Chapter 122 The Data Kings and the Start of the Playoffs

It is said that after the end of the regular season, in addition to the ranking of each team, the various data kings of the 99/00 season have also been determined.

Stimulated by someone, Shaquille O'Neal, who had been swimming in the sewers for a whole year, won his second scoring title with an average of 30.8 points per game.

And Duncan quietly snatched the title of rebounding champion with an average of 14.1 rebounds per game.

The assist king was won by the new league's number one point guard, Kidd.

In the 99/00 season, Kidd averaged 10.5 assists per game.

The block king ultimately belonged to Miami's Mourning.

In the 99/00 season, Mourning averaged 3.8 blocks per game, leading the league in this statistic.

And Su Feng became the league's steal king for the first time.

In the 99/00 season, Su Feng, who played in all 82 regular season games, averaged 28.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.0 blocks, and 2.8 steals in 39.4 minutes per game.

His field goal percentage was 47.8%, his three-point percentage was 40.1%, and his free throw percentage was 89.5%.

According to ESPN statistics, in addition to being ranked first in steals, Su Feng's true shooting percentage in the 99/00 season was also an astonishing 63.5%...

Ranking first among all NBA forwards and guards this season.

Although the data cannot fully reflect Su Feng's dominance on the court, from the regular season report card Su Feng handed over, it is not difficult to see that Su Feng has made considerable improvements in all aspects this season.

In the regular season, he not only played the largest "58+ triple-double" in NBA history in the game against the Knicks, but also tied Jordan's single-game regular season scoring record in the game against the Nets.

In addition, after the end of this season's regular season, Su Feng's current career total score has also risen to 7094 points.

In the 99/00 season, Su Feng totaled 2362 points, 640 rebounds, 328 assists, 230 steals, and 82 blocks.

If nothing unexpected happens, before the successor designated by Su Feng enters the league, the record of the youngest 10,000-point scorer in the NBA will be held by Su Feng for a long time in the future.

There's no way...

Due to the 98/99 season being a shortened season, Su Feng was destined not to monopolize the record of the youngest 10,000-point scorer.

And Su Feng doesn't feel any regret about this.

Because the road for young people in the future has already been blocked badly enough. If they are not given some way to survive, then they can't always live in his shadow, right?

Wake up, he, Su Feng, is not the "Michael - I have all kinds of records - Jordan" kind of "hooligan."

He is just "Su - You all have to look up to me - Feng."

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On the 20th and 21st, the Raptors mainly focused on restorative training.

With the championship experience from last year, everyone is very clear that good physical fitness is the key to determining how far the Raptors can go in the playoffs.

Therefore, without even Davis reminding them, some of the more playful players on the Raptors voluntarily locked their VIP membership cards for Toronto's major nightclubs in their cabinets this time.

On the 22nd, Yao, who had originally planned to train in Philadelphia until May, also came to Toronto.

In Yao's words, this kind of opportunity to freeload and watch Brother Feng's games...

Bah!

How could he miss this kind of opportunity to learn from Brother Feng up close?

And although Yao's arrival has increased Su Feng's workload when cooking recently...

But as an excellent cook, Su Feng is enjoying it.

Especially watching Yao become stronger day by day under his careful feeding...

Tsk!

"Oh, look at my damned seniority!"

These past two days, being called Brother Feng by Yao, Su Feng couldn't be happier in his heart.

On the morning of the 23rd, the Raptors officially announced the team's 13-man playoff roster.

After final discussions between "Wolong" (Cody Karl) and "Fongchu" (Michael Finley) and Davis, Alvin Williams at the shooting guard position was excluded from this year's Raptors playoff roster.

And veteran Muggsy Bogues caught the last train of the Raptors' playoff roster.

The Raptors' 13-man playoff roster is as follows:

Center: Big Ben, Battle, Marks.

Power Forward: Little O'Neal, Thomas, Davis.

Small Forward: Su Feng, Slater.

Shooting Guard: Carter, Curry.

Point Guard: McGrady, Nash, Bogues.

This season, Battle only played 22 regular season games for the Raptors, averaging 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds.

However, as one of the Raptors' secret weapons to deal with O'Neal, Battle was the first player Davis put on the team's playoff roster besides the Raptors' main players.

Davis valued Battle's innate strength as a Mongolian warrior.

In Davis's view, it doesn't matter even if Battle can't defend against O'Neal. Anyway, as long as he can mess with the shark's mentality, the Raptors will have already made a profit.

In addition, veteran Bogues didn't have many appearances in the regular season either.

Just considering that the Raptors' backcourt was outplayed by Francis when playing against the Nets this year, the Raptors' coaching staff unanimously believed that Bogues, who is good at guarding against opposing penetrating players, might be able to play a role in the playoff games.

As for the other role players...

There's nothing much to mention.

After all, even a fifty-year veteran Raptors fan may not be able to accurately name Su Feng's substitutes.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the Raptors held their last training session at the training hall before the start of the first round of the playoffs.

The training content was mainly shooting, and Davis didn't emphasize too many tactics.

After many days of adjustment, the biggest advantage of a young team was reflected in the Raptors.

Looking at the players who had recovered from the fatigue of the late regular season, the entire Raptors team was full of confidence in the upcoming playoffs.

On the night of the 23rd, at the Air Canada Centre, the Raptors ushered in their first-round playoff game against the Knicks.

Like last year, this year's first round of the playoffs is still a best-of-five series.

At the scene, when the players made their entrance, the home DJ Martin used a 3-minute introduction to make the entire Air Canada Centre shake.

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0 to 5.

On the sidelines, Knicks coach Don Chaney vaguely felt a sense of unease.

Because as Su Feng had said before, once the Raptors' opponents concentrated too much defensive force on Su Feng, then they would not be able to withstand Carter's offensive on the other side at all.

This season, Carter averaged 21.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks.

Judging from the data, Carter is slightly lower than his second season in Su Feng's previous life.

But in terms of efficiency, Carter's efficiency is extremely exaggerated.

This season, Carter's field goal percentage is 50.5%, his three-point percentage is 38.4%, and his free throw percentage is 79%.

With only 14.9 shots per game, his average score is only 4 points less than in Su Feng's original timeline.

As the Raptors' second-leading scorer, although Carter has lost a lot of shots due to Su Feng's appearance, on the other hand, under Su Feng's distraction, Carter's output environment is not comparable to the Carter in Su Feng's memory.

On the court, after Carter made a three-pointer in transition, the Knicks attacked.

Patrick Ewing, staggering, managed to shake Big Ben with difficulty...

But was met with righteous sanctions from Su Feng who descended from the sky.

Pa!

At the Air Canada Centre, when Su Feng nailed Ewing's turnaround layup on the backboard, the entire arena burst into cheers.

And Ewing, with a blank expression, infinitely magnified his pupils, unable to accept the reality that Su Feng had blocked him.

Oh God!

Wasn't he just chasing Houston?

How did he suddenly rotate to the inside to help defend?

On TNT, Smith gave Ewing the answer.

"This is the Raptors!

This is the Raptors entering playoff mode!

When Ewing was preparing to go one-on-one, their wings had already completed the switch in an instant!"

Just now, using the switch with McGrady, Su Feng once again completed a textbook-like help defense lesson.

And on the court, while Ewing was still stunned by Su Feng's block, the Raptors had already formed a five-on-four situation in the frontcourt.

This ball, after McGrady broke past Ward and into the paint, completed a spectacular one-handed windmill dunk.

0 to 7!

On the sidelines, Knicks coach Don Chaney quickly called a timeout upon seeing this.

However, facing such an amazing opening offensive from the Raptors...

Don Chaney suddenly felt that he could understand the desperation of his predecessor when facing this Raptors team.

After the timeout, Don Chaney decided to switch to a man-to-man defense to deal with the Raptors.

However, for someone...

Since it's one-on-one, then don't blame him for being impolite.

On the court, after Sprewell scored the first two points for the Knicks with a layup, Su Feng immediately returned an Answer.Ball to Sprewell on the wing!

This was one of Su Feng's signature pull-up jumpers.

Clean and neat, with an air of class.

The domineering is restrained, the low-key is slightly flamboyant, the gorgeous is not without elegance...

Even if you search through all human languages, you can't find the best description for Su Feng's pull-up jumper!

2 to 9.

Although on the scoreboard, Su Feng's pull-up jumper only added 2 points for the Raptors, but for the Raptors fans on the scene, was it just a mere 2 points?

"MVP————!!"

"MVP————!!"

"MVP————!!"

"Wow, this game feels like the Knicks are going to be in trouble in the first quarter if they keep playing like this." Zhang指导 said with a smile on CCTV.

On the court, the Knicks attacked, and Sprewell scored another two points for the Knicks under heavy pressure.

On this ball, Carter was too eager to reach out and steal the ball when defending.

And this is a bad habit that Su Feng has been trying to correct in Carter for a long time but has not been able to correct.

From this point alone, Carter cannot become a top perimeter defender like his cousin (McGrady) and Kobe.

However, even so, Carter is irreplaceable in Su Feng's mind.

The Raptors attacked. After Carter broke through Houston's defense, he was immediately met with a double-team from the Knicks.

Using his excellent physical qualities, Carter can beat most defenders in the league one-on-one.

This ball, Carter, whose breakthrough was blocked, didn't choose to force it. After passing the ball back to Su Feng, Carter used his gravity to complete a fantastic link-up with Su Feng.

After the Knicks' defensive focus was attracted by Carter, Su Feng's side naturally formed an "open space".

So, at the high post, facing Sprewell, Su Feng pulled up again!

Swish!

4 to 11!

The infinite mismatch advantage on the wing is the foundation for the Raptors to conquer the league in the past two years.

And although the Knicks have good personnel reserves on the wing, they are destined not to be able to compete with this Raptors team because of Don Chaney's outdated defensive philosophy.

In addition, he was ridiculed by his own fans before the game...

The Knicks, who were far less motivated than the Raptors, were even less able to limit the Raptors' Big Three on the defensive end.

After the first quarter, the Raptors had already led the Knicks by as many as 19 points.

The score between the two teams in the first quarter was 19 to 38.

Su Feng scored 9 points in a single quarter, while Carter and McGrady scored 8 points and 6 points respectively.

In the second quarter, Don Chaney originally wanted to rely on playing his starters to chase back some points...

But with Su Feng not resting, Don Chaney's beautiful fantasy quickly turned into a bubble.

This season, if the NBA doesn't give the Best Sixth Man to Nash, then in Su Feng's view, this award can be cancelled in the future.

In the 99/00 season, as the Raptors' substitute ace, Nash averaged 13.9 points and 8.9 assists.

Under Nash's connection, "the Raptors in the second quarter are not to be trifled with" has long become a consensus among the teams in the league.

In the second quarter, Nash, who came off the bench, scored 5 points and 6 assists in a single quarter, helping the Raptors quickly expand their lead to 30 points.

After halftime, in the third quarter, the Raptors took the initiative to slow down their pace.

In the playoffs, winning by 1 point is winning, and winning by 20 points is also winning. Therefore, with a large lead, Davis, who has no grievances with the Knicks, does not want to further squeeze the potential of the main players in this game.

Just...

Although Davis's idea is good...

But he never expected that the Knicks, whose morale had fallen to the bottom, would be so vulnerable.

In the third quarter, the largest lead for the Raptors even reached 45 points.

On the Knicks' bench, Don Chaney felt that after this year's playoffs, he would definitely follow in Van Gundy's footsteps.

Because this guy Davis, he is inhuman!

In Don Chaney's view, he had really never seen such a shameless person like Davis!

Logically speaking...

Everyone is out here trying to make a living, do you really have to beat me to death?

Okay...

Now, regardless of whether Davis did it on purpose or not, there will be one more person in this league who wants to assassinate him.

In the end, 88 to 131, the Raptors strongly opened their title defense journey with a massacre in their playoff opener.

Su Feng handed in a report card of 26 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in his playoff debut this year.

Carter contributed 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists.

McGrady scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists.

Nash scored 14 points, 8 assists, and 1 rebound.

Big Ben grabbed 17 rebounds, plus 3 blocks and 4 steals, 2 assists, with no points.

Because the Knicks surrendered too quickly in this game, the starters' data was not good.

Starting Little O'Neal even only scored 9 points and 4 rebounds.

And the substitutes ushered in a carnival.

Old Curry made 6 of 9 three-pointers and scored 18 points.

Battle also had 10 points and 5 rebounds.

And Bogues, who caught the last train to the playoffs at the last moment, scored 8 points and 3 assists.

After this game, the American media unanimously believed that this year's championship can be awarded to the Raptors in advance...

(O'Neal, Duncan: Meow meow meow?)

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