The NBA mid-season championship finals officially started in Las Vegas, and the rules of the finals are still a winner-or-loser, the Lakers in the West face the Pacers in the East, and Laker Reaves is still sick when he encounters the flu, because this game will directly determine the ownership of the championship, the champion team from the coach to the players will each receive $500,000, and the runner-up will receive $200,000, in addition to the midseason tournament MVP will be announced.
At the beginning of the game, the two teams played extremely cautiously, and the Lakers insisted on hitting the inside, with the terrifying data of 13 points and 8 rebounds on 6-of-6 shooting in a single quarter, the Lakers led by 5 points at 34-29 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Pacers blossomed more points to chase points, and Reaves, who was out of the game, suddenly went berserk, scoring 15 points in a single quarter to firmly maintain the lead, and the Lakers still led by 5 points at halftime 65-60.
Yibian fought again, the Lakers continued to attack the interior under the leadership of Zhan Mei, and the Pacers couldn't find the outside touch for a long time, and finally the Lakers defeated the Pacers 123-109 to win the first midseason championship.
While the generals received $500,000, the Lakers made history by winning the championship and becoming the first team in NAB history to win a mid-season tournament.
At the same time, the number of championships in team history has risen to 17 + "1", slightly exceeding the 17 championships of the arch-rival Green Army in terms of honor and championships.
Throughout the game, Brother Thick Mei still played an inexplicable performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends when he was almost injured, and he was the biggest contributor to the Lakers' ability to win the championship in this game.
The thick eyebrows played a game-high 40 minutes, shooting 16 of 24, and efficiently blasted 41 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks of terrifying data, directly hitting center Turner to six fouls and leaving the court.
James' performance was also good, playing 34 minutes and 52 seconds in the game, shooting 10-of-21, getting 24 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, with 6 turnovers and 5 fouls.
As a result, James averaged 26. per game throughout the midseason tournament8 points 75 rebounds 82 assists, 63% three-point shooting.
With a dominant performance, James was named MVP, becoming the first mid-season tournament MVP in NBA history.
According to the official voting results, James deserves to be the MVP.
Out of a total of 20 ** votes, James received 14 votes, Brother Bush received 5 votes, Haliburton received 1 vote from the local **, James received 3 votes in the fan vote, and Haliburton received 2 votes.
In addition to the two cores, the Lakers' three wonder players are also worthy of praise, namely Reaves, Russell and Reddish.
Among them, Reaves played the role of the third big man when he was sick, playing 27 minutes, scoring 28 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 9-of-15 shooting.
Reddish played the defensive gate, closely followed Haliburton throughout the game, played 33 minutes, shooting 4-of-7, 1-of-3 from three-point range, finishing with 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks, with a game-high plus/minus of +24.
Finally, Russell, who started the game, played 31 minutes, shooting 6 of 15, and handed over 13 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
While most of the role players were underperforming, Russell delivered a good performance on the offensive end and shared the pressure on Zhan Mei.
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