Chapter 1762: Unparalleled Young Man, Three Consecutive MVPs!
For a player who aspires to become a superstar, it is undoubtedly embarrassing and humiliating for the plus-minus value to reach such a number, so much so that Westbrook remained silent after the game and refused interviews with all reporters, and even more so after coming out of the locker room. A person walked onto the team bus. Even though he was covered by a mask, it could be seen that Westbrook was definitely seriously injured that night.
"I hope he can come out." Brooks has come to his senses at this time. He is not a fool. If he still can't see that the Lakers deliberately used two games to deceive Westbrook and them, he is the best coach. Take it for nothing.
But he can only admit it. This is the playoffs. It is cruel and deceptive. Any party will use all means to win. This is not playing house. If you lose, you lose. There is no grievance to say. You can only admit it. , compared with the veteran Lakers, they are still too young.
But it's nothing. Brooks is not afraid of failure. They are still young. Moreover, this is just a 0-2 deficit. Before the game started, they had already dealt with this situation. Back at home, he believed they still had a chance to come back!
The only thing he worries about is Westbrook. For him, these two games are definitely a distance from paradise to hell. This sense of gap is definitely a huge test for a person with Westbrook's personality.
But no one can help him. He has to get out on his own, just like Kobe did when he hit three air balls in a row in the playoffs in his first year. If you get out, you will be a superstar. If you can't get out, you will be a star. Will sink to the end.
But Brooks still believes in Westbrook.
"Not everyone is Ji Feng." Of course, Brooks would sometimes be envious. Why did he ignore Ji Feng at the beginning? At that time, the team's scouts did not tell him that there was a No. 2 player in the draft. He's a Chinese, what the heck, those guys who get paid for nothing and don't do anything serious, such a player can be defeated!
But Brooks understands that this is not the fault of the scouts. After all, the scouts are not gods, and even if they knew, they would not be able to select Ji Feng with the second pick.
But this does not prevent Brooks from envying the Lakers. If they had selected Ji Feng, the Thunder would have gone further now.
Durant is very good and excellent, but the current Adu cannot be compared with Ji Feng.
And soon, Brooks will be even more envious, because on May 5, the NBA officially announced the biggest award of this season's regular season, which is also the most eye-catching award-regular season MVP!
As expected, Ji Feng, the Lakers ace player who has won two consecutive regular season MVPs, averaged a triple-double for three consecutive seasons, led the scoring and steals leaders, and had a team record of 70 wins for four consecutive seasons. There is no doubt that he was elected the most valuable player of this season's regular season!
120 sports reporters and TV commentators participated in the voting for this award. Ji Feng received a total of 1,082 points, including 103 first-place votes, successfully defeating "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, "Little Emperor" LeBron James, etc. Stars, of course, these two are not Ji Feng's biggest competitors this season.
Ranked second is of course Windy City Rose Derrick Rose. Rose only played 8 games with more than 30 points in the first two seasons of his career, but this season, Rose directly increased the number of 30+ scoring games to 23 games. .
In addition, Rose is also the second player in the NBA besides Ji Feng to enter the top ten in both scoring and assists (7th in scoring and 10th in assists), and he is also the second player in the NBA after Michael in the 1988-89 season. -The first Bulls player since Jordan to rank in the top 10 in both scoring and assists in a season.
Rose scored a total of 2,026 points, 623 assists and 330 rebounds this season, becoming the sixth player in NBA history to score 2,000 points + 600 assists + 300 rebounds in a single season. The previous four were Hall of Famer Oscar- Robertson, John Havlicek, Michael Jordan and current Lakers player Ji Feng and current Heat player LeBron James.
Rose had a chance to become the Bulls' second regular season MVP after Jordan, but unfortunately, he reached his peak season.
Ji Feng’s statistics don’t need to be said in detail. He is the only player in the history of the league who has ranked among the top ten in five major statistics for two consecutive seasons and the top five in five major statistics in a single season. A player who averaged a triple-double per game, and as the youngest player in history to score 5,000-1,000 points, his statistics last season were unrivaled.
The team's record is the same. Rose's brilliance is once again overshadowed by Ji Feng just like Paul and James in previous seasons.
In response, Rose said that he accepted the result: "I am still young. It is already an honor to be ranked second on the MVP list. Ji Feng deserves to win this award. This is what he deserves."
On the afternoon of May 5, local time, Ji Feng, who appeared at the press conference holding the MVP trophy, also praised Rose's performance this season: "This guy deserves to have a bright future."
However, compared to Rose, Ji Feng naturally attracted more attention. Looking at Ji Feng holding the MVP trophy but with a calm expression at the press conference, I don’t know how many reporters in the audience lamented that Ji Feng was young and not similar to his age. achievements.
"Congratulations to Ji Feng. Although I had a premonition before, when the year actually comes, it still feels incredible." In the TNT live broadcast room, former MVP Barkley said: "Ji Feng once again won the honor of regular season MVP. This is the third consecutive year that he has won this honor, making him the fourth player in NBA history to win the regular season MVP for three consecutive years~!”
"Yes, the first three are Bill Russell in the 1960-63 season, Wilt Chamberlain in the 1965-68 season, and Big Bird Larry Bird in the 1983-86 season. Ji Feng became the first player to do it after them. , and is also the first player to do it in the past 20 years!" Kenny Smith said with envy:
"After winning the MVP trophy, Ji Feng also ranked tied for fifth on the regular season MVP list with three regular season MVPs. Tied with Ji Feng were Magic, Bird and Moses Malone. A legendary name, and before him, there were only Chamberlain who got it four times, Russell and Jordan who got it five times, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who got it six times!
"Yes, Ji Feng took the shortest time to win three MVPs. He is also the youngest winner of three consecutive MVPs. He is not yet 22 years old today. This is really an incredible achievement. He has won the award in three of the four seasons in his career. Regular season MVP, Ji Feng is undoubtedly the fastest guy in history to realize his talent, and Ji Feng currently has 3 regular season MVPs and 2 finals MVPs, a total of 5, which is also tied with Larry Bird. (3 times in the regular season, 2 times in the finals), Duncan (3 times in the regular season, 2 times in the finals) and Russell (5 times in the regular season), ranking fourth in history!" Barkley continued:
"The most important thing is that Ji Feng still has the opportunity to improve this number this season. As long as he wins the FMVP, Ji Feng will become the first player in history to win three consecutive MVPs and FMVP at the same time!"
"I really envy the Lakers. They are really outstanding this season." Smith concluded.