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After the first round of games, the league announced the results for the 2015-16 All-Team and Defensive All-Team. Wang Chong had no suspense and continued to win for a while.
However, none of Wang Chong's teammates this year were selected for the best team.
Thompson, who is averaging 19.7 points per game, was eliminated from the six spots for the All-Star Game for guards.
The two guards on the first team were Curry and Harden, and the two guards on the second team were Westbrook and Paul.
For the three teams, the selections were Lillard and Kyle Lowry.
Thompson's performance wasn't bad, but unfortunately, he wasn't on the All-Star team.
As for the best defensive team, Green was successfully selected for the second defensive list, becoming the only player chosen by the Lakers besides Wang Chong.
In fact, this season, Green should have been selected for the second team and been picked for the best first defense at the same time, but joining the Lakers has greatly reduced his tactical position, and currently, only his defense can be mentioned.
In fact, in terms of defensive capability, Green is not necessarily worse than the contemporaries selected for first defense.
But the problem is that the roster for the defensive lineup this season is also very large, especially in the forward position.
The five players selected for the first defense are Paul, Bradley, Leonard, Wang Chong, and Gobert.
In the forward position, whether it's Wang Chong or Leonard, Green cannot compare.
Even the second defense position is quite competitive, and Green is in the same position as Millsap, Paul George, James, Butler, and others, all battling through a bloody path. Although it is just a second defense, it's packed with talent.
But whatever happens, it's an indisputable fact that the Lakers only have Wang Chong selected for the best team this season. In comparison, the Bulls with Curry and James, who were selected for the best team, and the Spurs with Leonard and Aldridge on three teams, while the Lakers, a 60+ win team, with a record that's closer to these two teams, seem a little lacking.
But really, there's no way around it. Who made the Lakers' roster this season to this level?
Thanks to the Lakers' lineup and Wang Chong's super-luxury stats of 38+10+7 per game, he tops the MVP list for the regular season this year, even surpassing Ku Ritian, who averages 30+5+6 per game, stabilizing the race.
Even though Curry is playing well, he has a superstar James of the same MVP caliber alongside him. Even if the team's record is slightly better than the Lakers, it doesn't increase Curry's chances in terms of the MVP vote.
As for the high-level MVP benchmark data, Wang Chong and Curry are at the top, with Curry's efficiency rating at 31.5, and Wang Chong's at 32.1, meaning Wang Chong is better.
By the way, apart from these two, Durant ranks third in the league with an efficiency value of 28.2.
Whether by statistical performance, high-level data comparisons, or even team records, Wang Chong has a clear advantage over Curry, which makes it unsurprising that Wang Chong is about to win his sixth regular season MVP trophy, while Curry will lose the MVP voting opportunity.
But at this moment, Curry didn't care about the MVP topic, and neither did the Bulls team. They all knew that this season should be their best chance to defeat Wang Chong and win the championship, and being able to win the championship is far more important to Curry than the personal honor of MVP.
On April 30, the first game of the second round of the Western Conference playoffs began.
The Lakers played at home against the Clippers, their city rivals.
Although both teams share the same court, the disparity in fan presence at the stadium was obvious, with the court almost completely covered in golden and yellow Lakers shirts, and only sporadic white shirts representing Clippers fans.
The massive difference in fans gave the two teams completely different momentum.
Once the game started, the Lakers quickly built a scoring lead.
The Lakers' current playing style has shifted to a position-based battle focused on defense, with a strong sense of pressure from the defensive system built around Wang Chong, Green, and Thompson.
The Clippers' outside shooting duo, whether Paul or Harden, had trouble dealing with the Lakers' defense.
At this moment, Harden was still a far cry from the Harden who could average 36 points per game in two years. Even though it was the Rockets at the time, they were swept 4-1 by the Warriors in the first round, averaging 26.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 7.6 assists per game in the series, with a shooting rate of 41%, below the average for the regular season.
As for Paul... You can always count on Paul in the playoffs.
Don't look at the Clippers reaching the Finals last season, but that wasn't really about how strong the Clippers were. The West was in a shameful state without a leader, which gave the Clippers the chance to enter the Finals.
Now, the Clippers were facing the Lakers with clear lineup flaws, and under Wang Chong's command, they were still no match for the Lakers.
In the first quarter of the game, the Clippers' offensive rhythm was completely disordered, with only 17 points in a single quarter, and they were also outscored by the Lakers, who put up 31 points, starting the game 14 points behind. They finally found some rhythm in the second quarter, scoring 28 points, but the Lakers also scored 28 points, keeping the Clippers 14 points behind at halftime.
In the third quarter, Wang Chong and Thompson made efforts simultaneously, hitting 8 of 12 from beyond the three-point line, scoring 24 points solely from three-pointers, leading 35:22 in just one quarter and extending the lead to 27 points.
The huge point margin made the game unimportant in the final quarter.
The Lakers won the first game of the series with unstoppable momentum, then won two consecutive games at lightning speed, directly rewriting the score to 3:0.
In the third game of the series, as the Clippers feared, it was obviously at home, but the proportion of Clippers fans to Lakers fans was only 2:8, and the Clippers' home court completely fell apart. The only thing that could be considered home-court advantage was the whistle.
On May 8, in the fourth game of the series, still on the Clippers' court, the Clippers pushed their only home-court advantage—the local whistle—to the extreme.
Harden embodied the porcelain king of Jingdezhen, hitting 22 crazy free throws in the game, making 19 of them and scoring 44 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Not to be outdone, Paul made 13 of 15 free throws and scored 31 points.
With 75 points from the backcourt, the Clippers finally closed the gap, but still trailed 1-3.
In the next game, after the court was dyed purple and gold by the Lakers, the Clippers, who had lost part of their home-court advantage, no longer had the resources to compete with the Lakers and were quickly defeated by the autumn wind carrying away the leaves.
4:1.
The Lakers eliminated the Clippers and officially advanced to the Western Conference Finals. There was no suspense on the other side either, as the Spurs also defeated the Thunder with a 4:1 score and faced the Lakers in the West.
The Eastern and Western Conference Finals are the Bulls vs. Celtics and the Lakers vs. Spurs.
The Spurs and the Lakers are still unsure who will win in the West. The Spurs are now visibly strong, with the previous generation's PIB, and the new generation's three stars—Leonard, Aldridge, and Gobert—are also showing good strength.
In contrast, the Lakers not only have Kobe Bryant but also have an absolute disadvantage over the Spurs in the interior, with the combination of Green + Jokic not even coming close to touching Aldridge + Gobert, let alone Duncan in his twilight years.
But after all, the Lakers have Wang Chong, and as long as Wang Chong plays, the Spurs won't dare to decide to win, no matter how advantageous their lineup is.
There's not much suspense in the Eastern Conference game between the Bulls and Celtics.
Durant is indeed very powerful, but obviously, it's an illusion to think he can go against the Curry + James Bulls team at the same time.
I don't know if this counts as a report or as a report.
In the original timeline, Durant chose to join if he couldn't beat them, teaming up with Curry to form a five-star Warriors, and in the following two years, defeated James in several elegant ways, wasting the two strongest years of James in a continuous fiasco.
And in this era, James took the first step on Durant's "hardest road" and joined forces with Curry.
It's just that James can't be too happy, because this is the 2015-16 season, Durant's contract will expire this summer, and he can still take that "hard road," even though there aren't many "hard roads" to choose from, but there are still some.
Let's get back on topic.
Before the Eastern and Western Finals begin, the league announces the final selections for the season's awards.
No wonder Wang Chong was named the MVP of the 2015-16 regular season with a very high number of votes, bringing his career MVP total to 6, tying the all-time leading scorer Abdul-Jabbar, and tying the player with the most MVPs in NBA history.
It's foreseeable that after Wang Chong surpassed Jordan in the number of championships and FMVPs, his claws will extend to even more distant legendary superstars.
At his age, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses Abdul-Jabbar in MVPs and holds the all-time number one in the future.
And that's not the only record he will surpass Abdul-Jabbar in.
Since landing in the NBA in 2003, Wang Chong has played in the league for 13 seasons, including the season that just ended. His career total has reached 32,000 points, almost monopolizing the record for the youngest all-time scorer at every stage.
Next, as long as he averages 30 points per game and plays 70 games per season, Wang Chong only needs three seasons to catch up to and surpass Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring record of 38,000 points.
Though this honor lost its value under some James Black's scorn, when Kobe Bryant surpassed Jordan's all-time scoring, the communists were also happy and eager to tell the world.
Let's make a hypothetical: if you remove the names of these top 10 all-time scorers and then take a player who has won a championship + FMVP, such as Billups or Paul Pierce, does anyone really think that the latter could surpass the former in terms of popularity, influence, and even strength?
Not necessarily.
Of course, if the comparison object is a top superstar with multiple MVPs and championship + FMVP honors, these statistical honors are just the icing on the cake.
Just like James's vain attempt to use Project 411 to challenge Jordan in the future, it's not an opportunity to do anything, but Project 411 is truly incredible, and any player in the league, even if they've never won a championship in their career, this achievement alone is enough to rank among the 50 best superstars in history.
The most typical examples are Carl Malone and Charles Barkley, neither of whom has ever won a championship, and their career stats are also far from 411, but both have MVPs and a certain degree of bonus in their historical status.
Wang Chong has decided to become an irreplaceable monument in NBA history, and naturally, he has to refresh several data records, including Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring record, and he's not ready to give James the chance to catch up with it.
40,000 points should be unstable, after all, when Wang Chong crosses, James will already have scored 40,000 points.
But what if it's 45,000 points, or even 50,000 points?
With a bit of hard work and averaging less than 30 points per game, Wang Chong estimates he'll have 50,000 points when he's almost 40.
But isn't that a bit too excessive and relentless? Will anyone in NBA history break his record in the future? ——
On May 16, 2016, the first game of the Western Conference Finals began.
The Lakers faced the San Antonio Spurs as visitors.
This actually made Wang Chong feel a little uncomfortable because he couldn't remember the last time he didn't have the home advantage in the playoffs.
Basically, since Wang Chong joined the Bulls and cultivated the Bulls lineup, the team he's in has had the best record in the league, and the first game of the playoffs has always been played on his court.
This sudden and cold opening game took place in San Antonio, and it really felt like a strong sense of defiance.
The Spurs presented their strongest lineup.
Point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Ginóbili, forward Leonard, power forward Aldridge, and center Gobert.
The former Spurs superstar, spiritual totem, and "Stone Buddha" Tim Duncan was on the bench.
The Lakers' starting lineup remained unchanged for thousands of years: Kobe, Thompson, Wang Chong, Green, and Jokic.
As expected, once the game started, the Spurs' interior quickly suppressed the Lakers' interior.
Gobert, who had truly inherited Duncan's legacy during this period, was not too easy for the rookie Jokic to handle.
Aldridge was a bit anxious due to Green's very oppressive defense, but the Spurs' coach, Popovich, had already thought of a way to deal with that in advance. Aldridge's offensive play primarily relied on the post-up inside. Although his playing style was dominated by shooting, Aldridge's back-to-the-basket skills were not bad. At 2.11 meters tall with a 2.25-meter wingspan, it was difficult for Green to interfere effectively when facing Aldridge inside.
It's just that the Spurs, who had the advantage inside, were completely different outside.
Wang Chong was facing Leonard in a crushing situation.
Although Leonard was named the best defensive player this season, he was better than Wang Chong, who relied more on his height, wingspan, and athleticism, but his defense was not enough to target Wang Chong.
After the offense and defense were reversed, when it was Wang Chong's turn to defend Leonard, Leonard's still-unfinished offensive skills were completely useless in front of Wang Chong.
With each side having its advantage, both teams were tied at the start, and the score continued to increase alternately.
End of this chapter
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