With the other teams' first-round games still pending, the Rockets and Suns, who won first, didn't start the game right away, but were given a few days off. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Western Conference champion Suns also won on the same day as the Eastern Conference champion Heat, who also swept the playoffs with a score of 4-0 to the new Cavaliers. The 20-year-old James has begun to gradually show the momentum of a ruler, but he is still taught a good lesson by the 23-year-old Wade.

On May 3, the Pistons eliminated their old rival Nets 4-1 to reach the second round. The veteran Kidd once again collapsed and sank into the sand, and gradually came up with the idea of going.

On May 4, the veteran powerhouse Spurs defeated the Nuggets by 10 points at home and eliminated the opponent with a score of 4-1. The next day, the dark horse SuperSonics defeated the Kings with an excellent performance in the final quarter and also advanced to the Western Conference semifinals 4-1. The two teams will meet in the next round.

On May 6, the Pacers, who had been damaged by the Auburn Hills Palace incident, finally eliminated the Bulls 4-2 after a hard-fought battle. The Bulls have been dormant for many years since Jordan's retirement, accumulating a large number of young talents such as Chandler, Hinrich, Nocioni, Gordon, Dujon, etc., and now they are finally back in the playoffs. Being able to play 6 games against a strong opponent is a result that is enough to satisfy Chicago fans.

The last two teams fought hard to reach Game 7, and finally the Celtics, who had a deeper lineup, defeated the 76ers at home to advance hard. Alan. Iverson averaged 32.5 points per game in the series, but he still lost in the first round.

The second round of the matchups is: Heat vs. Pacers, Pistons vs. Celtics, Spurs vs. SuperSonics, Suns vs. Rockets. Among them, the fourth group matchup is the most eye-catching, the defending champion faces the regular season champion, and the last MVP Maddie matchup has just been revealed to be elected as this season's MVP Nash.

The MVP vote still pays a lot of attention to the team's improvement, and Nash helped the second-to-last Suns in the West evolve into the league leader, and this increased value of the whole team has to be admired by the judges. It was O'Neal who posed a threat to Nash, who also raised the Heat to the top of the East through a transfer. In the end, Nash received 65 first-place votes, while O'Neal received 58, narrowly relegating to second place. Young sophomore star LeBron. James actually got a lot of votes, even beating superstar Maddie. Ranked sixth in the league behind Nortianwang, Duncan and Iverson.

The other important awards were as follows: Rookie of the Year went to Bobcats' Okafor, and the 22-year-old played as expected to play a strong game, averaging 15+10 per game, and finally overwhelmed Ben in the vote. Gordon and Dwight. Howard. And the Magic also believe that Howard, who is only 19 years old, will be a better superstar in the future; Root. Gordon didn't need to be disappointed, as he managed to win another big prize and was voted Sixth Man of the Year. He averaged 15.1 points in 24.4 minutes per game, the Clippers' Bobby Simmons was named the Most Improved Player, and the Pistons' Ben of the Year Defensive Player of the Year was awarded.

The Rockets players are not without results, but they are much more pitiful than last season. Maddy, who was too sluggish at the start of the season, was eventually squeezed out of the best player by Iverson and Nash, and tied with Wade in the second team. The three-line guard was defeated by Kobe Bryant and Ray. Allen occupied, and Billups unfortunately failed to make the cut. Yao Ming is overpowering. Wallace became a three-line center, with O'Neill and Stoudemire moving into the first and second teams.

Overall, the Suns and Heat emerged as the biggest winners of the regular season. Of course, it's great to have a good regular season, but only in the playoffs can you win at the end.

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On May 7, the second round of the playoffs finally began. Phoenix Phoenix welcomes the Houston Rockets challenge.

Traditionally, Curry is still in charge of introducing opponents: "The Suns mostly start with a fast small lineup, small center Stoudemire, mini power forward Marion, and three guards Jim. Jackson, Quentin. Richardson and Steve. Nash. ”

Yuanfei had already had a summer vacation at this time, so he naturally came to the away side with the team. He took over and said: "I have discussed with you many times before the development of basketball, and it is clear that the Suns' style of play can reflect a certain future development trend of basketball. The power forward position is filled by a strong small forward, who can switch to multiple positions on the defensive end and shoot three-pointers on the offensive end; In addition, the three backcourt players all have good three-point ability, so the Suns' outside firepower is very terrifying. Their regular season three-point shooting percentage was as high as 39.3 percent, which is absolutely the best in the league. ”

"It's so accurate, even more accurate than we were last season!" Reed, the Rocket's top scorer, also exclaimed.

"What's even more terrifying is that they shot 42-of-92 from 4 games against the Grizzlies in the first round, averaging 10.5 three-pointers per game on 45.7 percent shooting." Yuan Fei couldn't help but think of the Warriors in his previous life, they and the Suns also had a mini power forward, excellent outside shooter, and a fast pace of play. What does the future hold for the 73-win wonder team?

"What is the weakness of the sun?" Bosh asked.

"First and foremost, of course, defense, they have the highest number of points per 100 possessions in the league, but they are 17th in points conceded per 100 possessions. Conceding a lot of points obviously shows that they have holes on the defensive end, there are no defensive giants other than Marion, and the core Nash is a defensive black hole. Yuanfei analyzed: "But the only defensive strongpoint Marion went to play the inside line, so no one could keep an eye on the opposite outside ace." Usually they can only let Richardson go, this guy is the league's average level defense, not to mention compared to Bowen and Battier, and even the Mavericks Howard and Daniels defense are much better than him. Other players like Jackson and Barbosa are not as good as Richardson defensively. ”

"In other words, we can play more singles!" Maddie's eyes lit up.

"The other point is that they are very fast-paced, and the disadvantage of being fast-paced is that they are physically exhausted. And our Rockets' bench is the strongest in the league, and it is not good to fight for them. Let's talk about Nash, he can win by 12.7 points per 100 rounds in the Suns, which is very scary. But when he went off, the Suns still had a net minus 2.2 points per 100 rounds. Yuan Fei smiled: "In other words, as long as Nash goes down, the Suns will be a weak team that is not even the average in the league." Is it scary for such a team with obvious shortcomings? ”

"Let me go and beat Nash!" After listening to Yuanfei's analysis, Billups has more confidence.

"I'll try to score 40 points." Maddie was relieved to hear that there were no quality defenders on the outside. Players judge opponents based on intuitive feelings, often without data to be accurate and objective.

"Stoudemire, lifelong nemesis, come on!" Yao Ming thought so. (To be continued.) )