Yao Ming averaged 23.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.5 blocks per game. He prevented Howard from averaging 14.5 points, 9 rebounds, 1.25 steals and 1.75 blocks per game. He was also unable to stop the opponent from scoring nearly 40 points per game on three-pointers.

Liu Xiu could only pray for Brother Yao from a distance. If the Magic team is really so accurate all the time, it will not work for anyone!

The Pistons were able to hold on to the big score simply because of Yao Ming's huge advantage when facing Howard.

In addition to the competition, which is currently a hot topic, there are also regular season awards that are being announced continuously.

Hornets general manager Jeff Ball won the best manager award; Rockets' Granger won the most improved award.

The Sportsmanship Award was won by Grant Hill, who had perfect attendance for two consecutive seasons.

The Sixth Man of the Year award was won by Jason Terry of the Mavericks.

After Terry gave up the starting job to Kidd last season, he devoted himself to scoring points off the bench. This season, he averaged 19.6 points per game, and once averaged 20+ points per game in the early part of the season...he received 113 of the 115 first-place votes.

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The remaining two first-place votes were taken away by lawless gangsters.

The Outlaws ranked second with two first-place votes and a score of 14.1%.

A few years ago, Outlaw's performance this season would have definitely been a contender for the Sixth Man of the Year award. It was rare to find substitutes who performed well on both offense and defense, but now every team is paying more and more attention to substitutes.

Terry playing as a substitute is just like Raheem playing as a substitute during his peak years a few years ago. It's a complete rip-off!

The best coach, Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers defeated Mike Brown of the Cavaliers and won the best coach of the season!

This is the third time in Maurice Cheeks' coaching career that he has won the award, tying the historical record of three times as the best coach held by the fortune teller and mad scientist!

There are only three awards that have not been announced in the regular season, namely Best Rookie, MVP, and DPOY.

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I returned to Portland and rested for one night. May 1st marked the arrival of a new month.

The Mavericks and Rockets have two days of rest after playing the first four games and will play the Battle of Tianwangshan tomorrow.

The Trail Blazers will have another day off today and will start training tomorrow. The training direction is to adjust the tactical system according to the situation encountered in the first round.

There is a big difference between the regular season and the playoffs. Some of the aspects they played well in the regular season were not so good in the first round. The rules are the same, but the scale of penalties is different. Some offensive methods need to be reduced or reduced.

give up.

But on the defensive end, there is more room for maneuver, and it's time for Coach Bush and Mark Jackson to perform.

However, most of the teammates continued to take vacation. Liu Xiu, Kwame Brown, Gasol, Outlaws, Hill and other core members of the defensive end were called to discuss adjustments to the defensive end.

With this level of effort in preparing for the game, Liu Xiu feels that they are heading towards surpassing the Lakers' best playoff record of 15 wins and 1 loss.

When he asked the coaching staff if they had this idea, the coach responded without hesitation: "We go for this every year, including last year."

The next day, May 2, the league announced the Rookie of the Season award.

Westbrook of the Hornets and Greg Oden of the Grizzlies both received 52 first-place votes and 62 second-place votes. Both of them accounted for 30.95% of the total points. They both won

Best Rookie.

Prior to this, there were only Dave Cowens and Geoff Petrie in the 1970-71 season, Kidd and Hill in the 1994-95 season, and Francis and Brand in the 99-00 season.

This is the fourth time in NBA history.

But it is the first time in NBA history that two players selected in the same draft won the Rookie of the Year award.

Liu Xiu had previously focused on the rookies Guigui, forgetting that the Great Emperor who averaged 13 points, 9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 3.3 blocks per game was also a rookie!

The most capable rookie since Big O with a triple-double, the first rookie shot leader since Bol, the two of them won the Rookie of the Year award together, sparking heated discussions.

In the evening, the Mavericks defeated the Rockets 93-82 in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, making the score 3-2!

Although Hamilton, Granger, and Varejao showed great resilience, the Mavericks were able to steadily suppress the Rockets.

Liu Xiu watched the live broadcast of this game and remembered the "help" the Cavaliers brought to them from the Trail Blazers.

Sometimes you need such a strong and difficult opponent to help you improve.

The Rockets are the Mavericks' "destined people."

On the 3rd, the Trail Blazers began to conduct targeted preparation training.

The coaching staff agreed with Liu Xiu that the Mavericks should advance to the second round, so they decided to start training with the Mavericks as a preparation target.

If the Rockets really come back and reverse 4-3, that would be even better.

Judging from the current situation, although the Rockets are difficult to beat, they are just difficult to beat.

The Mavericks are obviously more aggressive!

On the 4th, the G6 game day between the Mavericks and the Rockets arrived, but today people's focus is not on the two of them.

The Mosaic Army's style of play, people's desire to explore their game is really not as good as facing a bunch of Mosaics.

Today is the day when the regular season MVP and DPOY are announced!

The Trail Blazers are also very concerned about this day. They have a popular candidate for the best defensive player-Kwame Brown.

This is the first time in the history of their team that someone has become a candidate for the best defensive player. If the parallel draft pick wins the award, he will create team history. At the age of 27, he will definitely have his jersey retired.

After morning practice, Trail Blazers players and some coaches huddled in a lounge at the Willamette Gardens training facility, waiting for the awards to be announced.

At 12 noon, the live broadcast of the American cable TV sports program started. After the joke made an opening statement in his sharp voice, he began to introduce several popular candidates for the best defensive player.

Artest of the Raptors, Garnett of the Bulls, Howard of the Magic, Kwame Brown and Liu Xiu of the Trail Blazers, James of the Cavaliers, Kobe of the Lakers, Oden of the Grizzlies,

Bynum of the Rockets, Duncan of the Spurs, Iguodala of the 76ers... Liu Xiu feels that there are so many candidates for the best defensive player this year!

Anyway, the leader in rebounds, blocks, and steals are all on the list.

A two-minute comprehensive defensive summary of the major candidates was shown on the TV. It looked like each one of them was extremely good at defense. Of course, these people were also very good at defense. Looking for pictures from excellent people is better than a group of scumbags.

The taller one looks better.

After the highlights were played, Joke opened the box, took out the envelope, opened it, looked at the name on the letter and read: "Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the NBA regular season best defensive player award for the 2008-2009 season is... from Portland

Kwame Brown of the Trail Blazers!”

The room in the lounge was filled with excitement!

Everyone gathered around to congratulate the parallel import champion, while the butcher, birdman and others encouraged the parallel import champion to treat him to guests.

Details of the votes were posted on TV.

Playing an average of 29 minutes per game, he scored 8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.9 steals and 3 blocks. Kwame Brown received 77 of the 115 first-place votes and won the Defensive Player of the Year with 41.2% of the total points.

Howard received 27 first-place votes and ranked second with 22.6% of the total score.

Liu Xiu is very confident that Kwame Brown will win the Defensive Player of the Year this year. If someone in their Blazers team is qualified to win a certain award, then the probability of winning the award will be very high.

After winning 73 games, the media had to give several awards to his teammates and coaches. If Terry hadn't gone off the field and grabbed the Sixth Man of the Year award without showing any moral integrity, the Outlaws would have won the award.

Otherwise, wouldn't it look like the warden is too powerful...

He must rely on so many great teammates, coaches, and he, the Warden, to lead the team to 73 wins.

But the huge difference in votes still surprised him.

This means that most people feel that he deserves the award based on the defensive performance of their Trail Blazers this season and Kwame Brown's defensive role. Coupled with some off-court factors, he steadily won the high vote.

Get DPOY!

The third vote-getter was James, who received 6 first-place votes and ranked third with 14.7% of the total score.

Liu Xiu was in a good mood when he saw that he also got a first-place vote. The great master did not have a first-place vote this year, but Ariza had one first-place vote this year.

Without paying attention to the number of votes, the warden went up to congratulate the parallel import winner.

Just when everyone was happily discussing how to kill the parallel import No. 1 pick after the season ended, a cry of "I bought it" resounded throughout the rest room.

Everyone looked at the source of the voice, and it was Grant Hill, who is usually the gentlest and most polite man on the team.

What's wrong with this guy?

Seeing Hill staring blankly at the TV, everyone also turned their attention to the TV.

The TV screen is playing highlights, Liu Xiu's.

The accompanying text - 2008-2009 Regular Season Most Valuable Player.

Not a ‘candidate’!

This is the highlight that was played after winning the award! Just now, after the parallel import No. 1 pick won the Best Defensive Player Award, he also played a long video alone like this!

Soon, screams echoed through the lounge, and everyone went crazy!

Everyone looked at Liu Xiu...the warden was completely stunned.

This is the first time I see a warden like this!

Previously, after Liu Xiu won the award, although there were times when he was in disco mode, he was still able to act cool in front of everyone and maintain a calm and casual expression.

Anyway, in his perception, his disco mode is against others.

This time, I really can’t stand it anymore!

Winning the regular season MVP again! 4 consecutive MVPs! Refreshing the longest consecutive MVP record of 3 consecutive MVPs held by himself, Russell, Chamberlain, and Bird!

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James played 81 games, averaging 28.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, shooting 49% from the field, 34.4% from the three-point range, and 71.2% from the free throw line... He received 21 first-place votes, with 20.45%.

Ranked third in terms of total score.

Kobe played in 80 games, averaging 31 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 51% from the field, 40.2% from the three-point range, and 86% from the free throw line... He received 28 first-place votes, with 27.14%.

Ranked second in terms of total score.

Tonight, he didn't get a single first-place vote, his mentality was greatly affected, and he was very unhappy. He made 5 of 11 shots from the field, plus 3 of 9 free throws, and only got 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Yao Ming made 9 of 14 shots, plus 6 of 7 free throws, scoring 24 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, leading the Pistons to a 91-78 victory over the Magic.
Chapter completed!