This is the most competitive season in the NBA's history of the scoring champions, and James, Alphabet Brother, and Embiid are fiercely competing for this title! At the end of today's game, Embiid overtook James by a slight margin of 0.15 points to temporarily reach the top, and his advantage over the alphabet brother was only 0.53 points, because the season is not over, anyone may change the ranking again with a storm.
Since the three supergiants have different ages and situations, the mentality of this scoring title is also destined to be completely different.
Alphabet Brother: Easy to treat, with or without
Brother Alphabet is destined to be the one who treats this honor most lightly among the three people. If you put it before last season, with his personality of even being an All-Star finalist, he will definitely go all out to attack this honor. But after winning the championship last season, his mentality has changed significantly.
Without the pressure of no title, he has also behaved more relaxed on the pitch, and thanks to this relaxed mentality, his technical level, especially his projection ability, has improved significantly, and this season has become more inexplicable. Today, the third place in the scoring list is more like a matter of course, because the team's results are just as good.
For him, who has already won championships, has two MVPs and an FMVP, and has won the best defensive player award, the scoring king is just a icing on the cake, and in the case of ensuring the team's record, if he can get it by the way, it is naturally good, and not getting it will not affect his greatness. Like the old Zhan at the beginning, staying in the regular season and going all out in the playoffs is the wisest choice he has now.
In today's game against the Bulls, he only scored 18 points due to the team's easier win, and he also clearly had his offensive desire in the game, the number of shots was not much, and it was clear that he had been the first to relax and lie flat in the scoring king battle.
EMBIID: Continue to prove that the ambition is certain
Embiid the Great is the one of the three who needs the most scoring kings. On the one hand, this is his eighth year in the league, the sixth year in the league, the 28-year-old has entered the golden age of his career, but he has not yet received excellent personal honors, so if he wins the scoring king, he will achieve a breakthrough of zero personal glory.
On the other hand, Embiid is a popular candidate for MVP, but at present he is slightly inferior in the competition with Jokic, if he can successfully get the scoring king, with this honorary blessing, his possibility of getting MVP will inevitably increase a lot, once he gets MVP, not only can make this season achieve a great harvest of honors, but also greatly enhance his historical status.
On the other hand, Embiid also shoulders the great cause of the revival of the center, after all, the traditional center has been marginalized for more than a decade. If Embiid wins the leading scorer, he will be the first center to win the leading scorer after O'Neal, and if he gets the MVP again, he will not only justify himself, but also re-establish the position of center.
Therefore, it is certain that in the next few games, the emperor will inevitably go all out to fight for this honor, and also need more support from his teammates.
James: Rush or not rush? Dilemma
After losing to the Suns today, the Lakers have declared no playoffs, and this is also the fourth time in James' career and the second time in the Lakers' career that they missed the playoffs.
In this season of chicken feathers, the only thing to be pleased with is the personal performance of Old Zhan, whose continuous rampage has made him the second highest in the NBA's all-time scoring list, and if it goes well, he will surpass Abdul-Jabbar next season and become the all-time scoring champion. And if he can win the scoring king this season, the old Jan will surpass Jordan to become the oldest scoring king in history, and lick a glory that can compete with Jordan, and also find a little comfort from this failed season.
But because the Lakers have decided not to qualify for the playoffs, for the injured old Zhan, continuing to cut points seems to have lost its meaning. But if he doesn't play at that point, then according to the rules, he hasn't played enough 58 games (2 games short) and will not qualify for the leading scorer.
And if you continue to fight and continue to cut points wildly, then you are bound to suffer a lot of criticism, questioning him for fighting for data brushing, putting himself in a disadvantageous position in public opinion, and possibly aggravating the injury. Therefore, whether to fight in the end, whether to refresh the record of the oldest scoring king, needs to be well tangled up by Old Zhan.