After losing to the Suns on the road, the Lakers, who had high hopes at the beginning of the season, have decided to completely miss the playoff competition and withdraw from the playoff competition this season early.
Plagued by injuries, James did not play in this game, which led to his failure to retain the number one position in the scoring list because Embiid behind him rose too strongly.
The 76ers exploded 45 points against the Pacers, successfully boosting his average of 30.4 points per game, successfully surpassing James's 30.3 points and ranking first in the league's scoring list.
In third place is Brother Alphabet, who played only 27 minutes against the Bulls and scored 18 points on 13 shots, which caused his average score per game to drop to 29.9 points per game.
Judging from the performance of alphabet brothers in the past few games, he does not seem to have much willingness to compete for the scoring champion, after all, the Bucks are the defending champions, and the goal of this season is to reach the top of the league again, and in the final stage of the regular season, it is naturally the most important thing to stay healthy.
Moreover, the Bucks have been in good shape recently, almost all of them have won big against their opponents, and The alphabet brother really has no stage to play.
So the final scoring king is still going to be between Embiid and James, with 3 games left in the regular season, how many points does James have to score in the last three games to surpass Embiid?
First of all, according to the league's current regulations, a player who wants to compete for the honor of scoring king needs to play at least 70% of the game of the season, that is, at least 58 games.
James has played 56 games so far, which means that in the remaining 3 games, James will have at least 2 games to play to meet the requirements.
Such behavior is obviously controversial, because the Lakers have determined that they will not compete in the playoffs, and James is in an injury, and there is a certain controversy about taking the injury out of the war to win the points.
Therefore, after the team lost to the Suns, a reporter asked Vogel whether James would play in the remaining games, and Vogel did not give a clear answer, saying that he would answer this question at the right time.
But considering that James has only won one scoring champion in his career, or in the 2007-08 season, there is obviously no reason for him to miss this opportunity to compete for the top scoring champion.
Then according to James playing the remaining 3 games, Embiid also played the remaining 3 games to calculate how many points James needs to score to surpass Embiid.
The first algorithm is calculated based on embiid's subsequent increase in points per game, which means that by the end of the season, Embiid's average points per game is 30.4 points per game.
Then James needs to pull the average score from 30.3 to 30.4 in the remaining 3 games, and 3 games need to get 30.4 * 3 + 59 * (30.4-30.3) = 97.1 points, converted to a whole number, as long as James scores 98 points in three games, you can complete the reversal against Embiid.
Another algorithm is calculated in conjunction with Embiid's recent state, as Embiid's average of points has improved significantly in his last five games.
With 45, 44, 29, 37 and 29 points per game, embiid averaging 36.8 points per game is significantly more likely to continue this state in the remaining three games.
Then Embiid's final average of 30.7 points per game, James needs to average more than 30.7 points per game to have a chance, and 3 games need to get 30.7 * 3 + 59 * (30.7-30.3) = 115.7 points, averaging at least 38.6 points per game.
This statistic looks significantly more difficult, but it is not impossible to achieve in Terms of James' recent form, having scored 38, 39 and 38 points in his last three games, and the average score per game is very close to 38.6 points per game.
And the remaining 3 games of the 76ers ended the day earlier than the Lakers ended the day, that is, James can decide how many points he will eventually score based on Embiid's performance in three games.
This kind of thing is not unusual in the history of the league, and in many fiercely competitive scoring championships, the winner will be decided in the last game.