Liu Xiu never expected that he would overtake Nash in the last two games.

In the penultimate game, if the Hornets put some pressure on the Suns and let Nash get a few more assists, it would be difficult for him to take the lead.

In the steals rankings, this is his third data title. He averaged 3.1 steals per game and won the steals title, far exceeding the second-place Paul's average of 2.3 steals per game.

In the blocking list, Ratliff is old and Camby is the king, averaging 3.3 blocks per game, beating Kirilenko's 3.2 blocks per game.

In the three-point rankings, Ray Allen averaged 2.7 three-pointers per game, surpassing Raja Bell who averaged 2.5 three-pointers per game and became the three-point king.

At the same time, Ray Allen ranked first in the league with 45.5% three-point shooting percentage.

In terms of the scoring list, Kobe, Iverson, James, and Anthony are far ahead, and they happen to be the top four in scoring.

In terms of turnovers, Liu Xiu, Nash, James, Wade and others are not as fierce as Arenas. Arenas dominates the turnovers list with an average of 4 turnovers per game...

Liu Xiu opened the system screen and looked at his average data.

Averaged 25.3 points, 7 rebounds, 11.3 assists, 3.1 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, 51% field goal percentage, 35% three-point field goal percentage, 90.3% free throw shooting percentage...this data is so cool to watch!

Even though he averaged 3.6 turnovers per game, he still had 11.3 assists to support his performance.

In other words, the average of 3.4 fouls per game is a bit more. The defensive end has improved greatly, but there are also more fouls. The next direction of improvement on the defensive end is to control fouls and reduce unnecessary actions in defense.

This added another step to his future growth plan. Liu Xiu was very satisfied. He turned off the system screen and closed the browser. He didn't want to think about this anymore. He would prepare for the playoffs starting tomorrow afternoon. The last thing before the playoffs.

During the rest time, leave the children to your parents and sisters, and go on a date with your girlfriend...

…

April 21st, the day before the playoffs.

At 9 a.m., the league announced the awards for the last game week and the last game month.

Best of the Week: East, Raptors' Chris Bosh; West, Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

Rookie of the Month: Eastern Conference, Raptors' Raymond Felton; Western Conference, Jazz's Chris Paul.

Coach of the Month: Eastern Conference, Flip Saunders of the Pistons; Western Conference, Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers.

Player of the Month: Eastern Conference, Dwight Howard of the Magic; Western Conference, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers.

Liu Xiu was obsessed with Best of the Week and Best of the Month, so naturally he stayed in front of the TV waiting for the results. Unexpectedly, he didn't win either award!

But before he could complain, Qing'er said excitedly: "Brother, Nash didn't win the award either!"

Anne Hathaway also said excitedly: "Yes, yes, Jess, you will be ahead of all opponents!"

When Liu Xiu heard this, he thought it was right!

It doesn’t matter who gets it, as long as it’s not Nash.

Moreover, he has won it three times, Nash has won it once, and Marion's time is also considered to be Nash's, which means that the two of them have won the best of the month 5 times together. Kobe averaged 38+ points per game this season.

He averaged 40+ per game three times in a single month, but he didn't have the best of the month in the first five game months.

In the end, if he didn't give it to Kobe this month, as an opponent, he would feel that Kobe would be too miserable.

After the awards were announced, the league imposed penalties for "yet another Rose Garden incident."

Laja Bell was suspended for 5 games... Liu Xiu felt this was unnecessary. Laja Bale was diagnosed with two broken ribs that night and was injured for 100 days.

Apart from this, there are no other triggers, and some technical foul calls have been cancelled. For example, Kwame Brown's technical foul that was sprayed in celebration after blocking a shot in the second quarter was cancelled.

Liu Xiu guessed that the league was trying to divert attention and announced a new rule that will be voted on at this summer's owners' meeting - a zero-tolerance system.

Referees will be given more authority and the threshold for technical foul calls will be lowered.

The alliance announced this matter and successfully diverted people's attention...

…

In the afternoon, Liu Xiu came to the Rose Garden Arena to prepare for the game.

The opponent Lakers had already arrived in Portland in the morning and also came to the arena to prepare for the game in the afternoon.

The Trail Blazers no longer prohibit Liu Xiu from accepting interviews, but now, he has no intention of doing that.

The big dog owner had already enjoyed all the scenery of 70 wins and had eaten all the meat. He, the warden, did not want to chew the bones.

Another thing is that he adjusted his mentality for a day and has entered playoff mode, entering a state of shielding himself from external interference.

In preparation for the first round, the Trail Blazers coaching staff set very clear preparation goals.

The Lakers have only one strong point - Kobe Bryant.

Think about how to respond to Jackson's on-the-spot command, hold on when the Lakers play Princeton, and think of ways to limit Kobe's performance, it's that simple.

We have to play against teams from the Pacific Division 4 times a year. The coaches have enough game experience and materials to prepare, and the preparations are carried out in an orderly manner.

After the afternoon training, Liu Xiu called Kobe and asked him to have dinner...but he was rejected.

Liu Xiu didn't force it either.

In the evening, after dinner, Qing'er took him to watch a video, a clip of Kobe's interview after arriving in Portland this morning.

This guy said he would sweep their prison team to advance to the second round...

Liu Xiu was silent for a while after reading it and gave a thumbs up.

The next day, April 22, the first game day of the NBA 2005-2006 playoffs arrived.

In the morning, the league announced its first award, the NBA Sportsmanship Award, and Clippers player Elton Brand won the award.

Liu Xiu learned from Randolph that Brand had won the award, and complained to Randolph that it was indeed the most blackly humorous award in the NBA.

This award, unlike other awards, is voted on by players from each team.

However, except for the first winner Joe Dumars of the Bad Boys, last season's Grant Hill and Grant Hill were regarded as well-deserved, and the other winners were called the NBA's black humor.

P.J. Brown, the power forward who caused a big brawl between the Knicks and the Heat, a player who made a lot of defensive tricks and was famous for being dirty, also won this award.

After listening to Liu Xiu's complaints, Randolph asked: "Warden, who did you vote for?"

Liu Xiu responded: "Ben Wallace, Little Giant's teammate."

Randolph: "Oh, I voted for Raja Bell... Ray, what about you?"

Ray Allen, who was passing by, stopped and said, "Bruce Bowen."

Liu Xiu and Randolph transformed into Doudouyan together.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, the playoffs officially kicked off.

After the game between the Pistons and the Wizards started, Liu Xiu went to watch... There was no suspense. It was 31 to 20 in the first quarter. Yao Ming scored 13 points in the first quarter, beating several blue-collar insiders of the Wizards to the point where they couldn't hold their heads up.

Liu Xiu took a look at the playoff schedule. Before, he only remembered their prison team's schedule.

Today, after the Pistons and Wizards, there is the first game of the series between the fourth-place Pacers and the fifth-place Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.

Then the series between the second-placed Spurs and the seventh-placed Nuggets in the Western Conference begins, followed by a two-game series between the third-placed Suns and the sixth-placed Grizzlies.

In these series of games, Liu Xiu lacked interest. This afternoon's training plan ended early, and the coaching staff arranged for a rest to recharge his batteries.
Chapter completed!