Chapter 1239 1238. FMVP Doubt (1/10 for Double Monthly Votes)
123 VP Doubt (110 for double monthly votes)
McGrady quietly averaged a triple-double!
17+6+13 in the first game, 16+14+7 in the second game. After the first two home games of the finals, McGrady averaged 16.5 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, just a triple-double!
There is no way to compete with Liu Mang in scoring, and McGrady can't do it even if he tries his best. In terms of scoring, Liu Mang has surpassed McGrady, and McGrady knows this very well.
But he can work hard in other ways!
Moreover, it is the kind of quiet effort that Liu Mang will not find out!
McGrady did not affect the team's tactics or the team's performance. He just quietly affected the change of data within the scope of his own strength when he had a strength advantage.
He did not do things beyond his own strength limit, such as grabbing more rebounds. He let Liu Mang and Josh Smith hold the ball more to organize the offense and reasonably transfer some tasks to teammates who can complete those tasks.
Although McGrady is not as good as Liu Mang in scoring, he can make these small changes and exert a small influence. He is a superstar with comprehensive strength in the top few leagues!
In the first game, McGrady focused on cooperating with his teammates and did not think too much. But in the second game, after finding that the Lakers were not as strong as the Heat team of Wade, McGrady began to make some changes he wanted.
When the Lakers wanted to rely on Yao Ming to block the position for Odom and Kobe, two powerful forwards and guards, to grab rebounds, McGrady also directed Kwame Brown and other inside players to block the position and grab more rebounds himself, which reduced the inside rebounds of both teams and the Lakers did not get any advantage.
And so on and so forth, small changes planned by McGrady based on the strength of the team and the characteristics of his teammates. Without negatively affecting the team, McGrady successfully made the data of the two games reach an average of triple-doubles!
Talent and basketball IQ, these two things in McGrady were fully demonstrated in the second game!
Because the gap in strength between the two teams was too large, people's focus was on the data performance of the players of the two teams.
It's not that the Lakers are not strong enough. They are already very strong to stand out in the West and enter the finals. It's just that from the perspective of playing against the Hawks, the Lakers may not have the advantage over the Mavericks and Spurs against the Hawks. After experiencing the test of the Heat, the Hawks have become accustomed to the opponent having super guards and super centers. On the contrary, it may be more difficult for the Hawks to eat a different opponent.
Moreover, the Lakers are not stronger than the Spurs and Mavericks in overall strength, but Yao Ming and Kobe are the nemesis of the Mavericks. Yao Ming is more irritable every time he plays against the Mavericks away. Kobe beat the Mavericks for 60 points in three quarters, making the Mavericks tragically become one of the opponents that Kobe scored 60 points in three quarters twice. The Mavericks can't beat the Lakers in singles.
The gap lies in luck!
The drug combination is obviously more reasonable than the Maimang combination, but other helpers are not, and the Hawks have experience playing against the Heat. Combined with various factors, the Lakers were beaten by the Hawks.
The Lakers had no chance of winning the loser MVP. Yao Ming and Kobe performed well, but they could only say that they were good. They didn't have the possibility of winning the MVP as a loser. They just played as they should.
Odom was even less likely. He played well in the first game, but was sluggish in the second game.
Then it was in the Hawks.
After people noticed McGrady's data, they found that in this finals, the Hawks were no longer the only team that stood out like Liu Mang in the previous two times. McGrady also had the qualification of MVP!
If McGrady maintained his triple-double, there would not be much difference compared with Liu Mang's 36.5 points per game!
For a while, whether McGrady could win the finals MVP this season became the main topic of discussion among fans.
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I didn't expect it!
Liu Mang looked at McGrady, who was sitting next to him, with a face that said "I don't know, I didn't do anything. I just played well and accidentally averaged a triple-double. I..." He didn't expect that the strongest enemy was in the team!
He even had the nerve to sit next to me!
Liu Mang looked at McGrady next to him with contempt, and complained crazily in his heart.
But... I wasn't angry or anything. Last year, McGrady almost gave up all his previous habits when he played for the Magic, forced himself to become the assist king, and regained his defense. Liu Mang was always very moved.
McGrady played quite normally in the regular season this season, similar to the McGrady who averaged 24+5+5 when Liu Mang played with Yao Ming. Of course, McGrady in that time and space was already injured and was reimbursed every other day.
McGrady here consciously reduced his shots and invested in defense, helping the Hawks achieve brilliant results this season.
And in the playoffs, McGrady had some small thoughts, which was not incomprehensible... But Liu Mang still wanted to point at McGrady and scold him for being shameless, actually coming secretly, and laying the foundation for competing for FMVP!
There are fan votes on the Internet, which are very popular in both China and the United States. Especially in the United States, Liu Mang is not regarded as a Chinese player but an international player. There will not be a one-sided voting result in China. In the United States, the support rate of Liu Mang and McGrady is almost the same!
Experts also think that McGrady has a great chance of winning the Finals MVP!
When McGrady was playing against the Heat, he still worked diligently on defense, passing the ball, and scoring when needed, which won him recognition and affirmed his sacrifice in the regular season. This aspect has become a plus for McGrady to win the Finals MVP!
Liu Mang read the "reasonable analysis" of some experts in the news and felt that he owed McGrady. McGrady's contribution in the past two years deserved the honor of an MVP, so Liu Mang decided... If public opinion is not biased towards him, then go for it!
Why not take it if you can? If you win three consecutive Finals FMVPs, you can be tied with O'Neal, second only to Jordan who won three consecutive FMVPs twice.
McGrady already has an All-Star MVP. Liu Mang thinks these honors are too heavy. McGrady's backbone should bear less pressure. He can take on the difficult things...
As for deliberately not giving McGrady assists? Liu Mang is not that stupid. He plays so easily. The strong team lineup is a big factor, and McGrady is 100% the top priority!
McGrady, who averaged 22 points in the regular season and could score 50 points in three quarters when he exploded, although he did not have the continuity in the fourth quarter, but he had a season in which he averaged 32 points and did not suffer a serious injury, took on the task of attracting defense and allowing Liu Mang to score relatively easily. This was the most satisfying thing for Liu Mang in the past two years.
Although there is no lineup matching like Rahim's inside and outside partners, there is another kind of comfort.