In the blink of an eye, the magnificent 2018 has become history, and NBA has officially opened a new chapter. Looking back on the past year, the NBA has accompanied us in growing up and brought countless touches and surprises, and of course there are also regrets. Competitive sports are like life, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, ups and downs, but the result is cruel, but you still have to believe in the process. Let’s relive the great moments of 2018 together.
1. Paul Pierce jersey retired
2018 On February 12, 2018, a familiar figure reappeared in the North Shore Garden of Boston, which made fans feel passionate and mixed emotions. He is Paul Pierce, the former hero of this stadium. In order to commend his loyalty and dedication over the past 15 years, the Celtics specially held a grand jersey retirement ceremony, and former comrades also came to witness the moment of glory.
Pearce has become the 22nd player in the team's glorious history to enjoy this honor, and his No. 34 jersey is also hung on the dome alongside legends such as Bill Russell and Larry Bird. One person and one city, sharing honor and disgrace. Say goodbye with tears and the truth will last forever.
2. All-Star competition system is launched and new
Since ancient times, the NBA All-Star Game has adopted the form of east-west division confrontation, but in order to keep pace with the times and enhance competitiveness and entertainment, the new president of the league, Adam Xiao Hua, decided to break the rules in the 2018 Los Angeles All-Star Game, to change the rules, and the two most popular captains respectively selected the generals and formed a mixed team on the shortlist. Teammates who usually fight side by side become opponents, while opponents who once had irreconcilable become teammates.
's new and exciting rules make the stars eager to try, so a Hollywood-like drama was staged in Angels City. In the end, LeBron James scored a quasi-triple double-digit data of 29 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, winning the All-Star MVP trophy again after 10 years.
3. Chris Paul joins Houston Rockets Breaking the curse of the Western Conference Finals
In the summer of 2017, Chris Paul left Angel City to pursue his championship dream and turned to Space City. His innate leadership temperament and tough style made up for the team's lack of spiritual strength.
"Light Bulb Combination" emerged and led the Houston Rockets to the sky in the 2017-18 season. While winning 65 wins in the regular season, it also created the best record in the team history. playoffs passed the game, including in the fifth match against Utah Jazz in the Western Conference Semi-Finals, St. Paul made 8 of 10 three-pointers, scored 41 points and 10 assists and made 0 mistakes, breaking the 13-year Western Conference Spell. In the Western Conference Finals, facing the powerful defending champion, Rockets even used extreme singles and defense replacement to force the Warriors to a desperate situation. If it weren't for the injury bad luck , Texas cockroaches might really change history.
4. Golden State Warriors Four-year three-champ to cast the Golden Empire, DeMarcus Cousins' heavy joining brought the NBA to a finale
2018 Finals Golden State Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the championship with a devastating momentum, winning the championship with three consecutive wins in four years, "Death" Kevin Durant won the finals MVP with a horror performance of 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.3 blocks per game.
, and DeMarcus Cousins, the big killer in the inside line during the offseason, joined the Warriors with only 5.34 million in one year. The five All-Stars who were in their play age teamed up to make people shout: The NBA is coming its finale!
5. James Harden Good things have ended up winning the regular season MVP
2016-17 season can be regarded as the most fierce competition in the regular season MVP in NBA history. James Harden lost to Russell Westbrook , who averaged three-double per game, and this time he lost to him and became his best motivation to keep breaking through his limits.
Harden made a comeback in the 2017-18 season and averaged 30.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 8.8 assists per game. He even staged an unprecedented 60+ triple-double in the Houston Rockets against the Orlando Magic.Harden not only won the scoring title, but also helped the team to achieve 65 wins and rank first in the league. In the end, he got what he wanted. From his former best sixth man to his current regular season MVP, the bearded completed an amazing transformation.