CIATB Chapter 374 The end of the regular season
Chapter 374 The end of the regular season
Chapter 374 The end of the regular season
After scoring 40 points in two consecutive games, Li Wan set the tone for March with just these two games.
In the next game, Li Wan's offensive state was even more full.
The number of consecutive 40 plus games is also constantly increasing.
In fact, one of the upgrade tasks that Li Wan needs to complete is to surpass Michael Jordan's 9 consecutive games with 40 points, but this record has been broken long ago.
Li Wan has 40 consecutive 11 plus games, second only to Chamberlain's 14 games.
但是在连续50加的场数方面，李万则已经超越了张伯伦的7场，曾经打出过连续8场的50加场数。迈克尔-乔丹的连续5场根本不够瞧。这是NBA的新纪录。
The reason why Li Wan strengthened his personal offense was entirely because he wanted to beat Michael Jordan's career scoring total earlier, and in addition...to consolidate his position as the "leading scorer" this season.
Among the upgrade tasks, the most difficult task is: Michael Jordan's ten "scoring champions"!
At present, Li Wan has won 6 times. This season, he averages 34.5 points per game and ranks first in the league's scoring average. The scoring average of Li Wan is also very strong, as high as 33.6 points per game, and the gap with Li Wan is only 0.9 points per game. Work hard and let the "scoring champion" contest end as soon as possible.
Li Wan's worry is not unreasonable, because Kevin Durant's overall scoring status has obviously improved since entering March. 3 points in a single game, and then 3 points in 40 consecutive games...
The 40-plus competition between him and Li Wan can be said to be a beautiful landscape in the NBA in March.
It is worth mentioning that James Harden just went crazy in January, and now Kevin Durant kept up with Li Wan's soaring rhythm in March, and Westbrook continued to win in the Thunder. The explosive performance of the "Three Doubles" and the "Three Young Masters of Thunder" also reminded many media of the "Three Young Masters of Thunder" in those years.
After 6 years of integration, 4 to the Western Conference finals and 2 to the finals, in terms of results, it is really not low...
And judging from the respective performances of these three guys after they "dispersed" in the past two years, it can be seen that, except for Kevin Durant, they had not yet reached their respective "peak periods" at that time.
How strong would they be now if they hadn't left the Thunder?
Will it become an opponent that makes Li Wan feel a headache!
Li Wan's momentum is still more ferocious. On March 3, after Columbus played 22 games in March, Li Wan's 3-plus games in a row continued, which was only a short distance away from Chamberlain's 11 consecutive 40-plus games. 14 field distance.
At this time, Kevin Durant's state began to fluctuate.
There is no other reason, just tired and the body can't bear it.
Before March 3, Kevin Durant scored 18 points in 8 games. In the next 40 games of the Bulls, he only scored 2 points in one game, and scored 27 points in the other game...
gradually began to fall behind.
The last suspense in this "scoring champion" battle is almost gone.
Li Wan also breathed a sigh of relief, so that in April, he can still have a period of rest adjustment.
On March 3th, for the Columbus Explorers, this is an important day, because they will retire Chris Bosh's jersey on this day.
This is also the first time in Columbus history that a jersey has been retired.
In addition, this day is also Chris Bosh's birthday, so the management specially prepared a big cake for Bosh's birthday before the game.
This warm feeling made Chris Bosh somewhat moved. Li Wan patted him on the shoulder and said next to him: "Don't cry, you will cry today!"
These words successfully made Chris Bosh laugh out loud, and wanted to give Li Wan a shot.
Jie guy...
The whole thing is a "Moving Crusher"!
But Li Wan was right, he did cry tonight.
But before that, the Columbus Explorers still had half a game to play, and their opponent happened to be Chris Bosh's old team, the Raptors.
Also because the opponent was the Raptors, a reporter asked Chris Bosh before the game: "Do you think your jersey will be retired by the Raptors?"
Chris Bosh replied: "I think my jersey should be retired...I didn't win more games for Toronto, but I left enough there, I'm the Raptors No one can deny this!"
Although he didn't leave the Raptors with a championship, but...
When Chris Bosh left, he was already the "rebound king" in the history of the Raptors. He grabbed a total of 7 rebounds in seven years with the Raptors.
All the later post players of the Raptors will inevitably need to be compared with Chris Bosh.
Of course, Chris Bosh is very clear why he stood here for an interview tonight, so he quickly shifted the topic back to tonight: "These things will have a clear answer in the future, and now I look forward to The most important thing is tonight's retirement ceremony, this is the first time I have retired my jersey, I think it will be very memorable, thanks to the management of Columbus, I spent three very memorable years here!"
In the first half, the two sides did not play fiercely. The Raptors just ended a "5-game streak", including a "back-to-back". position, so the head coach Dwayne Casey rested DeRozan and Paul George in this game, and Columbus played with all players. Without these two main players, the Columbus Explorers occupied from the very beginning Take the initiative.
At the end of the first half, they had already led by 16 points.
Half time finally came.
Compared with Kobe, Chris Bosh's retirement ceremony is much worse in terms of starlight, but it is not surprising that they must be of a lower level.
But Li Wan is Chris Bosh's guest, and this is Columbus, so the exposure in front of the media is not small at all.
Chris Bosh thanked Li Wan: "I didn't succeed in a super team. After I left, I didn't think that my career had come to the greatest stage. I want to thank Li Wan for that pass. Call...man you literally saved my career! Of course I wouldn't say we made a super team together, I know for sure that I got my form back and most of it was thanks to you Sacrifice, you're the best teammate I've ever played with in my career, thank you man!"
Like Wade, Chris Bosh was also unhappy with LeBron James' phrase "I haven't played in a super team". It's a super team.
He was just talking about his time in New York Knicks and Columbus, but he didn't think he and Li Wan formed a "super team".
First, Li Wan has been sacrificing during the process of his adjustment; second, he encountered a season-reimbursable injury. During that time, he occupied the salary cap, but it was Li Wan who led the team alone. It is a long adjustment period.
During the whole process, he really didn't play the role of a "giant", at best he was just an ordinary "Second Leader"!
Li Wan was indeed dragging him away.
However, at the end of the speech, Chris Bosh thanked his family and ended the speech without the same continuous roar as before.
Obviously, Chris Bosh in this time and space is very satisfied with his career. The blood clot did not directly ruin his career. He still won two more championship trophies before retiring.
Although it is still a bit regrettable, compared to other people's careers, compared to his former teammate who was running around, and compared to another former teammate who was PUA, his late career is actually perfect.
He doesn't need to use roars to wake up the memory of the fans, he just needs to quietly watch his No. 1 jersey slowly rise to the sky above the Grand Navigation Arena.
Anthony next to him watched this scene, and involuntarily showed envy and desire in his eyes... He hoped that he could retire his jersey in Columbus like Chris Bosh.
Before retiring the jersey, Li Wan gave a speech as a guest. In his speech, he directly responded to Chris Bosh's line, "I will not say that together we form a super team!"
"This is the era, no matter how it came about, this is the era, I can't say my teammates, an All-Star player, a guy who stayed on the MVP list in the regular season, a rookie coach, The person who made him get the best coach award as soon as he debuted is not a giant. I will never deny it. Chris, when you stand next to me, when we are on a team, no matter who Think that we are a super team, we have such qualifications and strength, let others think so, super team is never a derogatory term!"
The Chicago Bulls, aren't they a "superteam"?
It's also a super team!
Isn't the Celtics, the "eight consecutive championships" in ancient times, a "super team"?
It's also a super team!
Including the 20-year alternative "Spurs Dynasty", isn't it a super team?
It's also a super team!
The essential……
It still depends on how this "super team" is formed!
If Pippen did not have Jordan, it can be seen from his team leadership results that he would not be the "greatest second-in-command"; before Rodman came to the Bulls, he had a dispute with Popovich in the Spurs , he was a notorious "stab head", and after leaving the Bulls, he also proved this point...
But with Michael Jordan, they became "Big 75"!
Before Paul Gasol went to the Lakers, he made it to the first round of the playoffs once in his 6-year career. The All-Stars still made up for the All-Star Weekend because someone was injured. But when he came to the Lakers, he became One of the best 2 masters, became the later "75 Big"!
And some people...
Before his teammate partnered with him, he won the first championship in team history and was also elected as the "Finals MVP". He was called "Jordan who is 5cm shorter". In the case of a "super team", the top 25 in history would definitely not be able to run, but in the end, it fell directly out of the top [-].
In short, there has never been a "75 big" brought out.
and……
This is another "three championships in four years" for Li Wan. Only those with insufficient grades and lack of confidence will open their eyes and talk nonsense. He doesn't need it at all.
Then it officially entered the link of retiring jerseys.
When the No. 1 jersey of the Columbus Explorers slowly rises to the top of the arena, there is no "Dragon King" legend in this arena.
The game continued in the second half. The Columbus Explorers easily took the Raptors and expanded the point difference to more than 20 points. In the end, they also beat the Raptors 125 to 101 with 24 points.
It's a perfect end to Chris Bosh's retired jersey and his "Birthday Night"!
On April 4th and 26th, the Columbus Explorers ushered in the last "back-to-back" of the season. Tyronn Lue rested Li Wan in the first game of the "back-to-back". The main players other than Li Wan were rested in rotation. In the end, in the two games, they lost the game without Li Wan, and won the game led by Li Wan's "single-core" team!
Of course, it also has a lot to do with the opponents they meet...
In this game without Li Wan, their opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers... the first encounter this season, after the game, many media are saying that the Columbus Explorers' style of play is somewhat restrained by the Trail Blazers .
But judging from the results, it's not that the Columbus Explorers' style of play restrained the Trail Blazers, but that the Columbus Explorers with Li Wan restrained the Trail Blazers.
Without Li Wan, this team lost to the Portland Trail Blazers by 12 points;
And Li Wan's "single-core" led the team to win, only the "mere" San Antonio Spurs.However, the Spurs are now "internal and external troubles", only ranked seventh in the West, much easier to deal with than the Trail Blazers!
At the end of March, Li Wan scored another "3 plus", and finally scored 40 times in 15 games in a single month, ending his journey in March.
The only game that didn't score 40 plus was the game where Li Wan rested.
This made Li Wan's scoring average throughout March a terrifying 3 points!
This terrifying score made the media exclaim, "Could it be that March is also Li Wan's crazy month?"
The excited Columbus media expressed this: "As the king of Ohio, what's wrong with being 'crazy' for one more month in Columbus?"
It is also such a terrifying "Chamberlain" scoring. In the end, even though the Explorers' record in March was the same as that of the Bulls and the Raptors, they were 3 wins and 12 losses. Li Wan still won the final "Player of the Month" in the Eastern Conference. prize"!
The "Best Player of the Month Award" in the West belongs to James Harden who came back in early March. After half a month of rest, Harden's overall physical fitness has improved significantly, that is, Li Wan and Kevin Durant The "3-plus" competition in March was too fierce. Li Wan scored 3 40-plus times, and Kevin Durant also scored 14 times. James Harden's 40 9-plus times were a bit mediocre. No wonder.
But counting the "Best of the Month" this time, James Harden also won the "Best of the Month" three times. He and Li Wan won the "Best of the Month" the same number of times this season.
With Li Wan basically excluded from the regular season MVP list, it is already a certainty that James Harden will win the regular season MVP.
After playing in March, Li Wan's total career score has reached 3 points...
There are only 15 points left from Havlicek, No. 126 in the NBA's historical scoring list, and only 14 points from No. 128 Paul Pierce...
As far as Li Wan is in this state, it is just around the corner to surpass these two Celtic legends before the end of the season.
However, after entering April, Li Wan's overall offensive momentum is no longer so fierce, and his scoring average has dropped from 4 plus per game to his state before the All-Star Weekend, which also makes it easier for him to surpass Paul Pierce this day. The media expected a little later.
On April 4th, three games before the end of the season, Li Wan's career total score reached 10, officially surpassing Paul Pierce, and he was 3 points away from Tim Duncan, who ranked 26425th in the NBA's total scoring list!
With two games left in this season, it is obviously very possible for Li Wan to reach the 14th place in the NBA's all-time scoring list.
Especially after Li Wan scored 4 points against the Bobcats on April 12, this matter has become a reality!
27 points is not a problem for other super giants, even less for Li Wan!
It is also beyond Tim Duncan, and the last game of the Columbus Explorers has attracted a lot of attention.
Ben Simmons looked at so many reporters outside his arena, and was so angry that he almost spit out blood.
Against me!
This girl must be targeting me!
The reason he is so angry...
After Li Wan surpassed Tim Duncan, he was still a few hundred points away from catching up to 13th place Dominique Wilkins.
So this guy is deliberately keeping Tim Duncan from overtaking, so as to gather a lot of attention in this game, so that he can beat him again under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Reach the achievement of "Three Dozens of Ben Simmons" in one season!
Otherwise, it's really hard to explain why this guy was so fierce in March, but immediately "wilted" in April...
there is only one truth……
I'm going to be severely repaired again!
Thinking of his miserable appearance in the past two games against the Explorers, and looking at such a big battle tonight, Ben Simmons suddenly felt a discomfort in his back.
then……
"It's a pity that Ben Simmons suddenly felt back discomfort before the start of this game and will miss the last regular season game of his rookie season!"
Before the start of the game, Kenny Smith shared the news he had just received, and Barkley smirked when he heard the news.
An idea appeared in his mind, and for some reason he always felt that this idea was absolutely correct!
A trace of regret appeared on Shaq O'Neal's face. He really wanted to see Li Wan continue to deal with Ben Simmons.
The good news is that Li Wan is as stingy as his former partner.Ben Simmons escaped this time, and there will be another time!He can't never stop playing, can he?
At this time, Shaq O'Neal suddenly didn't feel that being stingy was such a bad thing...
However, this game without Ben Simmons did not disappoint the reporters. They didn't come here tonight to teach Ben Simmons a lesson. They came here to witness by Tu Yile Li Wan surpassed Tim Duncan's.
There is no accident, in such a "night of transcendence", Li Wan has always "strike hard", and has already scored 26 points at the end of the first half. Li Wan scored the 26497th point in his career with a jumper from a distance.
Officially surpassed Tim Duncan and came to the 14th place in the NBA's historical scoring list!
Without Ben Simmons, the 76ers also lost to the Columbus Explorers by 17 points in this game, ending their journey in the 17-18 season with a loss.
After the games of other teams ended on the same day, the regular season of the NBA 17-18 season also officially came to an end.
Li Wan then scored another 15 points, bringing his career total to 26512 points.
He only scored 23475 points last season, and this season he scored a total of 3037 points!
Converted to each game, he played a total of 79 games this season, averaging 38.443 points per game.In the end, he widened the gap of 4.9 points per game from Adu, who is second in scoring per game, and won the seventh "scoring champion" in his career, which is only 7 points away from Michael Jordan's ten "scoring champions". There is a difference of 3... The gap is still not small!
Li Wan once again felt the "hooliganism" of the "old hooligan".
In addition to averaging 38.443 points per game, Li Wan also averaged a season-high 13.8 points and rebounds per game this season. Unfortunately, there are too many "monsters" on the rebound list this season. Jordan averaged 15 points per game, and "Zhuang Shen" averaged 16 points per game. [-] more!
As a result, he failed to get the first "rebound king" in his career.
Including the number of rebounds this season, Li Wan's total career rebounds came to 7652!
This made him successful on the list, squeezing out Antonio McDyess and coming to the 80th place on the NBA's total rebounding list.Successfully came to the top 100.
With an average of 7.6 assists per game, he has a total of 600 assists this season. With this data, Li Wan's total career assists have successfully broken through the 8 mark, reaching 8271!
After this season, his ranking in the total assists list is higher than his total scoring list, and he is currently 12th, second only to Andre Miller.
The total number of steals has reached 2041, ranking 13th on the list, successfully surpassing Allen Iverson. Li Wan has a total of 260 steals this season, averaging 3.3 per game. This data also makes him Successfully won the "steals king" this season.
And blocks per game...
Li Wan averaged 2.2 blocks per game this season, with a total of 173 blocks.
算上这173记盖帽，李万职业生涯总盖帽数为1251记盖帽……来到了总榜单的第50位，目前距离第49位的詹姆斯-唐纳森还差16记。
Donaldson was the star of the Mavericks in the 80s and the only center in the history of the Mavericks to be selected as an All-Star.
From this data, it can be seen that Li Wan's position on the "statistics list" has risen a lot after the end of this year!
In addition to him, the highest scorer of the Columbus Explorers this season is Carmelo Anthony, who averaged 21.3 points, 6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.
The average data per game is not much different from when he was in the Nets.
But in terms of efficiency, there has been a big increase compared to before. His average field goal percentage of 48.5% per game is his highest average field goal percentage since the 07-08 season.
The efficiency values of three-pointers and free throws have improved to varying degrees.
After coming to Columbus this season, Anthony's biggest change is that he knows how to pass the ball, and at the same time he is no longer stuck in long-term singles with the ball.It has to be said that Tyronn Lue has a lot of credit.
Wiggins' scoring average has declined this season. In order for Carmelo Anthony to better play his ability to attract defense with the ball, Wiggins gave up his flanks this season, holding the ball much less. It also made his offensive proportion less.
本赛季的他场均15分5.5篮板4.5助攻2抢断1盖帽。
However, because the contract extension has already been given, and his character and temper will not care about such things, the atmosphere in the team has not changed much.
This is why Li Wan chose to keep Wiggins:
His character is destined to do anything as long as he is comfortable playing!
Even if it's a data loss, he won't care too much about it.
Sabonis' scoring is about the same as Brogdon's.
小萨博尼斯场均12.2分7.5篮板5.4助攻；而打了82场替补的布罗格登，场均14.8分。
Adams's scoring average this season has also shrunk, averaging only 7.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, but considering that this is only the data he got in 22 minutes and 13 seconds, converted to 36 minutes, his data is still the same online.
And then there's Rajon Rondo averaging 8.3 points per game...
No one else averaged more than 5 points per game.
And if everyone's scores are added together, Columbus can average 123.5 points per game this season!
The average firepower per game ranks first this season.
Even the Warriors average about 5 points less than them.
And their average points per game this season can also be ranked fifth in the NBA's historical regular-season scoring average. !
Most of them were teams in the 60s. In modern times, only the Nuggets in the 80s averaged more points per game than Columbus in two seasons...
The ferocious firepower originated from Li Wan's two months of madness.
38.8 points per game... that's scary!
And as the dust settled on the major data lists, the top eight in the East and West were also officially determined.
In the East, the Columbus Explorers, relying on their strong offensive firepower, have a record of 68 wins and 14 losses, ranking first in the East and second in the league, second only to the Warriors' 71 wins and 11 losses!
Ranked second is the Toronto Raptors, and their number of wins has also reached 60 games, 62 wins and 20 losses!
It can be called the "biggest dark horse" in the league this season!
Of course, being so "black" has nothing to do with the deal they made at the end of November. If it weren't for the arrival of Paul George, the Raptors might have succeeded this season and even continued to rank among the top three in the Eastern Conference. It is absolutely impossible to be so scary in terms of record...
The third in the East is the Chicago Bulls, 53 wins and 29 losses!
At the end of March, Derrick Rose, who tore his ligament in the playoffs last season, came back, but his condition was not very good after his comeback. In order to get him back to his condition, the Bulls lost several games in a row at the end of the season.
Otherwise, under the leadership of Kevin Durant and Jimmy Butler, they can have about 56 wins.
This result is enough to explain to the fans in Chicago when Rose is reimbursed for the season.
Speaking of which, Jimmy Butler's performance somewhat disappointed the Chicagoans.
I thought that without Derrick Rose, his data could go further, but it turned out that he averaged only about 23 points per game, and the data of rebounds and assists did not change much.
Many media even believe that Jimmy Butler has reached his upper limit, and it is impossible to improve!
The fourth in the Eastern Conference is the Milwaukee Bucks.
At the beginning of the season, some media said that the Bucks will rise this season, but it turns out that sometimes, the vision of these experts is still very accurate, and the Bucks really climbed to the fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
“字母哥”在这个赛季确实完成了彻底的进化，场均可以拿到26.9分10篮板6.8助攻1.5抢断1.4盖帽。
Another "Almighty King" has risen!
The fifth in the Eastern Conference is still the Wizards...
For this ranking, the Washingtonians are actually a little disappointed. After all, without Howard, they were fifth in the Eastern Conference last season. Now that Howard is there, they are still fifth in the Eastern Conference!
Didn't Howard come in vain?
The sixth place in the East is the Philadelphia 76ers who "believe in the process".
Their rise mainly relies on two newcomers, one Embiid and one Ben Simmons. Considering that these two talents have just started their careers, it stands to reason that they still have the possibility of continuing to improve.
So ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference, the Phillies are very satisfied.
The seventh place in the Eastern Conference belongs to the Charlotte Bobcats.
The Bobcats in the era of "Mr. Joe" have been continuously rebuilt and rebuilt. At the same time, as Michael Jordan's eyes became "good", they really built an excellent "youth army".
They also made it to the playoffs this season.
Of course, if you really want to talk about it, you have to mention a deal they made last summer. They brought in Jeremy Lin as before. Jeremy Lin, who became the "sixth man", played very well on the Bobcats' bench. With an average of 13.6 points, it is an important part of the firepower of the entire team.
It is also the fact that both the starting lineup and the bench have enough ability, and they have just entered the playoffs at this moment!
The eighth place in the Eastern Conference is the second-best Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference last season...
The results of this season are not satisfactory, but at any rate, after trading Thomas Jr., the entire team culture can be re-established.
It's just that after Irving's arrival, the improvement in scoring ability per game has not been as expected, and there has been a huge increase. After the Heat averaged 23.4 points per game, after he came to the Celtics, his scoring average was only 24.5 points per game.
There is actually no difference between this increase and no increase.
The reason for this unsatisfactory situation is very simple. The young Celtics are all thinking of "grabbing class and seizing power".
It's fine if you come to Li Wan, but to Owen, what kind of champion are you?
You fart champion!
Since there is no champion, why should you be the boss?
Just because you play beautifully?
Then we're not bad at playing!
It was also this kind of infighting that made the Celtics' record not change much after they traded for Irving, and they almost couldn't even make it to the playoffs.
(End of this chapter)