With 75 wins in a single season, Link added another strong mark in his already brilliant career.

The day after the regular season, a group of experts and fans immediately put the label "It can never be broken" on the Grizzlies' 75 wins, just like they put the label on the 72 wins back then.

Espn also immediately announced that a documentary of the Grizzlies' 75 wins will be released this summer.

Soon, they came into contact with the Grizzlies again, hoping to follow up during the playoffs. The purpose is naturally to hope that they would even make a documentary that won the championship.

In an instant, the Grizzlies' popularity was unmatched. The last time a team with such a high popularity appeared was the Bulls of the 1990s!

Yes, since time entered the 21st century, teams as popular as the Bulls have almost disappeared.

Although the Lakers and the Spurs at the beginning of the century dominated the league, neither reached the height of the Bulls. The Lakers' popularity during Kobe's two consecutive championships was indeed terrible, but they were still a bit worse than the Bulls.

After that, the Heat, Cavaliers and Warriors were all controversial, and the Spurs, Thunder and others were even less popular.

The only one is the Grizzlies, this unyielding small city team, attracted the attention of most people in the league.

A few years ago, the Grizzlies and Link were still villains, and fans only regarded them as champion robbers.

But now, they are already known as the true king of this alliance.

Their approval rating is unprecedentedly high, although the Grizzlies have won three championships in the previous four years. However, fans still hope to see the Grizzlies continue to win the championship.

Their 75 wins were naturally talked about by fans and media.

Of course, in addition to lamenting the magic of the Grizzlies during the regular season, the playoffs' prospects and predictions have also been put on the agenda by major media.

This year, competition in the West is still fierce. It can even be said that it is the most intense year.

Because this season is the first time in NBA history that there are three teams with 60 wins in just one division!

In the West, the first Grizzlies won 75 wins, the second Warriors won 67 wins, and the third Spurs won 61 wins!

The top three in the West have won 60+ wins, and no team is easy to mess with. This shows how terrible the competition in the West this year.

In the East, the Celtics, with the best record, have only 53 wins. The situation of strong West and weak East has never been so obvious.

Of course, these three teams with a 60-win team playoff game also made fans' expectations for this year's playoffs.

There are already three teams with 60 wins, and you don’t know if there is any possibility of unpopularity.

After all, the Rockets, Clippers, Thunder and others did not win 60, so they are not good at teams.

Adam. The joke must be laughing at the mouth now, and the ratings of this year's playoffs will naturally be very hot.

The first round of the playoffs was very hot. The Warriors were going to face the Thunder in the first round. Durant and Westbrook will fall in love and fight each other in the playoffs.

The Rockets and the Clippers are already mortal enemies, and they must be prepared to fight to the end in the first round.

As for the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers, they are also old opponents.

Last season, the third-ranked Grizzlies met the sixth Trail Blazers in the first round. Although the Trail Blazers eventually lost, Lillard still caused a lot of trouble for the Grizzlies.

In one of the games, Lillard's final victory in the last 2.4 seconds became a classic in his career.

That is also one of the few experiences in Link's career that he was defeated by his opponent.

This year, although the rankings of both sides have changed significantly, they have also gotten together by chance.

Fate is amazing.

Although everyone knew in their hearts that the Trail Blazers had little chance of winning the series, people also believed that Lillard had the ability to make this first round quite exciting.

The current Trail Blazers are like the Grizzlies of the past. Even if they can't win, they can still make you lose your skin.

In just the first round, the fans couldn't wait.

And what is also unwavering is the final attribution of the regular season awards.

Link still ranks first in the latest MVP rankings of ESPN.

But to know the final result, you have to wait until the season is over a few months later.

All of this originated from Adam's joke about another crazy decision.

In the past, regular season awards were held together with the playoffs.

But starting this season, the regular season awards were brought to an annual awards ceremony after the end of the season!

Obviously, the original intention of the joke is probably to have a big show after the season, and the regular season awards will be made into an Oscar, further enhancing the league's image and commercial value.

Think about it, a group of stars in suits gathered together, listening to the hosts on the stage saying boring jokes, and then revealing the winning players one by one. How exciting it is.

However, late justice is not justice, and late awards are not awards.

Although there was no way to hold large-scale awards ceremony during the playoffs in the past, the awards ceremony was often very simple, at least this was very good to control the rhythm of watching the game throughout the season.

The regular season ends and the playoffs begin. As the playoffs progress, the awards are gradually issued. This logic is clear and progresses layer by layer

By the end of the June finals, as soon as the FMVP was announced, the biggest winner of the season was clear at a glance.

At this time, everyone can start paying attention to the draft, waiting for the crazy transfers during the offseason, and looking forward to the next season.

But after such a joke, the regular season ended and the awards were not awarded. When the finals were over and the draft was over, everyone was thinking about what to do next season, and the awards ceremony was late.

At that time, the championship had been decided. To be honest, fans' attention to regular season awards is no longer that high. The biggest suspense of the championship and draft in the summer have been revealed. Who else would really care about who is the best sixth man?

It makes no sense to make a joke like this. This is the second crazy decision he has made since the All-Star voting reform.

The All-Star was originally a feast for fans, but he deprived the fans of the right to select their beloved players.

Award presentation requires a certain amount of timeliness, but the joke made a ceremony that was unanticipated...

When Stern was still in power, many fans also scolded Stern. But now, most people are full of respect for Stern.

Why? It’s not just a joke.

Not to mention fans, even Link finds it difficult to wait.

After losing MVP last season, Link has always wanted to grab MVP back, which is also the "side mission" he has set for himself this season.

According to the original process, the results were known in the playoffs. Now, we have to wait until the draft ends...

By then, Link probably won't bother to go to the award ceremony.

After the season, Rachel is almost going to enter a quasi-production state, so Link still has the heart to care about MVP.

However, Link is still very optimistic about his prospects for regaining MVP this year.

First of all, just winning 75 is enough to win Link to MVP.

Secondly, Link's personal data was taken out separately, which was also very amazing.

With averaging 29.0 points per game, the third in the league, second only to Westbrook and Harden, who frantically swiped data, ranked ahead of Curry, Durant, James and Leonard.

Although the average score per game is slightly lower than the previous two seasons, this is because Link has more helpers this season and he doesn't need to do it himself in every game.

Average of 9.2 rebounds per game, ranked 15th in the league, and a career high! Except for Westbrook, who are all centers in the rebounding list.

He averaged 8.8 assists per game, ranked sixth in the league and is also the player with the most assists among non-guard players in the league.

Such personal data is amazing even if you put aside the factor of 75 wins.

Of course, if you have to say it, Westbrook's average triple-double average is even more amazing. However, considering his water in data and poor record, the "Turtle" has always been low on calling for MVP.

Curry, Durant and Leonard are completely defeated by Link James and Harden. Although the data is close to Link, the record is really far behind.

From this point of view, Link seems to be the only choice. There is no suspense about the winner of MVP and has been booked by Link long ago.

After thinking about this, Link felt much more relieved.

Although this is a fucking thing at the award ceremony, it should be my own thing and will come sooner or later.

Now, Link has temporarily let go of MVP's worries. The day before the playoffs began, Link organized everyone to go to his home together after training.
Chapter completed!