Chapter 1939 First in History! Four Consecutive MVPs!
Although Harden is currently slightly less famous than Er Shao, he has actually grown into an indispensable part of the Thunder's tactical system. As the team's sixth man, he played the role Ginobili did when he was at his peak with the Spurs. That kind of effect.
As a pseudo-substitute who plays more minutes than the main players and can play more than 30 minutes per game, Harden is not just an offensive point for the Thunder. This season, Harden is in the Thunder with a second lineup. When playing against the opponent's second team, they basically have obvious advantages, even against the Lakers.
Because Harden's personal offense is sharp enough, and he has very good passing skills and meaning, this is a great complement to the current continuity of the Thunder's offense. The scene will not be exaggerated just because Duwei is missing. When it comes to deciding the winner in the fourth quarter, the Thunder often arrange for Duweha and three others to play at the same time. This fully guarantees outside firepower and makes it difficult for the opponent to flank and defend.
This is exactly the same as Popovich's use of Manu.
Harden lived up to expectations and won his first award after three seasons in the league.
At the award ceremony, after Harden thanked his family, teammates, and coaches, he was the first to thank Ji Feng, and publicly acknowledged that Ji Feng was another idol in his playing career, which made countless fans talk about it.
Of course, there are those like Harden who regard Ji Feng as a friend and idol, and naturally there are also those who are crazy about challenging Ji Feng.
No, on the day after the Best Sixth Man was announced, the league also announced this season's Best Rookie and Best Rookie Teams.
Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers (58 points), Rubio of the Timberwolves (49 points), Faried of the Nuggets (46 points), Thompson of the Warriors (43 points), Shumper of the Knicks Special (40 points), Leonard (40 points) of the Spurs and Ken Knight (40 points) of the Pistons were jointly selected to the All-Rookie First Team.
The members of this season's All-Rookie Second Team are Parsons of the Rockets (33 points), Isiah Thomas of the Kings (27 points), Brooks of the Nets (18 points), Derrick of the Timberwolves. Williams (16 points), Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson (16 points).
Thompson, owned by Ji Feng, was selected without any suspense. His performance this season exceeded people's imagination and once again confirmed Ji Feng's vision.
However, some people still teased Ji Feng about Butler, who couldn't play for the Heat for a season, and just said: Xie Jiabao's tree occasionally has yellow leaves.
However, Ji Feng himself smiled and did not answer. Time will tell everything.
Kyrie Irving was elected as the Rookie of the Year without any suspense. He received a total of 117 first-place votes and scored 592 points in the selection. Rubio of the Minnesota Timberwolves ranked second with 170 points. It was basically a crushing victory and was in line with his performance during the season. consistent.
Irving averaged 18.5 points per game this season, shot 46.9% from the field and 87.2% from the free throw line, ranking first among all rookies. In addition, he averaged 5.4 assists per game and shot 39.9% from three-point range, ranking second on the rookie list.
At the same time, Irving has also become the fifth No. 1 pick in NBA history to average at least 18 points and 5 assists per game in his rookie season. The previous four No. 1 picks were Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson. , Allen Iverson and LeBron James, and Irving is also the seventh player in league history to average 18 points, 5 assists, and 1 steal per game in his first season, with a shooting percentage of 45%. Above, the previous six players were Johnson, Jordan, Adams, Grant Hill, Ji Feng and Evans of the Kings.
Of course, Ji Feng is still much better than Irving. After all, Ji Feng averaged 24.8 points, 12.3 assists, 8.9 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game in his first season. This is the undoubted champion in the history of rookies.
However, Irving himself is still full of confidence. Although he was beaten by Ji Feng twice this season, it does not affect his bold words!
"Next season will be different! I will become stronger!" Irving said.
Ji Feng could only say hehe, catch your fish well.
And wait until the 8th, the much-anticipated award will be announced, the best defensive player.
In the end, Magic star Howard finally realized his dream. He defeated Ji Feng and New York Chandler and was elected the best defensive player for the first time in his career.
Howard almost cried when he accepted the award. Finally, he finally beat Ji Feng for once!
The sky has eyes!
But soon he stopped laughing, because many people said that this was the consolation prize after Ji Feng's Four-Strung Village.
Howard: "￥%%…………7788F&*8(98CK!"
But in fact, what people say is reasonable. Howard's statistics are still much lower than those in the peak season of 2009. He has also lost the shot-blocking champion for two years. This season, he finally regained the rebounding champion, but it is still better than the peak season. 1.4 less.
Looking back at Ji Feng, his statistics are as stable as ever. He leads the league in rebounds and blocks in important statistics such as defensive efficiency and points allowed per round. Although there is no obvious improvement, he is still the league's ceiling.
The only problem, as I said before, is that Ji Feng really got too much. In the first four seasons of his career, Bao Yuan was the first in history to win the best defense for four consecutive years. Among historical stars, he also ranked fourth four times. Second, this is Ji Feng's fifth year, and he won't have anything to give after that, while Howard is visibly declining, so it's just a balance.
Well, Ji Feng thought the same way. He had no intention of competing for this award. Although Howard's abilities and statistics were not as good as his, they were enough to win the best defensive player, so Ji Feng was very generous. Warcraft sent congratulations.
In Ji Feng's heart, since the best defense has given up, it means that the last biggest suspense has been settled!
as expected…
On May 10th, Beijing time, the day before the second round of the playoffs, the NBA and the Lakers jointly held a press conference at the Staples Center and officially announced that Ji Feng was awarded the 2011-12 NBA regular season MVP. This is his fourth time winning the MVP award.
He is also the first player in NBA history to win the regular season MVP for 4 consecutive years!
Ji Feng also successfully surpassed Bird Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone in the number of regular season MVPs, tied Chamberlain, and was second only to Jordan who won 5 times and Russell who won 6 times!
Of course, Ji Feng is well-deserved for winning this award. Ji Feng has averaged a triple-double per game for four consecutive seasons, won the scoring title with an average of 33.5 points per game, ranked first in the league in field goal percentage of 68.5%, and has unparalleled performance in leading the team. To be picky, he also defeated James' Heat twice in head-to-head dialogue.
For this reason, Kobe praised him with great emotion at the award ceremony: "Ji Feng's performance is simply incredible. He can dominate both offense and defense in every game."
It is worth mentioning that Ji Feng's performance not only dominated the court, but also dominated the votes of media reporters.
Although LeBron and Ji Feng were chasing each other in the competition for MVP, and the final results were similar, Ji Feng received 85 first-place votes, accounting for the total 121 votes. More than two-thirds.
The Lakers currently eliminated the Jazz with a total score of 4-0 and successfully advanced to the second round.
The Heat have also defeated the Knicks 4-1. From this perspective, the secret battle between Ji Feng and LeBron continues in the playoffs after the winner is decided in the regular season.