Chapter 296 Among the five piston tigers, the most important part is the bull!
After a day off, the second game between the two sides continued at the United Center in Chicago. The situation was still one-sided. At the end, 106 to 87, the Bulls easily defeated the 76ers.
Lu Yu and Richardson felt average in this game, but the Bulls still won easily because almost except for the outside line, the Bulls' inside line was also better than the 76ers.
Miller was riding on the opponent's neck this time.
He played 38 minutes, scoring 33 points, 19 rebounds and 2 blocks. The penalty area became his world, and he felt like he was incarnate as O'Neal.
Lu Yu also contributed 20 points despite his poor touch.
Richardson spent all his energy on defense.
The key to the Bulls is that not only their starters are playing well, but more role players can step up in time to help the team score when the main players are not feeling good. The forward line composed of Van Horn and Coleman is beaten by Boozer and Artest.
It was a bit ugly for Sturt and Chandler to beat him.
Iverson made 5 of 13 shots and scored 23 points and 5 assists with 12 free throws. The data was much better than the previous game, but he still did not find the Bulls' loopholes.
76ers head coach Larry Brown is a little desperate. The defensive formation he is proud of is useless in front of the Bulls. Being swept is a high probability event.
Even Iverson said in frustration during an interview: "Only offense is the best defense. Blind defense. When we encounter an opponent we cannot defend, that is when we lose the game. Now we are facing
Here we are, the Bulls."
After the two games in the second round, the regular season awards will be announced one after another.
Lu Yu triggered a huge butterfly effect, and the Bulls became the biggest winner in this year's regular season. Because the regular season record of 77 wins is here, many awards will definitely give priority to Bulls players.
For example, for the Best Sixth Man award, Artest was unanimously elected. After all, he was a substitute for Lu Yu. Not everyone can be a substitute for Lu Yu. What's more, this time last year, Artest
He is also the team's tough starting starter.
Artest averaged 21 minutes per game, scoring 16.3 points, 2.7 assists and 8.3 rebounds, shooting 54% from the field, 38% from the three-point range, and 85% from the free throw line.
In Lu Yu's previous life, this year's Sixth Man of the Year was Bobby Jackson of the Kings.
That season he played for the Sacramento Kings, averaging 28.4 minutes per game and contributing 15.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.1 blocks to the team.
Not only can't be compared with Artest in terms of statistics, but the efficiency is even worse, not to mention the record gap between the two teams.
Cartwright was elected Coach of the Year. The only one who can compete with Cartwright this season is Popovich. Phil Jackson of the Lakers had a poor regular season record. The Spurs led by Popovich won the league title.
The second-placed player with a record of 60 wins only unfortunately met Cartwright with 77 wins.
If the head coach of a team with 77 wins in the regular season cannot win the Coach of the Year award, then one can only suspect that there is something shady.
However, shady things have happened before. Doc Rivers once used the Magic team, whose winning rate had just reached 50%, to defeat Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, whose winning rate was over 80%, and won the best coach trophy.
There is a high probability that the judge is a relative of his second aunt's family.
Therefore, Cartwright could not be sure that he would win the best head coach until the selection was completed. Fortunately, there were no surprises in the end, and the Bulls won another award.
The Most Improved Player award went to Arenas.
This is no different from Lu Yu's previous life, especially since Arenas this season has made greater progress than Lu Yu's previous life, and has a faint tendency to become the league's top star.
You must know that in Lu Yu's previous life, Arenas only became a super giant after becoming a Wizard.
Hence the Arenas Clause.
In this life, it is estimated that this clause will have to be renamed.
As for why no one on the Bulls won the Most Improved Player award, it is mainly because the Bulls reached the finals last year. The expectations of the players on the judging team must be higher, and most of the Bulls players perform their duties. Everyone does their job.
If you do your job well, there will be no particularly obvious explosive growth in data, so naturally you will not be eligible for this award.
Pistons' Ben Wallace won the Defensive Player of the Year award.
A regular season leader in rebounds and blocks, a typical guardian of the restricted area, it is really unreasonable that he could not win the best defensive player.
Of course, I almost couldn't get it.
When basketball experts analyzed the defensive efficiency of several Bulls players, they found that not only Lu Yu, but also Hamilton and Richardson had higher defensive efficiency than Wallace.
Of course, the high defensive efficiency here is largely due to the good record.
Best defensive team: Kobe, Christie, Lu Yu, Duncan and Ben Wallace.
Defensive second team: Bowen, Kidd, O'Neal, Snow and Artest.
Artest also became the only substitute player in the defensive second team.
Then it comes to the first and second teams that everyone is more concerned about this season. McGrady and Kobe have basically locked up their spots in the first team in the backcourt. They occupy the top two in the scoring list and deserve their names. At the center position, it is no surprise that O'Neal is still there.
, so far no other center can shake O'Neal's status.
The problem lies in the forward position.
There is no doubt that one of the candidates must be Lu Yu.
Then there was only one other one left. The judges hesitated for a long time between Duncan and Garnett, and finally decided to let Duncan, who had the better record from the Spurs, be selected.
As for Garnett, he can only go to the second team.
Arenas, Iverson, Ben Wallace, Garnett and Nowitzki were selected to the second team.
Surprisingly, Yao Ming was selected for the third team, but this is normal for Lu Yu, because from now on, there will be fewer and fewer outstanding centers in the United States. In Lu Yu's previous life, there was no center position for the third team this year.
People can be given, and finally a bunch of forwards were selected.
So after Yao Ming performed well, Lu Yu guessed that Yao Ming would probably get a spot in the third team.
At the end, it is the most important honor of the regular season.
Regular season MVP!
The top three contenders for the MVP this time are: Tim Duncan of the Spurs, Lu Yu of the Bulls and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers.
The MVP selection rules are based on sports reporters and announcers from the United States and Canada, and 1 vote comes from the NBA official website. In each vote, 5 players can be voted in order, with 10 points for the first vote and 7 points for the second vote.
, the third vote is worth 5 points, the fourth vote is 3 points, and the fifth vote is 1 point.
The voting results showed that Lu Yu got all the first votes.
Successfully elected as the regular season MVP of the 2002-2003 season!
If the Bulls only get the Sixth Man of the Year, the Best Head Coach, and a first-team defense, then even if the Bulls win 77 games this year, it will still be imperfect.
Only when Lu Yu wins the regular season MVP will it be a complete victory.
Now that the regular season results have come to an end, they have only one goal left, which is to pursue victory in the playoffs.
After winning the regular season MVP, the Bulls held a press conference for him on May 10.
At the venue, all kinds of guns and short guns filled the press box. It can be seen that all major media attach great importance to this press conference, which is enough to reflect Lu Yu’s current high popularity. It is no exaggeration to say that this year’s most famous star in the NBA is Lu Yu.
Lu Yu.
After Lu Yu took some photos with the trophy, he placed the trophy on the table in front of him and began to accept the interview.
Jenny, as the reporter accompanying the Bulls, was the first to say: "You should give your acceptance speech first."
Lu Yu had already made a draft and said: "I am very happy to win the award. Of course, I cannot win this award without the help of my teammates. Without my lovely teammates, we would not be able to win 77 games, and I would not be able to win it myself."
In order to win the regular season MVP, I would also like to thank my family. It is your silent support that has made me what I am now. I also want to thank the team's management. You chose to believe in me and I have the opportunity to play like this.
Performance, and finally I want to thank the fans in Chicago, you are my motivation to move forward."
Lu Yu's answer was impeccable, with a big thank you. Although it was all official, it was enough to move the fans.
Since Jordan retired, Chicago fans have been waiting for their superhero to appear. Now Lu Yu is here. Lu Yu led the Bulls to an outstanding record and even broke the historical record left by Jordan. Everyone likes Lu
Yu, no one cares about Lu Yu's skin color. Everyone hopes that Lu Yu can lead the Bulls back to the top.
After the speech, it was time for formal questions.
A reporter asked: "Before entering the NBA, did you ever think that you would one day win the MVP trophy?"
"Of course, since the first day I played, I have imagined what it would be like to become an MVP. Who didn't have a dream when they were young? But when the dream became reality and everything happened, it still felt incredible.
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The reporter asked: "Then what is your next goal?"
"Help the Bulls win the championship. If a team that has won 77 games in the regular season cannot win the championship, it would be unreasonable."
Big news has appeared, and all reporters know how to write tomorrow's news headlines.
The reporter asked: "What do you think is the biggest obstacle on the Bulls' road to winning the championship? Or which team in the Western Conference can prevent the Bulls from winning the championship?"
"If I have to say that the biggest obstacle for the Bulls to win the championship, I think it may be ourselves. As long as we perform normally, we are unstoppable." Lu Yu paused and smiled: "Of course, the magic of basketball is
Here, every game is an unknown, so what we have to do is to be prepared to deal with everything. As for the final result, I don't have the final say."
Lu Yu knows that in the Western Conference this season, there is a high probability that the Spurs will reach the Western Conference finals.
It can be seen from the current schedule that the four teams that have reached the second round are the Spurs, Lakers, Mavericks and Kings, which is no different from the previous life.
Yao Ming's Warriors have been defeated by the Mavericks and have gone home to fish.
The butterfly effect at this point has also disappeared, and the remaining historical process will most likely be the same as Lu Yu's previous life, with the Spurs defeating the Lakers and the Mavericks defeating the Kings.
The only variable is that the Mavericks have Wang Zhizhi as a bench player this year.
I don't know if the Spurs can beat the Mavericks.
No matter whether the Bulls' opponent in the finals is the Spurs or the Mavericks, the Bulls cannot take it lightly in the end. Lu Yu must win this year's championship. Only with a championship ring can his personal honor reach its peak.
If he fails to win, the 77 wins that are still glorious at this time will become his personal shame.
Specifically, you can refer to the Warriors who won 73 games, but did not win the championship that year, and were hung on the pillar of shame by fans countless times.
The Warriors that year had the right location and people, but it was a pity that James took away the opportunity that year to achieve his great achievements and bring the first championship trophy to his hometown, leaving the Warriors in a mess.
To reach 73 wins, it means that they must maintain super concentration throughout the season.
The 82 regular season games lasted for nearly five months. It will be a challenge for any team to keep the chain intact for such a long time.
The Warriors didn't last until the end.
Sustained suspensions and injuries brought them down.
Lu Yu doesn't dare to boast about Haikou yet. He is still not sure about the league's attitude. If the league is really determined to ensure that the Western Conference team wins the championship, then unless the Bulls' strength can even suppress the referees, otherwise
It’s really difficult to win.
That night, Lu Yu flew to Philadelphia to prepare for the third game between the two sides.
The media also reported Lu Yu's interview the next day. Although all teams knew that the Bulls' goal this season was to win the championship, this was the first time a player said it.
The Bulls have also officially set the championship as their ultimate goal this season!
The home fans of the 76ers cheered for Iverson with all their strength, hoping that Iverson could replicate the miracle of the Lakers. Unfortunately, Iverson's magic was no longer there this time. After two games, the Bulls easily swept the 76ers 4-0.
, took the lead in advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Bulls' players performed very well, and the most important thing is that their defense is also better, averaging around 90 points per game.
You must know that their average points per game is as high as 109. With such a gain-loss ratio, it is difficult not to win.
The 76ers performed dismal, but Iverson was okay. Everyone was used to his poor three-point shooting percentage, but he rushed into the paint again and again and fell to the ground again and again, winning the sympathy of many fans and also winning
Approved by the referee's whistle, he averaged 8 free throws per game.
Lu Yu just wanted to say: Who said Harden was the first-generation king of porcelain, and Iverson was the better one?
It's just that Harden belongs to the modern style of porcelain, using the minimum cost and superb acting skills to get the referee's whistle, while Iverson is more miserable, using a bitter trick, just like the old lady of porcelain, who really makes the car in the car
After being run over on the thigh, I received compensation and exchanged a leg for money. Although it was a ploy, the difference between the two was huge.
Harden was scolded as "a one-pointer", but Iverson won the title of lone hero!
After the game, the 76ers head coach was scolded miserably, especially since Iverson had previously complained about his defensive tactics. In addition, he and Iverson did not get along, and he became the target of verbal criticism from fans.
Brown said that Iverson didn't train, but in the eyes of fans, Iverson was a model of hard work, diligence, hard work, and dedication to death.
He was struggling with injuries to score, what else do you want from Iverson?
Iverson's injuries were not caused by your damn defensive tactics!
In Lu Yu's previous life, there was actually nothing wrong with Brown's tactics. Otherwise, he would not have led the Pistons to the championship in 2004. It's just that his tactics were so ugly that the league couldn't stand it in the end.
"Play the game the right way" will be familiar to fans familiar with the NBA. It has almost become Larryism.
So, what is the "right way"?
Brown said: "I don't know where I learned this, but I always tell my players, 'Play hard, play smart, remember teamwork, enjoy basketball, and play hard defense.'
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Brown has always adhered to these principles during his more than thirty years of coaching career.
This also brought him two championships. He led the University of Kansas to win the NCAA in 1988 and led the Pistons to win the NBA championship in 2004. His more than 1,000 career wins ranked fourth in NBA history, with a winning rate of 57.1%.
Amazing, especially considering that he has completed the renovation and reconstruction of seven teams.
The NBA championship in the 2003-04 season was the Detroit Pistons.
As one of only four coaches with 1,000 wins, this is only Brown's first championship ring, but it is extremely important - because it confirms the concept of "playing basketball the right way."
It can be said that the Pistons gave Brown a chance to prove himself.
Lu Yu doesn't know whether the 76ers will fire Brown this time or whether Brown will go to the Pistons again. He only knows that even if Brown goes to the Pistons, the Pistons will not be able to help him prove the concept of "playing basketball the right way."
Because the most important part of the Pistons' five tigers, Hamilton, is now with the Bulls!
In an interview, Brown said: "The Bulls are Lu Yu's team, but in my opinion, it is Hamilton who has brought qualitative changes to the Bulls. As long as Hamilton is still with the Bulls, I think other teams will be very happy."
