He just played basketball and became the chosen one.

Chapter 99: The strongest 21-year-old player in history?The first step of the Western Conference playoffs is straight to Hell!

The double-digit point difference made both Denver fans and Chinese fans furious.

Chinese fans have really heard enough of the words "Lian can't score under the Pistons' defense."

Ryan also had a great time playing. Now, you should know whether I have the ability to handle the Pistons!
This Blue Legion, which has terrified the entire league in the past two years, now has a defense full of holes in front of the Nuggets!

The Pistons' shrinking formation doesn't work at all, because the Nuggets role players are all shooting threats.And Ryan has also evolved the ability to play the ball in the circle.

Shrinking gives the opponent an opportunity to shoot open shots.

The most damning thing is that once you expand the defense, Ryan will get another chance at the basket.

For example, on the ball just now, Webber took advantage of the opportunity to expand the defense and was unable to protect the frame, and immediately passed an alley-oop to Ryan.

The Pistons' current defense focuses on an abalone dipped in mustard, spicy on both ends!

Neither contraction nor expansion will work.

Ryan's teammates also fulfilled their pre-game promises and helped Ryan get closer and closer to the league's first place!
When the Nuggets' role players can also perform, it is basically difficult for the Pistons to win games.

In the 07 Eastern Conference Finals in original history, James was able to reverse the Pistons after falling behind 0-2 because in three of the last four games, his so-called CBA teammates became confused.

In G5, the Tianwangshan Pistons finally waited for the Cavaliers' role players to miss. As a result, James was stunned and scored a career-high 48 points in a single game in the playoffs.

The Pistons were not allowed to seize the opportunity to change their fate.

Although James performed poorly in G6, he only scored 27.3 points with a 19% shooting rate.

But the team's backup guard Daniel Gibson's 31 points in a single game completely destroyed the Pistons.

Therefore, when the Pistons cannot hold down the opponent's breakthrough player and the opponent's role players still perform well.

This is a disaster for them!

Stern's idea of ​​changing the rules is: "Defense is okay. But it won't work to win the championship ugly just by relying on defense. The team that plays in the finals must be both offensive and defensive!"

In short, don't let a team that only defends win the championship again.

As for the Pistons, they really only have defense!
When the defense can't solve the problem, they're left blind.

That's it now, the Pistons' defense can no longer completely hold down the Nuggets.If they want to change the situation, they must also do something on the offensive end.

But when Ryan and AK targeted Billups and Hamilton respectively, the Pistons' offense had no momentum at all.

The most terrifying perimeter defensive chain this season is against a team with the bottom ten offenses.

It's no wonder the Pistons' offense is so good.

So after leading to double digits, the Nuggets became more and more courageous, once widening the point difference to 16 points!
But compared to Larry Brown's Pistons, the only improvement of Flip Saunders' Pistons is probably that they have the opportunity to gamble on three-pointers.

No, at the beginning of the third quarter, Billups hit a chasing three-pointer against Ryan and a corner three-pointer from the Roaring God, once closing the point difference to 10 points.

That gave the Pistons another chance to breathe.

One round later, Ryan's dribbling breakthrough was caught by Prince's fingertips, and he accidentally dropped the ball, allowing the little prince to complete the steal.

Although Prince is not good at stealing with the ball, it does not mean that he cannot steal it once.

After stealing Ryan, Prince immediately counterattacked with the ball.

If this counterattack succeeds, the Pistons will be able to reduce the point difference to single digits!
These 2 points are a small step in a basketball game, but a big step for the Pistons to blow the counterattack horn!

Prince entered the penalty area, leaped high, and prepared for a one-handed dunk.

But not long after Prince jumped up, he saw Ryan appearing next to him from the corner of his eye!
He knows Ryan is fast and has a large defensive area.

But when Nima Prince took off, Ryan didn't even step into the free throw line!
How could he catch up in an instant?

Bird clenched his fists when he saw this scene.

At this time, he thought of the 2004 playoffs and the final moments of G2 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

With 23 seconds left in the game, the Pacers trailed the Pistons by 67 points, 69-2. The Pistons' offense was intercepted by the Pacers, and Reggie Miller quickly made a layup.

But just when Miller, all Pacers fans and Bird himself felt that this goal could equalize the score and save the situation.

Prince miraculously caught up, missed Reggie Miller's fast-break layup, and helped the Pistons win the game!It is no exaggeration to say that this block may have changed Reggie Miller's career!
Without this block, the Pacers would most likely have gone to the finals.

That block has always been a difficult moment for Pacers fans and Bird.

That was the final moment of Reggie Miller's career, which was filled with infinite sadness.

At this time, Ryan almost used an identical block to destroy the Pistons' hope!
Ryan caught up with Prince and slapped the ball directly out of bounds. The Pistons failed!
Bird looked at Ryan roaring on the court and couldn't help laughing.

No one grows old in an instant, but there is always a point in time that reminds you that dusk has arrived.

The moment Miller was chased by Prince was the sign of dusk.

Similarly, no one will reach the top in an instant, but there will always be a time point that reminds everyone that the sun is about to rise!
Ryan's ruthless blocking of Prince and ruthless destruction of the Pistons seemed to be a sign that the Nuggets were about to rise!

How could Bird have imagined that he would use the sword named Denver to avenge his time with the Pacers!
The basketball went out of bounds, but the ball still belonged to the Pistons, and they still had the opportunity to narrow the point difference to single digits.

But for some reason, Bird wasn't worried at all.

It’s impossible for Detroiters to pass the Lion King level again!

Their dusk has arrived!

The Pistons fired a baseline kick. They surprisingly used Hamilton to serve the baseline kick. Hamilton also lobbed the ball directly to Billups outside the three-point line.

At this time, everyone's defensive attention will be on Billups, while Hamilton, the person responsible for serving, is ignored.

Therefore, after Hamilton serves, he has the opportunity to immediately go from outside the baseline to outside the three-point line, and catch the ball and shoot.

This is the Pistons' trump card in their baseline ball tactics this season!

Allowing the real end point to serve can relieve the defensive pressure on the end point to a certain extent.

Hamilton also successfully executed the tactic. When he suddenly ran into the field from the baseline, the AK47 was half a beat slow to react.

By the time Kirilenko started to pursue, the Roaring God had already provided a cover for Hamilton. The AK47, which had no time to get around, was blocked and lost track of the masked man!

Billups immediately passed the ball to Hamilton, who was completely away from his opponent. Hamilton also calmly caught the ball and shot.

But the next second, Hamilton's shot was directly blocked by Ryan, who came from the top of the arc from outside the three-point line. He used his terrifying defensive area to break the Pistons' baseline ball tactics!
A perfect one-two defense, Bird already knew that he didn't have to worry about this defense!
This time, Ryan rubbed the bottom of the basketball from the side and immediately jumped up twice to catch the basketball that shot straight into the air.

At this point, the Pistons lost their best chance to narrow the point difference to single digits!
The smiling assassin in the commentary box sighed. He knew that the last breath of the piston had been brutally pulled out of the body by Ryan!

Ryan's pull was quite timely!If you are late, something may happen!

After all, no one knows whether the Pistons will take off after narrowing the point difference to single digits.

But now, the Nuggets don't have to worry about this problem.

The Pistons have no chance to gain momentum!

The Pistons clearly saw the last glimmer of light, but Ryan used his terrifying defense to block the only light, causing the Pistons to fall into the abyss of darkness.

Sure enough, they failed to toughen up this time, and the Pistons' morale plummeted.

After that, they never launched a similar offensive again.

Of course, the Pistons did not give up directly. This group of tough Detroit blue-collar workers were still resisting tenaciously.

It's just a point difference, never close to single digits again.

Finally, when the timer reaches zero and a red light appears on the backboard.

Fans throughout the Pepsi Center seemed to be making waves in the arena!

Chris Marlowe also had red eyes with excitement:

"97 to 86, the Denver Nuggets successfully defeated the Detroit Pistons at home with an 11-point advantage. They officially topped the league's overall record rankings!

This is a key step for the team to reach first place in the league this season!
Ryan performed extremely well, scoring 35 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds!

What happened in the last 1 minute and 55 seconds of the All-Star Game can be completely swept into the trash bag of history!

Although Ryan's score today is indeed not very high, he did not even reach 40 points.But, he is almighty enough! "

Chris Marlowe's last words made the Smiling Assassin almost want to hit someone.

If I didn't mention this, people wouldn't remember that I said before the game, "Ryan's score won't be too high"!
You have to slap me in the face to feel comfortable, right?
I’ve heard of people who like to slap their butts, but there are actually some people who like to slap their faces. Even a pervert like me finds it perverted!
Could Marlowe not be yin and yang?He has been commentating on Nuggets games since the Mutombo era, and over the years people's attitude towards the Nuggets has been the same as that of the Smiling Assassin, always looking down upon them.

After all, the Nuggets really have no sense of presence in the league. This team has been tepid before and was even sold off for a time.

But now, we are almost number one in the league!
I want to be yin and yang to whomever I want to be yin and yang!

From now on, no one will dare to underestimate the Denver Nuggets!

Although it has not yet been decided who is number one in the league.But with the Nuggets in this state, no one believes that they will lose to a lottery team in the last four games!
Ryan didn't celebrate loudly, but hugged each of his teammates.

He knew very well that tonight's victory was not a victory for him alone, but a victory for the entire team.

韦伯 18分7篮板6助攻，基里连科17分8篮板4助攻3盖帽。

Nene had 12 points and Miller had 11 points and 5 assists.

Today, the whole team gave Ryan a helping hand!
Finally, Ryan looked at Bird and embraced the guy who suddenly dropped in last summer.

Bird patted Ryan's back hard and said righteously in his ear:

"Your time is about to begin, Ryan!"

Ryan smiled happily: "It's our time, Larry!"

The Detroit Pistons were once again beheaded by a hero.

And everyone knows that the hero holding the devil's head is often fearless and can climb to the top in one breath!
Fans and media are increasingly looking forward to the Nuggets' playoff trip this year!
After hugging Bird, reporters gathered to interview Ryan.

"Ryan! Now the Nuggets have the greatest probability of becoming the Western Conference, no, becoming the first in the league! At this moment, do you have anything to say!?"

Faced with this problem, Ryan was confused:

"Why are you so excited?
Didn’t Larry already say that at the beginning of the season?

This season, other teams are all here to compete for second place!

We were not surprised to be ranked first in the league, we just achieved the set goal easily.

Next, is the playoffs.

Let me guess, a lot of people will immediately start talking about how good the teams in Phoenix, San Antonio and Dallas are.

Hey, whatever you say.

When you say enough, you will find that we have accomplished all the set goals as a matter of course! "

After saying that, Ryan turned around and left.

Bird shook his head, good guy, you can add to the beep I pretended.

After Ryan left, the reporters turned their cameras to Bird.

Bird shrugged: "It seems that everything I said has become a reality again. But other teams, don't be discouraged, work hard, you still have a chance to compete for runner-up!"

After Ryan defeated the Pistons with a 35-point double-double, everyone was discussing overnight the probability of the Nuggets winning the championship.

After all, Ryan didn't barely win against the Pistons.

Instead, the entire audience completely suppressed the Pistons!
Not every team has such strength.

After getting rid of the Pistons, the Nuggets were naturally not polite when facing lottery teams that gave them warmth in the last four games of the season, winning all four games.

Thanks to the precise poverty alleviation efforts of the lottery teams, the Nuggets' record this season was finally fixed at 65 wins and 17 losses!
The Pistons, who have surpassed 64 wins, and the Spurs, who have won 62 games, have the best record in team history and sit first in the league!
Although the Nuggets had basically secured first place in the league when they defeated the Pistons at the Pepsi Center.

But once the final results came out, fans and the media carefully considered it and found that the gold content of this first place is quite terrifying.

First of all, there are five teams with 5 wins this season, namely the Nuggets, Pistons, Spurs, Mavericks and Suns!

Most of the time, there's usually one 60-win team in a season, and occasionally two.

The emergence of four 97-win teams like the 98-4 season is a once-in-a-thousand-year wait.

And this season, because Stoudemire was not reimbursed by the Suns, there were five 5-win teams that broke the league's history!
Under such fierce competition, it is really scary that the Nuggets can still be number one in the league!
Ranked first in the league with 65 wins, and also ranked first in the league with the best record since the 99-win OK Lakers in the 00-67 season!

Barkley reminded everyone on the show:

“The Nuggets are not simply number one in the league, they are the team with the best regular season record in the past six years!

I know Ryan is too young for people to believe he can achieve what he does.

After all, even Jordan, who is only a little bit behind me in terms of appearance, went through six seasons of torture and was beaten repeatedly by the Pistons three times before finally reaching the top in the seventh season of his career.

But history is made to be broken.

In the third grade, Ryan, who is not yet 22 years old, is ready to create greatness! "

This time, not even Kenny Smith, the king of basketball writers second only to a certain basketball writer, dared to refute Barkley.

But he didn't refute, and even agreed with it:

“It’s not just the record, Charles.

Many people may not believe that Ryan is very likely to become the youngest MVP this season!

In the third grade, he is at the top of the MVP rankings. This is simply an exaggeration!
But the competition for MVP this year is too fierce.

Not just Ryan, there are two 21-year-old players! "

As soon as Kenny Smith talked about this topic, the fans became excited.

The competition for MVP this year is indeed fierce. Nash, the MVP last season, Nowitzki, who played explosive statistics and the team won 60 games, averaged 35.4 points per game, and Kobe, who dragged the predicted lottery team into the playoffs.
And, James and Ryan, known as "the two strongest 21-year-old players in NBA history"!

Not to mention Ryan, he averaged 31.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 steals, and 0 blocks per game this season, and led the team to 8 wins.

No matter the data or record, he can legitimately win the MVP!

但詹姆斯场均 31.4分7个篮板6.6次助攻1.6次抢断和0.8次盖帽的数据同样吓人。

他也是 NBA历史上自60年代的奥斯卡.罗伯特森、杰里.韦斯特和89年的乔丹以来，首位场均30+7+6的球员！
Moreover, he is the player with the most triple-doubles this season!

In addition, because Larry Hughes was not injured in this history, the Cavaliers not only finally entered the playoffs this season, but also won 59 games, ranking second in the Eastern Conference!

In the 06 season in original history, even though the Cavaliers' record was not that good, James became the second MVP!

If Nash hadn't led the injury-plagued Suns to still win 54 games, it was so shocking that James would have won the MVP as early as 06!
In this history, the Suns have no injuries, Nash's 60 wins have actually declined compared to last season, and the probability of being awarded MVP is not high.

Although Nowitzki has played with incredible efficiency, his statistics are not as explosive as Ryan and James, and the probability of MVP is not particularly high.

Kobe?His scoring performance was brilliant, but the team's record was too poor.

therefore
This season's MVP is very likely to happen between two 21-year-old players, James and Ryan!
In ESPN's latest MVP rankings, Ryan and James also ranked first, second and second respectively.

Nike was excited. Originally, they wanted James to win the scoring title, but as a result, James's scoring couldn't even compare to Ryan's.
but!
But James may directly win the MVP!
So during this period, everyone on the Cavaliers discovered that they were assigned to the CBA again!
In order to highlight James' greatness, the Nike team frantically created public opinion and belittled Ajan's teammates, making it seem like James alone carried the team to 59 wins.

So recently in some media, you always see remarks like this:
"This is the strongest 21-year-old player in the history of the NBA. The data of the second-best player in the team has dropped sharply compared to last season. When the team has no shooters and no space, he just relies on his strength and strength to score 46 points. 51 points, 44 points, 44 points. 9 triple-doubles, 2 40-point triple-doubles!
LeBron is going hard against the team, and I can't think of any reason not to give him MVP!
Think about it, if you saw a 21-year-old young man perform like this before, you don't know what he would be like!

Just because his name is LeBron James doesn't mean his horrific performance should be taken for granted! "

Larry Hughes is convinced, why do my data drop so sharply? Don’t you have any idea?Are you still embarrassed to report it?
It's okay for me to be a breakthrough player and be forced to become a shooter.

I couldn't get the ball when I should have got it, but I kept getting the ball at critical moments!
Will my data be restored?

Jordan has to win the award for fastest regression when he comes!

But don’t tell me, this wave of marketing is really successful.

In the voting on many websites, Ryan and James have similar approval rates for MVP.

Ever since, the discussion of who is the “strongest 21-year-old player in NBA history” has become a new round of traffic center.

This wave can first exclude Jordan, because the 84-year-old Jordan in the first grade in 21 really did not have such exaggerated statistics and records.

In this regard, Buckley said on his blog:
"Don't worry, everyone, in the playoffs, we will soon know who is swimming naked."

Seeing Barkley say this, Nike is even more happy!

It’s definitely not me, Zhan, who’s swimming naked!

Because James' opponent in the first round was the Chicago Bulls, this season's Bulls can only make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. In the Western Conference, they can't even make the playoffs.

It is easier for James to produce statistics with the Bulls and it is impossible to lose.

And Ryan, his opponent in the first round is the Los Angeles Lakers!
That extremely dangerous snake might make the high-spirited Nugget...
The gutter capsized!

Performance in the playoffs is very likely to directly destroy a player's efforts in the regular season.

No matter how good his performance is in the regular season, he will be criticized verbally and in writing as long as he fails in the playoffs.

Nike just feels confident about another of their stars, Kobe Bryant.

The strongest 21-year-old player will make a final decision after the first round of the playoffs!
Win the championship?Haha, the first step in the Western Conference playoffs is directly to hell difficulty!

　The thank you flowers are so brilliant, I’m afraid I’d rather have no tutors and wait for the big guys to reward me, thank you all!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)