Since March 30, the Mavericks have never lost the ball, and the 10-game winning streak ended. The Supersonics lost to the Mavericks during the winning streak in Game 3 in April.

Nowitzki has always performed well and won the Player of the Month in April, and Zhang Hao doesn't think there is any problem.

But troublesome things come...

Duncan became the first player in NBA history to win 4 best-month players in a single season!

The previous record was three times a season, to be more accurate. Before Zhang Hao won the three best of the month in the 99-00 season, no one in NBA history won the three best of the month in a single season, because before the 00-01 season, the best of the month and the best of the week were not divided between the east and west, and Zhang Hao set a record for the three best of the month in a single season.

After dividing the east and west, Iverson and McGrady completed the three best of the month in a single season.

Zhang Hao won the best of the month in four consecutive seasons since the 99-00 season.

After this season, Zhang Hao's monthly best times have reached 15 times, just one short of the 16 best times maintained by Supersonics legend Michael Jordan.

But the record of the best month in a single season was broken!

Duncan won his fourth best player of the month award this season! One more time than Zhang Hao's best times this season!

Take a closer look, Duncan has the best of the month this season, and there is no problem with each one. He is the one with the best combination of Eastern Conference teams + personal performance.

This has to be said that the fun of winning the best month award is that luck is very important!

Duncan just got a bargain. Although the overall strength of the Eastern Conference this season has become stronger, the top teams have an amazingly poor record, and they have not seen the first place in the division with 54 wins in decades.

The strength of the top strong teams has declined due to various reasons, but the strength of the ordinary strong teams in the division has increased, and this situation has occurred.

At this time, Duncan led 7 main players including Iverson and Raheem to 50 wins, and it was not surprising that he won the prize many times.

But originally, after the Supersonics won the league first, Zhang Hao's MVP voices rose sharply. Now, Duncan broke the record and won the best of the month four times, becoming the first in history in this regard, and the suspense of MVP has risen again!

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Garnett felt it wasn't good, quite bad.

He always feels that the other No. 21 doing this season will eventually be vented by some people on his No. 21.

It feels miserable if you think about it...

A sign at the entrance of the Key Stadium, which says that the Supersonics will move to Seattle East Side next season, near Lake Washington and Pacific Northwest Ballet Schools’ new stadium, which will be donated to college teams.

Garnett took a look and saw the news before. Jordan invested 60 million, Howard Schultz invested 110 million, X Sports invested 30 million to name the title, and the local finance and local consortium in Seattle invested 90 million, totaling $290 million to build the largest NBA stadium for the Supersonics.

In addition, several shareholders of the Supersonics also raised money to build a small stadium for training and playing games for Development League teams.

‘Don’t let loyalty hurt you…’

Garnett remembered what Zhang Hao said a certain year... He didn't think Zhang Hao was convincing about what he said.

Zhang Hao's departure from the Lakers has nothing to do with whether he is "loyal", but instead means that "if you have strength, you can be willful."

Therefore, it is not just about considering the interests, but about wanting to stay in a team, or just about not wanting to stay wherever you are, which is more in line with Zhang Hao's style of conduct.

but……

I still can’t pass the first round after three more times!

In the past two years, Garnett has encountered the Supersonics in the first round and has still wanted to struggle, but this year, he has no idea of ​​struggling at all.

If the Supersonics lose in the last game and fall to second in the West, even if they play the Mavericks with similar record, Garnett will not be so desperate.

But playing the Supersonics...

"Hi Kevin, you're here."

A familiar voice came, and Garnett turned his head and saw Zhang Hao carrying a small schoolbag, following Ben Wallace and Jason Williams on the left and right.

It's been so many years, and Zhang Hao still has this configuration around him.

Suddenly, Garnett recalled when he was in the second grade, where there were Marbury and Gugliotta next to him...

Zhang Hao's left and right guardians were also formed that year.

But the two people around Zhang Hao have always been there, and the two people next to him, Garnett, were separated because of the big contract of $128 million.

Seeing Garnett remained silent, Zhang Hao didn't ask anything. Looking at the bright sunshine suffused on the ground, he thought for a while, took out an umbrella from his schoolbag and handed it to Garnett.

Garnett took the umbrella and asked puzzledly: "Is it going to rain? It's not like it!"

"No, the sun is so big, I'm afraid you'll be tanned."

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Garnett, Ben Wallace, and Jason Williams were speechless.

But even if a black man keeps showing off like this, he will still show off his skin disease...

There was no greeting. The relationship between Zhang Hao and Garnett was not much different from that between Zhang Hao and Rahim. It was quite good. I was acquaintance. I occasionally had dinner, chatted with each other when I met, and even brought my family to visit each other.

Very familiar, but not that kind of particularly close relationship.

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On April 23, the league announced its first individual award for the regular season - Best Manager.

Cavaliers general manager Jimmy Paxson won the Best Manager Award of the Season.

The Cavaliers undoubtedly played a successful season. If the Bulls general manager had not made the right decision to get Rivers back to make soup, the Cavaliers would have been the number one in the Eastern Conference this year.

In the afternoon, the Bulls and Pacers kicked off the playoffs this season.

In this year's playoffs, the new rules for the first round have begun to be implemented!

From the original 5-game 3-win system, it has been changed to the same 7-game 4-win system as the next three-round series.

The reason for this is to make the first round just as fair, but the media's comments are to sell at least one extra game ticket.

The Bulls, the No. 1 in the East and the No. 8 in the East, the Pacers, this series may play very long.

The Pacers with Jamal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, Jaylen Ross, Al Harrington, Jermaine O'Neal, Ratliff... have become a scrambler, and Isaiah Thomas' amazing coaching ability is fully demonstrated.

However, no matter what the record is, the Pacers will drive their opponents crazy in the playoffs, and dragged their opponents to five in the first round of last season.

But there was no suspense in the first match between the Bulls and Pacers. With Kobe's 31 points, the Bulls beat the Pacers 89-80.

The score difference is not very big, but in fact, with 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score difference was 15 points. The Pacers played an 8-2 wave in the last two minutes, and then narrowed the score difference to less than 10 points.

On the contrary, the second game of the Eastern Conference on the first playoffs day, the 76ers and the Bucks played particularly fiercely.

Although the 76ers and the Bucks both had 50 wins and 32 losses, the Bucks started high and ended low, while the 76ers rose against the trend, and the process of winning 50 wins was completely different.

In the late stage of the season, the two teams no longer seem to be teams of the same level.

The Bucks relied on their previous record to delay 50 wins, while the 76ers rushed from 50% to 50 wins.

CNN analyzed the Bucks and concluded that when the Eastern Conference strong teams performed poorly at the start of the season, the Bucks seized the opportunity to win many more games. When the Eastern Conference strong teams recovered, the Bucks began to lose more games.

This statement has been widely recognized.

But the first game didn't look like this...

The Bucks are really amazing.

Payton, Reed, Lewis, Tim Thomas, Jason Cafe's starting combination, the substitute lineup includes Kenny Anderson, Kukoc, Elvin Johnson, Anthony Mason Jr., Mark Madson...

The offense was pretty!

With the last moment, Iverson and Raheem each scored 4 points, and played an 8-2, the 76ers narrowly defeated the Bucks 107-103, winning the first victory in the series.

The difference between the eastern part is within 10 points. Although the Pacers narrowed the difference after almost garbage time at the last moment, it was within 10 points at least.

The first game of the next two sets of Western Conference series will be very tragic.

The Mavericks beat the Suns 113-91, while the Lakers beat the Spurs 121-97.

The Mavericks want to continue to build a strong team. They have become the top team at the beginning of this year. They want to go a step further. The Suns, which have Anthony Hardaway and Grant Hill, are in trouble.

The Suns have a well-known star, but in the playoffs, as long as the Mavericks are in normal competitive state, the Suns can't resist the excited Mavericks in the whole team.

Lakers... Every time O'Neal plays David Robinson, it's like he's injecting blood.

The double towers of the head and horse have the same mind. The big fat will never forget the hatred of the scoring king back then!

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On April 24, the league announced two individual awards in the morning on the second game day of the playoffs.

The Kings' Sixth Man won the Kings.

Due to Weber's absence, Bobby Jackson, the best sixth man, took on more scoring tasks after appearing on the bench. He averaged 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game this season, surpassing Odom of the Supersonics team and won the Best Sixth Man Award.

Odom has played as a substitute more games than starters this season. In the game of playing as a substitute, Odom has averaged 10.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.2 blocks, performing very well.

These days, the best sixth man is not a prize that has been valued. Odom regretfully missed a grand prize and entered the fourth year of the NBA. Apart from the Best Rookie lineup, Odom has not won any awards.

The fastest progress award was the Spurs' Gilbert Arenas' crushing award.

Average of 19.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Arenas has made all-round progress compared to last season. At the age of 21, the potential of superstars has emerged.
To be continued...