he" was directly raised to a whole new height by the new rules.
He averaged three-point shots per game and made three-pointers per game with a hit rate of , becoming the first player in NBA history to average more than 4 three-pointers per game!
His three-point shooting percentage reached an exaggerated 40%+!
Zhang Yang's training has just begun and he is already looking forward to the next one. His physical fitness is gradually declining, but it is just slow and will not get better. However, his basic skills will not stop improving. His three-point talent ceiling is currently 98, and if the three-point line is shortened, it will still continue to 98.
Early double-teaming is not allowed, the three-point line is shortened, and the three-point shot is already 96... Give it another two or three years, and the three-point shot average per game in the 90s will exceed 5?
It’s really not impossible!
He is not only good at three-pointers, but also unique in this era in his long two-point shooting under the original three-point line specifications. Originally, he often shot quick stop shots with a screen and one step inside the three-point line, or he would take a step inside the three-point line and then directly jump up and shoot after shaking off the opponent. Now, shots from such distances have become three-pointers...
In this era, Reggie Miller originally stood out as the three-point king, but it was really limited to this era. When Zhang Yang watched the video, he determined that Reggie Miller's three-point ability in the 94-95 season was about the same level as when his three-point shooting exceeded 90. Of course, Reggie Miller had some particularly bright moments in individual games, but his overall performance is currently around 90.
In the future, Reggie Miller's three-point basic skills will definitely improve with his age, and when he is most accurate, it may even be close to the historical level, but for now, except for 'him', the three-point level of 90 is the ceiling for others!
Because of him, many teams and players have begun to pay attention to three-pointers, but the overall three-pointer foundation is not enough, let alone qualitative change, even quantitative change is not yet possible.
As for Zhang Yang himself, he failed to compete with the Silver Horn King, who was like a god descending from heaven, and failed to try his hand at the historic three-pointer who had just broken through 95, and compete with Nowitzki, a historic mid-range shooting master. He still feels regretful when he thinks about it now.
However, at the 80th line, you can use a historical three-pointer to compete with another historical... no, the strongest mid-range shooting expert!
(End of this chapter)
