This game was the last swan song for Leonard and the Menglong team. Leonard, who gave everything he had, scored 50 points under Wang Feng's full defense, but still failed to help the team win the game because Wang Feng was completely defensive.
Scored 51 points in the game, and also with Leonard's full defense.
The offensive and defensive battle between the two was actually barely a tie. Although Leonard took more shots to score 50 points than Wang Feng, in terms of results, the two did not clearly distinguish themselves.
Top superstars are top superstars, and Wang Feng has to admire that when Leonard is at full strength and in a hot state, even with the blessing of multiple badges, he cannot completely suppress it.
But when the two tied, the gap in the strength of their teammates became apparent.
Jimmy Butler made 9 of 15 shots and efficiently scored 22 points, becoming the third-highest scoring player in the game and the only other player to score 20 points.
It was the additional fighting power of Butler that enabled the Lakers to slightly lead the Menglong in terms of total points and achieve the final victory.
After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Leonard seemed very unconvinced, but there was nothing he could do. He pretended to smile and hugged Wang Feng to express his congratulations, and then hurriedly left the field and returned to the locker room.
At this moment, Leonard must have a lot of thoughts in his mind. The defeat in the finals may also make him realize that he cannot win the championship alone. With the wings of butterflies flapping, history may change again. After all, the rate
Winning a team championship and losing in the finals are two completely different experiences for a player.
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"Congratulations to the Lakers, who defeated the Menglong 4:1 and won the 2018-19 NBA championship!"
"This is the 17th championship trophy won by the Los Angeles Lakers since the team was founded. At this point, the Lakers have officially tied with the Boston Celtics in the total number of championships, both ranking first in the league with 17 championships!"
In the Huaguo studio, the commentator was even more delighted and beaming.
"At this moment, the entire Lakers team is shouting MVP. We all know who they are shouting for. Although we have set new records countless times before, I still want to say it here and lead the team to win the championship.
And Wang Feng, who is about to win the FMVP of the finals, is the first Chinese player to win the FMVP award in the history of China! He has once again created new history!"
Although the FMVP award has not been officially announced yet, there is actually not much suspense.
Wang Feng played in the 5 games in the finals, averaging 41.6 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.4 steals per game. Especially in the final G5 game, he scored 51 points, just like a god descending from heaven!
Looking at NBA history, there are only eight players (including Wang Feng and Leonard) who have scored 50+ points in the finals. This honor is quite valuable.
Among the entire Lakers team, except for Wang Feng, who averaged 41.6 points per game, the highest scorer is Butler, who averages 20.4 points per game. Then players such as Ingram, Kuzma, Lopez, Rondo and Rose average 20.4 points per game.
The score didn't even exceed 15 points.
Under this circumstance, if the FMVP can be awarded to someone else, it will become the biggest scandal in NBA history, much more serious than Yin Guodala in 2015!
Even if the 11 news media people who select FMVP are indeed under the secret control of capital, considering various problems such as the Chinese market, it is impossible to award the award to Butler under huge pressure.
Wang Feng's guess was correct. Ten minutes later, on the temporary podium, the NBA president personally awarded the NBA championship trophy to the team and also announced the winner of FMVP. Wang Feng was elected FMVP without any suspense and became the winner.
The first Chinese player to win this honor.
The moment the championship trophy and FMVP trophy were raised high at the same time, the stadium was filled with cheers.
“We are the champions—!
!”
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The Lakers' championship will continue to ferment in the next few days.
Before the start of the regular season, no one could have imagined that the Lakers would eventually win the championship, including the Lakers management.
At that time, Lakers fans were still criticizing the team verbally, accusing them of missing out on many top stars such as George, Leonard, and James in succession, gaining nothing in the free market, and achieving nothing.
However, at the beginning of the season, the Lakers traded for Butler to strengthen the team's forward strength, and Wang Feng's scoring ability further evolved, allowing the team to make progress all the way, not only finishing the regular season with 64 wins, but also ranking first in the regular season record.
First, they made it through the playoffs until they won the championship.
Looking back at the Lakers' playoff journey, this championship is full of gold.
In the first round, they eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers led by James, in the second round they defeated the Houston Rockets, who had seven bloody games with the Warriors last season, and in the Western Conference finals, they defeated the five-star Warriors, who were considered invincible.
Although Durant's injury and retirement was a turning point in the Warriors' game, it is an indisputable fact that in the first four games when Durant was healthy, the two teams tied at 2:2. Even if they seemed to be at a disadvantage, the Lakers faced
They have never lost another game against the Warriors in either the regular season or the playoffs!
In the finals, facing the Menglong team that emerged from the Eastern Conference, the Lakers did not give the opponent any chance and ended the game neatly with 4:1.
What's even more frightening is that this team is still very young.
Butler has just turned 30 and is at the peak of his competitive ability.
Wang Feng is less than 27 years old, and Ingram and Kuzma are just in their early twenties, so they have a promising future!
This also means that as long as the current championship lineup can be retained, the Lakers will still be the favorite to win the championship next season.
After all, the disintegration of the Warriors seems to be a certainty.
Although the Warriors management and players are trying their best to retain Durant, judging from the details revealed by the media that day, it is clear that Durant no longer wants to continue playing for the Warriors.
In three years with the Warriors, he only won one championship trophy. For Durant, who was burdened with huge infamy, the pressure not lessened but increased.
Durant understands that even if he continues to stay with the Warriors and win a few championship rings, it will not help him get rid of the infamy. Moreover, he has always been treated as a mercenary in the Warriors. The Warriors are Stephen.
Curry's team is not Kevin Durant's.
No matter where Durant goes, as long as he leaves the Warriors, it will be an extremely heavy blow to the Warriors' combat effectiveness, causing them to fall directly from a level higher than the league as a whole to the standard of an ordinary first-tier team.
Does the partnership of Curry + Thompson + Green have the ability to win the championship? Of course the answer is yes, but it only has the possibility of winning the championship. In terms of strength, they are as good as Leonard's Dragons, Antetokounmpo and Ade
Tokunbo's Bucks are close in strength and obviously weaker than the current Lakers.