Kapitel 201: The End of the Regular Season and Three Consecutive Scoring Champions.
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To put it bluntly, the record during the regular season is only for playoff seeding and home-court advantage. The Bulls currently have the best record in the league, which is basically a certainty, so there is no need to work too hard during the regular season.
Wang Chong has seen countless situations where a key player was injured in the playoffs after being too aggressive during the regular season, causing the team to lose the opportunity to win the championship.
Wang Chong is very afraid that the Bulls will encounter this.
Although Garnett and Billups had a good assist rate in the 2007-08 season and basically did not suffer major injuries or illnesses, just in case, as the second half of the schedule progressed, Wang Chong also began to recommend that the head coaches organize rotations for key players.
In the last 20 playoff games for the Bulls, their record continued to decline as they lost to some tough and desperate teams on the brink of the playoffs.
The three big players for the Bulls, including Wang Chong, Garnett, and Billups, took turns in these 20 games and basically rested for about 6 to 7 games.
Of course, nominally, the Bulls took advantage of the break when players were not feeling well due to relapses of old injuries, but anyone with a good eye could see that the Bulls were already preparing thoroughly for the playoffs.
And although the Bulls struggled for a month and a half, they still held the top spot in the league with a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, being the only team in the league to achieve a record of more than 60 wins in the regular season.
64 wins, although 5 less than the 69 wins of the Bulls last season.
But everyone knows that this season the Eastern Conference is much more competitive than last season. The Cavaliers have assembled a Big Three lineup, and the Pistons have gradually adapted to Monta Ellis, continuing to rank among the top teams in the Eastern Conference. With a record of 55 wins, teams like the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, and Toronto Raptors are significantly stronger than last season.
In this situation, the Bulls can still have the best record in the league with 64 wins, and their content of gold is no worse than last season. Moreover, the frequent rests for the Bulls at the end of the season have significantly affected the team's record. Otherwise, the Bulls would not have been able to reach 69 wins again or even surpass 70 wins, which is not impossible.
Of course, this is just a hypothesis.
At least Wang Chong himself believes that it is unlikely that the current Bulls team will break Jordan's 72-10 record. Moreover, there is still no championship, and the system update task has not been completed. If the team's main players are injured, it is very reckless to take risks pursuing the regular season record.
Therefore, in his opinion, the Bulls' current 64 wins are enough. They are the only team with over 60 wins in the league, which allows them to enjoy the advantage of playing at home during the playoffs.
On April 16, 2008, the NBA's regular season schedule concluded.
In terms of record rankings in the Eastern Conference, the Chicago Bulls lead the group with a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, occupying first place.
Second in the Eastern Conference are the Cleveland Cavaliers with 56 wins and 26 losses.
It is undeniable that the Cavaliers, who acquired Ray Allen, have a much better record than the Cavaliers who only won 45 games in the 2007-08 season. Especially as the schedule progressed, Ray Allen gradually adapted to James. He became more and more comfortable playing both with and without the ball, with his points per game stabilizing at 19.6 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists, with a 39% three-point shooting percentage.
The arrival of O'Neal also gave the Cavaliers some inside attacking capability for tough problems, and indeed, their strength has improved.
In third place are the Detroit Pistons with 55 wins and 27 losses.
The Pistons' 55 wins exceeded Wang Chong's expectations. He originally thought that after losing Billups, the Pistons' strength would decrease significantly. Monta Ellis, who replaced Billups, was a player whose statistics were greater than his actual effectiveness.
However, the Pistons, whose point guard was replaced by Ellis, did not significantly lose their effectiveness in combat. The team still showed the best defensive efficiency in the league. Intimidating lower-ranked teams in the East was simply a waste of time.
This also proves that the Pistons are indeed a team that relies on the collective, whether due to the departure of defensive core Ben Wallace or the departure of defensive core Billups. As long as the basic tactical plan of the Pistons remains intact, there will always be a place for them in the Eastern Conference.
It is a pity that, in the original timeline, during the 2008-09 season, the Pistons' head coach, Flip Saunders, left. The new head coach of the team, Michael Curry, was obviously unfamiliar with the Pistons' tradition, and Billups was one of the main Pistons players, while Rasheed Wallace, the Roaring King, left the team one by one. Hamilton's condition declined due to injuries and age, and the Pistons' iron-blooded team finally ceased to exist that year.
Fourth in the Eastern Conference are the Orlando Magic with 48 wins and 32 losses.
Although they did not manage more than 50 wins in the regular season, the Magic still relied on Howard's star-studded tactical system to make it into the first half of the Eastern Conference playoffs and have vague prospects of reaching the Finals next year.
From fifth to eighth place in the Eastern Conference, the teams are the Washington Wizards with 42 wins and 40 losses, the Toronto Raptors with 40 wins and 42 losses, the Philadelphia 76ers with 38 wins and 44 losses, and the Atlanta Hawks with 36 wins and 46 losses.
These four teams perfectly support the situation of a strong West and weak East, because up to three teams from the East have entered the playoffs with losing records.
On the other hand, in the West, the Denver Nuggets, eighth in the West, have a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, and the Golden State Warriors, ninth, also have a record of 48 wins. If placed in the East, they would be tied for fourth place with the Magic. This shows that the West is very competitive.
This is also one of the important reasons why there are many strong teams in the Western Conference but no team with more than 60 wins.
The eight teams in the Western Conference that made the playoffs, from top to bottom, are the Los Angeles Lakers with 56 wins and 26 losses, the New Orleans Hornets with 55 wins and 25 losses, the San Antonio Spurs with 55 wins and 25 losses, and the Utah Jazz with 52 wins and 30 losses, with 54 wins and 28 losses from the Houston Rockets, 54 wins and 28 losses from the Phoenix Suns, 51 wins and 30 losses from the Dallas Mavericks, and 50 wins and 32 losses from the Denver Nuggets.
The win difference between first place and eighth place in the Western Conference is only 6 games, but there are 6 teams in the middle. The degree of competition is evident.
In contrast, the win difference between the Bulls, who occupy first place in the Eastern Conference, and the Cavaliers, who are second, is already 8 games.
This led to the fact that, although Wang Chong firmly held first place on the regular season MVP list, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers won the MVP. The reason is that, although the Lakers' record is not as good as the Bulls', the Western Conference itself is more competitive than the Eastern Conference.
Moreover, Wang Chong has MVP-level assistants like Garnett around him. More importantly, compared to the Bulls' 69-win record last season, the Bulls' record has slightly declined after the lineup improvement this season.
This argument seems reasonable, but it is pure nonsense.
Jordan's fourth MVP was won after leading the team to a 72-10 record in the 1995-96 season. Then, in the second season, the Bulls achieved a 69-win record. In the third year, the Bulls' record fell to 62 wins and 20 losses. That same year, the Western Conference also had the Utah Jazz with 62 wins and 20 losses, but Jordan still won his fifth regular season MVP.
Therefore, comparing team records is just one of the standards for winning the MVP. Other factors, including player performance data, advanced stats, contributions to victory, etc., must be taken into account.
Based on this, the subjective impressions of journalists or, more accurately, the league's official intentions, can often play a key role.
In short, whoever the league wants to win the MVP can win it. Even if they are not as complete as their competitors, they can still win the media vote.
After paying a little attention to the media's rhythm, Wang Chong knew that it was unlikely he would win the regular season MVP again.
Obviously, Stern has not given up on Kobe and still wants to make him an iconic player in the league, because Kobe is indeed the player who plays most like Jordan, and his popularity and traffic in the United States are still high.
Although Wang Chong's commercial value is not inferior to Kobe's, a larger part of his commercial value is reflected in China. His popularity in the United States is still a bit lower than that of Kobe, James, and others, and this is a key point that the league needs to pay attention to.
As for MVP voting, Wang Chong didn't care too much.
On April 16, 2008, the day the regular season ended, he officially finished first in the league in points per game for the third consecutive season. This also meant that Wang Chong had achieved the accomplishment of winning three consecutive scoring titles!
It should be known that in the past 20 years, the only player who had won three consecutive scoring titles before Wang Chong was Kobe Bryant, and there had never been a player who had done so since Michael Jordan.
Therefore, Stern definitely doesn't want a dominant alliance, otherwise he would be so angry when James went to the Heat to join forces to form the Big Three.
What he wants is an exciting alliance, not a grand finale alliance where one company dominates and the championship is uncontested.
Wang Chong is already the youngest MVP in NBA history. If he is allowed to win the MVP again in the new season, by then he really won't be able to hold it back, no matter how much the league promotes any player to compete with Wang. Chong, it will seem insufficient.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Even someone as strong as Michael Jordan only has 5 regular season MVPs in his career, and he only won his first MVP at the age of 25, almost three years after Wang Chong.
And besides this, there is another very important reason, which will also be a major factor affecting Wang Chong's re-election as MVP, and that is the news that Wang Chong wants to return to Chinese nationality and join the Chinese men's basketball team. to compete in the 2008 Capital Olympic Games. Under the brewing and fermentation, the spread of the disease in the United States became more and more intense.
Although the results of negotiations between Wang Chong and the Chinese Basketball Association on a number of issues related to the return have not been announced to the public, since Wang Chong has this intention, it is only a matter of time before he returns.
Wang Chongke was the MVP of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Dream Team and one of the main strengths of the Dream Team.
If Wang Chong actually joins China's men's basketball team at the 2008 Capital Olympics, although it would be nothing to the star-studded Dream Team, it would still be different after all.
There is a fundamental difference between Chinese Americans and Chinese people in the alliance.
But Wang Chong will not regret this, even if it leads to losing the chance to win the MVP again.
After all, in my previous life I was a serious Chinese and deeply proud of my powerful motherland. I was able to win glory for the country and even compete for medals with Dayao and other Chinese men's basketball legends in the 2008 Olympics. But it is a scene that countless people have experienced.
He just needs to make all the preparations to make sure that some people with bad intentions will not maliciously take advantage of him.
As for the NBA MVP honors, Wang Chong does not take it seriously, because as the system upgrades and opens up, it will only get stronger and stronger.
The league controls MVP selection only when players are relatively close. If there is a big gap between competitors, even if they want to operate in secret, they can't do it. After all, credibility must be maintained on the surface. Otherwise, the fate of the NBA will not be achieved at all. There will be nothing left.
Just as the league has been so vigorously promoting Tatum in the future, the result is that the opponent is still a helpless Adou, and foreign players like Antetokounmpo and Jokic took turns winning the regular season MVP.
As Wang Chong's strength improves in the future, his team's performance, personal data and even various high-level data and winning contributions are bound to be far ahead. Once or twice is fine, but if Wang Chong's MVP is hacked every time, the. The league won't be able to crack down on him. He lives with angry fans and great public opinion.
Wang Chong has absolute confidence to catch up with Jordan or even surpass him in regular season MVP honor and win more than five MVPs!
Of course, these are just speculations made by Wang Chong based on the past and future actions of the league. Who will win the regular season MVP in the 2007-08 season will not be announced until the conference finals.
But the list of personal data is a true honor that neither the league nor the media can manipulate.
This season, Wang Chong won the NBA scoring title for the third consecutive year with an average of 31.2 points per game.
This made Wang Chong the first player in the league after Jordan to win three consecutive scoring titles.
This is something that Allen Iverson, who was previously recognized as the league's strongest scorer, was unable to do.
Compared with the battle with Kobe Bryant in the previous two seasons, Wang Chong won the scoring title more easily this time, because James, who ranked second on the scoring list, only tried to compete with Wang Chong on the scoring list in the first and In the middle of the season, after discovering that he indeed could not match Wang Chong in terms of scoring ability, James decisively decided to give up and focus on other aspects of the game.
In the end, James averaged 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, 1.2 points less than Wang Chong on the scoring list.
By the way, Kobe ranks third on the scoring list, averaging 29.7 points per game, which is obviously slightly different from the original 07-08 season.
Kobe's original average this season should be 28.3 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
But obviously thanks to Wang Chong, Kobe also tried to compete for the scoring title, or received the news that the league wanted to promote him as MVP, so he improved his personal data.
Whatever happens, Kobe's scoring average of 29.7 points, just shy of 30 points per game, is also very good. Combined with the Lakers' excellent record this season, Kobe has received a lot of praise.
But in terms of scoring efficiency, compared with a 54% field goal shooting percentage, 41% three-point shooting percentage and 94% free throw percentage, Wang Chong was once again selected in the 180 Club.
Whether it's James, who shot 48.4% from the field, or Kobe, who shot 45.9%, there is obviously a big gap.
This alone is enough to prove that Wang Chong is the player with the highest scoring ability.
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