"Time Magazine?" An invitation letter at the bottom quickly attracted the attention of An Xi and Zhang Mingji. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ivoclark patted his head: "Oh no, I forgot about such an important thing, Time wants to interview you, Ann, they want you to be on the cover of their second week of May." ”

"The cover character of Time Magazine?" Zhang Mingji also showed an interested expression, but then said: "But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising, An, you are already the first person in Asian basketball, Da Yao has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine twice, and there is no problem if you can be on it." ”

An Xi nodded, the cover character of Time magazine, which reminded him of a joke.

A freshman joined the club, and on the application form for joining the group, the personal honor column was filled with "2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year" and "2008 Touching Chinese Special Award"!

The person in charge of the club, Baidu, found that the 2006 Times Magazine Person of the Year was all netizens, and the 2008 Special Award for Moving Chinese was all Chinese......

However, An Xi thought to himself that when he appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, he would not need a joke to write "Time Magazine Cover Character" in his personal honor column.

In fact, Time magazine invited Ann for a reason. Ivoclark smiled and began to explain why. The regular season has ended, and the awards have begun, Ann was selected for the three awards of Most Improved Player, Best Sixth Man and Best Defensive Player, and Time Magazine got the grapevine that An Xi will get at least one of these three individual awards. ”

And once he gets one of those, Ann will become the first yellow man to win an NBA individual award. ”

An Xi nodded, indeed, if he really won one of these three awards, he would become the first yellow person in history to win an NBA individual award, and Time Magazine naturally wanted An Xi to be on their cover.

"And when are they coming over for an interview?"

"In the middle of the second round, at least make sure you have won some individual awards so that you can have an interview. ”

An Xi nodded again, and then said, "Okay, let's arrange it when they come." ”

In the first round, the NBA has announced the results of several individual awards, such as the best rookie, Damion Lillard, who averaged 19 points and 6.5 assists per game in his rookie season, beat Anthony Davis to become the best rookie of the year.

and the best coach, George Karl of the Nuggets, won the best coach award for leading the Nuggets, a civilian team, to a 57-25 record.

Like George Karl, Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri was named the manager of the year, and his early-season trade of Aaron Afflaro for Andre Iguodala was cited as a big part of the Nuggets' improvement.

After Ivoc Clark and Zhang Mingji left, Anxi began to think about which of the three awards he could get?

Just as Abby was also getting up, he asked Abby, who was the host of Fox Sports: "Abby, which of the three awards do you think I can win for the best sixth man, the most improved player, and the best defensive player?"

Abby was eating breakfast and thinking seriously: "The best sixth man is basically your competition with J.R. Smith, so this should be the individual award you have the best chance to win." ”

"It's hard to say the most improved player, and the league can't rule it out that the league will award it to James Harden, but if the league doesn't care about the star's gimmick, then you have the best chance. ”

"Best Defensive Player, I'm afraid there is not much chance. ”

"Is there no chance of the best defensive player? Why?" Listening to Abby's analysis one by one, and hearing that the best defensive player had little chance, An Xi couldn't help but ask.

"Because you can't compete with Marc Gasol, Marc Gasol is the starter, you are the substitute, Marc Gasol has the bonus of team defense, you don't, so ......"

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On May 3, the Clippers and Grizzlies held their sixth game on the Grizzlies' home court, and the Grizzlies led 3-2 in the first five games.

As if to corroborate Abby's claims, the league announced the winner of the Defensive Player of the Year on May 3, the Grizzlies' Mark Gasol, who won the Defensive Player of the Year award, beating Anxi, LeBron James and Joakina Noah to win the award.

The Defensive Player of the Year award is awarded by a joint vote of sports journalists and television commentators in the United States and Canada, and there are three types of votes: first, second, and third, with the first place vote representing five points, the second place three points, and the third place one point.

In this selection, Marc Gasol received a total of 30 first-place votes, 16 second-place votes and 14 third-place votes, scoring a total of 212 points and finally winning the best defensive player.

In second place was Anxi, who received a total of 18 first votes, 15 second votes and 14 third place votes, with a total score of 149 points;

LeBron James is third with a total of 122, Sergi Ibaka is fourth with a total of 107, Joakin Noah is fifth with a total of 102, and Tony Allen is sixth with a total of 94.

Marc Gasol, who won the best defensive player, soon continued to exert his strength in the sixth game to the cheers of the home fans.

At the end of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies won the game with Mark Gasol's 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks, as well as Zach Randolph's 19 points and McConley's 23 points and 7 assists, defeating the Clippers 4:2 in the first round and entering the second round.

The opponent in the second round is the Spurs, who lost the first game last season and won four games in a row to advance to the Western Conference Finals 4:1, which is still vivid.

Therefore, in the second round of the west, the old opponent will play against the old opponent, and there will be a lot more highlights of the game.

Compared with last season, the Grizzlies have made a lot of progress, although it is a little worrying to send away Rudy Guy in the middle of the season, but after Rudy Guy left, the Grizzlies' results are getting better and better, McConley's growth, and the more tacit understanding of the inner two bears, for the Grizzlies, the second round of the West has become their revenge battle.

Since the second round, the playoffs have finally had a lot of highlights, the Spurs vs. the Grizzlies, the Warriors also defeated the Nuggets 4:2 to advance to the second round, and their three-point battle with the Thunder has also become the biggest highlight of the playoffs.

In the East, the Heat faced the Bulls in the second round, and although it was a Bull without Rose, people still hoped that the Bulls could cause some trouble for the Heat. The Knicks will face the Pacers, and this matchup is considered by the media to be the most powerful group of matchups in the second round.

failed to win the best defensive player, but before the first game of the second round, Anxi received a notice from the league unexpectedly...... (To be continued.) )