On the 29th, the Cavaliers lost to the Wizards again, with the score becoming 3-2.
The Magic returned to home and defeated the Raptors cleanly, advancing 4-1.
The Jazz played against the Suns, and the Jazz narrowly won by 1 point, with the score tied at 2-3, retaining the hope of advancement.
On the 30th, the Hornets returned to their home court and defeated the Rockets, advancing 4-1.
The Pistons returned home and defeated the Pacers, leading 3-2.
The Celtics returned home and defeated the Hawks, leading 3-2.
Celtic fans breathed a sigh of relief. They would not be able to accept it if the team lost again.
On the 31st, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks and advanced 4-1.
The Cavaliers defeated the Wizards and advanced with a big score of 4-2.
The Jazz played against the Suns and lost 90-105. The Suns advanced 4-2.
Their next opponent is the Lakers, which is an interesting matchup.
The feud between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the story of Zhang Zhiyuan's refusal to join the Suns during the offseason, the showdown between offensive basketball...
On May 1, the Pistons defeated the Pacers in an away game and advanced 4-2.
The Pacers' dark horse journey ends here. In this league, strength will ultimately speak for itself.
Things like last year's black eight are really rare.
Just when fans thought the Celtics would defeat their opponents to advance like the Pistons, the Celtics made another joke with everyone.
100 to 103, the Celtics lost g6, and the score was tied at 3 to 3.
This game is very similar to G4. The Celtics still led in the first three quarters, and then were overturned by the Hawks in the last quarter.
It's just that the comeback method is different. The G4 Hawks relied on the outbursts of Joe Johnson and Josh Smith, while this game relied on Ray Allen's undercover behavior.
Ray Allen made 1 of 8 shots in the last quarter, and the Hawks inexplicably won.
After the game, the experts were dumbfounded.
No one predicted that this matchup would be a tiebreaker, no, not one.
The difference in strength between the two teams is really huge. No matter how you look at it, they should advance 4-0 or 4-1.
The few experts who predicted 4-2 were betting.
Post-match news.
[Shocking reversal, will the Eagles repeat the Black Eight Miracle?]
[Win the championship? The Celtics should learn to advance first.]
[The Big Three are a joke. Let’s disband as soon as possible to avoid further embarrassment. 】
...
On May 2, the league announced the selection results for MVP and best team honors.
The winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award was Garnett, who received 44% of the votes.
Originally, he deserved this award. The Celtics ranked first in the league in points allowed per game this season.
It's just that the Celtics had just tied the score with the Hawks. If Garnett won this award again, many fans would be dissatisfied, and they would inevitably make some mocking remarks.
The second highest vote-getter is Marcus Camby, %, which is also a joke.
The Nuggets' defense has been beaten to pieces by the Lakers. No matter how you look at it, Camby is not a defensive gatekeeper.
The third highest vote-getter is Shane Battier, with 15%. This is not appropriate either. Although Battier's defense is good, there are many players who are better than him.
Duncan, Howard, Chandler, Prince...
All-Defensive Second Team.
Paul, Kobe, Prince, Battier, Howard.
All-Defensive first team.
Laga Bell, Bruce Bowen, Garnett, Duncan, Camby.
Most of the winners are well-deserved, but there are some who slipped through the cracks.
For example, Bruce Bowen, how could he be worthy of playing for a while?
Just look at his annual salary and you will know. How can a person on the best defensive team be worth only 4 million?
Thirty teams in the league will be scrambling for a first-team defensive player worth 4 million. After all, even little trash like Hayes only makes 4 million a year.
Perhaps, the reporters and basketball commentators who voted felt that Bowen could eliminate the opponent's core players at any time, and this kind of "nuclear deterrence" should be used as a defensive line.
Durant won the Rookie of the Year award, no doubt about it.
The quality of the rookies in 2007 was quite poor, with Durant only a 20-year-old player.
Including Durant, there are only 4 players with more than 10 points.
The winner of the Best Sixth Man Award is Ginobili, with 55% of the votes, and there is no suspense.
There is no way, he is playing as a substitute with his main strength, and others can't compete.
Although Odom also played as a substitute, because Zhang Zhiyuan and Kobe Bryant were scoring points, the statistics of others were not good.
The Most Improved Player was won by Zhang Zhiyuan.
Last season he averaged just over 20 points per game. This season he averaged 31.7 points per game, a full 10 points more. His progress is so great that no one can match it.
Turkoglu, who received the second most votes, only improved by 6 points.
The best coach award was won by Phil Jackson, but he only narrowly missed out, almost losing to Byron Scott of the Hornets.
Although Jackson led the team to 74 wins, the outside world unanimously believes that this is the credit of Kobe and Zhang Zhiyuan.
Some unscrupulous coaches even said that they could lead this Lakers to 70 wins.
They were quite modest and admitted that they were slightly inferior to Jackson.
This is the second time Jackson has won the best coach. The last time he led the Bulls to 72 wins and 10 losses.
He has led the team to 55 wins 15 times, including 65 wins 6 times. As a result, he only won the best coach twice.
Of course, Jackson didn't complain, because he either brought Jordan or O'Neal, and now Zhang Ke.
There is some debate as to whether he is the best coach, but there is no doubt that he is the luckiest coach.
The best third team.
Kidd, Ginobili, Pierce, Nowitzki, Yao Ming.
All-Pro Second Team.
Nash, Deron Williams, James, Duncan, Stoudemire.
The best lineup.
Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Zhang Zhiyuan, Garnett, Howard.
From this list, you can roughly see which team is the strong team. The Lakers directly occupy two first-team spots.
The Celtics, Spurs, and Suns all also had two selected.
After the results were announced, there was heated discussion on the Internet.
Some fans are dissatisfied with the loss of certain stars, while others have questioned the selection of certain stars.
There are also various cheering posts.
Among them, the one who has been talked about the most is of course Zhang Zhiyuan.
This is only Zhang Zhiyuan's second season. Strictly speaking, it is only one and a half. After all, Zhang Zhiyuan only played half of the season last season.
In just the second year, Zhang Zhiyuan won the best first team, MVP, and scoring champion. This is really unprecedented, and there is a high probability that there will be no others in the future.
"It's amazing. Even Jordan has never achieved such an achievement."
"He is only 20 years old. He can rule the league for at least fifteen years."
"Players of his generation are really unfortunate. Yes, that's right, I'm talking about LeBron James."
The fans were filled with emotion.
While the awards were announced, the playoffs continued.
On May 2, the first game between the Magic and the Pistons began.
Howard was in trouble. Facing the Pistons' tough defense, Howard's efficiency plummeted. And the outside players couldn't shoot, so he played very poorly on the offensive end.
71 to 92, the Magic suffered a disastrous defeat.
Howard only scored 12 points and 8 rebounds.
On the same day, the game between the Lakers and Suns also started.
Los Angeles, Staples Center.
As soon as the Lakers team bus stopped, reporters surrounded them.
"Zhang, how do you feel about winning the MVP?"
the reporter asked.
"We'll ask you again when I receive the award. I have to play the game now."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
It's a pity that reporters want the first information. Where can they wait until then and ask questions one after another.
However, Zhang Zhiyuan did not answer any more and went directly to the locker room. The security personnel were responsible for stopping the reporters.
Then they changed the target and shouted to Kobe: "Kobe, Kobe, is missing the mvp in your plan? Who do you think is the boss of the team between you and Zhang..."
Kobe also did not answer these questions and left with a dark face.
He didn't want to answer these questions and couldn't answer them.
Things had happened, and he could only accept it silently.
Entering the locker room, the atmosphere in the locker room was quite strange. Everyone had never experienced two people on the same team competing for MVP, so they didn't know whether to congratulate Zhang Zhiyuan or not.
No congratulations, it seems a bit unreasonable.
Congratulations, but you have to take Kobe's feelings into consideration.
In the visiting team's locker room, O'Neal was "boosting morale" to his teammates.
O'Neal said: "Believe it or not, Kobe and Zhang may be fighting in the locker room now."
"It's impossible, it won't happen."
Everyone didn't believe it.
"What's so strange about this? Kobe has a very small mind. When I was with the Lakers, he used to rack up statistics like crazy in order to be in the top position. He didn't even care about winning or losing the game. Now that he has lost the MVP, he probably has the intention of killing Zhang.
....."
O'Neill continues to arrange.
"So, there is a huge conflict between the two of them, and we have hope for this series?"
Stoudemire was surprised.
"certainly."
O'Neill said.
Nash was speechless after hearing this. He believed that there was a conflict between Kobe and Zhang Zhiyuan, but he also believed that the two men could temporarily put aside this conflict in order to win.
It is obviously unreliable to expect this to win the game.
However, Nash did not try to expose and refute O'Neal. At least O'Neal's words could add something to the story and make others less afraid of the Lakers.
Not long after, the players began to come out and warm up.
cctv.
"Congratulations to Zhang Zhiyuan for winning the MVP and the first team, it's amazing."
Zhang Lili sighed with emotion.
"There is also a Most Improved Award."
Sun Zhengping reminded.
"Yao Yao has FMVP. Now our Chinese players have almost won all the honors in the NBA."
Zhang Lili said.
"We are still short of the Rookie of the Year award. I hope someone can win it in the future."
.......
tnt.
Barkley and Smith were chatting about Kobe Bryant's loss of MVP and the question of who is the boss of the Lakers.
These discussions are also very eye-catching.
Both Zhang fans and Ke Mi are concerned about this topic.
Even other fans are looking forward to Zhang Zhiyuan and Kobe Bryant losing the game because of this issue.
"What we are talking about here is just speculation. Let's just watch the game. The outcome of the victory or defeat will be determined soon."
As Smith finished speaking, the live game had begun.
On the Lakers side are Fisher, Kobe, Zhang Zhiyuan, Hayes and Bynum.
On the Suns side are Nash, Laga Bell, Diaw, Stoudemire and O'Neal.
Bynum and O'Neal jumped the ball, and Bynum won and gave the ball to his side.
Bynum doesn't have the nickname Little Shark at this time, but he also wants to compete with the aging O'Neal.
Many people have thought about stepping on their predecessors to get the upper hand.
The Lakers attacked first, and Fisher advanced quickly.
Their strategy today is to consume O'Neal.
O'Neal is already old and heavy, and running away with him would tire O'Neal to death.
O'Neal quickly retreated to the basket and blocked Bynum.
Kobe and Zhang Zhiyuan are running on the outside, but O'Neal can ignore it, and Stoudemire is responsible for making up for the leaks.
Kobe catches the ball.
According to the tactics, he still needs to pass.
But this time Kobe chose to play Laga Bell in isolation, which was no problem, only he could make the shot.
Can it be made?
The fans stared intently at the flying basketball.
hit.
Comey was very happy, but Lakers fans were not too excited. They knew that one ball could not explain the problem.
Kobe can be very accurate for a period of time, or he can be very solid for a period of time.
When the Suns attacked, they gave up running and gunning. After all, O'Neal couldn't keep up.
Falling into a positional battle, O'Neal asked for the ball under the basket.
Nash passed the ball, and then O'Neal singled out Bynum, pretended to take a shot, and relied on his experience to trick Bynum into taking off, and then took the shot again.
The ball goes in.
Although O'Neal's condition has declined, there are still three things that can break the boat. He is now the third scoring point in the Suns, and can barely be regarded as the core.
Hayes serves quickly and the Lakers play fast break.
O'Neill cursed and ran back.
Before he was in position, the ball had already passed half court, and Zhang Zhiyuan went straight to the basket.
Kobe posed a threat on the other side, Stoudemire could only stare at Kobe, and Diaw was responsible for Zhang Zhiyuan.
It's a pity that Dior's speed is not as good as Zhang Zhiyuan's. Now that Zhang Zhiyuan's attributes have been weakened by attribute chains, the speed is even worse.
Zhang Zhiyuan easily completed the breakthrough, got to the basket and scored a layup.
Playing against a team that is good at positional warfare, O'Neal's size can also play a greater role on the defensive end.
But in fast breaks, O'Neal has indeed become a colander.
O'Neal just ran back to the basket, but the Lakers had already started to retreat. O'Neal had no choice but to turn around and walk towards the Lakers' half.
The Suns attack, Nash controls the ball on the outside.
Stoudemire moved his feet, looking for opportunities.
However, the opportunity never appeared.
In the past, he played center and could bully opponents with his speed. Now he plays power forward, and because there is an extra O'Neal under the basket, there are more obstacles for him to hit the basket.
There was no good chemistry between him and O'Neal, and Stoudemire was not feeling comfortable playing.
Seeing that no one else had a chance, Nash could only take action against Fisher.
The ball didn't go in.
This style of play is too simple, and Fisher is not a dispensable character.
The ball missed, but Stoudemire grabbed an offensive rebound.
Stoudemire made his second attack, but unfortunately was interfered by Hayes and failed to score.
Bynum grabbed the rebound and the Lakers started a fast break.
"Fake."
O'Neal could only retreat quickly.
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