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Chapter 559 Heaven Rewards Diligence
Chapter 559 Heaven Rewards Diligence
The Lakers continue to advance with unstoppable momentum.
The suspense of the season has gradually changed from who is stronger and who is better, to which team will become the number one in the league, and who is more worthy of the MVP between Kobe and James.
This will be a topic that has been torn, and will not end in another ten years.
The season runs until April.The Lakers are fighting for the best record in history, while the Cavaliers are fighting for LeBron James' first MVP.
However, the Lakers unexpectedly defeated the Magic twice, allowing them to chase the second record in history.
In the end, their record was fixed at 70 wins and 12 losses.
The league's first record, broke the best record in team history, surpassed the Cavaliers' 66 wins, the Celtics' 62 wins, and won 13 more games than last season.
However, those who are going to choose James as the MVP obviously have stronger reasons.
The Cavaliers have won 21 more games than they did last season.
One is to lead the team to 70 wins when the second player in the team is reimbursed for the season, and the other is to lead the team to improve the record of 21 wins in the new season, which seems reasonable to everyone.
In comparison, James' statistics are better, and it seems that his teammates are not as good as Kobe.
Which of the two of them became the MVP turned into a sharp debate battle.
Before the start of the playoffs, Wei Xia talked about the difference between the two in an interview: "LeBron is more comprehensive, and Kobe is more dangerous."
One comprehensive, one dangerous.
After listening carefully, it can be seen that Wei Xia and the others have completely different views.
Wei Xia's evaluation of James is rigidly based on the comprehensiveness of the data, but for Kobe, it is subjectively "more dangerous".
As for who is more likely to become the MVP, Wei Xia's answer is more interesting.
"There is only one team in history with a better record than this year's Lakers. The defending champion will inevitably be targeted by other teams. It is extremely difficult to achieve another good result, but they have improved by 13 wins on the basis of last season. I don't think it is more difficult to improve from 57 wins to 70 wins than to increase 45 wins to 66 wins. 70 wins and 60 wins are different levels. One is a quantitative change and the other is a qualitative change."
Wei Xia didn't simply support Kobe, he had reasons, almost like a media person with voting qualifications, clearly pointed out who is better and who is stronger.
His position is clear.
Kobe, he chose Kobe.
Wei Xia's views quickly poured into the critics, and there were many people who supported him, and even some people who supported James turned their backs.
It's hard to say what effect his remarks had on the final outcome.
Before the MVP voting begins, the playoffs start first.
In the first round, the Lakers easily swept the Jazz.
As for the East, Weixia focuses on the first round of the Cavaliers and Pistons.Before he was trapped by the contract, he didn't pay much attention to the game, and he didn't take the initiative to watch a Cavaliers game.
He wanted to learn about this team that was growing by leaps and bounds.
The Cavaliers do not have a complicated running system, and the offense does not involve all the running positions of the whole body.There are not many fast breaks, but the chance battles and fast two- and three-person team battles after the position are very frequent.Therefore, the Cavaliers' current offense has changed from the previous slow routine of hesitation, slowness, and adaptability.
In other words, in the past, their offense was like a heavy artillery bombardment, which required calibration and adjustment; now it is a light rapid-fire gun, which can be lifted and released.Therefore, it is much lighter and more automatic to operate, without the need for Mo or Delonte West to do the thinking they are not good at.
It is these small and short offenses that can be completed within 5 seconds that enable the Cavaliers this season to continue to play 5-12 within 0 minutes.Compared with the previous situation of relying on defensive suppression and attacking a little bit, today's offense is much crisper and neater.
In the past, the main purpose of the Cavaliers' offense was relatively polarized separation: the Lithuanian's inside singles or LeBron's high ball holding were all aimed at "singles-double-teaming-dividing the ball".
Now they are moving more to the perimeter, and their offensive jump shot rate exceeds 63%, completely clearing the interior for the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers took advantage of the range of Big Z, the agility of the three all-round perimeters of Mo, West and James, and more use of screens to penetrate the inside.
Use the cover to cut in and destroy the opponent's defensive system, and then find long-range opportunities for the shooters and opportunities for the insiders to eat cakes.
Mo Williams is an excellent individual attacker, but the overall organization is not his director.But in these light and short offenses of the Cavaliers, he can play his own skills: all-round jumpers, use screens to cut and distribute the ball.Neither he nor West is a conductor who controls the rhythm of the audience like Billups, but they adapt to the situation and stir up a wave or two of offensives, but they do whatever they want.
Through careful observation, Wei Xia found that James has improved on the offensive end: long-range two-pointers that are no longer ignored, and air cuts are more flexible.Of course, it is also possible that today's Pistons are no longer as brave as they used to be, allowing James to perform at a super level.
His weak-side acceleration and cutting to the basket is the best weapon for the Cavaliers to dismember the opponent's system all season -- what he used to have to do with the ball around the screen and cut thousands of miles, now he can do it with an acceleration and catch West's one-pointer.Seeing his air cuts, he is as brave as a wide receiver in American football.
His post-up skills are still limited to turnaround jumpers and left hooks, but the waist position used in the Beijing Olympics to pass the ball back to the basket, combined with weak-side air cuts, is extremely effective.
There is another point that proves his comprehensiveness.
At the end of the season, he led the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals and was second in blocks.
This is the point that he has repeatedly amazed the spectators. How can the data be so comprehensive, without missing a single bit.
Entering the semifinals, the Lakers played against the Rockets, while the Cavaliers played against the Eagles.
Although the regular season MVP, as the name suggests, only looks at the performance of the regular season, but if two extremely close people have problems in the playoffs, it will definitely shake the votes.
The Cavaliers went smoothly, swept the Eagles 4-0, and entered the Eastern Conference Finals.
On the other hand, due to Kevin Garnett's reimbursement for the season, the Celtics struggled to advance after an epic seven-game bloody battle with the Bulls, and then once again fought until the seventh game with incredible strangling ability and superior magic.
On the other hand, the Lakers suppressed the Rockets with Yao Huang in all directions inside, but they broke their undefeated postseason status and took five games to advance.
Then came MVP voting day.
James' supporters decided to choose the emperor as the MVP for the following reasons: more comprehensive statistics, especially high-level statistics, 21 improved wins, two full victories in the first two rounds of the playoffs, selflessness, and better leadership than Kobe.
James is a hot new star in the league, allowing the team to win 21 more games than last season, which is his biggest plus point.
As for the data, in fact, before someone averaged a triple-double and led the eighth team in the Western Conference to win the MVP, no one in history has ever won the MVP by relying on data.Therefore, the slight difference in the statistics of Kobe and James has no effect.
Even, according to the logic of touting James, Kobe's reason for being elected MVP is even more impeccable.
The Lakers rank first in both offense and defense efficiency in the league. Two rookies from Europe quickly adapted to the NBA and played rookie-level performances. With FMVP Weixia reimbursed for the season, they led the team to 70 wins and won 13 games more than last season. If this is not leadership, what else is he?
Leadership, legend, sense of gap, record improvement, what you want, what you have.
Both of them are eligible, so, on the MVP voting day, a rare one-vote decision in history took place.
Kobe defeated James by 1 vote and was elected the regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons.
The media person who cast the key vote said: "Wish made me change my mind. He was right. Going from 57 wins to 70 wins is no less difficult than raising a team with 45 wins to 66 wins. In my opinion, it is even worse, because 70 wins represents the second in history, and the Lakers did it without the second star in the team. I must support Kobe!"
Bill Simmons tweeted and complained on the same day: "Why is Wish lying on a stretcher and it can affect the ownership of MVP!"
Wei Xia didn't think it was his own credit, but if Kobe wanted to be rewarded heavily for this, he would be disrespectful.
It's a pity that Kobe only thanked him and didn't get paid.
Wei Xia asked for some practical rewards, but Kobe felt that any practical rewards were not as important as his intentions. His gratitude was worth more than a thousand dollars.
Compared with his gratitude, Wei Xia wanted a daughter more in his heart, but it would be inappropriate to continue, so he gave up.
The subsequent division finals further proved who is the best one.
The Lakers and Cavaliers each played six games in the conference finals.
However, the Lakers advanced to the finals, but the Cavaliers stopped in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Next, the story came to an end.
The Magic restrain the Cavaliers, but in turn are not good at dealing with the Lakers.
The inside line, once the biggest weakness of the Lakers, has become the strongest point. Ariza and Fernandez joined forces to fill the gap left by Weixia.
The Lakers held the match point 3-0.
Game4
Wei Xia watched the live broadcast on TV, and the Magic did not lose like a desperate team.
Because it is likely to be the last game of the season, the atmosphere in Orlando is tragic.A white little angel Gina and Rashad Lewis chanted on the big screen, everything seemed to be before the start of the third game, but at that time it was only 0-2 behind-there are three teams in history that were 0-2 behind.But a 0-3 comeback was unprecedented.
The Magic played dignity with a series of transition offenses in the first quarter, but the Lakers didn't care about their cutting.Blocking the three-pointer and allowing the breakthrough, Bynum made 9 of 2 shots in a single quarter, and Kobe took over the game early.
The Lakers killed the Magic with a bunch of offensive rebounds in the first quarter.
The Lakers' offensive rebounds come easily: Because whenever they take a shot, the Magic's perimeter is already ready to go down.
The temperament of the Lakers is the temperament that a championship team should have.
They defended patiently, actively rushed for rebounds, and waited for the Magic's touch to go out.In the middle of the second quarter, the moment to decide the game arrived.
Ariza had two steals, Kobe had two assists, Fisher had two three-pointers, and Kobe made another mid-range shot. With a climax of 16 to 0, half of the game is now locked.
The other half is the third quarter.
The Lakers played a suffocating defense, forcing the Magic to make 14 of their first 3 shots.
After Kobe made two more three-pointers, it was over.
During the timeout one minute before the end of the game, Kobe sat on the bench and looked around.Twice, he covered his mouth with his hands and sniggered, twisting his body impatiently as if he had too much energy.In the remaining half-minute timeout, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy took a note to the players to explain tactics, and Kobe was already embracing Gasol and Fisher.
Soon after, the final whistle of the 2008-09 season was blown.
At the end of the game, Kobe subconsciously looked for Wei Xia. He wanted to hug him, but when he turned around, he realized that the man was not there. He hadn't been there for a season.
He has some regrets, this is the sweetest moment of the whole season, they shared each other's blood and sweat last season, and now the team is succeeding again, the person who made the Lakers grow a tough bone can only lie on the injured list and watch these changes silently.
Will he come back?Kobe is not sure, he heard that Wei Xia's contract extension is not going well.
Kobe stood for a long time, and finally Fisher came over and hugged him.
Then, there is another thing, this year's FMVP can only be Kobe.
At the same time, the league has announced that it will rename the Finals MVP trophy to the Bill Russell Cup.
The first Bill Russell Finals MVP trophy was handed over to Lakers player Kobe Bryant by the No.1 Bill Russell in Celtics history.
Is this a brilliant arrangement, or brilliant irony?
Kobe held the FMVP cup, and he believed that Wei Xia was looking at him. That person should remember what he said last year.
"Sooner or later, I will have this thing!"
Now, he has.
His FMVP acceptance speech was a short sentence.
"Right now, I have five rings." He smiled. "One more than Shaq."
One can imagine how furious the shark would be when he heard this sentence.
That's it, the 2008-09 season that Wei Xia did not participate in ended with the Lakers showing their dominance.
(End of this chapter)