Compared with the Lakers, who were suppressed by the five-star Jazz in regular time, they had to rely on the inside to contain Kobe in mid-range singles in the last quarter, and won the game with the super firepower of Kobe's resentment against the Jazz; the Suns beat the Spurs, too

Stable!

Josh Smith averaged 31 points and 9 rebounds per game, Nash averaged 15 points and 10.7 assists per game, O'Neal averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds per game, and Calderon 8 points and 5.3 assists. The cores of both lineups performed amazingly!

The Spurs have a big problem!

The most critical point is excessive teamwork. Duncan averaged 16 points and 14 rebounds per game, Ginobili averaged 18 points and 4 assists per game, and Parker averaged 15 points and 9 assists per game... The Spurs' three strongest players scored too little.

When it comes to scoring at critical moments, it's not as clear as the Suns.

The critical moment for the Suns is when Josh Smith and Nash pick and roll, or O'Neal plays high inside, which determines that they must score. However, the Spurs have been working hard to develop towards "team, selfless" in the regular season, which is a bit too persistent.

In this regard, it's like the Mavericks have gone in the opposite direction to the extreme they once were.

Of course, the strength of the Suns is the key!

In the regular season, the Suns have defeated strong teams many times. If you really want to break it down, the Suns have defeated the top five in the Eastern Conference and the top nine in the Western Conference more times than the Spurs, almost as much as the Lakers!

The Spurs system, which has already taken shape, is still just a prototype after all. There are always many problems with the new system. The Suns have two lineups, one is running and gunning, and the other is traditional positional warfare. They are both very mature tactics. In the Suns

If they want to take advantage of O'Neal's All-Star ability, the Spurs can't stop him.

However, the Raptors were very tenacious. After being deprived of the home court advantage in the first game, they relied on Joe Johnson's key three-pointer to defend the second home court 104-100 in the second game. Then they went to Orlando in the third game and fought hard.

In two overtimes, Milicic made a huge impact in the paint and played a luxurious triple-double of 45 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in 52 minutes, helping the Raptors regain the home court advantage 131-129.

Except for the fact that the Magic suppressed the Raptors in the first game, the two teams played evenly in the next two games. Fans thought that the Magic were sure of victory after seizing the home court advantage in the first game. Now it seems that everything is the same.

Unknown number.

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"Carlos is so useless! I gave them so many suggestions, but they were beaten 3-0." Liu Mang complained while looking at the white clouds outside the window.

"Actually, they did very well. They almost won two games. Without Kobe's two buzzer-beaters, they would have been 2-1." McGrady had a different view.

"If you lose, you lose, no matter what the reason is." Liu Mang responded.

McGrady understood Liu Mang's pun and said with a smile: "I understand, we have no problem, but my teammates are still worried that you will be angry."

"Well..." Liu Mang continued to look at the white clouds outside the window...

On May 14, Liu Mang flew back to Atlanta with his teammates.

Yesterday, the Hawks were dragged to Game 5 by the tenacious Bulls, 82-75. The Bulls won the game in their second home game with rough defense.

The scale of the whistleblowing in this game was very large, which was extremely beneficial to the Bulls. It is difficult to say that the league did not want the Hawks to sell more home tickets. After all, nearly half of the tickets for the playoffs have to be turned over to the league.

However, the Bulls do defend well, and they are better at using that kind of penalty scale. This kind of scale is not just for the Hawks. The Hawks made great defensive moves and were not called for fouls. It's just that the group led by Garnett is not as good at it.

This is just a way of playing

Since they are on the same scale, the Eagles are also convinced. Anyway, it is 3-1. If they return to the home court and work hard again, they will most likely win.

The Eagles are quite open-minded.

For Liu Mang, what is a little annoying is that the "Battle Cry" feature has returned to level 1, which means he has to defeat Garnett again to upgrade.

However, this feature is specifically for Garnett and will not have much impact on the subsequent playoffs. Liu Mang feels much more comfortable.

The things that concern Liu Mang are the Suns and Lakers!

Last night, when the Hawks and Bulls tied 3-1, the Spurs were swept by the Suns.

121 to 114, relying on Jason Richardson's two three-pointers at the critical moment and Ginobili's damn layup, the Suns held on to a 1-point deficit and opened it up to 7 points.

, locking in the victory.

This year's regular season, the Spurs once earth-shatteringly nearly tied the Hawks' winning percentage in the first 41 games of the 2005-06 season, but fell to second place, which exposed many problems in the Spurs system.

There is one missing arrowhead who can contribute on both offense and defense!

Originally, Popovich wanted Artest to fill this role. Artest's performance with the Rockets this year was fully qualified for this task. However, fate also dictated that he was eliminated in the first round last year and was in an offensive role again.

On the other hand, Artest was offended, and the boss was reluctant to give up more money...

No one expected that the Suns would be the first to advance to the conference finals, and people began to pay attention to this team again.

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Tomorrow will be the fifth game against the Bulls. What the coaching staff has arranged for the players is very simple: rest!

In fact, in yesterday's game, the Eagles felt that the Bulls were at the end of their game. They were just trailing 0-3, and the Bulls, unwilling to be swept away, just blew up and won the game with the help of a loose whistle.

The next thing the Eagles have to do is not to have any psychological fluctuations and just hold on to their home court.

This is not a problem for the Eagles, after all, they lead 3-1.

However... on the day the Hawks returned to Atlanta, several things that were almost forgotten by people were announced!

When Adam Silva began to shift from the business side to some management operations, the first thing he did was not to make the NBA better. It was as if he wanted to announce that his era was about to come.

I like to make some changes in form.

Best Defensive Player, Best Rookie Team, Best Team, Best Defensive Team, these awards have not been announced until now... This is the formalism of Adam Silva.

In the past, the awards were announced one after another, but this year Adam Silva was stunned and divided into three parts. The first two parts were okay, both were in the first round, but the third part dragged on for so long, and there were so many things to watch in the second round.

, such as Kobe's super explosion of revenge against the Jazz, Nash leading the team to defeat the Spurs, the showdown between the contemporary Flying Tigers and contemporary Jordan, the showdown between Howard and Milicic, Liu Mang's various blind shouts...

At 10 o'clock in the morning on May 14, when the NBA officially announced the four major awards, people remembered that there were still these awards that had not been announced!

In terms of the All-Rookie Team, Luis Scola, who played 65 games and averaged 19 minutes and 7.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, was selected to the Rookie Second Team. This year's All-Rookie Team, compared to the hype during last year's draft,

The faces of those "experts" and "well-known scouts" were swollen.

However, they still managed to put together five players who averaged double figures in points per game in Juan Navarro, Al Thornton, Jeff Green, Kevin Durant, and Al Horford.

If Scola had more playing time, he should have no problem averaging double figures per game.

In terms of the best team, Liu Mang, Kobe, Paul, Duncan, James, and Milicic were selected to the first team. Among them, Kobe and Paul received the same number of votes.

Nash, Iverson, Deron, Josh Smith, Tracy McGrady, Garnett, Nowitzki and Yao Ming were selected for the second team.

Ginobili is also a strange person. He came off the bench and won the All-NBA Team for the first time in his career. He was selected together with Parker, Roy, Reid, Iguodala, Boozer, Gasol, Bynum, and Kwame Brown.

Three formations.

There have been too many tied votes this year. Except for Liu Mang's first-place votes, only James' side had more than 60 first-place votes and got 65 first-place votes. Even Kobe and Paul only had the same number.

Of the 35 first-place votes, Duncan had 59 first-place votes, and Garnett and McGrady both had 40 first-place votes. Except for Liu Mang and James, whose votes were very concentrated, every reporter had first-place votes for other positions.

Commentators all have their own opinions.

Milicic was elected as the first-team center, with only 3 more first-place votes than Yao Ming, the second-team center, but Milicic's total vote rate was much higher than Yao Ming.

Bynum and Kwame Brown both received 15 first-place votes, and O'Neal, who was tragically excluded from the best center, both received 10 first-place votes...

The position of center, which can only choose one person, is so confusing, let alone other positions.

In short, the NBA will spend a lot of money to build the best team trophy this time...

This year, among the top nine teams in the Western Conference, except for the Spurs, who dominated the regular season, no other team lost to anyone in the regular season. Those who had the right to vote cast their votes for the person they admired more. Nowitzki was given the upper hand.

To the second team... Although his personal performance is worthy of it, the team as a whole is still a bit worse. This largely illustrates how fierce the competition for this year's best team is.

It's the best defensive team... it's very simple...

Liu Mang, Kobe, Garnett, Duncan, and Milicic were selected for the first defense together.

In terms of secondary defense, Chris Paul, Prince, Artest, Josh Smith, and Dwight Howard were selected together.

Raja Bell, Iguodala, Kwame Brown, Hinrich, James, and others also received quite high votes, but there was no tie vote among these ten people, so they unfortunately lost the election.

As soon as I got home, I learned that Kwame Brown was not selected for the All-Defensive Team. I felt like tears were flying...

Who said that Kwame Brown only averaged 31 minutes per game this season, averaging 15.3 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. It is already a miracle to squeeze Howard out of the best team, and then squeeze Howard out of the best defensive team... then...

It's so ungrateful.

Liu Mang, San Niu and others had just returned home when they saw the live broadcast of the press conference.

This award was very sudden, and just like the MVP, it came suddenly without any prior notice, and was directly held in the official press conference.

Liu Mang guessed with his toes that it was the bald vice president's idea. Things like this would happen more and more in the future, and Liu Mang chose to get used to it.

The rookie lineup and the double lineup were announced. Liu Mang was very satisfied to see that he was in the double lineup for two consecutive years. This season, he averaged 37 minutes per game and 3 blocks per game. He fought so fiercely and did not get the first defense. Liu Mang

It's time to cry...

Due to various reasons, Liu Mang worked very hard on defense in the regular season this season. In addition, Tracy McGrady also worked very hard, and with the help of Wade, Liu Mang's defensive statistics were very good, and he impressed the head coaches of each team very deeply. He was selected for two consecutive years.

One defense.

"Dina, I'm going to take a nap, have lunch, and come with me to get two trophies!"

"Trophy!" Little Loli, a trophy lover, had her eyes lit up: "Uh-huh...Uncle, Dinah will gently ask you to get up for lunch...Ah...Uncle, come quickly!"

As soon as Liu Mang went upstairs, he heard screaming from downstairs. He thought something happened to the little Loli and ran down quickly.

"What's wrong, Dinah? Did you cut your hand with a fruit knife or something?" Liu Mang ran to the side of the little Lolita and saw that the little Lolita looked panicked but not like fear. Instead, she felt that she had been hit after the house was on fire.

Lottery feeling...

And he was pointing at the TV! His mouth was so wide open that he couldn’t even speak.

Liu Mang followed the little Loli's finger and looked at the TV...

A small statue with hands spread out in a defensive posture stood on a platform. The most obvious word on the platform was "DPOY", and Liu Mang felt that he had seen that face somewhere before...
Chapter completed!