Five Hundred and Fifty: I Cao, Ruthless

The Grizzlies' victory last night was heart-wrenching, and some people even ridiculed that the Grizzlies' victory over the Clippers was similar to the first round victory over the Rockets.

And Link's performance is even more talked about. Indeed, 27 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block, this is not the most gorgeous data Link has ever produced. But there is no doubt that this performance is good enough.

At least for yesterday's game, no player's stats can match Link's.

In addition to statistics, Link's performance on the court is also very good. People have seen how he tormented Barnes in the post, how he kept Crawford, who was an NBA player in high school, out of temper, and how he got Griffin off the court early.

Originally, the Grizzlies had 70 wins in the regular season, and the playoffs have yet to be defeated, which made Link's position in the league rapidly improve.

Playing well in the regular season is not necessarily recognized. Nowitzki played so well in the regular season that year, and he didn't fall short because of the black eight in the playoffs.

But after Dirk Nowitzki won the championship in 2011, his historical status has risen rapidly. Of course, it also completely got rid of the infamy of "soft egg".

Therefore, the gold content of the playoffs is higher than that of the regular season. If he can still be domineering in the playoffs, a player will definitely be recognized.

Just as Link's popularity soared, on May 8, the NBA officially announced the final and most important regular season award of the season, the results of the selection of the most valuable player in the regular season.

Unsurprisingly, LeBron James, who led the Heat to a team-best 66 wins this season and averaged a nearly triple-double per game, won this honor for the fourth time.

It also makes James the fifth player in NBA history to win at least four MVPs.

In the 2012-13 season, just how great James' performance was, the data alone is enough to explain most of the problems.

Throughout the regular season, James averaged 26.8 points, 8 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 56.5% from the field and 40.6% from three-pointers, both of which created his career. new highs.

In addition, in the first 33 games of the regular season, James scored 20+ per game, which is the second highest record in history. At the beginning of February, James scored 30+ in 6 consecutive games with a shooting rate of over 60%, becoming the first player in history to shoot. Players with such stats.

In terms of team honor, James is also impeccable. Although the 27-game winning streak was ruthlessly broken by Link, the concept of the Heat's 27-game winning streak no longer exists in this history. But getting 66 wins is already very difficult.

Although the greatness of 66 wins is somewhat overshadowed by the Grizzlies' 70-win aura. But combining personal data, dominance and team record, James eventually became the MVP player.

Seeing that the MVP was announced, but the winner was not himself, Link was still a little lost. He thought that with an incredible 70 wins, he could hit the super honor of MVP.

What happened to the third grade? Didn't Rose also win such honors as MVP in his third year?

However, Link can't control this kind of thing. His personal data is indeed not as good-looking as James. And his influence in the hearts of the media is even less than that of James.

Although very helpless, but can only accept the fact.

MVP, it can be said that it is the pursuit of a player's life, which is similar to the championship. No, even harder than the championship. In one season, more than ten players can win the championship, but only one player can win the regular season MVP!

If it were so good, it wouldn't be so precious.

Familiar superstars such as Wade, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, etc., have even missed the MVP throughout their careers.

MVP is something that can be easily included in the bag.

Link thought to himself that he could appear in the MVP rankings in the third grade,

There will definitely be more opportunities in the future. After all, he is very clear that his strength has not yet reached the peak, and there is still room for improvement. He has not even obtained the ability of Peak Hill, and he has already been able to kill the Quartet in the alliance.

Some things can't be rushed, they belong to you, you can't run away!

With this somewhat self-comforting psychology, Link continued to read this report related to MVP.

"Link, Durant, Anthony and Paul, separated from 2 to 5 in the MVP voting rankings."

Seeing this sentence, Link was a little surprised, co-authoring himself ranked second in the vote! He remembers that at the end of the regular season, he was still behind Durant. As a result, as soon as the actual voting results came out, he actually surpassed Durant.

Being able to keep Durant, Anthony and Paul under him is unbelievable for an undrafted pick.

However, after continuing to read, Link realized what the real incredible was.

"Although James has won this supreme honor, in fact, James' election this year is very dangerous! There is no doubt that Link, who led the Grizzlies to 70 wins, has won the love of many people. He almost topped James this year, Get the MVP! In this year's MVP voting, James only got 70 first votes, while Link got the remaining 61! Durant, Anthony and Paul, etc., directly even got a first vote No! This is definitely the most thrilling MVP award in NBA history."

"My Cao, ruthless!" At first, Link was able to comfort himself. But after seeing that he was only 9 votes away from becoming the MVP, Link was restless.

This is like playing a game, losing 10 points to the opponent, and being beaten up, it may not be so uncomfortable. The strength is not good, there is no way.

But after fighting for the whole game, and the strength of the opponent is comparable, but the opponent is lore in the last second, that is really heart-breaking.

At this time, Link had a feeling of being killed by James.

"Damn it, I don't know who those 9 reporters are, they are against me on purpose!" Link pouted, there are always reporters raising their bar, and Link is not the first to encounter them.

In 2000, the unrivaled O'Neal encountered a guy who was arguing with him. At that time, O'Neal won 120 first votes in the ballot, just one vote away from making history to complete the unanimous election!

The only opponent, however, was Fred Hickman, who was at CNN at the time, and voted for Iverson. The reason is, "I don't want to see O'Neal make history."

Until now, O'Neal has retired as a commentator, and neither he nor Hickman have dealt with it. O'Neal greeted Hickman with words beginning with F for every mention of that regret.

"Fred. Idiot. Hickman, I hate him. I don't need to talk to him, there is nothing to apologize, because his stupidity ruined history." This is O'Neal in an interview two weeks ago, mentioning Reaction to Hickman.

Link shook his head, anyone as strong as O'Neal would meet a barbarian, let alone himself. After all, in the history of the NBA, there has never been an undrafted MVP, and there must be reporters who dare not break the rules.

Besides, losing to James at his peak is not unacceptable.

And compared to O'Neal, Link is more fortunate, because he at least has a chance for "revenge".

James won the MVP? Then I'll go grab the championship!

Just when Link fancied that he and James would compete in the finals, he received a text message from Jimmy Butler.

"It's eight o'clock in the morning, and the FedEx Arena was supposed to be empty. I was going to the arena to shoot. Guess who I met? Chris Paul! That guy came earlier than me!"

Earlier than Butler? Link can only do this occasionally.

It seems that Paul, who performed badly in the last game, will not let it go.

Before going to win the championship with James, Link has to solve the trouble of Paul first...

But when he thought that he ranked second in the MVP voting and Paul only ranked fifth, Link had a kind of honeyed confidence.

Quasi-MVP, but will not travel the pool.