socalfunplaces Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Before the start of the G5 of the Lakers and Rockets, the NBA officially announced the best defensive player of the season!
Previously, the NBA's official list of candidates included: Zhou Chen, Elvin Robertson and Sidney Moncrieff!
This season, Zhou Chen not only averaged a triple-double per game, but also averaged 3.6 steals per game, ranking first in the league.
Elvin Robertson and Moncrieff are the outside defensive cores of the Spurs' Bucks, respectively.
The best defensive player is selected by sports journalists and media commentators across the United States.
The first place vote received 5 points, the second place vote received 3 points, and the third place vote received 1 point.
After several rounds of voting, Zhou Chen finally received 45 first-place votes, 25 second-place votes, and 11th third-place votes.
The total score was 311 points, narrowly beating Moncrieff's 294 points and Robertson's 289 points!
The NBA officially announced that Zhou Chen of the Lakers won the best defensive player of the NBA regular season in 1985-86!
The 23-year-old Zhou Chen won this award and became the youngest DPOY winner in NBA history!
Zhou Chen's defensive performance this season is obvious to all, and his defensive radiation is almost all over the field.
Defensive tactics beyond the times, such as "blindfold defense", "stool withdrawal", and "death entanglement", have led the defensive trend of the league's outside players!
Zhou Chen is not only the absolute leader of the Lakers' offensive end, but also the absolute core of the defensive end!
This season, the Lakers still entered the playoffs when the lineup was incomplete, and I have to say that it is inseparable from Zhou Chen's strong defensive ability!
Zhou Chen also became the first player in NBA history to win regular season MVP and best defense in the first two years of his career!
The existence of a unique file in NBA history!
The 5th final battle with the Rockets is curtain drawn at the Compaq Center!
Before the start of the game, Zhou Chen received his DPOY trophy on the road.
The warm-up of the players from both sides is over, and the game officially begins!
In this crucial battle for the fate of the team's season, Abdul-Jabbar chose to return with injury!
The referee threw the ball into the air and Sampson easily got the ball for the Rockets!
After the opening, the Rockets continued to play to their advantage, Big Dream and Sampson's two-tower combination, storming the Lakers inside!
Olajuwon singled AC Green, turned and threw a thrower to win the Rockets!
Zhou Chen held the ball and attacked!
The Rockets directly went around the front and delayed, and just after halftime, they formed a closed circle against Zhou Chen!
Abdul-Jabbar under Zhou Chen's high hanging basket!
The latter faced the two twin towers of Sampson and Olajuwon, and did not panic at all!
Back single, easy to play, although the speed and explosiveness are not there, but with their own experience and shooting feeling, the ball hook hand scored!
The two sides come and go, do not give in to each other!
The 39-year-old veteran Abdul-Jabbar has been in a slump since returning this season.
But the Abdul-Jabbar of this game is like an old tree blossoming and dead wood in spring.
In the face of the young Olajuwon and the peak Sampson, as the all-time scoring champion Abdul-Jabbar, with one enemy and two, is completely worthless!
Zhou Chen encountered the merciless targeting of the Rockets, and only scored 5 points in the half game!
But he gave out 11 assists!
Throughout the first half of the game, the most common tactic of the Lakers was the cooperation of Zhou Chen and Abdul-Jabbar!
With Abdul-Jabbar's performance of 26 points and 12 rebounds in the first half, the Lakers temporarily ended the second quarter with a 61-54 lead!
After the start of the second half, the situation on the field broke through!
Although Abdul-Jabbar has an explosive shooting touch today and has repeatedly tried and tested hooks, his physical strength is a big problem!
Facing the infinite impact of two inside linemen who are many years younger than him, the hit rate gradually decreased, and the confrontation was also at a disadvantage!
The Rockets took the opportunity to play a wave of 17:0 super attacks, directly overtaking the score and stretching the gap to double digits!
As the intensity of the game increases, it becomes more and more difficult for the Lakers to score!
The Rockets led by 13 points into the final quarter!
In this tiebreaker where every point is regarded as a treasure, the Lakers are 13 points behind, which is already a gap like a gap!
And Zhou Chen's game was completely blocked by the opponent, and only 18 points were scored in the third quarter, far lower than his usual performance!
The Lakers are in jeopardy and facing elimination!