jdhmnovel Chapter 640 Scoring King, Assist King, Steal King, 3 titles combined, number 1 in history!
Chapter 640 Scoring King, Assist King, Steal King, 3 titles combined, number 1 in history!
Wang Xiucheng stayed in China for a full week before leaving and returning to the United States.
This is already two days later than the originally scheduled return time.
It's only because Wang Xiucheng is a minority owner of the Nets that the Nets would be fined.
After missing the game against the Raptors, Wang Xiucheng rejoined the team in Minnesota.
If this match hadn't been the China derby, even if Wang Xiucheng had returned, he would have only rested in New York, instead of coming to the freezing cold of Minnesota.
However, Wang Xiucheng, exhausted from his journey, only scored 6 points in the first half, while committing as many as 5 turnovers.
It's worth noting that Wang Xiucheng's total number of mistakes in the previous games was less than 5.
After half a quarter of the second half, with the Nets already trailing by a large margin, Udoka simply benched Wang Xiucheng.
In the final Chinese derby, the Timberwolves defeated the Nets 101-86.
After losing to the Raptors, the Nets also lost to the Timberwolves, suffering their second consecutive loss since the All-Star break.
Fortunately, in the last minute of the first quarter, four Chinese players briefly appeared on the court.
Wang Xiucheng, Zeng Fanbo, Cui Yongxi, Li Kaier!
Although it only lasted a minute, it was an unprecedented scene for all Chinese football fans.
Four Chinese players!
Who would have dared to imagine this before?
After their game against the Timberwolves, the Nets' road trip continues.
After that, Wang Xiucheng's performance gradually improved when facing the Grizzlies and Magic, and he helped the team achieve two consecutive wins after two consecutive losses.
With this, all the competitions for February have come to an end.
The NBA is entering its final month before the playoffs.
This period is extremely important for all teams vying for a playoff spot.
However, for teams like the Nets and Celtics, once they've secured a top-four finish in the Eastern Conference and home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, their biggest goal is to keep their key players healthy.
Especially for a team like the Nets, which has an older player like Durant.
For some teams on the edge of the playoffs, the strategy is to go all out as long as they don't get crushed!
Take, for example, Wang Xiucheng's former team, the Houston Rockets.
The Rockets, who have changed head coach to Nash this season, are currently on the edge of the play-in tournament and look like they have a chance to make it.
However, the Rockets lack players who can deliver clutch performances in crucial moments, which makes some experts less optimistic about their chances.
At this moment, Rockets fans can't help but think of that young Chinese man in New York.
If he were there, the Rockets wouldn't have struggled so much on the edge of the playoffs this year.
Kyrie Irving, who was acquired in exchange for that young Chinese player, ultimately couldn't be retained and is now playing for another team in Texas.
With this in mind, Houston fans are bound to direct their anger at the Fertitta family once again.
The Brooklyn Nets, who were ranked third in the Eastern Conference, began to rotate more players in March.
Although their record has fluctuated occasionally, the Nets have consistently remained in the top four thanks to their accumulated record.
Finally, April 14th arrived, the last game of the regular season.
The Nets have a record of 48 wins and 33 losses, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Tonight, the Nets' opponent is Philadelphia.
This game wasn't really that significant for either the Nets or Philadelphia.
Even if the Nets lose, they won't drop to fifth place.
Whether Philadelphia wins or loses this game, they will be ranked seventh or eighth, meaning they will inevitably have to play in the playoffs.
Therefore, both sides fielded semi-first-team lineups for this final match.
Durant and Wang Xiucheng are sidelined for the Nets, with Westbrook and Towns leading the team.
Embiid is also not playing in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia ultimately defeated the Nets 107-86 at home.
Maxi scored a game-high 26 points, along with 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Westbrook was equally impressive, scoring 13 points along with 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
Westbrook also recorded his 7th triple-double of the season.
With this, the 23-24 NBA regular season has come to an end.
The Nets finished with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Ahead of the Nets are the Celtics, Knicks, and Bucks.
For fans, the Knicks have made significant progress in their strength after acquiring players like Anunoby.
It seems the Knicks will once again become the representative team of New York.
Following the Nets are the Cavaliers, Pacers, Philadelphia, Heat, Bulls, and Hawks.
Philadelphia, Heat, Bulls, and Hawks will play a play-in tournament to determine the two teams that will advance to the final eight.
Although awards like MVP and DPOY require voting to determine, the various regular season awards are naturally announced as the regular season concludes.
Although most of the awards were decided a few days ago, for the sake of accuracy, both the league office and media outlets like ESPN only released the various lists after the games ended.
The most important list related to the Nets is the regular season scoring list.
Wang Xiucheng played 72 regular season games and scored 35.3 points, winning the regular season scoring title.
His 35.3 points are his highest season score since Harden's 36.1 points in 19.
Doncic played 70 games this season and scored 33.9 points, ranking second in the scoring list.
Third on the list is Thunder's new leader, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who averages 30.1 points per game.
Brunson is ranked fourth with an average of 28.7 points per game, and Booker is ranked fifth with an average of 27.1 points per game.
Wang Xiucheng, at 21 years and 114 days old, became the youngest scoring champion in NBA history.
Interestingly, the previous record holder was Kevin Durant, Wang Xiucheng's teammate on the Nets.
他在09到10赛季，在雷霆的时候以场均30.1分拿下了当时的得分王，而年龄是21岁197天。
On the assists list, Wang Xiucheng also ranks first with an average of 11.2 assists per game, surpassing Haliburton's 10.9 assists per game.
These two are also the only two players on the list with an average of more than 10 assists per game.
Doncic ranks third with 9.8 assists per game, Jokic ranks fourth with 9 assists per game, and Harden ranks fifth with 8.5 assists per game.
Wang Xiucheng won both the scoring title and the assist title this season, becoming the first player since Knight Archibald in the 1972-1973 season to win both titles in a single season.
Interestingly, Knight Archibald played for the Nets from 76 to 78.
What's even more interesting is that the Nets were called the New York Nets at the time!
Besides the scoring and assists rankings, Wang Xiucheng undoubtedly topped the regular season steals rankings once again.
Wang Xiucheng averaged 4.2 steals per game, more than two more than Fox, who ranked second with 2.03 steals per game, far ahead of him!
After that, Alexander's two steals, Caruso and Thybulle's 1.7 steals per game only ranked third to fifth.
Winning the scoring title and the assist title only puts Wang Xiucheng second in history.
Wang Xiucheng is undoubtedly the first player in NBA history to win the scoring title, assist title, and steals title in a single season!