Chapter 120: Nice job, Cleveland
As the first round of competition gradually ends, NBA's annual awards will also begin to be released slowly, and most awards are not suspense.
RC Buford became the best manager of Hungry, this year's Spurs introduced Aldridge to disappoint everyone who thought the Spurs were too old and that law would be realized this year, with 67 wins, second in the league, and he can afford this award.
The best coach was taken away by Cole. The Warriors set various record-breaking victories this year, with 24 consecutive victories at the start and a record-breaking 73 wins. These are extremely shocking for the league. This best coach is definitely worthy of.
After these grand prizes were awarded, the next big prize belonged to the players was awarded. This year's fastest-progressive player trophy was won by McCollum, the Trail Blazers. There is no doubt about this.
This year's Trail Blazers lost four starters. In addition to Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge and Lopez all left the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers, who were originally called the strongest starter, could not enter the playoffs in this year's prediction.
However, the fact is that the Trail Blazers rank fifth and have now defeated the Clippers and entered the second round. Although this is because the two core members of the Clippers were injured, but like the Pistons entered the playoffs, this year is definitely a successful season for the Trail Blazers. The more important reason is that McCollum averaged 6.8 points per game after starting from a substitute to 20.8 points per game. This progress speed is amazing and is definitely worthy of this award.
The controversial part fell on the Best Defensive Player and Best Rookie. Drummond Green and Leonard both played phenomenal defense this year. As the only Green among the Warriors' five smalls who have the responsibility of protecting the frame, his basic data source was not as good as he imagined, which also caused him to lose the Best Defensive Player, allowing Leonard to complete the only one outside player's domination over the Best Defensive Player for two consecutive times.
The vote for the Best Rookie was even more tangled. At the beginning, Towns was absolutely ahead of the Best Rookie. It can be said that there was no doubt about this before the All-Star.
The first turning point was the fight between the Cavaliers and the Timberwolves. Towns did have an advantage over Lin Sen in basic data. He is not only an excellent scorer, but also an excellent rebounder. However, in the game against the Cavaliers, he did not show these excellent traits at all. Instead, he saw Lin Sen's highlights on the defensive end.
The second turning point was Lin Sen's successful defense in the last few rounds of the rookie challenge and Billups' talk show after that. In this talk show, there is no doubt that from all aspects, Lin Sen is the better and more confident one.
After that, fans have become accustomed to Lin Sen, who has a three-point skill package after the All-Stars, and has risen again. His basic data began to rise, and his score was finally frozen at 16.7 points. It was only 2 points away from Towns' final average score. The rebounds may be the biggest gap between the two.
The Cavaliers won more games in the second half of the season than in the first half. Lin Sen's performance had a very obvious impact on the Cavaliers' wins, which also made the difference in games between the two more convincing.
The evaluation between the two people shrunk sharply in the second half of the year. Until now, there is no winner or loser. Both sides have the opportunity to compete with that trophy, but in the end they still have to speak by voting.
There have been three examples of best rookie contributions in history. In the 197071 season, the Portland Trail Blazers No. 8 pick Jeff Petrie and the Boston Celtics No. 4 pick Dave Coins won the same number of 36 votes in the Best Rookie selection, becoming the first duo in history to share the best rookie duo.
After that, the Dallas Mavericks' second-place pick Jason Kidd and the Detroit Pistons' third-place pick Grant Hill won the same number of votes in the Best Rookie selection. Both of them later grew into league superstars, almost fighting for life, and announced their retirement together in the summer of 2013.
The last time was in the 199900 season, with Houston Rockets' second pick Steve Francis and Chicago Bulls' No. 1 pick Elton Brand won the same number of 58 votes in the Best Rookie selection.
However, after this, there will never be any more sharing of the best rookie. After 2002, the voting was divided into the first vote, the second vote and the third vote, which were counted into 5 points, 3 points and 1 point respectively. This avoids the possibility of sharing the best rookie in the voting system.
Lin Sen is very nervous. The Best Rookie has a purple skill package. Even if you don’t need it now, it will definitely have very important strategic significance for him who hopes to achieve greater achievements next season. Only the purple skill package can truly strengthen his ball-holding offensive ability.
On May 16, the first game between the Cavaliers and the Best Rookie was announced. The two won the same number of first votes, 50, and there was an inconsistency on the second vote.
Because it was media reporters who voted, Cleveland's local media naturally voted their first vote for Linson, while Minnesota's first vote was given to Towns. The problem was that the lower limits of the two people were different. Minnesota's reporters still voted to Linson with a very conscience, but Cleveland's reporters were Linson's old friend. He gave Okafor a very straightforward second vote, and Russell, and Towns directly lost one vote than Linson.
When both of them were very loud, such an episode determined the ownership of the Best Rookie. Lin Sen finally led Towns by two points, and interestingly, this second vote was three more, and Lin Sen finally won the Best Rookie.
The Timberwolves media expressed their anger at the Cleveland voting reporter at the first moment of the release of the Best Rookie, questioning that his vote was completely contrary to the principle of fairness and fairness. Even many neutral American fans criticized the fairness of this vote.
Lin Sen doesn't care about these things. After receiving the Best Rookie Trophy, he immediately saw the purple skill package in the system interface. After having this thing, Lin Sen doesn't care about the problems online. He also posted a new tweet on his Twitter: "Beautiful, Cleveland."
Chapter completed!