Chapter 298 The first regular season MVP in 42 years
The Celtics' resistance in the second half did not have any effect, and the Celtics were soon handed over at home.
Lin Yang scored another 35 points in this game. By the way, because of the hot touch of other Knicks players tonight, Lin Yang easily completed double-digit assists in assists, got 12 assists, and also scored 7 rebounds, making up for Anthony's lack of rebounds.
Tonight, 35127 also had 3 steals. Lin Yang's outstanding performance even the Celtic fans could only speak in silence.
With a 3:1 lead, the Knicks are only one game away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals again. Many people even believe that if Anthony was not absent in the last game, the Celtics would have been swept away.
Obviously, this also makes it difficult for Celtic fans to accept, especially in the fifth game, where they have to run to New York to play, which is likely their last game.
Jerry Thompson, a columnist at espn who watched these three games, published an article in his column. In the article, he accurately pointed out why the Knicks were able to average nearly 20 points in the three games they won.
The core of the Knicks is Lin Yang, and now the core of the Celtics is Rajon Rondo, but in this round of the game, the gap between the two people is really too big.
Lin Yang averaged 36.5 points, 8.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 3.2 steals in four games. Let’s take a look at Rondo, who was passionately squirting against Lin Yang during the regular season. The data is even worse than the regular season.
In the regular season, Rondo averaged 13 points, 11.8 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game. But when he faced the Knicks, his score rose to 15 points, but he only had 9 assists, and he didn't even make double-digit results. He averaged only 1 steal per game. The steal king of last season was crushed by the steal king of this season in terms of steals.
Moreover, in these four games, Lin Yang and Rondo are basically in a situation where offense and defense are in opposition, so it can be said that a large part of the data of both sides are obtained from the opponent.
Jerry Thompson even made a video, analyzing the 77 rounds of Lin Yang and Rondo's ball against both sides on the offense and defense, which simply made Rondo's face swollen.
"Hey hey hey, I thought that the one who shouted at Lin in the regular season was such a great player? As a result, that's it?"
"By goodbye, I'm afraid I can only see you next season if I don't play in the next game. I hope I can meet you in the playoffs next season."
The doubts about Rondo can be seen in various places. There is no way. This intuitive comparison may be the most obvious comparison that fans can see.
But soon, the fans had no objection to Rondo.
On May 18, the NBA was awarded the most heavyweight awards in the regular season this season. Lin Yang won James and Durant and won the regular season MVP, setting a new record for Ross' youngest regular season MVP.
The comparison between Lin Yang and Rondo is very obvious. One is a regular season MVP player, and the other is that this season is only one three-team at the top of the day. There seems to be no problem with such a big gap.
However, although Lin Yang has always been the biggest favorite in the regular season MVP this season, when Lin Yang, a 20-year-old young man, really won the regular season MVP, the fans were instantly detonated.
His opponents are very strong this season! First of all, his popularity is very strong!
Durant is not bad, his popularity is similar to Lin Yang now, and the three-time scoring champion is not fake.
The other is that MVP James has been in the regular season for two consecutive times. Now he is popular with Kobe, who is in the NBA three-point world, James is one-third, Kobe is one-third, and the remaining other players are one-third.
Moreover, looking at the data, James averaged 2786 and Durant averaged 2883, which is no less than Lin Yang's average of 3073.
But! The Knicks' record this year is really amazing. Not only is the league number one, but it is not one or two games higher than the Heat and the Thunder.
So in the final vote, Lin Yang still won the regular season MVP with a few tens of advantages.
And this regular season MVP trophy is announced before the Knicks and Celtics match begins.
This made the Celtics very uncomfortable. In this round of playoffs, the Knicks had won four awards before the game.
The best coach D'Antoni won before the first game.
Before the second game, Lin Yang won the fastest-progressive player.
Tyson Chandler's best defensive player before Game 3.
Before the fifth game, Lin Yang won the regular season MVP!
This regular season award has been won, and every time it is presented before the game, it may not have much impact on the old players of your team, but those young players? This is a very serious blow to morale.
"Does the Knicks have so many awards to win? They will take 4 of the six regular season awards this season, right?" Rivers, who was on the sidelines, complained wildly, feeling that he had no momentum on his side.
On the sidelines, the Knicks fans cheered wildly. In the history of the Knicks, only Willis Reed won the regular season MVP in the 69-70 season. Now, his No. 19 jersey is still floating above the stadium, and Lin Yang is the Knicks' first regular season MVP winner in 42 years.
This award is an award that Ewing, one of the four centers in the Knicks in the 1990s, has never won. Of course, he is also the only one among the four centers who has not won.
Rivers, who was still complaining just now, said that he was shocked. How to say that, they have not encountered teams that won the regular season MVP before, and the Cavaliers who were killed in 10 years. At that time, James was the regular season MVP, but now it seems that the Knicks fans are even more crazy than the Cavaliers fans.
The Cavaliers have such a small football market, and they have a superstar. It’s understandable that you Knicks are so crazy. Why are you so crazy?
The Knicks is such a team! On the surface, it has the best market in the league, but since Ewing, they have never had a regular season MVP level player, never, and to be precise, although Ewing has had two MVP top three, he has never won MVP.
It’s not easy to bring suspense back to Boston in this fifth game!
Especially at this time, Lin Yang, who took over the trophy on the court, began his acceptance speech: "I am very happy that I can win this trophy. Winning this trophy is inseparable from your support. Without your cheers, I think it will be difficult for me to perform such an excellent performance on the court to win this trophy. So, in order to repay you, let us advance today!"
...The Celtic players were all listening to the seven orifices. Before the game started, they were already given out as a regular season MVP reward? This is really not taking themselves seriously! The Celtic players, who were already a little depressed, all rushed to the championship.
Chapter completed!