I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 375 There is no brother in the world, but there is a legend about him everywhere
And the Hornets, who made the entire league change their views overnight, did not disappoint everyone with their subsequent performance.

They maintained the same level of form against the Bulls and did not lose a game in the following games.

After the last game, the Hornets ended the season with a perfect 20-game winning streak.

Their final record also jumped from sixth in the Western Conference before Li Ran and Rose returned to No. 3 at the end of the season.

Second only to the Grizzlies and Thunder.

In the Eastern Conference, due to a sudden decline in their form, the Bulls were overtaken by the Cavaliers, and finally ranked second in the Eastern Conference. The Eastern Conference also once again gave up its top spot in the league's record.

James has been under a lot of pressure recently.

This season, he originally thought that with the Cavaliers' lineup, not to mention winning the championship, at least breaking through the Eastern Conference and reaching the finals should be safe.

Who knew that the lingering Bulls, with the help of the Hornets, would become the strongest team in the Eastern Conference, even suppressing the Cavaliers for most of the season.

In the end, the Cavaliers, the Eastern Conference champion, gave James the feeling of being picked up on the roadside.

To put it bluntly, it is a bit overwhelming.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Bulls fell into disrepair after losing miserably to the Hornets.

As the season ends, the playoff matchups are also freshly announced.

The Western Conference playoff teams are the Grizzlies, Thunder, Hornets, Lakers, Clippers, Trail Blazers, Spurs, and Kings.

In the East are the Cavaliers, Bulls, Hawks, Raptors, Bucks, Wizards, Nets and Celtics.

In this way, the first round matchup is:

West: Grizzlies vs. Kings, Thunder vs. Spurs, Hornets vs. Trail Blazers, Lakers vs. Clippers.

East: Cavaliers vs Celtics, Bulls vs Nets, Eagles vs Wizards, Raptors vs Bucks.

At the same time, various data kings are also newly released.

In the end, Curry won the scoring title. He played in 82 games this season and averaged 30.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, just shy of entering the 180 club.

The assist king was won by Rondo, who commanded the two jumpers in the Clippers. He averaged 10.2 assists per game.

The rebounding leader also comes from the Clippers. Jordan averaged 15 rebounds per game, beating the Pistons' Drummond's 13.5 rebounds per game to become the rebounding leader.

Not only that, as a professional pie-eating machine, Jordan also set a new record for shooting percentage in NBA history this season.

He averaged only 6.5 shots per game this year, but he scored 11.5 points and shot an astonishing 71% from the field.

This shooting percentage is much higher than his free throw shooting percentage.

As a refresher, Jordan's free throw percentage this season is only 39.7%, which is quite similar to O'Neal's demeanor.

In other words, if Jordan's two shooting percentages are exchanged, it will be the shooting percentage of a normal NBA player. . . .

Anthony Davis, one of the king's twin towers, won this honor. He averaged 2.3 blocks per game, surpassing Jordan's 2.2 times, and won the block king.

The steal leader is the Bulls' new core Kawhi Leonard, who averages 2.3 steals per game.

However, there is one person's name that looms over the heads of all data kings.

This season, after Li Ran resigned as the head coach of the Hornets and stopped playing games, after his official comeback, he averaged 32.3 points, 15.1 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.9 blocks per game.

One reason is that he did not play enough games to meet the selection criteria, and the other reason is that he played badly in garbage time in the first half of the season, which lowered his average data.

If he plays from the first game and maintains his form in the second half of the season, this year's NBA will be a miracle.The No. 1 of the five main data items are all named by the same person.

After Rose returned to his peak, he also produced good statistics. However, due to the decline in form during his time with the Bulls, his scoring this season only barely reached 20 points.

But all this will completely change next season.

In addition, Li Ran has decided to go all out next season. He has an ambition that sounds unrealistic. Next season should be the best time for him to realize it.

Next comes the selection of various honors.

Similarly, due to the number of appearances this season, Li Ran also missed the MVP selection.

To sum up in one sentence, those who paddle are destined to have a bad end. It is already destined that Li Ran will not appear on any list this season.

This season's MVP, because Li Ran did not participate in the selection, there is no suspense.

Like another time and space, Curry was unanimously elected MVP this season.

Even a year ahead of schedule.

At the award ceremony, Curry emphatically thanked Li Ran. In his words, without Li Ran's care after he entered the league, he would not have been able to achieve his current results.

The only surprise is that for some unknown reason, Li Ran became the best head coach this season.

Maybe people have seen how he brought the Hornets to where they are now.

It's reasonable to think about it.

Li Ran has also become an alternative existence in NBA history.

He is the only one who won the best coach award as a player.

The best defensive player was still given to Kawhi. His role on the Bulls' defensive end is obvious to all. He is also considered to be the player with the closest defensive ability to Li Ran among the current league outside players.

After all, when he entered the league, the template given to him by scouts was Li Ran.

They are templates for each other.

When the first round of the game was about to start, James jumped out again, unwilling to be left alone.

Although he led the Cavaliers to first place in the Eastern Conference this year, he did not win any other honors except the best team and the best defensive team.

"I trust my teammates a lot, and I think with their cooperation, we have the ability to beat any team."

When he said this, James completely forgot that just half a month ago, the Cavaliers he led had just lost to the Hornets.

In the second meeting between the two teams, although James played, he was still ravaged by the Hornets and lost by nearly 20 points. . .

But after all, he was also the FMVP last year, and the Cavaliers' results this season this year were also close to zero. Therefore, James, with a hint of luck in his heart, believes that if he meets the Hornets led by Li Ran in the finals, the seven-game series If the enemy is defeated, it is still unclear who will win.

In this somewhat chaotic atmosphere, the interest in the NBA playoffs has been revived. The attention, which had dropped slightly in the past two years, has risen again because of Li Ran's strong return.

Li Ran is studying the team's next round with Calipari. . .Oh no, it’s my opponent in this round.

The Trail Blazers have chosen the most suitable core for their reconstruction, Damian Lillard, known as the super guard guided by Li. In his third year, he averaged 21+5+6 per game, and Alder supported the Blazers' inside and outside lines together.

What is disappointing is that in just a few years, from the Portland Youth Army composed of Roy, Oden, and Ade, only Ade remained.

(End of this chapter)