The time has entered March. For the Magic, the best news in March is probably that Lewis will come back to contribute to the team's offensive firepower.

The season is now half of the schedule, and the Magic still ranks first in the East.

Although the gap between the Cavaliers and Celtics behind them is not very big, even if these two teams want to overtake, it will be difficult.

After all, this Magic team has not only reached a peak in the team's tacit understanding, but also made breakthroughs in the players' mentality.

Because the Magic this season has great hope to break the team's best record set by the team in the previous team.

So this also made the players in the team start to do their best to create history together.

Among them, even Iverson, who has always been unruly, began to devote himself to his usual training.

Although there are often scenes of late training, fortunately, Iverson has never been out to fool around during this period. Even if he is late, he will definitely come to the stadium for training.

Faced with this situation, Stan Van Gundy turned a blind eye and did not care too much.

After all, as long as the team can achieve a record, it is only a trivial matter.

Of course, this privilege is limited to the existence of Allen Iverson. If someone else dared to abstain from Stan Van Gundy's training, then the outcome would definitely be imagined...

After March, the Magic continued to make great progress, especially after Lewis's comeback, the offensive firepower of the entire Magic team was greatly improved.

When he just came back, Stan Van Gundy also put Lewis on the bench to play and kept his playing time within 20 minutes.

In order to better protect Lewis, the playoffs are coming, and if some injuries occur at this time and players are unable to play, it will definitely be a very bad thing.

In the few games entering March, the Magic finally won the game without any danger.

The Magic played up to 9 games in the entire first half of the month, and the intensity was definitely at the top of the league.

Since the Magic's game schedule is still quite scattered at the beginning of the season, this also leads to the Magic's going to face a very intensive schedule later in the season.

And this will definitely be a very difficult challenge for the Magic.

If a person has a goal, he will become extremely motivated in the process.

For example, the biggest goal of the current Magic team is to break the team's history record set by the team before.

So even though the schedule was very difficult, the players were still gritting their teeth and persevering. In order to be conservative, Stan Van Gundy arranged a simple rest for some unimportant games.

So that players can maintain their best physical condition and strive not to face that damn injury before the playoffs.

In these nine games throughout the first half of March, the Magic finally won 7 wins and 2 losses.

Although this record is definitely not an excellent match for the Magic, it should be noted that the Magic's schedule during this period is not only very dense, but most of their opponents are teams at the playoff level.

Therefore, the pressure the Magic needs to face is naturally very huge. In addition, seven of these nine games are away games, so it is already a very rare thing to be able to win 7 wins and 2 losses in this period of time.

After these nine games in March, the Magic also successfully improved their record to 49 wins and 16 losses.

While continuing to firmly sit in the first place in the East, it also leads the Cavaliers behind it by 1.5 wins.

As for the Lakers, who are the number one in the league, they are currently ranked first in the league with a record of 49 wins and 14 losses.

In terms of probability, there are still many teams that can threaten the Lakers' ranking first in the league.

However, from a practical perspective, the season is about to end. What can truly threaten the Lakers' first place in the West will definitely no longer exist in the entire West.

The only one who can threaten the Lakers' first place in the league is the Magic and Cavaliers.

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March 16.

Just as the entire league was in a tense atmosphere, the league also released the latest list changes on this day.

With the end of this season, every new list released by the league is of great reference value.

Because the season has reached this stage, many experts and media have also had a scale in their hearts.

Therefore, changes in each issue of the ranking may directly affect the final individual ranking.

Among them, in the individual selection of MVP in the regular season this season, James temporarily ranked first in the league with a not obvious advantage.

As of now this season, the Cavaliers' team's record is not only very outstanding, but in terms of personal performance, James can average comprehensive data of 28.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game.

Among them, he averaged 28.6 points per game and ranked second in the league this season, so it is well deserved for James to lead the regular season MVP.

However, although James has always performed well this season, it is not a foregone conclusion to win the regular season MVP this season.

Because the second place at the moment is Kobe Bryant, the Lakers star.

The gap between Kobe and James is not very big, among which the Lakers have an advantage in record performance.

So until the last moment, no one knows who will win the regular season MVP this season.

So far, Kobe Bryant has averaged 26.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and a career-high 5.6 assists per game this season.

The most important thing is that Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage this season is as high as 46.3%, of which the three-point shooting percentage is also 33.1%.

In addition, the Lakers currently have the best record in the league, so in the final MVP battle, which of Kobe and James has a better chance will be a difficult question.

In addition to Kobe and James, the 3-5th place in this list are currently ranked in Howard, Wade and Nowitzki.

So far, Howard averaged 17.8 points, 13.6 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 1.1 steals per game.

Wade averaged 30.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game.

Nowitzki scored 25.9 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

In this list, if we talk about the data alone, then Wade is definitely the most conspicuous one.

Because Wade is not only the only player who averages 30 points per game this season, but also the league's scoring champion so far this season.

However, the team's 34-30 record has dragged Wade a lot, so this data is also a serious shrinking behavior.

Theoretically speaking, Wade will not be able to lead the Heat to a winning streak in the next game, and he will remain in this hot state during this period.

Otherwise, the Flash Wade will find it difficult to gain too much advantage in this year's regular season MVP selection.

After all, data is not the only criterion for selecting mvp, otherwise the data brushes would have already become full of honors.

As for Howard being able to rank among the top three in the regular season MVP selection, in addition to the Magic's outstanding record, the biggest reason is his dominant ability on the defensive end.

Unfortunately, Howard's offensive ability is still to be developed, so judging from the current situation, Howard basically misses the regular season MVP this season.

But if nothing unexpected happens, then the best defensive player of the season will definitely be won by Howard.

In addition to the regular season MVP ranking list, the best rookie rankings that have been highly watched this season have also made the latest progress.

In the latest rookie rankings, Derek Ross has successfully surpassed Su Jiu and regained the first place in the rookie rankings.

In addition to the fact that Derek Ross has performed very well recently, the biggest reason for this change in the list is that the Magic team itself has changed in the team.

Since the Magic traded Allen Iverson in the middle of the season, this also caused Su Jiu to slight decline in the number of shots.

While the number of shots has declined to a certain extent, Su Jiu has not been able to maintain a stable performance in his personal terms.

In the game with good feel, Su Jiu has performed a 30-point burst performance in a single game many times, but in the game with poor performance, Su Jiu also performed an embarrassing performance of 4 points in a single game.

So for various reasons, Derek Ross has also successfully surpassed Su Jiu and returned to the top of the rookie rankings.

So far, Derek Ross has averaged 36.1 minutes per game, of which he can contribute 18.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists.

Since the NBA League does not have too strict requirements on the team's record when selecting the Best Rookie Award.

It is very different from the regular season MVP selection.

So even though the Bulls are currently only ranked seventh in the East and are on the verge of the playoffs, this still cannot affect Derek Rose's personal brilliance.

In addition to Derek Rose, the other two of the three demons in this draft, Su Jiu and Mayo, ranked 2 to 3 respectively.

Although Su Jiu has recently dropped to the second place on this list due to some personal instability and some internal adjustments.

However, this still failed to affect the personal support of online fans for Su Jiu. Among them, in overseas, that is, in China, Su Jiu's support rate has reached its peak.

If we talk about popularity alone, Su Jiu's personal base is currently far ahead of Derek Ross and OJ Mayo.

Unfortunately, fans can only put pressure on the selection of the best rookie.

What really affects the selection results in the end depends on the voting results from the media and experts.

So far, Su Jiu has averaged 31.2 minutes per game this season, of which he can contribute 15.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 6.3 assists.

And at the same time, Su Jiu was able to contribute 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks on the defensive end.

It can be said that if you only talk about comprehensive abilities, then Su Jiu is definitely the most comprehensive existence among this year's rookie players.

Even Westbrook, who is equally comprehensive, cannot compare with Sujiu in terms of efficiency.

Most importantly, as an outside player, Su Jiu's shooting percentage this season is as high as 48.6%.

If it weren't for the poor performance in several of the games that lowered Su Jiu's overall efficiency, it would be impossible for Su Jiu to break through 50% of the shooting rate.

In addition to Derek Ross and Su Jiu, as the last player in the outside trident at this rookie conference, OJ Mayo's personal performance is still very stable.

In this All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge, Mayo finally won the MVP trophy in the Rookie Challenge, contributing to his personal honor.

However, since the All-Star Weekend, Mayo's personal efficiency has declined slightly.

Although it is still stable in terms of data, Mayo has begun to become very low in hit rate.

So far, Mayo's shooting percentage this season has been as low as 41.2%, and his three-point shooting percentage has also dropped to 30.9%.

This also led to Mayo still being able to contribute 18.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game so far.

However, the bad choice has lowered Mayo's overall offensive efficiency, which has also made Mayo, the rookie scoring champion of this year, only ranked third in the rookie ranking.

As for whether Mayo can complete his personal counterattack in the next period of time, it depends on whether his personal offensive efficiency can improve.

If Mayo can increase his shooting percentage to more than 44%, it is very likely that Derek Ross and Su Jiu will threaten them, thus returning to the top of the list.
Chapter completed!