All-round Athlete

Chapter 932

There was a dead silence in the ATT center arena, and there was no sound in the auditorium. Many spectators covered their faces and watched all this in shock.

Scoring more than 100 points in a single game is considered to be completely impossible in modern basketball, but Zhang Guan has miraculously achieved this, and even surpassed this 100 points!

101 points, this number is like a basin of ice water, which instantly wiped out the raging heat in the hearts of the Spurs. For the Spurs, this 101-point blow to morale is unparalleled. Even though the Spurs have an extremely tenacious will, facing an opponent with 101 points in a single game, they can't make their fighting spirit arouse.

But the game is not over yet, just like last time, the referee stopped the game again, and they started to watch the video of the game again. They still have to determine whether the time has run out at the moment Zhang Guan scored a goal.

In the end, the referee decided to return the watch again, and the time was 0.5 seconds!

However, this time, the Spurs fans did not cheer. It was not because 0.5 seconds was not enough for a shot, but because Leonard's foul made Zhang Guan have to add a free throw.

If it's a frontcourt serve, 0.5 seconds is enough to throw a ball, but if you grab a rebound after a free throw, you don't even have a chance to make a shot in 0.5 seconds. So Zhang Guan only needs to deliberately miss the free throw and let the basketball bounce on the basket, and the time will run out.

Even with 0.5 seconds left, the Spurs have already lost.

Zhang Guan stood on the free throw line again, while the Spurs players stood on both sides with frustrated faces.

"It's time to end!" Zhang Guan took a deep breath and aimed at the place where the rim meets the backboard. This position will allow the basketball to bounce higher and consume more time.

"Whoosh!" The basketball was shot, it just hit there, and then bounced high. The Spurs players didn't even fight for this rebound, because the sound of the end of the game sounded before the basketball hit the ground!

The basketball hit the ground directly, and the game ended!

"We won, we won!" Everyone on the Lakers' bench rushed onto the court and hugged each other.

Black eight miracle! They gave the Spurs another dark horse miracle!

From 0 to 3 behind to a 4 to 3 comeback, no team in the league can do it, but now, the Lakers have done it!

At this moment, every Lakers player seems to see that the avenue to the championship has been laid in front of them. After falling behind 0 to 3, they can win four games in a row and come back. Other difficulties and obstacles are nothing!

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"The Lakers made a comeback! A comeback from 0 to 3! For the first time in history, they came back from a 0 to 3 deficit!"

"Oh my God! Zhang Guan scored 101 points, and he surpassed Chamberlain's 100 points! How is this possible? In modern basketball, there are still people who can score so many points!"

On May 5, the entire American media was talking about Zhang Guan's 101 points in a single game, and they were also talking about the Lakers' comeback when they fell behind 0-3. Many media even chanted the slogan of the Lakers winning the championship.

If it was placed in February, it would definitely be considered crazy to say that the Lakers won the championship. At that time, the Lakers could not even touch the threshold of the playoffs.

And when they fell behind 0 to 3, the whole world knew that the Lakers were finished, and they could prepare for the next season.

But just over a week later, the Lakers stepped on the powerful Spurs and successfully advanced.

Anyone who has watched this game knows that the Spurs played well, and it can even be said that they played relatively well. Duncan's 0.4-second shot is known as a classic in the history of the playoffs. But unfortunately, they encountered a superhuman opponent, a Zhang Guan who could score 101 points.

In modern NBA games, if any player can score a high score of 50 or 60 points in a certain game, the opponent can immediately surrender, let alone a super high score of 101 points! Thanks to the fact that the opponent is the Spurs, and it was the Spurs in the 2013-2014 season, if it were any other team, it would have been defeated long ago.

And the result of this game also affected the candidates for the regular season MVP.

Originally, Durant was the biggest favorite for MVP. Other popular candidates include James, Griffin, Noah and Harden. Their teams have very good records and entered the playoffs early. Their average The data is also very good. The Lakers didn't enter the playoffs until the last day of the regular season because of their mediocre record. Therefore, Zhang Guan's call for winning the MVP is not as good as Durant and James, and at most as good as Griffin.

James has won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years. People are optimistic about him for three consecutive games. Besides, James is also one of the most popular among American athletes. As a "foreign monk", Zhang Guan is really not as good as James .

Durant's performance this season is indeed eye-catching enough, averaging 32 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and with Westbrook injured, he led the Thunder to the No. 1 throne in the Western Conference, scoring at least 25 in 41 consecutive games Points, also surpassed Jordan's 40 consecutive games, ranking third in history only after Chamberlain and Robertson. Compared with Durant, Zhang Guan only led the Lakers to play more than 30 games, which is his biggest weakness.

It is really unreasonable for a player to win the regular season MVP without even playing half of the regular season games.

However, the appearance of 101 points reversed the situation of the regular season MVP selection in an instant.

It seems unlikely that any of Chamberlain's records will be broken by latecomers. The most memorable one is naturally the 100 points in a single game, but Zhang Guan scored 101 points, although it was an achievement in the playoffs , but he has already established his image as the number one basketball player in the hearts of the public.

This year, a total of 124 reporters and hosts from the United States and Canada participated in the selection of the MVP of the regular season. 5 points for the 3rd pick, 3 points for the 4th pick, 1 point for the 5th pick. In other words, there are a total of 125 first-place ballots.

On May 6, the NBA officially announced that Zhang Guan won the regular season MVP of the 13-14 season. Among the 125 first-place ballots, Zhang Guan got 122, and the remaining 3 were divided between Durant and James. Durant got 2 and James got 1.

In the first year of entering the NBA, he won the MVP of the regular season after playing for less than half a season. Zhang Guan is the first one, and probably the only one.

Zhang Guan just released an acceptance speech in a hurry, because on May 6, the Lakers will face their second opponent in the playoffs: the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers ranked fifth in the Western Conference in the regular season. With a score of 4 to 2, they overcame the Houston Rockets, which was fourth in the Western Conference, and let the "Modden" who were combined in the first year taste the defeat.

In the debate series, Howard averaged 26 points and 13.7 rebounds per game, and he played the number one center in the NBA; Harden averaged 26.8 points per game, which is not satisfactory, but the Rockets coach McHale's on-the-spot response level really makes people feel a little anxious , almost being led by the nose by the head coach of the Blazers. In this round of the series, the Rockets scored more points than the Trail Blazers. Among the four losses, three games lost within 3 points, which was only a goal difference. If you change to a high-level coach, you can easily make up for this ball gap through on-the-spot tactical changes.

Aldridge Galillard's configuration seems more reasonable than the Thunder's second junior. It's just that the Trail Blazers' starting lineup is as fierce as a tiger and their substitutes are as weak as a dog. This is something that the entire league knows. When it comes to the playoffs, most of the time it is about the depth of the bench. A team like the Blazers without a deep bench is destined not to go too far in the playoffs.

In the Western Conference semifinals, although the Blazers waited for work at leisure and had home court advantage, and ranked higher than the Lakers in the regular season, everyone felt that the Blazers were the weaker side, including the Blazers themselves. Think so.

Because the opponent is the Lakers who just reversed the Spurs!

Because the Lakers have a Zhang Guan who can score 101 points!

Being able to defeat the Spurs in the series is a manifestation of strength in itself, and even the Heat may not be able to do this. And the existence of 101 points in a single game, even if it only shows 60% to 70% of its skill, getting 60% to 70% is enough to make the Trail Blazers raise their hands and surrender.

Although the Lakers only had a day off and played away, their morale was high.

From 16 wins and 31 losses to reaching the playoffs, the Lakers experienced a roller coaster journey; from 0 to 3 behind, to a 4 to 3 comeback, the Lakers once again experienced a roller coaster journey. However, these two roller coasters have forged the steely will of the Lakers. Falling behind 0 to 3 against the Spurs, this made every Lakers player more confident. Even an old player like Gasol who has won a championship has completed his transformation in this round of playoffs.

Victory after despair can make the cowardly people fearless and the fragile people tough, and on the court, especially in the playoffs, this fearlessness and tenacity are the best weapons.

This is the case in the playoffs, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!

Although the first contest between the two sides was held at the Blazers' home court, the Blazers lost by a full 20 points. In the second round of the playoffs, this kind of score gap is not common. After all, none of the teams that can make it to the second round of the playoffs is an underdog, and every game in the playoffs will be desperate, and the difference of 20 points is indeed relatively rare.

The Blazers' starters played very well. Aldridge has a large double-double of 30+15, Lillard is also a quasi-double-double of 20+10, Batum and Matthews also played well. However, after coming off the bench, the score was quickly opened.

In terms of firepower, the Lakers' bench is not weak, as long as they play normally, they can barely handle the playoffs. But the Lakers have an additional factor, and that is Nick Young's nerve knife.

When Nick Young does not show his power, the Lakers' bench is equivalent to that of a normal playoff team. Once Nick Young's nerve knife shows his power, I believe many teams' starting lineups will find it difficult to parry.

This season, Nick Young's performance frequency is still relatively high, otherwise it would not be possible to average 17.9 points per game. In the two consecutive away games against the Blazers, Nick Young played well, scoring more than 20 points in both games, which was comparable to the total score of the entire Blazers bench.

The substitute was not good enough, and the Blazers lost the second game again, but this time they only lost 9 points, which was a great improvement compared to the first game.

In a series with two consecutive home losses, the Blazers basically bid farewell to the playoffs.

On May 10, the Lakers finally returned to their home court in Los Angeles.

After a 0-3 comeback and 101 points in a single game, the Lakers came back to Staples like a dead man. That night, the entire Los Angeles was boiling.

It has been a long time since the Staples Stadium has been so lively. Not only is the stadium full of seats, but also many big-name stars have come to help out. After all, this is Los Angeles, the center of American entertainment, and the place with the most stars in the world. With the victory of the Lakers, the stars are also willing to appear on the Lakers' home court.

And outside the stadium, it was also full of fans who did not buy tickets, including the crowds on the road, they cheered for the home team. In order to thank these fans for their support, the Lakers also specially rented two large screens to broadcast the live game.

It's been a long time since there's been anything like this at Staples Field.

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In such a home atmosphere, whether it is Aldridge or Lillard, they are a little out of order. Aldridge entered the second round of the playoffs for the first time, so he has not seen this kind of formation; Lillard is playing the playoffs for the first time, and lack of experience in the playoffs is inevitable.

When the Trail Blazers' dual-core team encountered a team like the Lakers that played in the playoffs every year, the shortcoming of inexperience in the playoffs was exposed. When the Lakers played at home, this shortcoming was magnified several times. The Lakers have players who have experienced the finals such as Gasol, Farmar, and Metta Shiping. D'Antoni's playoff experience is far better than that of the Blazers coach Stotts. The loser seems to have become inevitable.

4 to 0, the Blazers lost two more games and were swept by the Lakers, and the Lakers also successfully advanced to the finals of the Western Conference. They had to face the winner of the Thunder and the Clippers.

The Lakers definitely want to play the Clippers more. The current Lakers are undoubtedly the darling of Los Angeles. Entering the playoffs and making a 0-3 comeback against the Spurs, the Lakers have brought Los Angeles miracles again and again, plus a 101 With Zhang Guan, the current momentum of the Lakers is probably not much worse than when the OK team was the Lakers Dynasty. In the same city derby, it means that every game is the home of the Lakers.

It's just that the Clippers eventually lost to the Thunder with a total score of 2 to 4.

In this round of the series, the Clippers were not wronged to lose. From the statistical point of view, the Clippers take more shots per game than the Thunder, averaging 10 more shots per game than the Thunder, and there is not much difference in shooting percentage between the two sides. He sent 4 more assists, nearly 3 more steals, and 5 fewer turnovers than the Thunder.

However, in terms of rebounds, the Clippers lost 7.2 points per game to the Thunder, which is also the main reason for the Clippers' loss. For a team in the playoffs, if there is no abnormally accurate shooting rate, protecting rebounds is an important thing. And the Clippers, which have the two insiders of Jordan and Griffin, lost to the Thunder in terms of rebounds.

The Clippers rely on Jordan and Griffin to grab rebounds, and the Thunder's two people who grab the most rebounds are not center Perkins and forward Ibaka, but Dewey's second son! Durant averaged 9.5 rebounds per game, which was even the same as Jordan Jr.; while Westbrook averaged 6 rebounds per game, of which 2.2 were offensive rebounds, which was equivalent to using himself as an insider. From this, we can see that Westbrook How hard you play.

With rebounding and winning the world, Er Shao used this method to lead the team to the Western Conference finals. What they faced was the Los Angeles Lakers who were waiting for work.

The war is imminent.