Recently, the NBA officially announced the best players in the 22nd week of the regular season through social platforms. In the West, Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers won the award for the first time this season and the 10th time in his career. In the East, Derrick White of the Boston Celtics won the award for the second time in his career. This would have been a normal weekly poll, but there was some controversy on the western side.
You know, after Shen Jing's serious injury, Jalen Green led the Rockets to 8 consecutive wins, and last week he got a 3-0 record, averaging 36.3 points per game and 6 three-pointers. With such a performance, he didn't win the best in the Western Week, which is puzzling.
Let's take a look at the thick eyebrows first, in terms of leading the team, the Lakers have a 3-0 record. He defeated the 76ers, Pacers and Hawks respectively, averaging 27 points, 16.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 2 blocks per game, including shooting 68.6% from the field, 50% from three-point range and 72.7% from the free throw line.
The Lakers' three-game winning streak, the Warriors' losing streak, and thick eyebrows helped the Purple and Gold open up the gap in the rankings. The Lakers are currently 2.5 wins away from the Warriors and 2.5 wins away from the Mavericks, who are eighth in the West. It is now almost certain that it will be difficult for the Lakers to get out of the play-in zone, and the ideal situation is to play a game. But if they move up to eighth in the West and meet the Kings in the first game of the playoffs, the Lakers are more than lucky considering the matchup this season.
If you play 2 play-off games and enter the playoffs as the eighth in the West, according to the current ranking, you will play the Nuggets in the first round. The Lakers have fallen into a strange circle, and they are all very restrained teams. Thick eyebrows want to get out of their own demons, don't see Xiao Sa and Teacher Yue, his legs will be weak.
In the East, the Celtics, where White is located, were 4-0 last week. White averaged 20.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 1 block per game. The shooting percentage is also not too high, shooting, three-pointers and free throws, 41.5%, 34.1%, and 86.7%, respectively.
White may have his back to the tree, averaging 15.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1 steal and 1.3 blocks per game this season. The Celtics are 57-14 and top of the league. To me, he's not as good as Brunson or teammate Pritchard.
After the NBA announced the best player, Rockets reporter Coty M. Davis even more exclaimed: "Wow, I didn't expect it to be like this, Jalen Green definitely deserves to win the best week of the week for the second week in a row!"
Jalen Green averaged 36.3 points, 6 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks per game last week, including 56.9% shooting, 3-pointers, and free throws, 50% three-pointers, and 81% free throws. As a rising star, Jalen Green has been under a lot of pressure during this time.
On the one hand, the team's boss Shen Jing was injured and needs to be held responsible as the second brother. On the other hand, he is the leader of the rockets, and he was previously considered a parallel import, and he also has to make a name for himself. Throughout March, the Rockets went 10-1 in 11 games, and Jalen Green averaged 27.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, shooting 51.4% from the field and 41.7% from three-point range. The league didn't give Jalen Green the Weekly award, which was too aggrieved for the Rockets.
"I'm going to be careful with what I'm going to say next, I know he's not going to be the guy I'm talking about, but when I look at Jalen Green, his basket and jumper reminds me of a young Kobe," Bill Simmons said. ”