The rebounding leader this season is Ben Wallace of the Pistons.
He averaged 15.4 rebounds per game and was an excellent interior defender, because he also led the team in blocks, averaging 3.2 blocks per game, tied with Theo Ratliff.
As a player who almost didn't make it to the NBA, Ben Wallace is contented to have reached this level.
Not only is he the fourth player in NBA history to rank first in rebounds and blocks per game in a season, but he is also the only one among these four to achieve this feat in three consecutive seasons.
The other three are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walton and Olajuwon.
If it weren't for Lu Yu's appearance, perhaps Ben Wallace would have been the biggest winner in the regular season. Unfortunately, fans discovered Lu Yu's name in the tenth place in the rebounding list, averaging 9.9 rebounds per game, tied with Nowitzki.
tenth.
Fans clearly remember that Lu Yu’s rebound data at the beginning of the season was usually six or seven. How could it increase so much? Some fans dug out Lu Yu’s game videos and discovered that Lu Yu, a small forward, likes to rush into the paint and grab rebounds the more he plays.
He has been getting triple-doubles regularly since the middle of the season.
Lu Yu ranks third in the assists list, averaging 8.2 assists per game.
Ahead of him are Payton's 8.9 and Key's 8.3.
If it is reasonable to say that Lu Yu can achieve such figures in points, assists and rebounds, then it is a bit puzzling that he won the honor of being the steal leader.
Many fans focused on Lu Yu's organization and scoring, but no one noticed that Lu Yu's average steals per game actually reached 3 times.
Behind him, Iverson only had 2.7 times.
What left the fans speechless the most was that they found that the third player on the list was Artest, who averaged 2.3 steals per game. Artest was just Lu Yu's substitute, but he actually got 2.3 steals. The two of them were at small forward.
In terms of position, he has to overtake his opponents more than 5 times per game. No wonder other teams in the league have a headache when they encounter the Bulls.
Soon, fans' attention was no longer focused on these boring statistics.
Because the playoffs have begun.
On April 20, the first round of the playoffs began. The Bulls did not play a game on that day. The team spent some time studying their opponent, the Magic, and found that there was nothing to study. Then they began to study the games of other teams.
The first game in the Eastern Conference is the Nets vs. Celtics.
The Nets are still the same lineup that reached the Eastern Conference finals last year, and the Celtics also relied on Pierce and Anthony Walker to reach the playoffs. It's a pity that Walker has declined a lot this year. To be honest, if he doesn't control his weight,
, it is estimated that it is only a few years away from its peak period.
Pierce, on the other hand, gets fatter the more he plays. Although his weight has increased along with Walker, his smooth playing style means that his knees do not have to bear so much pressure. Instead, he can rely on his weight to put pressure on his opponents in the interior.
But he really can't handle the Nets' offense alone.
In the end, they lost 97-93.
Another game in the Eastern Conference is the Pistons versus the Bucks.
In addition to having their leading guard Cassell, the Bucks also welcomed glove Payton this year.
On February 20 this year, just minutes before the NBA player transfer door closed, the SuperSonics traded Payton and another main player Desmond Mason to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for the opponent's main player Ray.
Allen and backup guard Kevin Ollie, rookie Ronald Murray, and a restricted 2003 first-round draft pick.
This is the largest trade for the Sonics in 36 years.
After Payton arrived with the Bucks, he scored 22 points and 9 assists in the first game, leading the team to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers, ending the team's four-game losing streak. This game was also Payton's first game in his career.
1000 games.
There is no winner in this transaction.
The Bucks, who welcomed Glove Payton, got a chance to enter the playoffs, but lost their future.
Ray Allen failed to reach the playoffs for two consecutive years in the SuperSonics, which also paved the way for his subsequent departure to Boston.
Speaking of the Bucks, although the glove is a glove, he is old.
Facing the Pistons' watertight defense, especially with the giant Buddha of Ben Wallace sitting inside, it made the Bucks' back line quite uncomfortable.
Just when everyone thought the Bucks were lost, a player held a basketball in his left hand and used his crooked shooting posture to continuously shoot the basketball into the basket.
A three pointer!
Two three points!
Three three points!
In the last quarter, he scored five three-pointers, abruptly bringing the Bucks back from the brink of death.
94 to 99, the Pistons lost the first game of the playoffs.
The hero who saved the Bucks is named Michael Reed!
The first game of the Western Conference was between the Spurs and the Suns. Everyone originally thought it was a game without any suspense. After all, the Spurs were first in the Western Conference and the Suns were eighth in the Western Conference.
It's impossible to be as upset as the Bucks.
But if the Bucks beat the Pistons, they were just seventh in the Eastern Conference and second in the Eastern Conference.
What's more, everyone can see how strong the Spurs are this season. Even the Bulls, who won 77 games, lost a game to the Spurs.
But the sun happened to win.
95 to 96
The Suns beat the Spurs with one point!
Compared with 1999, the year the Spurs won the championship, the Spurs lineup has also changed a lot.
This season is the last season for legendary center "Admiral" David Robinson, and the core of the team has completely shifted from Robinson to Tim Duncan.
Robinson is 37 years old. The former superstar has become a supporting role for the team. He steadily contributed 8.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in the regular season, and his performance was also very efficient.
Duncan averaged 23.3 points, 12.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.9 blocks per game this season, which can be called his peak period.
Tony Parker, a second-year student from France, serves as the team's starting point guard. After his experience last season, he averaged 15.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in the regular season this season. He has sharp breakthroughs and performed well.
Argentina's "Demon Sword" Manu Ginobili was a rookie at this time, serving as a substitute, averaging 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
At this point, the Spurs' "GDP combination" has finally come together, but this season is still considered to be a single-core team led by Duncan. Parker and Ginobili are still a little immature and cannot produce stable output. They can only have flashes of inspiration.
Bruce Bowen, introduced last season, can be called a "defensive master" and is the most disgusting defender for superstars. He averaged 7.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, but his role cannot be reflected by statistics.
"Captain" Stephen Jackson, who was previously dubbed the "bad boy", averaged 11.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Under the guidance of Popovich, he gradually became a defensive player with a sharp three-pointer.
A passionate "three good players".
In addition, the Bulls' second three-peat hero, Steve Kerr, a member of the Spurs' 1999 championship, and Battelle, one of China's "Three Great Moving Walls," are also on the Spurs team.
Cole was used as a surprise player in the playoffs, while Battle was used as a simulator for the Spurs to train O'Neal, and was called the "secret weapon" by David Robinson to defeat the Lakers.
But in the first battle, they collapsed in the desert of Phoenix City.
The Suns have Stephon Marbury, who is very familiar to Chinese fans, and he forms the Big Three with Amar'e Stoudemire and Shawn Marion.
The tactic adopted by the Suns in the first game was to double-team or even triple-team Duncan, preventing the Spurs from reacting at once.
After losing the game, Popovich did not panic. In an interview, he said: "We will make adjustments in some places, but not too much. We played very well, and our opponents also played well.
good.
It's just that I'm a bit unlucky today.
We still need to make good shots in the next game, and we have to put the ball in. We will see if we are better than our opponents. If it turns out that we are weaker than our opponents, then our opponents will win this series."
In Lu Yu's previous life, it was actually commonplace for the Spurs to lose in the opening game.
They lost five playoff openers after 2003, but they won four of them and won three championships. This shows that in the face of hard power, winning or losing in the opener does not seem to be that important.
Another opening game in the Western Conference attracts the most attention.
That is the Chinese Derby between the Mavericks and Warriors.
In comparison, the Mavericks are more balanced. They have the troika of Nash, Finley and Nowitzki in the main lineup, and there are bench gangsters like Wang Zhizhi in the substitute lineup. The Warriors are among the internal and external players that many teams in the league like to use.
The line core combination is just like the Lakers' OK combination. The Warriors are the combination of Arenas and Yao Ming, referred to as the A-Yao combination.
Although Arenas can control the scoring and Yao Ming can get whatever he wants in the paint, the Warriors' problem lies in the depth of the bench.
When several young and talented players became the main force, the Warriors' bench was left with a vacuum. Although they made it to the playoffs, they did not make any moves before the trade deadline, which cost them the opportunity to strengthen.
It was the lack of substitute lineup that caused them to lose the game 96-86.
Chinese fans secretly regret it. After all, Yao Ming won, and Yao Ming is one of the core members of the team. The Mavericks won, and Wang Zhizhi was just a substitute. I have to say that many Chinese fans favor Yao Ming. What happened to the substitute? Wang Zhizhi is confident that he will be able to do it in the future.
Of course, there is a high probability that he will not be in the Mavericks to become the main force. After all, it is difficult to squeeze Nowitzki away.
Nowitzki is so loved by his boss Cuban.
On April 21, the Bulls ushered in their first game of the playoffs.
This year's Magic is no different from last year. Grant Hill is still recovering from injury, and the Magic still have to rely on scoring champion McGrady to barely enter the playoffs.
In March, Hill suffered a potentially fatal bacterial infection during ankle surgery. He had a continuous high fever of 40°C and developed convulsions. Now he needs to be continuously injected with antibiotics to ensure that nothing happens.
The matchup between Tracy McGrady and Lu Yu was completely at a disadvantage.
In the first game, the Bulls easily defeated the Magic 104-87.
Lu Yu scored a near-triple-double with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists in the game. Although McGrady scored more, scoring 34 points, it was of no use. His teammates were too rubbish and could not withstand the Bulls.
Explosive bombing.
Especially Artest, he is now a jack-of-all-trades, shooting guard, small forward, power forward. Wherever there is a vacancy in these three positions, he will be there. He is also one of the few players in the league who can be played from one position to the next.
Of course, the Bulls don't need him to play five positions. Three positions are enough.
Many teams in the league also covet Artest, but Artest has his sights set on the Bulls. Rather than saying he has his sights set on the Bulls, it is better to say that he has his sights set on Lu Yu.
He likes the feeling of winning and feels safe around Lu Yu.
Lu Yu always felt that it was not a good thing for Artest to feel safe with him. After all, none of his girlfriends had ever said the word "safe" to him!
