I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 97 Sweeping the Nuggets, Prelude to MVP
The Nuggets attack.

Anthony failed to score against Liu He's defense.

O'Neal jumped hard and protected the rebound.

Lakers offense.

Anthony stood directly in front of Liu He and stared at Liu He closely.The rest of the Nuggets stand around the paint.

This is the so-called one-star quadruple.

As soon as Liu Helue observed it, he came up with a plan to break the situation.

He winked at Bryant and started leading Anthony in Leonard's direction.

Bryant then went to the other wing, the other side of the defensive player is Miller.

Liu He passed the ball directly.

Kobe singled Miller, turned around and shot with his back.

The physical condition of the two is too different, and Miller has nothing to do with Kobe, he can only watch Kobe make a move.

Swish!
11: 9.

The Nuggets attack.

Miller breaks through and passes the ball to Leonard, who misses the shot.

Lakers offense.

Liu He continued to take Anthony in the direction of Leonard, creating opportunities for Kobe to play Miller one-on-one.

Kobe took continuous tentative steps, pulled up and shot.

Swish!
13: 9.

The 188cm Miller is 10cm shorter than Kobe, there is really not much to do.

The Nuggets' offensive round was still fruitless.

Lakers offense.

Kobe continued to force Miller.

Birdman Anderson finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed forward to help defend.

Bryant smiled, and with a fake move, Anderson was fired, and then Anderson was fouled by the thugs.

Annoyed, Anderson could only accept the reality, watching Kobe walk to the free throw line and make 2 of 2 free throws.

15: 9.

Unknowingly, the Lakers opened up the point difference.

The Nuggets attack.

Camby received a wonderful pass from Miller and made a layup.

15: 11.

back.

Liu He continued to walk in Leonard's direction, creating space for Kobe.

Leonard lunges for Bryant to help Miller.

Malone seized the opportunity and cut directly into the paint from the wing.

Liu He stuffed the ball directly.

Malone caught the ball to the basket and scored against Birdman Anderson.

17: 11.

The Nuggets attack.

Anderson was double-teamed at the basket and missed the shot.

The Lakers took advantage of the situation to launch a defensive counterattack.

Payton made a wonderful pass to Liu He, and Liu He dunked with both hands.

boom!
19: 11.

Beep!
So far, the Lakers stopped the Nuggets and completely broke the Nuggets' zone defense tactics.

Afterwards, the Lakers didn't give the Nuggets any more chances, and continued to expand the point difference, firmly gaining the upper hand.

At the end, the Lakers beat the Nuggets 125:97~.

刘河全场砍下28分7篮板4助攻2抢断2盖帽。

Kobe had 28 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal.

O'Neal had 14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Malone had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Payton had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

For the Nuggets:
Anthony had 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.

Miller had 18 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Leonard had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Camby had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks.

So far, the Lakers have a 3-0 lead, and the series has lost its suspense.

The game seems not to be over, but it is actually over.

Before the fourth game, the Nuggets chanted the slogan "refuse to sweep".

However, the gap in absolute strength makes slogans can only be slogans and cannot change the results.

In the fourth game, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 119:89.

The Nuggets who gave up the zone defense allowed O'Neal to score 33 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks.

Kobe had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

刘河18分5篮板5助攻2抢断1盖帽。

Malone had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.

Payton had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steal.

So far, the Lakers have become the first team to stand out in the first round of the playoffs.

The entire first round of the series, a total of four games.

刘河场均砍下23.8分6.3篮板4助攻2.3抢断1.5盖帽。

O'Neal averaged 22.5 points, 13.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.5 blocks per game.

Bryant averaged 22.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

Malone averaged 16 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 0.8 steals per game.

Payton averaged 12. points, 2.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1 steal per game.

The Big Five played well.

Especially Liu He, who scored the highest score in the team for the first time in the series, is amazing.

和刘河对位的安东尼也不差，场均能得到21.8分6.5篮板3助攻1抢断1盖帽。

It's a pity that the Nuggets' season is over, and they can prepare for the next season.

At the end of the game, Anthony hugged Liu He tightly.

"Liu, congratulations! You are the final winner!"

Liu He patted Anthony on the back: "It's your honor to lose to me!"

Anthony rolled his eyes instantly: "..."

I want to hit someone!
"Next season, I will let you feel the glory!"

Anthony dropped a harsh word.

Liu He's face finally became serious, staring at Anthony and replied: "I wish for it!"

……

Subsequently, the other seven groups of playoff matchups also had results one after another.

The first group, the Spurs vs the Grizzlies.

The Spurs swept the Grizzlies 4-0, showing the strength of the defending champion.

Duncan is still the only super insider who can compete with O'Neal.

As for Pau Gasol, after this round of the series proved himself ... not.

四场系列赛，场均18.5分5篮板2.5助攻1抢断1.5盖帽。

A 213cm big man averaged 33.5 minutes per game and could only grab 5 rebounds (1 frontcourt, 4 backcourt), which is really unreasonable.

和他直接对位的邓肯可是场均能砍下24.3分10篮板3助攻0.5抢断2.5盖帽。

The second group, Celtics vs Pacers.

The Pacers finally swept the Celtics 4-0, and this group is also crushed by absolute strength.

In the third group, the Nets vs. the Knicks.

The Nets swept the Knicks 4-0.

In the fourth group, the Timberwolves vs. the Rockets.

The Rockets pulled back a game in the second game, but after that, the gap in strength still appeared. They lost three games in a row and went home to fish.

Group five, Pistons vs Bucks.

The same is true for these two teams. After a one-to-one tie, the Pistons did not give the Bucks any chance.

Group Six, Kings vs Mavericks.

Originally, this group of games was considered the most exciting matchup in the first round of the playoffs, and both teams were strong teams.

The truth is, the Mavericks won just one game before being sent home.

诺维斯基场均砍下26.6分11.8篮板1.4助攻1.4抢断2.6盖帽，命中率45%，三分球命中率46.7%的超级豪华数据，还是无法拯救球队。

The Mavericks owner began to feel dissatisfied with the team's starting No. [-] Steve Nash.

Nash's defense is too weak.

和他对位的迈克·毕比5场比赛，有4场都砍下了国王队最高分，最后一场甚至砍下了36分4篮板8助攻5抢断，完全打爆了纳什。

Corresponding to Nash is Peja Stojakovic.

Teacher Peja once again proved his attribute of "regular game dragon, playoff bug".

During the regular season, Peja was the Kings' undisputed scoring leader.

But in the playoffs, Peja's score fell below that of Bibby and Webber, not only did his score drop sharply, but his shooting percentage was even worse.

The seventh group, the Heat vs. the Hornets.

These two teams reached the tiebreaker, the only matchup in the first round to reach the tiebreaker.

Wade performed well in this group of duels, averaging 15.4 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

But Wade's problem is instability.

In seven games, he scored 20 or more points three times, but also scored only two points in one game.

So far, the first round of the playoffs is over, and the second round of the matchup is out.

West side:

Lakers vs Kings.

Timberwolves vs. Spurs.

East side:

Pacers vs Heat.

Pistons vs Nets.

At the same time, some awards of this season have also entered the final selection stage.

Of course, the most concerned is naturally the most valuable player award in the regular season, MVP.

在原本的时空里，这个奖项属于加内特，加内特本赛季场均24.2分13.9篮板5助攻1.2抢断2.2盖帽，24+13+5+1+2，这种史无前例的豪华数据太耀眼了。

And the Timberwolves also had the best record in team history of 58 wins and 24 losses.

Combining the two, Garnett can't justify not getting the Mvp.

But now, the situation has changed.

In the middle of the season, Kevin Garnett is still the player with the highest calls for MVP, followed by Tim Duncan, followed by O'Neal, and Peja in fourth...

The top three players in the MVP popularity are all power forward players, which is enough to prove how powerful the fourth star at the beginning of the century was.

Duncan, Garnett, Raheem, Rasheed, Webber, Nowitzki, Gasol, Malone, O'Neal, Martin...

But as the Lakers continued to win and finally won the best record in history of 73 wins and 9 losses, the Lakers gradually attracted everyone's attention.

In a TNT program, when many experts discussed the MVP attribution, Charles Barkley shouted: "Shouldn't the MVP be the best player on the best team?"

"If a team with 73 wins and 9 losses can't win the MVP award, it is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!"

Barkley's words were immediately recognized by countless fans and experts.

Regular season MVP.

Regular season most valuable player.

The best player in the regular season.

If the record of the Lakers is only a little better than other teams, everyone can ignore this team.

But the Lakers just had the best record in NBA history, 73 wins and 9 losses.

The second-ranked Pacers are 61 wins and 21 losses.

The Lakers have won 2 more games than No.12. Who can ignore this Lakers team?

"So which team is the best team this season?"

Barkley asked loudly.

"Los Angeles Lakers!"

The rest of the experts replied in unison.

Barkley said with a smile: "Then of course, the MVP should belong to this Lakers team, right?"

"Yes!"

Experts answer again.

"So, which player on the Lakers should the MVP be?"

Barkley asked again.

For a moment, the experts were stunned again.

This question stumps everyone.

As we all know, the Lakers were the Big Four at the beginning of the season, but at the end of the season they played the Big Five.

O'Neal, Kobe, Liu He, Malone, Payton.

Malone was the first to be excluded. After all, he suffered a serious injury this season and missed almost half of the games.

The second to be ruled out is Payton.

Payton is almost full attendance, but the data has shrunk so much that it is impossible to get Mvp with such a small data.

Then the only choices left are O'Neill, Kobe, and Liu He.

It's really hard to choose one of these three.

The data of three people this season:
刘河出战79场，场均23.2分6.0篮板3.8助攻2.7抢断0.5盖帽。

科比出场65场，场均23.8分5.5篮板6.3助攻1.7抢断0.4盖帽。

奥尼尔出场67场，场均21.1分11.5篮板2.9助攻2.5盖帽。

Judging from the data, O'Neal, Kobe, and Liu He are all similar, and there is nothing wrong with choosing anyone.

This triggered a heated discussion among the experts present.

Lakers star Jerry West said: "Kobe has a very important responsibility this season. He is responsible for connecting the team. He is responsible for playing key shots. He is responsible for tearing apart the opponent's defense. He is a very important part of the Lakers. .”

Obviously, Mr. West supports Kobe.

Championship center Bill Walton said: "O'Neal is still the most dominant player in the NBA and is the No.1 in the NBA today. He attracted the most defense for the team and created the most space for his teammates. The Lakers almost Every possession, the ball goes through his hands."

There are many experts who support Kobe and O'Neal, but no one mentioned Liu He.

Until Steve Kerr stood up: "Why can't it be Liu He?"

"Liu He? Are you crazy?"

"He's too young!"

someone answered.

Cole asked rhetorically: "So are we selecting the MVP or the oldest player? If it depends on age, why not just award the MVP to Karl Malone?"

The man was stunned speechless.

"Liu He's contribution is not enough."

Another said.

Cole asked rhetorically: "Kobe played 65 games, and O'Neal played 67 games. They are almost full attendance. For a long time, Liu He led the team without Kobe, O'Neal, and Malone, and played an outstanding record. Isn't it enough?"

Another person misfired.

"Liu He's strength is still a bit weaker."

said a third.

Cole smiled: "Garnett, who is number one in the MVP list, and Peja, who is fourth, Liu He and the two of them have enough matchups. Liu He hardly loses, and even has a lore Garnett, crushing Overwhelm Peja's performance. Is this strength not bad?"

The third person also bowed his head.

Finally, Drexler said: "Liu He is just a rookie! Even MJ, Magic, and Big Bird failed in their rookie season."

The reason Drexler said is why these experts are unwilling to support Liu He.

It's amazing for a player to win the regular season MVP in his rookie season!It is simply earth-shattering, and most people cannot accept it.

Cole nodded, but still added: "Chamberlain in 1960 and Unseld in 1969, they both won the regular season MVP in their rookie seasons. The league has this precedent. So it also proves that, There is no rule in the league that rookies cannot compete for the MVP. Liu He is eligible!"

For a while, all the experts were silent.

Chamberlain in 1960, Unseld in 1969 That's too old!

Can that still be used as a reference?

However, what Cole said did make sense.

Liu He's statistics, team record, field performance, and attendance rate are all excellent. Why can't he compete for the MVP of the regular season?
Before, experts and fans subconsciously ignored the option of Liu He because the NBA has not had "a player winning the MVP award in his rookie season" for decades.

But when Cole made everything clear, everyone realized that Liu He is really qualified and very hopeful to compete for MVP.

The Lakers are the best team this season.

And Liu He is one of the best players on the Lakers.

Then Liu He is naturally qualified to compete for MVP.

(End of this chapter)