Chapter 622 Who Will Win?

On the 6th, after waiting for a week, New York fans finally saw the Knicks game again.

In Madison Square Garden, in the Eastern Conference semifinals G1 game, the Knicks beat the Nets by 25 points and successfully rewritten the total score of this round of the series to 1-0.

Lin Yi played only 27 minutes in the game, 8 of 12, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 blocks.

In this game, the Nets were in a pretty bad state.

They only finished the tiebreaker with the Hawks on the 4th, and Lin Yi, who started the "health mode" in the playoffs, could score 60 points if he made crazy shots in this game.

You can take it, but you don't have to.

Because if the Knicks want to go far, preserving their strength is the key.

Lin Yi was also physically and mentally exhausted in order to break Mr. Qiao's record during the regular season.

Taking advantage of the easy Knicks schedule in the first two rounds of the playoffs, Lin Yi knew that what he needed most was blood recovery.

It is okay to learn how to brush data in the sewer, but it is not necessary to turn the whole person into a sewer.

Lin Yi is crazy to be fully fired in this round of the series against the Nets.

Consume yourself?

Why bother?

It is Lin Yi's top priority to save his stamina to snipe James.

Having said that...the Heat team is simply toxic.

Because they can drive 55 with anyone...

Actually trailing 0 to 1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, can you believe it?

Paul George scored 41 points on 14-of-27 shooting from the field, plus 3-pointers and free throws on "Take Miami."

The pickles have changed.

As a "kemi", how can you pickle peppers purple!

On the other side of the Western Conference semifinals, in the series between the Thunder and the Lakers, the Thunder at home led the Lakers 1-0. Volute made 11 of 31 shots and scored 31 points, but failed to save the Lakers.

But this series still has to be played...

because you don't say

The Happy Beast can still act as a barrier under the basket.

During this period, Du Xiaoshuai's psychological quality was quite average. He might pay tribute to Kobe on any night, and then Kobe killed him.

And in another Western Conference semifinal, the Spurs and the Mavericks in the "cattle and horse showdown", the Spurs at home will win first!

After the game, Lin Yi looked for the video of the game. After watching it, Lin Yi planned to go out to the reporters to brag about the "Spurs championship".

The scheming was in full swing in the playoffs, and the young Irving was educated by Parker again...

The Mavericks' wing defense doesn't work well against the Spurs... because the Spurs want you to grind with him, and Ginobili's crazy ball...

Even if you switch to Kobe to defend, it's the same.

Duncan and Nowitzki have played against each other for more than ten years. Although Shi Fu's scoring data is not as eye-catching as the old driver, but in this game, the player with the highest point differential on the Spurs team is Duncan.

Shi Fu scored 12 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks. From the statistics, you can't see his value at all.

Lin Yi remembers very clearly that the reason why the Spurs were able to stop the Heat's dream of three consecutive championships in the previous life was inseparable from Duncan's contribution on the defensive end.

If you only look at defense, Butler may not be much worse than Kaka, and the growth rate of Jiba in this life is obviously better than that of him watching the drinking fountains in the Bulls at the same time.

In this year's 2K14 MT mode, "Drilling Jiba" is considered by many players to be a magic card.

Although Butler is still an apprentice in a blacksmith shop, his 12 or so shots per game will not affect the overall offense and defense of the Spurs even if they are all ironed.

At this point in the playoffs, the situation has gradually become clear.

For the Knicks, not giving the Nets any chances in the next three games is crucial.

Because on the Heat side, they have to play at least five games anyway, and the Knicks can save more energy by playing one less game.

...

After the game day on the 6th, the top executives of the league urgently held an internal meeting.

The attention of this year's playoffs has increased, because the Knicks won 75 games in the regular season, and many fans want to witness the Knicks' journey to the top.

only......

This meeting tonight was not held for the playoffs.

Tomorrow, that is, on the 7th, the league will officially announce the status of the major awards for the 12/13 regular season.

Stern has a headache.

The main headache lies in...the Knicks' 75 wins this season, can't all be attributed to the players, right?

Is the best coach going to continue to D'Antoni?

Although the award of the best coach is not as convincing as the championship in the eyes of many people, but if D'Antoni is awarded the best coach this time, it will be the fourth time in his career that D'Antoni has won the award!

And... Lao De is still reelected this time!

At that time, will there still be suspense for the active No. 1 coach?

In addition, the Knicks' sixth man, Clay, completely crushed his competitors in terms of statistics. The best sixth man was then given to Clay, and the MVP was given to Lin Yi, and then several Knicks players were selected into the first team , Second Array...

Are other teams still playing?

Why does the league often have operations that challenge the IQ of fans?

Because the alliance cannot fail to balance.

You must know that if a reasonable allocation of resources is not carried out and a situation of dominance is formed, it will easily cause a decline in the attention of the NBA.

That's why ... Stern's head hurts because the Knicks have been so explosive this year.

It exploded so much that Stern didn't know how to present the award.

In the meeting room, looking at the high-level league leaders gathered together, the little Jewish old man took the lead and said: "Everyone can express their opinions. I discussed it with Adam yesterday. Adam suggested that LeBron should be elected as the MVP, and then the best coach should be selected. To Mike (D'Antoni), what do you think?"

Stern said while distributing the regular season MVP voting results to these league executives.

The vice president of the league, Jalen Diss, shook his head, "This is not acceptable, isn't this the same as changing the ticket?"

Although the league has conducted black-box operations before, the selection of MVP has started from the 2009/10 season. In addition to voting by the media and reporters, there is also a link for fans to vote.

Once the MVP selection is changed, it is easy to cause bad influence.

Diss does not agree with Xiao Hua's suggestion.

On the other hand, Xiao Hua felt that Diss was too vulgar, "Jaylen, Lin is already a two-time MVP, and he is only 23 years old this year. If he is allowed to win three consecutive MVPs, how will the players of his contemporaries compare with him?" He competes?"

"LeBron's statistics this year are also worthy of the MVP, otherwise Lin would have been elected with a full vote, and we have invested heavily in LeBron? Why not use his outstanding performance this year to bring him back to the top?"

"As for Lin, we can wait until next season before considering giving him the MVP."

Xiao Hua's suggestion is not without reason.

But Diss doesn't see it that way.

"Adam, first of all, isn't the selection of MVP based on who's performance is more dominant in the current season?"

"The Knicks won 75 games in the regular season this year. Lin broke Michael's scoring average in the regular season. He is also more popular in the voting results. We have no reason not to give him the MVP."

"Secondly, I don't think it's a bad thing to make Lin three consecutive MVPs."

"Also, Adam, if Lin's performance next season is mediocre, we will present him with an award in the form of 'supplementary MVP', do you think the fans will buy it?"

In Diss' view, Lin Yi should not be suppressed blindly just because he is a foreigner. In the past two years, the influence of the NBA in overseas markets has grown, which is not unrelated to Lin Yi's performance.

To put it bluntly, the NBA still has to rely on strength to speak. If Lin Yi's strength is average, then the league will at most use him to attract the Chinese market.

But......

This kid has now subverted people's perception of basketball!

Especially after the Chinese men's basketball team won the silver medal in the London Olympics, some international players who had previously sniffed at the NBA have changed their minds.

The influx of more and more international players into the NBA is the best proof.

Diess is very supportive of Stern's global strategy. In Diess' view, the most powerful basketball player must be the United States, but the number one player in basketball does not necessarily have to be an American.

Diess gave the example of table tennis, "Although table tennis is very popular, how many professional table tennis players are there in other countries except China?"

"Why is football more popular around the world? Because even Brazil, the football kingdom, cannot guarantee that they will win the World Cup."

"The NBA not only needs to be commercialized, but we also need more fresh blood. The promotion of our activities in China in the past two years is even more popular than our atmosphere in the United States."

"China is already the second largest basketball country in the world, and even their number of fans is far higher than ours."

"Isn't the reason we picked Lin up at the beginning to inspire some young Chinese players and make their fans pay more attention to the NBA?"

"Then why do we shoot ourselves in the foot?"

Stern fell into deep thought at Gerondis' words.

After a long time, Stern said slowly, "Jaylen, if we award the MVP to Lin, how should we distribute the other awards?"

Diss thought for a while, "We can do this..."

After Diss finished speaking his thoughts, Xiao Hua immediately objected!

It's just unbearably tacky!

This group of people will ruin the NBA sooner or later!

In Xiao Hua's view, what is fair and just is what a child would believe.

Why do human beings pursue freedom while enacting various laws to restrain themselves?

Since the alliance has this right, why not better resource allocation?

Let a Chinese have three consecutive MVPs?

What would the American players think?

And since Larry Bird, the NBA has not had three consecutive MVP players.

To be precise... the three-time MVP has disappeared in the NBA since Stern took over the league.

Even the "Old Hooligan" has never achieved three consecutive regular season MVP achievements.

Silver believes that after the Knicks won 75 games, the influence of the Bulls has been much smaller.

If Lin Yi has been occupying the NBA's MVP, then the players of his generation will not be able to go any further.

In addition, in Xiao Hua's mind, the league did not make good use of the topic of MVP, which is worthy of hype.

Xiao Hua suggested before that the MVP award ceremony should be changed to after the finals.

And Xiao Hua suggested, don't look at the record completely, after all, some strong teams can easily take the lead in the record.

Xiao Hua hopes to make the NBA more commercialized, because only in this way can the NBA make more money.

Diess did not agree with Xiao Hua's point of view, he said: "Adam, commercialization is right, but don't forget, basketball is also a competitive sport, and the origin of competitive sports lies in competition!"

"Why are there so many legends in the NBA? If the NBA becomes a pure show, what's the point?"

Xiao Hua was furious, "Jaylen, believe me, my plan will definitely help the league maintain its topicality."

"Take this year's playoffs as an example. If the Knicks and the Heat meet in the Eastern Conference finals, then the attention of this round of the series will definitely break the record?"

"Then why didn't we covertly help at the right time to make this series go to seven games?"

"Legendary stories can also be done artificially. If there is no story, we will make up stories for the fans. Such an NBA can not only make money, but also be more attractive to fans!"

Diess shook his head, "Adam, too much interference from the referee will only arouse the disgust of the fans. Take the finals of the 2009/10 season as an example, even if the Lakers and the Celtics failed to play seven games, for many It is also a classic for fans!"

Diss doesn't want to artificially interfere with the game itself.

In Diss' mind, the hype is completely OK.

Didn't the league hype 23VS24 back then?

But Stern didn't put the Cavaliers in the finals because of the hype.

Why did the NBA have such an ugly finals as the Spurs playing the Pistons at the beginning of the century?

It is because Stern understands that too much human interference will only arouse people's resentment.

Therefore, the hype is the hype, the praise is the praise, and the script must be returned to the players in the end.

The league can suppress those dynastic teams by modifying the rules, through the distribution of draft picks, and even find ways to tear down those giants, but if the referees are used to write the script...

Sooner or later, he would be sprayed to death.

Of course, Stern does not pursue fairness and justice, but in some matters, this little Jewish old man has his own bottom line.

And Stern himself has played too much... He knows that once the referee interferes too much in the game, the result is often easy to get out of control.

For example, in the 10/11 season, Xiao Hua suggested asking the referee to help the Mavericks at that time, because playing seven games is more conducive to ratings.

However, Stern rejected Silver's suggestion.

Because Stern knew very well that the Knicks and the Mavericks were very close in strength at the time. Once the total score became 3 to 3, the Knicks themselves would be discouraged.

In the same way, even if the Mavericks led the Knicks 3-1 at the time, Stern would not interfere in that round of the finals.

only......

Still have a headache.

Giving James the MVP of the regular season can further restore the blood of the emperor, and at the same time, it can maintain the league's consistent style of not putting all eggs in one basket.

but......

Diess' suggestion also makes sense.

Lin Yi's three consecutive MVPs can further enhance his historical status and further reflect the fairness and justice of the NBA. In the future, international players will also be more willing to come to the NBA to play and pursue their dreams.

Stern hesitated no longer.

Indecision is not his style.

It's just that Stern probably didn't expect that before he retired, he would encounter such a situation that made him difficult to make a choice.

Stern signaled Diss and Xiao Hua to stop arguing.

"After listening to Adam and Jaylen's suggestions, I decided to arrange it like this." Stern said slowly.

May 7.

The NBA officially announced the major awards for the 2012/2013 NBA regular season!

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PS: The first update!