Healing Basketball

   Chapter 243 243. The strongest rookie in history? (Additional 1523)

   In one draft, it is already very good to have a player who can average 20+ per game in his rookie season.

   There are two, a proper draft year.

  3, the last time was the 1971 draft 32 years ago!

   Most players who can average 20+ per game in their rookie season can become the best in the league.

   The reason why the future Tyreke Evans is so embarrassing is even so.

   From 2004 to 2016, for more than ten years, there were only two rookies with an average of 20+ per game, one Durant and one Evans.

   And Evans averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

  The three rookies averaged 20+ per game, and the data are also very topical.

   Anthony averaged 23.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, with 82 full attendance, becoming the highest scoring rookie since the 1989-1990 season, surpassing Iverson's average of 23.5 points per game.

   James averaged 21 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6 assists per game in 79 games, becoming the only rookie to average 20+5+5 per game since Jordan.

Liu Xiu averaged 20.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.1 blocks per game in 77 games... Among the rookies, he is the leader in rebounding, the triple-double, and the first in scoring in a single game, and he led the team to a record of 58 wins and 24 losses. Among the three The shooting percentage is the highest at 46.5%, the three-point percentage is in the middle at 31.9%, and the free throw percentage is the highest at 88.5%.

   On the night of the end of the regular season, the websites of major media and sports news programs of major TV stations began to predict major awards, and the next morning newspapers also reported the final rankings and award predictions.

  The best rookie prediction, don't look at those media's usual fancy black Liuxiu, but the prediction list is now ranked first by all major media, and Anthony and James are second.

  MVP prediction, Garnett first.

Duncan is also considered to have a high probability of completing three consecutive games. Duncan has played the best efficiency of his career so far this season. The efficiency of 27.1 is rare for a traditional center, although there is a clear gap compared with Garnett's efficiency of 29.4. , But every 100 rounds can help the team get 107 points, and every 100 rounds limit the opponent to only 86 points, the league's first, and the strongest performance so far in his career.

   These two are competing for MVP. It was possible for Peja, but before March was over, Peja lost his hope of competing for MVP.

  The best defensive player, 5 candidates, very lively, Artest, Ben Wallace, Garnett, Ratliff, Bowen.

  The candidates for the fastest progress award, Randolph, Kirilenko, Boozer, Reed, Joe Johnson... are also a bunch of people.

  The best sixth man has two major contenders, Jamison of the Mavericks and Damon Stoudemire of the Blazers.

  Antoine Jamison, who once averaged 24.9 points per game, was in his prime, playing off the bench, averaging 14 points and 6 rebounds per game with a shooting percentage of 53.5%. He was bullying people.

   The Flying Squirrel averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. It depends on a better record and has a chance to compete.

   There are also predictions for the best team, best defensive team, best rookie team, etc., and the discussion is not so high.

   But looking back at certain games during the regular season, certain individual performances... The discussion is much more enthusiastic.

   Like the best individual performance of the season, people debate.

   McGrady scored 8 three-pointers in a row to shock the new champion.

   There are three frenzied massacres at the end of the season after the OK group was angered by the Warden's 62 points.

  Nowitzki scored 43 points on 16-of-22 shooting and beat the Sonics with a three-pointer.

  Yao Ming scored 41 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and three overtimes on 15 of 21 shots against the Eagles.

   The 62-58 game with Liu Xiu and Kobe…

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   "So many people come to pick up the plane, my God!"

   "Warden, you see, they are all your fans..."

"What do you mean, they are all his fans, and there are quite a few fans of Ben Butcher! Look, there is also a No. 50 jersey over there... Falco! Madman, you can't keep your starting position, the one wearing your jersey How come more than in my jersey?"

   "Wear his jersey to be more domineering, our main red and white home jersey, with extrajudicial fanatics written on the back..."

   "So it is! Sure enough, this high school student is the least like a good guy in our team."

  “???”

   The two-game losing streak ends the regular season at any time and misses 60 wins.

   But the 58-24 record still makes Portland fans happy.

   I thought it would be nice to win half of the 32 games after the All-Star break.

   The result is 21 wins and 11 losses!

  The regular season ended and the team returned from the away game. Thousands of fans gathered at Portland International Airport to pick up the plane.

   The warden, who averaged 24.5 points per game in March and 31.7 points per game in April, is naturally the most sought after by fans.

Besides the warden, the most popular ones are actually not butchers and extrajudicial fanatics, but Momonga.

This is a native of Portland, who had not left Oregon before 1991. With the adjustment of his style of play, his acceptance of the sixth man position, and the improvement of his role on the field... Mainly because of his record, he began to be loved by fans in his hometown again. .

  Because the fans were too enthusiastic, a large number of security personnel were dispatched at the airport to **** the Blazers players away.

   The last time this side appeared was in the 2000 Western Conference Finals. When the Trail Blazers defeated the Lakers in G5 away from home and returned to Portland with a 1-3 deficit, it attracted thousands of fans to the airport to pick up the plane.

   After coming out of the airport, the Blazers returned directly to the Rose Garden Arena.

   The day after tomorrow will be the playoffs, and we will directly enter the playoff preparation state.

  No one complained about this, everyone was excited.

   There are many players in the Blazers who are playing in the playoffs for the first time, including Raheem, like McDyess, who only played in the playoffs once in the 97-98 season.

  So many fans picked up the plane, which made them even more excited.

   After arriving at the Rose Garden Arena, Liu Xiu was taken away by the waiting press officer.

   Liu Xiu asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Kyle?"

   The press officer responded: "Good thing!"

   "Good thing? This is the direction of the lounge... I see, the Rookie of the Month trophy is here, right?"

   The press officer shook his head mysteriously.

   But immediately the press officer couldn't hold his breath and said, "Warden, aren't you curious?"

   "Curious, but I'll know right away. I thought about it, and it's more fun to wait for a while than to ask for the answer."

  "..." The press officer clenched his fists, and suddenly, he had an idea and said, "You have won the Player of the Month award."

   "What? No kidding... Really?"

   "Hahahaha... Guess what I said is true?"

   Then, no matter what Liu Xiu asked, the press officer kept silent and walked away.

   finally defeated the warden once!

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  The end of the regular season, at 12 noon, the NBA's official live broadcast of the US cable sports channel, the last NBA 2003-2004 regular season The best of the week awards and the best of the month awards were announced.

   First announced is the Player of the Week award.

  East: Carter of the Raptors, 3 wins and 1 loss, averaged 28.5 points, 6 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1 steal and 1.5 blocks per game.

   At the end of the season, Carter tried his best to lead the team to the playoffs, but was one game short of making the playoffs.

  Western: Liu Xiu of the Blazers, 2 wins and 2 losses, averaged 33 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 0.25 blocks per game.

   is followed by the Rookie of the Month award.

  East: James of the Cavaliers, averaging 20.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

  West: The Blazers' Liu Xiu averaged 31.7 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2 steals per game.

   The final prize, the Player of the Month Award.

  East: Carter of the Raptors, 6 wins and 3 losses, averaged 27.9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 0.9 blocks per game.

  Western: Liu Xiu of the Blazers, 5 wins and 4 losses.

   When the Western Conference Player of the Week was announced to be Liu Xiu, people had already guessed that the Western Conference Player of the Month would be Liu Xiu.

   is a situation where there is a player of the month who does not win the player of the week in that month.

   But with a two and a half week schedule, and one player wins two of them, there is no other possibility.

  Liu Xiu won 5 Player of the Week awards, which is already an exaggeration, one more than MVP favorite Garnett.

   But when the Player of the Month Award was announced and it was confirmed that Liu Xiu was the Player of the Month in the Western Conference in April, 5 Player of the Week Awards was not a big deal.

  There are many great rookies in NBA history.

  Since the official Player of the Month was established in 1979, there have been countless great rookies.

  Magician, Big Bird, Big Dream, God, Gorilla, Admiral, Big Mom, Big Shark, Duncan, etc. Stars soared into the NBA.

   But the one who can win the Player of the Month award in his rookie season is a big bird.

   Nobody else got it.

   After 23 seasons, Liu Xiu became the second rookie to win the Player of the Month Award!

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   Seeing that the popularity of 62 points in a single game declined, from a focus topic to an ordinary hot topic; seeing that the popularity of 20+ rookies per game could not support the headline **** mode, the league gave Liu Xiu's popularity a shot.

   One stone creates a thousand waves!

  On the 19th, the most popular player in basketball was Liu Xiu again.

  Some people say that Liu Xiu took advantage of the best player of the week award and the best player of the month award.

  Some people say that there are only 9 games in the April schedule, and Liu Xiu will not be able to get it when the normal schedule of 14-17 games is opened.

  Some people say that the Blazers led by Liu Xiu have only won 5 of 9 games, and the record is not good.

someone said…

   These opposing voices, those who support Liu Xiu said that they are right, yes.

   But this is the third season in the Eastern Conference, and no other rookie has ever won the Player of the Month award.

  This month is 9 games, no way, it only has 18 days.

The Blazers only won 5 of 9 games, because by the end of the season, most of the games are played by the Eastern team against the Eastern team and the Western team against the Western team. Everyone's record is like this, the Lakers are 3 wins and 1 loss, but Liu Xiu's 62 points propped up his opponent to win the second player of the week award in a single month and the player of the month award. It's the Lakers!

   Looking at the current public opinion, it is completely different from the situation when Liu Xiu won the Rookie of the Month by relying on a single game of 50+ at the end of the month after the first game month!

He has 40+ 5 times in a single game, two 50+ times, one of which is 60+, the second-best rookie season in history with 10 triple-doubles, two lore... and so on, his excellent performance is constantly being mentioned. This is before the season. Midterms are rare.

   Strength, performance, and record may also be related to endorsements.

   The outside world was very lively, and some experts even shouted the slogan of "the strongest rookie in history".

   And the client, after winning the Player of the Month trophy, under the unexpected gaze of the entire team, sinks his heart into the training of the fallback jumper...

   (end of this chapter)