The scene was faithfully recorded by the cameras at the scene, with the greatest players of the past and the greatest players of today standing side by side. The trophy, which symbolizes the Most Valuable Player, was passed in the hands of two people. It's as if an aging legend hands over an unfulfilled wish to the next generation.

Such a classic picture, I believe that even after another hundred years, it will still not fade.

After the Most Valuable Player trophy was awarded, the NBA Oscars came to an end, and Lamar was undoubtedly the biggest winner of the evening. The Most Valuable Player of the Regular Season, the First Team of the Regular Season, the Second Team of the Best Defensive Team, the scoring champion, the steal king, and the Most Influential Player of the Year, all of these awards have been won by Lamar.

After today, I believe that no one will think that Lamar's actions are arrogant, and he already has the qualifications to be on a par with the legend.

The 2002-2003 NBA regular season has come to an end, and after a short break, the playoffs will begin.

Lamar's New York Knicks ultimately failed to overtake the Detroit Pistons, missing out on the Eastern Conference regular season title for the second year in a row.

However, this does not mean anything, and in terms of the odds offered by bookmakers for the eventual championship, the Knicks are still the second highest in the league, behind the three-time Los Angeles Lakers. They are followed by the San Antonio Spurs in the West, and as for the Detroit Pistons, they are only fourth in the odds.

Last season, due to injuries and extensive suspensions, the Knicks finally hated the Eastern Conference Finals and fell to the hands of the New Jersey Nets, and this time they are back, and the championship has become the only thing that can satisfy them.

"From now on we will continue to win until we achieve our goal. It's that simple, keep winning, don't relax for a moment, do your best in every game, win! Victory! We can't accept any other result except victory!"

This is a quote from Lamar in an interview with reporters, and the Knicks also made an exception to disclose the team's training to the media for the first time that day.

When the reporter walked into the training hall with a camera, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.

All the Knicks players in the arena were naked, and every move was taken very seriously by them.

The members of the Knicks coaching staff standing on the sidelines were also yelling hoarsely, reminding the players of every miss.

Everything is showing people that the whole Knicks are ready to fight at this moment, just waiting for the opponent to send them to the door.

If there is one team that is unlucky this season, the answer will definitely not be the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets at the bottom of the East and West, because although their poor record has made God have a needle eye, after all, they have a better chance of catching a big fish in the summer draft.

It's not the ninth-ranked Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers, after all, although they can't play the playoffs, they have been preparing for the new season for a long time, and the players have been resting for a long time, which can't be said to be no benefit at all.

If there's one team that's really the least moldy, it's undoubtedly the Memphis Grizzlies. They finished the season in third from bottom in the league and were destined to get a lottery pick. Unfortunately, as early as six years ago, this first-round pick was traded by the Grizzlies' management at the time, and it was not protected.

In this way, the Pistons became the luckiest team this year. Pistons management is well aware of how rare it is for them to receive such a high draft pick as the regular season Eastern Conference champions, and the quality of the draft in June is admittedly outstanding. It is said that it will be comparable to the 96 golden generation.

However, compared to the stupidity of the Grizzlies' management, the Orlando Magic, who are seventh in the East, can be said to be in a bad year.

The reason why they have a bad year is because although they are in the playoffs, they are not in a good position. If possible, they'll definitely swing in the final few regular-season games and drop themselves down the rankings, with eighth place in the East looking a little more auspicious.

Playing against the New York Knicks, who are in the limelight, and defeating their opponents, this probability is probably not much higher than the probability of high school American lottery.

Compared with the Knicks, I believe that the Magic team is more willing to play against the Pistons, the boss of the East. If they meet the Pistons, they can at least fantasize about the Eastern Conference semifinals, but if they meet the Knicks, they don't even have the right to fantasize.

For such a battle result, the management of the Magic team was naturally mad. originally thought that as long as the Knicks' victory was maintained, they would eventually be able to overtake and trample the Pistons under their feet.

If that's the case, the Magic can avoid the Knicks in the first round by trying to get out of the eighth place as much as possible, and then they can look forward to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

But things turned out beyond their expectations, and the Knicks did keep winning. It's just that the Pistons also shamefully forged ahead after losing to the Knicks on the road, and stubbornly maintained the half-game lead until the end of the regular season.

The Magic team did fight hard one game at a time, and finally got the best result in recent seasons, climbing to the seventh place.

However, the direct consequence of this is that their seventh place is very unfortunate to meet the Knicks, the second place, so the cup happens.

"Damn it!"

In the Magic's training gym these days, the players are used to the sound. Head coach John Davis is like a psychopath, popping up this sentence every now and then, and then muttering a flurry of curses.

The players also didn't know what those jumbled Aboriginal words that came out of John Davis's mouth meant.

At one point, the team's veteran Pat Garriti wanted to learn a few words from the coach in the past, so that he could use it to attack the opponent in the future.

The result is naturally conceivable, and he was almost scolded into by John Davis with pure American scolding. Since then, during normal training, there are such strange noises on the spot, and the players all think that the head coach has eaten a bad stomach and is emitting hydrogen sulfide.

"Hey, Grant! Boss again!" said Tracy McGrady, the boss of the Magic team, laughing and squeezing over to Hill, whispering a whisper.

The reason why the Magic agreed to sign Maddy, who was not very good at the big contract, was because Maddy had already shown the potential of a superstar in the Raptors at that time.

What's more important is that at that time, the Magic management wanted to find a helper for Grant Hill, the team's boss who had just poached from the Pistons to Orlando. Before signing Maddy, the Magic spent $93 million to poach Hill from the Pistons to Orlando. Unfortunately, since arriving in Orlando, the talented superstar of the year has disappeared, replaced by a cripple who has progressed in the direction of the glass man.

Therefore, the Orlando Magic really need a guy with potential like McGrady to carry the banner of magic. As a result, the status of Maddie and Hill in the team has also quietly changed with Maddie's outstanding performance in the past two years, the original assistant has become the boss, and the original boss has silently stepped down as a younger brother.

McGrady, a superstar on whom the team pinned his hopes on him, did not disappoint the Magic's management and fans, showing the talent of a superstar as soon as he arrived in Orlando, and the statistics were unusually gorgeous. However, behind the gorgeous statistics, the Magic's record does not seem to improve much, and no matter who is the leader of the team, the combination of Maddie and Hill has never had any chemistry.

However, the team did a decent job this season, relying on a large group of role players and McGrady and Hill to make the playoffs in one fell swoop when everyone was not optimistic about them.

If it hadn't been for the fact that they met the Knicks in the first round and cut off all their thoughts, this season would have been perfect for Orlando.

The biggest contributor to such a good result is Darrell Armstrong, the old guy who has been in full attendance for a long time, averaging 35 minutes per game. At the NBA awards ceremony that just ended, Stern really should have given him the award for the most hardworking employee

"I'm used to it! Nobody is looking down on us right now, thinking we're done if we can get a win in a best-of-seven series. ”

Grant Hill's tone was flat, with no joy or sorrow at all, and certainly no pessimism, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

As the original successor to Jordan by the league, Hill, who was a smash hit, is now dying under the torture of injuries. At this time, don't say that he is the second generation of the Flyer, that is, if he plays a few more games a season, his fragile knees can't stand it.

However, this season has been very exciting for him, and he has actually increased his attendance rate to more than 70% for the first time in the whole season, which is really gratifying.

When McGrady heard this, he pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "That's all bastard nonsense, who stipulates that we must only play the role of losers? Although the Knicks are powerful, we are not soft eggs!"

"If those guys think it's easy for us to advance in the first round, I'm going to surprise them!

McGrady never had any enemies in his eyes, even if the big shark wanted to wrestle with him, he would not hesitate to agree. He is such a person, no matter who the opponent is, he always maintains a strong fighting spirit.