naaapseattle Chapter 139 The Future Is Yours
Chapter 139 The Future Is Yours
Chapter 139 The Future Is Yours
On May 5th, there is still one day before the Clippers and Lakers G13.
At this time, the NBA officially announced the best lineup for this year's playoffs.
Unsurprisingly, Lu Yi won the best rookie award and was selected to the first team of the best rookie team.
This year's best rookie lineup, in addition to Lu Yi, there are Curry, Evans, Gibson and Jennings.
There are mostly guards and no centers. This is also a microcosm of the small ball era.
Let's talk about the best team of the year and the regular season MVP.
As a first-year rookie, Lu Yi actually ranked fourth in the MVP list this season. Only James, Durant and Kobe ranked ahead of Lu Yi.
Immediately after Lu Yi, is Howard.
The top five players on the MVP list, including Howard, all received more than 10% of the votes, which shows that this year's MVP competition is fierce.
Lu Yi, as a first-year rookie with no impression points, can be compared with league superstars and even super giants, and it is even more obvious that Lu Yi is extraordinary.
In fact, during the regular season, the major sports media, watching the excitement is no big deal, the top three on the MVP list must have Lu Yi's name, and even Lu Yi is the best candidate for the MVP of the regular season.
The problem is that the MVP of the regular season is selected by votes from major media reporters, which is more or less subjective and not objective enough.
Lu Yi's performance in the regular season this season is indeed no worse than James, and even stronger.
However, as a first-year rookie, Lu Yi is too young and lacks convincingness.
Coupled with not being American, this is especially important.
Therefore, in the end, he only ranked fourth on the MVP list, which is quite normal.
Fortunately, in terms of the best team, Lu Yi deserves to be a first-team player this season.
The best lineup, the guards are Lu Yi and Kobe, the forwards James and Durant, and the center Howard.
Second Team: Deron, Nash, Anthony, Nowitzki, Stoudemire.
Three teams: Roy, Singles Joe, Gasol, Duncan, Bogou.
It can be seen from the best lineup that the league is strong in the west and weak in the east.
Let's talk about the best defensive team, Lu Yi is also fortunate to be selected.
Although it is not a first team, but there is a second team, which is already considered good.
This year's best defensive team is: Kobe, Rondo, Gerald Wallace, James, Howard.
Second defensive team: Wade, Lui, Josh Smith, Duncan, Varejao.
To a certain extent, Lu Yi's selection to the best defensive team mainly depends on offense and media exposure.
No defense is good without media exposure.
Also thanks to Lu Yi playing in Los Angeles.
As far as the future is concerned, Wiggins has always had a good defensive condition, and the defensive end is also very good, but he has lacked exposure for many years, and the media blindly underestimated the value of his defensive end.
As a result, he won the second championship with DPOY-level defense, but the regular season was ignored to the extent that there were not even a few votes for the defensive second team.
Lu Yi played in Los Angeles, led the team well enough, and was also very active on the defensive end.
The media can see Lu Yi's outstanding performance on the defensive end all the time, so in the end, with a lot of votes for the second defense, Lu Yi, the first rookie, was praised as a member of the defensive second team.
Having said that, Lu Yi should have been selected to the first team of the best team and the second team of the best defensive team.
After all, like Lu Yi, who can help the team add 30 to [-] wins in the first year of his rookie, and lead the team to the playoffs, goes back to Larry Bird [-] years ago.
Larry Bird was also the best rookie, rookie All-Star, and selected to the best team.
At best, Lu Yi has one more All-Defensive Team second team than Larry Bird.
Larry Bird is not known for his defense, but Lu Yi's steal data is solid.
However, now that the Western Conference semifinals have not yet been played, it is useless for Lu Yi to win more honors in the regular season of this season.
The really important thing is the unfinished G7.
On May 5, the real decisive battle came.
Because the Clippers were pulled two games in a row, Kaman, who was recuperating in the hospital, had to be sealed and came to the team to report.
In fact, Kaman was not seriously injured. With conservative treatment, he will recover in half a week, and then he will be able to play again after observation.
But now, after all, he is still injured, and he has been lying in bed for another half a week, so his state will definitely be affected.
But they have reached G7, the team is in trouble, and Kaman himself does not want to give up this year's opportunity to reach the Western Conference Finals.
After all, the Clippers are his home team, and Kaman also wants to realize himself in the home team and help the home team achieve new honors.
It is also his own child selected by the Clippers, why doesn't Lu Yi think so?
The big city, the big ball market, the playing environment is excellent, and there is a lot of room for career advancement. Apart from the boss being a bit stingy, there is nothing wrong with him.
Next, as long as Lu Yi wins G7, it is possible for the rookie to lead the team to the championship.
And in a team like the Clippers, even if a teammate breaks out, it is difficult to compete with Lu Yi for the FMVP.
Once Lu Yi can achieve the rookie boss championship, his historical status may directly rise to the top 20 level.
Looking at the NBA for so many years, there has never been such a powerful character.
It's a pity that it is still too difficult for Lu Yi to achieve this.
No one in the Clippers can compete with Lu Yi for the FMVP. The key is that G7 in the Western Conference semifinals will not be able to pass.
Kaman's return helped Iverson open up a little bit of offensive space, and gave Lu Yi an extra pick-and-roll option when attacking.
But in a real sense, it did not resolve the predicament the Clippers are in now.
In addition, Kaman's condition is not very good today, and he has tried many times on the offensive end. It can be seen that he really wants to score and help the Clippers win the game, but in the end, the more he fights, the more he plays. Instead, he played like an undercover agent.
It can only be said that this wave of temporary hustle and bustle has turned out to be counterproductive.
For the Lakers, they have played six games before, and the most difficult moment has passed.
Now that G5 has breathed out, the next step is to use experience to continuously suppress the Clippers and win.
The Lakers have seen that as long as Lu Yi is cut off from other Clippers players, Lu Yi alone cannot beat the Lakers to death.
In fact, the Clippers did not have the second point, and the third point stood out.
Even if Iverson can occasionally score a goal, his inefficient performance cannot relieve the Clippers' urgent need to score.
Mud will never be able to support the wall!
After hitting G7, the true strength of the Clippers was revealed.
Leaving aside Lu Yi, the Clippers are the bottom team in the league.
The Clippers players were just lucky enough to play with Lu Yi this season and slowly learned how to play downwind.
When the Lakers took control of the game from the first quarter, Lu Yi was allowed to play alone in the next three quarters, and kept falling into the quagmire of struggling and unable to win, the game was firmly won.
The defending champion is the defending champion.
The players' excellent physical condition and rich game experience are far above the Clippers, a team that is nothing more than a bad team.
Throughout the entire series, it is already a miracle that Lu Yi was able to lead the Clippers to suppress the Lakers 3-1 early.
However, a miracle can happen once or twice, but it cannot happen to the Clippers this time.
Lu Yi's 6-point cut in G51 has already scared the Lakers, and in G7, Lu Yi, who was completely exhausted, failed to play like a god of war like G6.
Lu Yi's efficiency in G7 dropped sharply. In the first half, he scored 14 points on 18 shots and didn't even score 20 points.
But even so, he is still the player with the most points in the game.
It can only be said that the Lakers used the team to limit the Clippers and Lu Yi.
The Lakers used unity and experience to control the rhythm of the game.
In the third quarter, Lu Yi didn't take a rest, and wanted to give it his all.
Although he played an excellent performance again with 9 points on 17 shots in a single quarter, it was just a flash in the pan.
In the fourth quarter, Lu Yi finally fell into a slump, and almost turned into Kobe, resorting to the stunt of turning four ups and three irons.
Turning over and jumping backwards, Lu Yi knows this move, but he is not very proficient and perfect.
But there is no way, there is no strength to run out of the receiving space, and the team needs Lu Yi to score, so Lu Yi can only turn over and jump directly after receiving the ball, making a tough shot.
If the shot is made, the Clippers still have hope of a comeback. If they fail to make the shot, it is Lu Yi who shoulders the responsibility alone and cannot rely on other teammates.
Lu Yi has achieved the limit of what he can do, but it is a pity that he is too young to really beat the complete Lakers.
102 to 89, the Clippers lost at home in the end, and lost the Lakers by 13 points, which was a disastrous defeat.
In fact, with 2 minutes left in the game, Dunleavy advised Lu Yi, who had already played 44 minutes, to take a rest.
But Lu Yi was a little unwilling!
It's not that Lu Yi doesn't know that winning is basically impossible.
But, this is playing at the Staples Center!This is their home field!
Lu Yi didn't want to disappoint the Clippers fans who came to watch the game, or the fans who had supported them for a season.
At least, let the fans who miss them see that they didn't surrender and lose G7, but fought to the last second with real swords and guns, forcibly dying on the battlefield.
Therefore, Lu Yi played the entire game alone.
Although not all 48 minutes were played, and there was a break of one or two minutes before, but after the whole game, 2 minutes and 46 seconds, such playing time is quite terrifying.
It can be said that in this season, no rookie has taken on more pressure on the court than Lu Yi.
Similarly, no Clippers player has done more on the court than Lu Yi, and has given everything more than Lu Yi.
Lu Yi did what a parent team's No. [-] pick should do.
When the game time was zero, Lu Yi was so tired that he fell to the floor, gasping for breath.
Many Clippers fans in the arena who have not left the field early can't help being moved by Lu Yi.
Just when Lu Yi got up and was about to hug Kobe and other Lakers fans, he left the court and returned to the locker room.
I also witnessed many Clippers fans in the front row, and uncontrollable tears fell from their eyes.
Seeing such a scene, Lu Yi felt a little immobilized.
Instead, Kobe took the initiative to find Lu Yi.
"Louie, you're doing great!
It's over, your rookie season is over.
Congratulations, boy, you graduated with me.
I believe that the future is yours.
Polish your skills this summer!
In my opinion, you still have a lot of technical immaturity.
At least, the back hitting technique is not good enough and needs to be practiced more.
I know, your three-pointer is unique.
But remember, the playoffs are definitely not a three-point long-range shooting contest.
Only by mastering all the techniques can you kill all the opponents that appear in front of you.
If you have any problems in the future, you can call me.
But never at night, when I'm going to sleep, haha, you know! "
After winning the game, Kobe was not as acrimonious as he was when he was facing each other on the court. Instead, he put on a good teacher, elegant and easy-going appearance.
"Damn it, it's installed."
This time, Lu Yi understood James' mood when he lost to Duncan.
"If it weren't for your teammates being better than mine, how could I have lost to you!"
Losing G7 and being forced by Kobe in front of his face, Lu Yi didn't complain about his teammates in his heart, that's impossible.
The Clippers had many opportunities to win the Lakers before, especially in the last game, they were only 4 points short!
As long as one teammate can stand up and play a little more efficiently, there will be no G7 today at all!
It is also impossible for Kobe to show off in front of Lu Yi after the game.
But it all happened, and Lu Yi became the loser of this round of the series.
What also failed was the group of CBA teammates around Lu Yi.
At this time, Lu Yi was a little angry and a little depressed.
"I have played like this, and I still can't win. This is just... bad luck."
Even so, Lu Yi did not have the idea of running away from home and forming a mobile dynasty.
After this year, Kobe may not die.
Lu Yi, the king of Los Angeles, will become more and more genuine. For the next ten years, Los Angeles will belong to Lu Yi.
Therefore, Lu Yi will not go anywhere.
At most, as the king of Los Angeles, recruit all-stars who are in their prime, meet together to win the championship, and achieve greatness.
Lu Yi is a failure now, but from the perspective of the whole season, he is still successful.
Most of the stars in the league can tell that if they team up with Lu Yi next, they will definitely have a chance to win the championship in three to two years.
Lu Yi led the team with a single core this year, and when he met the complete Lakers, he almost swept the Lakers 4-1.
If Kaman is not injured, who will be the big winner in the West this year?It's really hard to say.
The past is gone, but the future can definitely be expected.
With a No. [-] pick like Lu Yi, the Clippers can completely reinforce two All-Star-level stars through trades and signings.
Anyway, for the next three years, the Clippers will have Lu Yi's rookie bonus, and the championship window has always been open.
Therefore, it is also because of the existence of teams like the Clippers that the free market this summer will definitely be very lively.
After losing the game and taking a shower, Lu Yi was also relieved.
In the post-match interview, Lu Yi seemed more confident despite his downfall.
"It's no shame to lose to the Lakers, I think we lost to this year's championship!"
"We are only a little short. I believe that if we win the Lakers, then we will be the championship this year. Unfortunately, there is no if."
"Kobe is great, maybe my referral to the Hall of Fame in the future is Kobe."
(End of this chapter)