Chapter 234 I didn't expect this trophy to be so big
The second game between the Bulls and Pistons was held at the United Center in Chicago. The situation was still one-sided, ending 103 to 79.
The Bulls won a small game.
Richardson's touch was average in this game, but it was still very easy for the Bulls to win. Lu Yu's advantage at this point was too great, and the Pistons had no other choice but to attack from a flank.
This reminds me of Jordan's battle with the Bad Boys of the Pistons when he was with the Bulls.
But obviously, the bad boy this time was not bad enough. Lu Yu played 32 minutes and scored 28 points, 13 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Except for no blocks, the data column was almost filled.
Artest and Miller contributed 20, and they also did well on the defensive end.
Not only did the Bulls perform well in the starting lineup, but the bench players also had bright spots. The Pistons' defensive lineup was really not good enough. It was really difficult to rely solely on Wallace to guard the basket.
Wallace's offense improved somewhat, scoring 11 points and 16 rebounds, but other players' shooting percentages were average and the rebounds were not converted into secondary points.
Coach Chrisley felt a little desperate. He tried many defensive tactics and kept making personnel adjustments, but they just couldn't guard against Lu Yu. There was a high probability of being swept.
On the other hand, Bulls head coach Cartwright is simply a spectator. He makes adjustments when the opponent calls a timeout or an official timeout.
After the two games in the second round, the major awards for the regular season will be announced one after another.
Lu Yu triggered a huge butterfly effect. The Bulls, who were originally supposed to be last in the Eastern Conference this season, suddenly became an upstart in the Eastern Conference, benefiting the Bulls' players and coaches.
Jamal Crawford averaged 16 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.3 steals in 21 minutes per game, shooting 52% from the field and 37% from three-point range.
Although he didn't score enough points, the Bulls' record showed here. He was also elected as the Best Sixth Man for the first time, starting his Super 6 career in advance.
In fact, Trenton Hassell plays a greater role on the bench, but firstly, his data is not as eye-catching as Crawford, and secondly, he was the main force in the first half of the season and only played after Richardson came.
He was a substitute, so he was not selected for the squad.
Cartwright also defeated Pistons head coach Chris Leary to be elected Coach of the Year as he wished. If the Bulls had not met the Pistons in the second round, Cartwright might have lost the competition, but the comparison between the two playoff games made it clear that
Everyone can see who is the better coach. It would be a bit embarrassing if the best coach was awarded to Rick Sli at this time.
Although the best coach is selected based on the regular season record, and the Pistons' record is one place higher than that of the Bulls, many leagues also need to evaluate the situation in the playoffs.
Besides, the gap between second place in the East and third place in the East is not big.
Jerry Krause also got his wish and won the honor of best general manager for the third time.
He won the best general manager twice before, once when he signed head coaches Phil Jackson and Pippen, and once when he signed Rodman and introduced Kerr, Kukoc and Harper.
This time it was because after the draft, to everyone's surprise, Elton Brand was traded for the still rookie Lu Yu.
Lu Yu's performance also lived up to his deal.
Lu Yu unanimously won the honor of Rookie of the Year. He averaged 25.4 points, 9.7 assists, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.9 steals in 33 minutes per game. He ranked at the top of the scoring list, assists list, and steal list. The data is so eye-catching.
Already.
Even in the regular season MVP rankings, he was ranked fifth.
Such results have been achieved throughout the years of NBA history. Although it cannot be said that there are not many rookies who can achieve such results, there are not many.
In his rookie season, Magic averaged 18 points, 7.7 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game. His data looked average. This was mainly because Magic was not assigned to play point guard at the time. He played the 2 position.
, and the team boss at the time was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, so his data was affected.
In his rookie season, Jordan averaged 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game. He scored higher than Lu Yu, but did not have as many assists as Lu Yu. Looking at it this way, Lu Yu is simply the next god of basketball.
In addition to winning the Rookie of the Year award, Lu Yu was also selected to the All-Defensive Team, but only to the second team.
The best defensive team is: Payton, Kidd, Garnett, Duncan, Ben.
Defensive second team: Lu Yu, Kobe Bryant, Christie, Uncle Mu, Clifton Robinson.
The ones in this lineup that may be unfamiliar to fans are Christie and Robinson. Both of them experienced the era of hand-to-hand combat in the 1990s. After entering the millennium, the tough guys in the 1990s retired one after another, and they became the leaders of the era.
Although they are also very old, they still contribute a lot on the defensive end, using their experience and various small moves to trouble offensive players.
Both veterans have been selected to the All-Defensive Team for many years, but they were not selected to the All-Defensive Team even once during their peak years in the 1990s. Kibu was also selected to the All-Defensive Team only after entering the new millennium.
So we can guess how many strongmen there were in the 1990s, right?
Duncan won the regular season MVP for the first time in his career, averaging 25.5 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.5 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 50.8%. The team had 58 wins and 24 losses, second only to the Kings.
This year, Webb originally averaged 24.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.7 blocks per game and had a good chance of winning the regular season MVP. However, Webber suffered a serious injury midway through and did not play in 54 games enough to participate in the voting.
The team achieved the first record in the league. If this opportunity was missed, Webber also said goodbye to the MVP competition completely.
The second in the MVP rankings is Jason Kidd.
The Nets only achieved a record of 26 wins and 56 losses last season, ranking 12th in the Eastern Conference. However, with the addition of Kidd this season, they immediately achieved a record of 52 wins and 30 losses and ranked first in the Eastern Conference.
Kidd averaged 14.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 9.9 assists per game, while shooting only 39.1% from the field.
Kidd, who averages several points, rebounds and assists per game, is truly amazing.
People say that Lu Yu has the tendency to become the next Kidd, but Lu Yu's style of play is completely different from Kidd.
O'Neal, who averaged 27.2 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game, ranked third in the rankings.
As the finals MVP, O'Neal has fully demonstrated his dominance in the paint this season.
But the league doesn't want to continue praising him.
Ranked fourth in the mvp rankings is McGrady, who has repeatedly performed the role of riding the savior alone, giving McGrady a lot of points.
The fifth one is Lu Yu.
Sixth is Kobe.
These three good brothers are really good at sticking together.
The selection of the best team is also out.
All-NBA First Team: Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady.
Lu Yu saw them both being selected for the first round, and immediately wanted to curse.
We promised to grow old together, but you two were baked together.
All-Pro Second Team: Dirk Nowitzki, Lu Yu, Allen Iverson, Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett.
All-NBA Third Team: Dikembe Mutombo, Steve Nash, Paul Pierce, Jermaine O'Neal, Gary Payton.
It is a pity that Lu Yu was not selected for the first team. According to the team's record and his data, it should be no problem to be selected for the first team. After all, when Duncan was a rookie, he ranked fifth in the regular season MVP and was selected to the best first team.
In addition to Duncan, six players were selected to the first team in their rookie seasons.
They are:
Bob Pettit had 20.4 points and 13.8 rebounds in the 1954-55 season. The MVP had not yet been established in that season. There were only eight teams in the league at that time, so anyone who performed slightly better could be selected for the league's best team.
Elgin Baylor, with 24.9 points and 15 rebounds in the 1958-59 season, ranked third on the MVP list. There were still only 8 teams in the league this year.
Wilt Chamberlain, with 37.6 points and 27 rebounds in the 1959-60 season, ranked first in the mvp list. Before Chamberlain joined, the Philadelphia Warriors were last in the Eastern Conference. However, in the first year after Chamberlain joined, he led the Warriors to 49 wins and 26 losses and ranked third in the league.
2 good results, so this year Chamberlain was not only selected for the All-NBA Team, but also defeated Russell and Pettit in the MVP competition to win this precious trophy!
Oscar Robertson, 30.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.7 assists in the 1960-61 season, ranked fifth on the mvp list!
Another fifth-place rookie on the MVP list was selected to the All-NBA team. Lu Yu felt it was unfair.
Wes Unseld, with 13.8 points and 18.2 rebounds in the 1968-69 season, ranked first on the mvp list!
This is a big muscle...forget it, adding the word "Ba" will make it easy to be blocked.
The above are all great gods from ancient times, and in the 1979-80 season, the league already had 22 teams. At this time, it was very difficult to be selected for the best team. As a result, Larry Bird was born this year.
He led the Celtics to the league's best record of 61 wins and 21 losses with 21.3 points and 10.4 rebounds.
This year, Larry Bird was also selected to the All-NBA Team.
This season's MVP was won by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, second was Dr. J. Irving, third was Iceman George Gervin, and fourth was Larry Bird!
Anyway, Lu Yu felt a bit shortchanged for not being in the first team of the best team.
Whether it is statistics or record, he is qualified. It can only be said that the league is too cautious because of his identity as a Chinese player. He wants the Chinese market but does not want to be reviled by American fans.
Fortunately, Lu Yu is still young and will have many opportunities to be selected for the All-NBA first team in the future.
Lu Yu won the Rookie of the Year, Second Team Defensive, Second Team All-Pro, Jamal Crawford won the Sixth Man of the Year, Cartwright won the Best Coach, and Jerry Krause won the Best Overall Player.
manager.
The Bulls became the biggest winner in the entire league.
If the second round wasn't still going on, the Bulls would definitely have a big party as a team, but now that the playoffs haven't ended, they can only hold a low-key press conference.
At the press conference, the press box was filled with all kinds of guns and short guns. It can be seen that the media paid great attention to this press conference. Apart from Crawford, Cartwright and Krause, the one who attracted the media's attention the most was Lu Yu.
However, Lu Yu is also very good at being a good person and left the opportunity for reporters to ask questions first to the head coach and general manager.
After they had answered satisfactorily, I began to accept the interview.
Jenny Helen, as a reporter accompanying the Bulls, stood up first and said with a smile: "Lu. If you don't mind, please give me your acceptance speech."
Lu Yu glanced at Jenny, then at his own Rookie of the Year trophy, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect this trophy to be so big. Generally speaking, I achieved my goal for this season and was elected the Best Rookie.
As for the two second teams, it was a complete surprise. I would like to thank Manager Krause and Coach Cartwright for bringing me to the Bulls. Of course, I also want to thank my teammates and the city of Chicago.
Beautiful city, and every Chicago fan."
If he hadn't come to the Bulls and gone to another team, maybe Lu Yu could have played well, but it would never have been so smooth.
Take the Clippers, for example, where even the owner is racist. Playing on a team like that would be a bit uncomfortable. What's more, although the Clippers are in Los Angeles, their exposure is far worse than that of the Lakers.
The Bulls are completely different, and Chicago is also one of the top cities in the United States. Whether it is exposure or popularity, as long as Lu Yu can win the game, he will definitely become a superstar.
After speaking, Jenny Helen looked at Lu Yu with cautious eyes.
She felt that Lu Yu was so outstanding, not only excellent but also upright. She sent small notes to Lu Yu several times to have an in-depth communication offline, but she never received a response from Lu Yu.
This made her more and more interested in Lu Yu.
In fact, he thought too much. Lu Yu just didn't want to communicate more with reporters.
In his opinion, Jenny Helen could only be watched from a distance. Once she was played with, she would be a bomb.
A reporter asked: "What is your next goal?"
Lu Yu smiled, glanced at head coach Cartwright not far away, and said solemnly: "Help the Bulls win the championship and get the Finals MVP!"
Big news is coming!
All the reporters were shocked.
Jenny Helen was stunned for a moment, she did not expect that Lu Yu would actually shout such a slogan.
"Do you think this goal can be achieved?" a reporter immediately asked.
"We have now reached the second round of the playoffs and have a good chance of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. As long as we can win all the games in the Eastern Conference, we can advance to the Finals."
Lu Yu said calmly: "We have reached the finals. If we don't even have the confidence to win the championship, then we are still in trouble. And I think our Bulls have the strength to reach the finals and compete with the Western Conference champions.
wrist."
If the only team in the Eastern Conference that has a chance to compete with the Lakers in the Finals is the Bulls!
The insides of other teams can only be beaten by O'Neal, but the Bulls are different. The Bulls' insides have been beaten by O'Neal.
Lu Yu dared to say this because he knew that this year's Western Conference champion is the Lakers.
Of course, the premise is that the Lakers can still defeat the Kings. Don't let the butterfly effect of Lu Yu's appearance destroy the Lakers' Western Conference championship.
The finals require gimmicks, lay the foundation in advance, and the league will also make arrangements in advance.
This is also the reason why Cartwright allowed Lu Yu to speak out wildly.
That night, everyone on the Bulls flew to the Motor City. Pistons fans hoped that their team could frustrate the Bulls, a team with ambitious goals. However, given the gap in strength, some things will happen if you don't want them to.
We must respect objective facts.
After two games, the Bulls easily swept the Pistons 4-0 and took the lead in advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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