The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the major awards of the regular season are being announced one after another. Prior to this, the NBA has officially announced two awards, 76ers guard Maxey was selected as the most improved player, and Timberwolves guard Reed was named Sixth Man of the Year. As is customary in the NBA, the third individual award to be revealed is the Key Player of the Year award. According to previous reports, Warriors guard Curry, Bulls guard DeRozan and Thunder guard Alexander are the three ultimate candidates for the award, who can be the final winner?
According to the NBA's official news, Curry of the Warriors was selected as the best key player of the 2023-24 season! The specific votes for the three Best Key Player candidates were: Curry received 45 first-place votes, 18 second-hand votes, and 19 third-place votes, for a total of 298 points, DeRozan received 34 first-place votes, 27 second-hand votes, and 21 third-place votes, for a total of 272 points, and SGA received 11 first-place votes, 29 second-hand votes, and 18 third-place votes, for a total of 160 points. When Curry, DeRozan and SGA appeared on the final shortlist of the best key players of the season at the same time, many people thought that this award was the most suspenseful of all the individual awards in the regular season;
Take DeRozan as an example, this season, the Bulls' guard line is full of injuries, DeRozan is old and strong, and he will not let him carry the banner, stand up again and again at critical moments to take over the game, and shoot picturesquely in the middle of no solution! According to the statistics of the NBA's official website, DeRozan played a total of 40 key moments (the difference in the last 5 minutes was within 5 points), averaging 4.6 points per game and 1.9 free throws per game, both of which ranked first in the league! Take SGA as an example, this season, the Thunder's young guards have been soaring, and the young SGA plays the role of the leading big brother, when the team needs him at critical moments, he can always step up! According to the statistics of the NBA's official website, SGA played 34 key games, averaging 3.3 points per game, averaging 1.1 free throws per game, with a net efficiency of 23.2, a true shooting rate of 70.7%, and a plus/minus of +2!
DeRozan and SGA are both feared key killers, but they still regret not being selected for the Key Player of the Year award, and Curry is to blame for being too unreasonable! Curry has played a total of 43 key moments this season (2nd in the league), averaging 4.4 points per game, shooting 1.6 three-pointers per game, and hitting 0.7 three-pointers per game, ranking first in the league in all three statistics! According to the statistics of the NBA's official website, Curry scored 189 points at key moments, ranking first in the league, Curry scored 59 goals at key moments, which was also the first in the league, and Curry made 32 three-point shots at key moments, which is not only the first in the league, but also the first in history! What's more, Curry shot 49.6% from the field, 45.7% from three-point range, and 95.1% from the free throw line!
This is Curry, the sample size is large enough at critical moments, the production is large enough, and the efficiency is high enough, and he deserves to be elected as the best key player of the season, and there is no dispute, even DeRozan and SGA have to be convinced, and it is not ashamed to lose to Curry! According to the statistics of the NBA's official website, Curry is the first best key player of the season in the history of the Warriors, the second best key player of the season in the history of the Warriors NBA, and the first is the Kings guard Fox in the 2022-23 season! From All-Star MVP to MVP, from Western Conference MVP to FMVP, from scoring champion to steal king, from sports fashion award to NBA 75 superstar, from NBA all-time three-point champion to the best key player of the season, Curry is full of honors, writing his own legend, worthy of being the best idol star of this era! Fans and friends, what do you think about this?