After some explanations, Cousins finally regained his confidence and was full of fighting spirit to defeat Wang Zelin in the next duel with the Trail Blazers.
After seeing his little brother regain his composure, James breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, let alone Cousins, even he himself was stunned by Wang Zelin's performance.
If he also knew that before successfully breaking through the Eastern Conference, no matter how extraordinary Wang Zelin's performance was, it would not have much impact on him.
Being the number one in the league is not an easy thing to do!
James' current status mainly relies on 4 mvps and two championships!
Wang Zelin still needs to further accumulate honors if he wants to surpass James in a substantial sense.
Therefore, James took the initiative to congratulate Wang Zelin in front of the media for completing his great feat as soon as he learned the news.
All I can say is that Zhan Chao is indeed a good person!
However, the fact that James and Wang Zelin, as the parties involved, can remain rational does not mean that many people on the Internet think so.
And behind this, it is naturally inseparable from the media's fueling the flames.
Early in the morning on the 25th, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland from San Francisco and refused numerous media interviews. Wang Zelin and his teammates were focused on preparing for tonight's back-to-back games.
Even though it was at home and their opponent was the relatively average Jazz, they were not tempted by the sweet talk online and still maintained a focused attitude to face tonight's game.
On the Internet, the discussion about whether Wang Zelin surpassed James to become the number one player in the league has intensified.
Indirect TV also responded to the fans' thoughts and held a lunchtime symposium specifically on this topic.
The theme of this symposium is who is the current number one player between Wang Zelin and James, and the current historical ranking of the two.
"Yesterday's game was definitely the most exciting one I have seen so far this season!"
"On the Warriors' side, Curry went all out to bargain for 48 points, Thompson also scored 24 points, and the Splash Brothers scored 72 points together; while Wang Zelin's side exploded with all his strength, and finally succeeded in one person scoring two goals!"
As the host of the scene, Barkley watched the highlights of the game between the Trail Blazers and Warriors with all the guests, his face full of emotion.
"I suggest that teams across the league that aspire to win the championship should take advantage of this summer to quickly stock up on centers, because without the support of centers, Wang Zelin can do whatever he wants in the paint!"
"The Warriors' three-point tactics are indeed very powerful. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the most shooting-talented perimeter duo I have ever seen, but it has no effect against Wang, because he once again proved to the world that dominance Only under the basket can you dominate the game!"
O'Neal took over Barkley's words and continued.
Through this game, Wang Zelin once again proved that the ancient centers have not been completely forgotten by history. Even if they do not shoot three-pointers, they can still dominate the game with their dominance at the basket and finally dominate the game!
As soon as they came up, the two couldn't help but praise Wang Zelin. Reggie Miller next to him rolled his eyes, as if to say, hey guys, don't forget today's theme.
"Stephen is indeed a very good player. After he retires, he is likely to become the number one three-point shooter in history. But I still think that he is not enough to be among the top three in the league because there are many players ahead of him. , at least LeBron, Wang and KD."
Reggie Miller quickly brought the topic to today's other protagonist, James.
"Yes, LeBron and Wang are undoubtedly the two strongest players in the league today. In fact, since the Trail Blazers won the championship last season, there have been endless topics about Wang surpassing LeBron. Here I want to ask, what did you think yesterday? Have you heard about Warriors coach Kerr’s post-game interview?”
Kenny Smith, who was the last to speak, successfully brought the topic back on track under the constant instructions of the on-site director.
Then, without waiting for anyone to answer, he asked himself: "LeBron is undoubtedly a very dominant superstar in any era. To belittle LeBron is to belittle the modern league!"
"So your opinion is..."
"Yes, I think Wang has not surpassed LeBron yet. It may be possible in the future, but at least this season."
"Even if he achieves two consecutive championships this year?"
"Yes, even if Wang wins two consecutive championships, it is not enough to prove that he has completely surpassed LeBron!"
Barkley and Kenny Smith are truly a golden partner. Their singing and harmonizing quickly heated up the discussion in the live broadcast room, and also infected the fans of each team who were watching the live broadcast.
After some discussion, neither of them could convince the other, and they all set their sights on O'Neal and Reggie Miller.
The camera turned.
Someone expressed their opinion: "The position of the number one player in the league, I think, should not only depend on strength, but also honor. Wang is only in his third season, and his honor structure is not enough to cause damage to LeBron. What an impact.”
"It's a little early for us to call him the number one person now!"
Reggie Miller offered his own different perspective.
Finally, the camera showed O'Neal sitting in the second position on the right hand.
However, O'Neal, who has always been recognized by the outside world as a loyal fan of Wang Zelin, his next answer exceeded everyone's expectations.
"I agree with Kenny and Reggie. As Reggie said, the number one player in the league should not only value strength, but also the honors achieved. What's more, in terms of personal strength, LeBron is still the strongest in the league , even Wang, at most he can only keep pace with him now. As for the championship, Wang is one less than LeBron."
"Perhaps, we can wait until the Trail Blazers actually defend their title this year and then compare the two."
Barkley refuted O'Neal's point of view: "Shaquille, you should look at the defensive treatment of Wang Zelin by the teams in the league now. It is no worse than you did back then. Which star in the league today is as valued by so many teams as him? So? His strength and honor are only a matter of time."
"As you said, when the Magic lost to Mosaic in the finals, my performance was no better than Hakeem's. Although I scored 2 points less, my overall shooting rate was 11.2% higher than Hakeem's. But at that time, People didn’t think after the Finals that I surpassed Hakeem and became the best player in the league!”
No one expected that O'Neal would use his first trip to the finals to defend himself.
"But……"
Barkley didn't know if O'Neal took the wrong medicine today, but he, who was also the league's MVP player at his peak, also had his own understanding of basketball, so he chose to stick to his guns.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by O'Neill:
"That's because you have never won a championship and have not experienced the importance of a championship to a player's historical status! Especially for a super giant, the championship and FMVP are both essential to compete for historical status. important factor.”
At this time, everyone suddenly realized that they had almost forgotten that O'Neal was a supporter of the "championship greatness theory".
Just like O'Neal later, when he won three championships, he surpassed all the famous players in history and was second only to Michael Jordan. He seemed dismissive of the so-called expert rankings who made such remarks, which caused a great sensation at the time.
Now, even if the target is Wang Zelin, whom he likes very much, he does not hesitate to stick to his theory.
Of course, everyone always does everything with themselves as the biggest starting point.
As the only winner of three consecutive championships and three consecutive FMVPs since the 21st century, adhering to this "championship great theory" is undoubtedly very beneficial to O'Neal's competition for historical status.
Otherwise, he would not have always adhered to this theory.
This is the biggest reason that prompted him to "backstab" Barkley today.
"Haha, Charles, actually we all know that LeBron is a great player, and Wang will undoubtedly be destined to achieve greatness in the future! But I feel that no matter how we discuss it with just the four of us, the sample is limited after all, and who I can’t convince anyone. Who is the best player in the league today? It’s better to leave it to the fans to evaluate. I remember a Chinese saying that the masses have sharp eyesight!”
When the comment "You haven't won a championship" came out, Barkley's face darkened visibly. O'Neal was so happy in his heart. This is how he usually quarrels with Barkley. But considering that today is a more serious symposium after all, the final summary words are not as sharp as before.
Seeing this, Barkley also smiled and said: "You are right, I suggest a vote on the tnt official website, and the fans can choose the number one player in the league today."
"agree!"
"This method is good, and the recognition of the fans is also very important."
Since several guests had different views on the league's No. 1 player and were influenced by O'Neal, Barkley immediately suggested a vote by the fans.
His proposal was also endorsed by several guests.
After the symposium, the tnt official website immediately opened a poll:
Who do you think is the number one player in the league in the 2014~2015 season?
In addition to James and Wang Zelin, the four-time scoring champion Durant and Curry, who led the team to an MVP-level performance this season, are also among the candidates.
The inclusion of Durant and Curry on the list has also been recognized by many fans.
After all, the former had a fierce competition with Wang Zelin in the regular season last season, and the latter is the second most popular candidate on the mvp list this season after Wang Zelin.
Fans will choose the number one player in the league among the four strongest players in the league today!
Fans all over the world were very enthusiastic about this voting event. In a short time, the number of voters exceeded six figures, and it is still rising rapidly.
The voting activity was going on with such enthusiasm, as if everything was going so smoothly, that everyone seemed to have forgotten the existence of the other old guy.
…
at the same time.
In Los Angeles, in a mansion in Beverly Hills, a certain player No. 24, who did not want to be named, was so angry that he went crazy!
Damn it!
TNT officials did not rank him among the top four players in the half-season. More importantly, the fan base did not react much to this ranking.
Was it accidentally missed by the staff, or was TNT making a disguised statement: It has withdrawn from the ranks of active top players...
Scholars can endure it, but who can’t?
Damn Fuck!
After swearing, he checked and saw that the Lakers' next opponent was the Minnesota Timberwolves! ?
OK, then the decision is yours!
…
…
The vigorous voting on the Internet did not affect Wang Zelin and his teammates' evening game.
They faced the Jazz back-to-back at home, and it took less than three quarters to completely defeat the game.
In the end, Wang Zelin played 25 minutes and scored 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks before entering off-duty status early.
After four quarters, the Trail Blazers easily defeated their opponents at home 107:95 and gained two consecutive victories.
It’s the 26th.
After a full day of 24 hours of voting, the final results are out.
James and Wang Zelin's votes are far ahead of Curry and Durant.
53% of fans agree that James is still the number one player in the league today!
37% of fans also believe that Wang Zelin has replaced James in the league!
Curry and Durant only received 5% and 4% of the votes respectively.
As for the last 1% of fans, they chose to give up voting after careful consideration.
The gap between James and Wang Zelin is still visible to the naked eye, but it is not as big as imagined.
It is the gap between the last two and the first two that is truly beyond expectation.
TNT officials immediately announced that LeBron James is still the number one player in the league today!
It's just that after this event, Wang Zhelin has completely secured his position as the second player in the league, truly sitting on both sides.
In addition to this news, on the 26th, another breaking news came from the West.
During the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Timberwolves, Lakers No. 24 Kobe Bryant, who had to remain anonymous, felt as if the wolfberry in his thermos cup had been replaced by Red Bull in advance. .
He made 20 of 33 shots, 5 of 11 three-pointers, and 6 of 9 free throws. He scored 51 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals.
This is also the 27th time in Kobe's career with 50+ points in a single game, only 4 times behind Jordan's 31 times with 50+ points.
Because Kobe did not suffer the Achilles tendon rupture injury in the original time and space, as early as last season, he had already broken the historical career record of 25 times with 50+ points in a single game.
This season, the Black Mamba's scoring average has once again declined, down to 23 points. There are no 50+ games in one game, and only a handful of 40+ points.
Just when everyone thought that Kobe would never be able to return to his scoring state of treating scores as if they were out of pocket and end the season, he suddenly performed a drama like a god coming down to earth.
A wave of 51 points in a single game quickly stole all the heat from the tnt voting event.
And looking at it like this, Kobe's scoring ability has not declined as seriously as everyone thought, and he may not be able to surpass Jordan in the future.
It is worth mentioning that this is also the second time in Kobe's NBA career that he scored 50+ points in a single game against the Timberwolves!
The last time had to be traced back to the peak period of the 2006-07 season when he averaged 31.6 points per game and won the scoring title.
In that game, he made 17 of 35 shots against the Timberwolves, 4 of 9 free throws, and scored 50 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals, helping the Lakers win 109:102.
When the Black Mamba, who was about to turn 37, quickly appeared on the hot lists of sports newspapers around the world with a 51-point performance, at that moment, everyone had an illusion:
Hot man, he's back again!
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