Chapter 251 Wang Feng, who wants regular season MVP
Before the All-Star Weekend, the Rockets ushered in a winning streak, and spanned the All-Star Weekend, winning 17 consecutive games!
After losing to the Menglong team to end their winning streak, the Rockets immediately entered the winning streak mode. They have now won 5 consecutive games. According to the historical process of another time and space, this wave of winning streak may not end until 11 consecutive wins.
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In the end, the Rockets will have a record of 65 wins and 17 losses, becoming the only team in the league with more than 60 wins that season.
The huge bonus in record gives Harden a higher MVP approval rating than Wang Feng.
Of course, there are more reasons why Harden has a higher MVP approval rating than Wang Feng.
In terms of record, the Rockets, who won 55 games last season, only improved their wins by 10 games this season. The Lakers, after Wang Feng arrived, only had 26 wins last season and have already won the regular season before the end.
42 wins, the number of wins increased by a full 16 games!
From the perspective of record, Wang Feng definitely scores higher than Harden, and Wang Feng's personal data of 35+10 is also better than Harden's 30+8.
This involves another rule of the league...the voters of the regular season MVP.
According to league regulations, the regular season MVP selection is voted on by media reporters from the United States and Canada. From this point of view, local American stars have an obvious advantage, at least under the same conditions.
Although according to the history of another time and space, after Harden won the regular season MVP this season, the regular season MVPs in the following four years were all won by international players. Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo won two consecutive awards, and Nikola Jokic also won the regular season MVP.
Winning two consecutive years, but that is also based on the fact that other players who have a chance to win the MVP are all international players.
If there are any local players in the United States whose team performance and personal data can be compared with Antetokounmpo, Jokic and Embiid, it is still very likely to break the monopoly of international players on regular season MVPs.
Now Wang Feng is eyeing the regular season MVP award.
The reason is simple.
The All-Star MVP system gives rewards, but will there be no rewards for the regular season MVP?
The answer is obvious.
Although Wang Feng currently ranks second in the MVP support rate, the support rate is the support rate and is different from the final voting results, so he still has a high possibility of winning this award.
As the most valuable honor in the NBA, Wang Feng cannot imagine what kind of reward the regular season MVP will give! If he has the opportunity to get it, he will not miss it no matter what!
But as mentioned before, if he wants to really win the regular season MVP award, Wang Feng must do better. Otherwise, at the same level or with a small advantage, the local American reporters will still unconsciously vote in favor of Kazakhstan.
Deng.
As for how to do better, all Wang Feng can think of is the next 12 games.
50 wins must be achieved no matter what.
There are very few regular season MVPs with less than 50 wins in league history. The only one in the past ten years was Thunder guard Russell Westbrook last season. The problem is that Westbrook’s personal data last season was 30
+10+10, averaging a triple-double per game! The past and present are brilliant!
Although Wang Feng's current data of 35+10 is also very beautiful, it is obviously not as shocking as Westbrook.
As for Jokic's two future MVPs with the Nuggets, they are not of reference, so I will skip them.
The Lakers, who have now won 42 games, need to win at least 8 games if they want to win 50. In the next 12 games, the weaker opponents of the Lakers include the Grizzlies, Pistons, Kings, and Quickens.
Boat.
Teams still fighting for a spot in the playoffs include the Mavericks, Timberwolves, Spurs, Pelicans, Jazz and the Bucks in the Western Conference.
Finally, the Lakers will face the Houston Rockets in the penultimate game of the regular season on April 10.
"...Judging from the quality of opponents, 50 wins is quite difficult."
Wang Feng shook his head slightly.
As long as they successfully defeat the Grizzlies and other four weak teams, the Lakers are basically guaranteed to enter the playoffs.
But those Western Conference giants who are still not sure of making it to the playoffs will not be so easy to deal with. They are all tough battles!
In order to ensure victory in the game, Wang Feng decided to use all 15 freely allocated points obtained by the All-Star MVP.
To put it bluntly, Wang Feng is quite confused about adding a starting point.
The offensive attributes, based on the requirements of the forward position, have basically been filled up. Now only the offensive skills of the inside, such as close-range shooting, dunks under the basket, back-up steps, etc., have not been strengthened.
Wang Feng feels that with his scoring ability, these are enough now. The offensive ability inside the basket can make his skills more perfect, but the improvement to his scoring ability has been minimal.
As for other abilities, whether it is defense or organization, it is unrealistic to make a qualitative leap just by relying on 15 free distribution points.
After some tangle, Wang Feng decided to add it to the defensive ability.
Although his outside defense and assist defense abilities are top-notch, his inside defense ability is a weakness.
Previously during the All-Star Weekend, James frequently used inside offense to defeat Wang Feng in isolation.
If Wang Feng wants to compete with James, he must improve his interior defensive capabilities.
Moreover, the Lakers seemed a little helpless many times when facing powerful opponents' inside players to score, and therefore lost many games that they shouldn't have lost.
If Wang Feng can strengthen his inside defense and become a defensive player like Green who can both inside and outside, it will obviously improve the team's overall defense.
His previous interior defensive ability was 37, which was far from the passing level. After strengthening the 15 freely allocated points, the 52 points were not enough to pass, but at least it didn't look that ugly anymore.
What's more important is that after the season is over, after the season is evaluated and rewards are distributed, Wang Feng can directly increase the interior defense to 90 in one go. By then, his interior defense ability will be directly improved to the first-class level, even without the assistance of the interior defense badge.
, and can also limit the vast majority of centers in the league.
Wang Feng's strengthening of interior defensive capabilities is not just for future considerations, because on March 22, the Lakers faced the New Orleans Pelicans, who have top interior players, in their first of the remaining 12 games.
This season, the Pelicans successfully acquired All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins and formed the most luxurious twin-tower combination in the league with Anthony Davis.
Unfortunately, Cousins suffered a season-ending injury in the middle of the season, leaving Davis alone to support the inside line. As a result, the Pelicans' record was affected, and they are still fighting for a spot in the playoffs.