Explaining the MVP selection rules of the CBA Finals, Zhou Peng Zhang Zhenlin is the strongest contender

Nandu News reporter Wang Yayun CBA finals finals will be held on the evening of May 1, the current Guangdong men's basketball team and Liaoning men's basketball team the big score is 1-1 draw, that is to say, who wins the game that night, who will be the overall champion of this season. In addition to the biggest suspense of the championship ownership, fans are also very concerned about the selection of FMVP, and according to the FMVP selection rules announced by CBA Company, Guangdong team veteran Zhou Peng and Liaoning team rookie Zhang Zhenlin are currently the most promising candidates to win the award.

Guangdong captain Zhou Peng (No. 11 in white) and Liaoning rookie Zhang Zhenlin (No. 7 in black) are among the most promising players in the FMVP selection.

At the beginning of the season, the official CBA manual announced the selection rules of the FMVP, which read: "After the championship is produced, the final mvP will be selected on the spot, and the player who ranks first in the personal performance quality index (SPR) during the entire championship team is selected." ”

The so-called SPR value is a high-level data used to comprehensively evaluate the performance of players on the field. Its specific calculation formula is: SPR = score - 2 points - 0.8× 3 points shots - 0.3 × free throw shots + 0.3 × rebounds + 0.2 × defensive rebounds + 0.5 × assists + 1.5 × steals + 0.7 × blocks - 1.2 × errors.

The CBA also stipulates that if the SPR value is the same or the difference is within 1.0 (exclusive), the total score of all games in the Finals is the main reference value, and the player with the most total scores is elected as the FMVP.

The text may still be a bit abstract, but it is more intuitive to compare the specific operations of the FMVP selection in the past few years. For example, in the 2012-2013 season championship Guangdong team, the top 4 players with SPR value are: Wang Shipeng (8.78), Zhu Fangyu (8.75), Yi Jianlian (8.73), Ike Diogu (8.73), the SPR value difference between the above 4 people is within 1.0, if according to the rules of this season, FMVP should be awarded to Yi Jianlian with the highest total score in the finals, and the actual selection results of the year are exactly like this, Yi Jianlian was selected as the most valuable player in the finals.

Looking at the 2013-2014 championship Beijing Shougang team, the two players with the highest SPR value ranking are: Sun Yue (6.12) and Randolph Morris (6.00), the difference between the SPR values of the two is within 1.0, according to the rules of this season, FMVP should be awarded to Randolph Morris, who has the highest total score in the finals, which is also consistent with the actual selection results of that year.

From the 2014-2015 season to the 2019-2020 season, the FMVP winners were the first players in the overall championship team of the year with the highest SPR value, and the difference between the second place and the second place was more than 1.0. In other words, the results of the past eight consecutive FMVP selections show a 100% agreement with the results calculated according to the FMVP selection rules this season.

Going back to the finals currently underway, in the first two games that have ended, the SPR values of the main players of both sides have been calculated, as well as the rankings within their respective teams have been generated. Guangdong's SPR rankings are: 1, Zhou Peng, averaging 8.4 per game; 2, Hu Mingxuan, averaging 6.5 per game; 3, Ren Junfei, averaging 4.8 per game; 4, Zhao Rui, averaging 4.5,5, Jason Thompson, averaging 4.3 per game.

Liaoning's SPR rankings are: 1, Zhang Zhenlin, averaging 10.8 per game; 2, Guo Allen, averaging 7.4 per game; 3, Kyle Fogg, averaging 7.0 per game; 4, Han Dejun, averaging 6.1 per game.

So it seems that if the winner is Guangdong team, then the FMVP winner is likely to be the captain Zhou Peng; and if the Liaoning team laughs to the end, then the rookie Zhang Zhenlin is expected to become the first player in history to win the finals MVP award in the debut season, it is worth mentioning that Zhang Zhenlin was previously elected as the best star in the regular season, and also won the MVP award in the All-Star Star Rui Game, but he was elected as a member of the loser team at the time, so it also caused a lot of controversy. If Zhang Zhenlin can get the FMVP, it will also be the first person in CBA history to include the All-Star Star Sharp MVP, the regular season Best Star Sharp and the Finals Most Valuable Player in a single season.