Judging from the move of using Sun Hao to trade Kobe Bryant after the failure to defend the title, the management of the Mavericks is no longer as patient as it used to be.

Coupled with the Celtics management in the East, this summer is destined to be a bit extraordinary.

Fans are still excited about the "Black Eight Miracle", and the last group of tie-break matchups in the first round on the second day has officially kicked off.

Unlike yesterday, which was completely one-sided to the end, the Nuggets and Clippers played the fierce battle that should be.

The two teams were in a stalemate from the opening until the very end.

In the final 10 seconds before the end, the two teams were tied, and the Nuggets had one last chance to attack.

James burst through the bag and hit the basket, then chose to split the ball.

Nene receives the ball near the baseline and shoots a mid-range jumper at the buzzer.

The ball goes in, the whistle blows.

The Nuggets beat the Clippers and thrillingly advanced to the second round of the playoffs!

The Pepsi Center in Denver is in a state of flux.

James threw his head up and shouted excitedly.

The taste of breaking in the first round of the playoffs is so refreshing that it is bubbling.

In this way, the first round of matches is over, and the semi-final matches on the western side are also released.

Lakers vs Warriors, Suns vs Nuggets.

The Spurs and the Mavericks, the two championship favorites, were eliminated in the first round, a result that surprised many people.

But that's where the NBA comes in.

“ens。”

This slogan is very well advertised.

The East-West semifinals don't officially kick off until a day later, and that's when the league announced the second batch of season awards.

Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

The Sixth Man of the Year was won by Mike Miller of the Grizzlies.

Miller was sent to Memphis before Maddy, and in theory it would be more than enough to make a start with his abilities.

But the Grizzlies have previously selected Battier, and with former All-Star Eddie Jones, he has always played as a bench.

In 65 of 74 games, he averaged 30 minutes per game, 13.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists, and his performance was quite good.

The best defensive player was won by Ben Wallace.

This is the fourth time in five years that Wallace has received the honor.

If it weren't for Artest's "sideways insertion" in the middle, Big Ben would have completed an unprecedented feat of five consecutive DPOYs!

But if there is no if, it can be called a slashing knife, and it doesn't even make him three times, which is a bit embarrassing.

From this point of view, the two protagonists of the palace in Auburn Hills, Artest "won".

The results of the Best Rookie selection came out, and Paul of the Bulls got 51%, and more than half of the votes were elected without suspense!

Delon came in second in the poll, receiving 28 percent of the vote.

It is worth mentioning that Bogut, who previously said that he should win the best rookie in his dish, only got 7% of the vote, which is not as good as Paul's teammate Granger.

In terms of performance alone, Bogut is better than Granger, who averaged just 7.9 points per game this season.

But this vote result was voted by the media, and it can only be said that Bogut's conclusions have aroused the disgust of many media.

Fans are still talking about the results, and the Eastern Conference semifinals have already started first, and fans feel overwhelmed.

And that's why the league announced the awards in batches in the middle of the series.

Overwhelmed and will keep you focused on the NBA.

Historically, Adam Mosaic threw all the awards until the end of the season in order to save trouble and make money, and presented them uniformly like Hollywood award ceremonies.

As a result, the tiger did not become an anti-dog, and while being complained by fans, it also made fans lose the sense of expectation and discussion.

In the East, the game between the Wizards and the Magic started first.

Maddie and Arenas are both facing their former clubs, and the two teams had a sweeping experience last year, and there are many grievances.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides fought extremely fiercely.

Arenas brought his first-round fiery form to the second round, hitting consecutive three-pointers from the outside in the opening game, making people experience the sassy and heroic posture of "the little Sun Hao in the past, and the general now".

However, Dwight has always been his younger brother Howard in front of Yao Ming, and he has no power to fight back against Yao Ming.

"Eat, sleep, and fight monsters" is much more realistic than Delon's meme beating Paul.

In this era when the center is king, Sun Hao can only rely on soaring high scores to win without O'Neal, Arenas is not as explosive as Sun Hao, and he is facing a favorite team like the Wizards to win the championship, which is obviously difficult to support.

This is also the reason why Sun Hao, Nowitzki and Bodi Loga's Mavericks won the championship in the 02~03 season, and they are still talked about by fans today, because it is really special.

In the end, the Wizards held firm and defeated the Magic 97-83 to win the first victory in the Eastern Conference finals.

There was not much suspense about the outcome of the game, but there was a lot of discussion among fans after the game, and Howard seemed to be the focus of heated discussions.

"26 points and 12 boards, 13 points and 6 boards, guess who and whose data is the Wizards playing Magic."

"Don't call Howard 'Warcraft', call him 'Devil', the devil in the hearts of Orlando fans!"

"To be honest, I feel that Howard and O'Neal are really too bad, and this guy's interior offensive skills are not as good as mine!"

"It's better that you're going too far with me, I think it's still a little bit better than you, but maybe it's just a little bit."

"That's not what you said about the Heat! You also say that Howard is the strongest center after O'Neal! Yesterday Britney, today Mrs. Niu? ”

"Actually, I don't think Howard is weak, it's Yao who is too strong...... I have the illusion that Shaq is no match for Yao. ”

"It's still five or five now, but Shaq is already a little powerless this season, at most another season, Yao will be the league's No. 1 center!"

"Michael really understands the ball, and he chose Yao instead of Kwame Brown back then, which is really amazing!"

"Didn't you say that Sun suggested that he choose?"

"It doesn't matter who he chooses, anyway, as a Wizards fan, there is Yao Mai in front of him, and he has a good life these days!"

"Yao Shark, Sun Mai, I really hope that the Wizards and the Lakers will meet in the finals! I won't be able to leave it behind for a minute! ”

"Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered next year's World Championships, Yao and Sun were on the same team......"

"The Chinese team is the Olympic champion, and I am afraid that few countries can withstand these twin stars, and Yi He Wang, what kind of team will our country send?"

"I haven't heard the news yet, and I don't know what the basketball association will arrange, but according to the past tradition, we will not produce the strongest team in the World Championships."

"Does that mean let it go? It seems that no one can stop the Chinese men's basketball team from winning the World Championships, the Olympic Games and the World Championships, the rise of a great power! ”

"Don't be funny, when we wait until the 08 Olympics, we will send the strongest lineup, and the Chinese team and the Spanish team are all chicken feed."

"But '08 is at home in China, so it's going to be a bloody battle."

……

Fans are talking about it from Tiannan to Haibei, and they are very happy.

However, just as they were talking, another game in the East was also being played on the heels of the occasion.

Unlike the Wizards, the Magic, the Pistons and Nets played a close game.

The advantages and disadvantages of this Nets team in a season are obvious, the outside is strong and the inside is weak, and the teams that do not encounter super inside have to play.

The two teams played until the final decisive moment, and Anthony showed his big heart qualities, hitting key shots in quick succession to help his team win the game.

Such a performance also made fans' evaluation of the 03 generation skyrocket.

Now there are James, Anthony, Wade, Yi Jianlian, and Hinrich who have appeared in the playoffs, and even if they don't come, the season performance of Bosh, Milicic, Carman and others is not bad.

The platinum generation, living up to its name.

When the two games in the east are played, the next day's summary will be on the west side.

The Lakers and Warriors will start first.

During the training session on game day, the mentality of the Lakers players was extremely relaxed.

You know, before the playoffs begin, almost everyone is ready to play the Mavericks in the second round.

Considering the Mavericks' excellent performance in the regular season, it can even be said that most of them are ready for a tough battle in the semifinals.

As a result, now the Mavericks have been blackened, and the people they want to fight have directly become the Warriors.

I can't put it into words.

"Say thank you to Don for me."

Walker ran directly to Sun Hao's side and shouted.

Sun Hao smiled and shook his head.

He didn't think his teammates were underestimating.

Phil Jackson isn't Johnson, and the Lakers have O'Neal, so the semifinals are going to feel good for them right now.

Even O'Neill was smiling.

The mentality of the big shark is actually very easy to understand, and when you can hide, you must want to hide, but if you can't dodge, you can only ...... Enjoy the game.

Speaking of which, he hasn't played against such a weak team in the playoffs in recent years.

The players are relaxed, the manager can't relax.

Phil Jackson still takes the game very seriously.

Just like the previous analysis of how to run and bomb the team, Jackson chosen, or he can only choose the first one, to play the position and press the rhythm.

Of course, the Mavericks' Black Eight experience doesn't have much reference for them, because the two teams have completely different styles.

"Don't take your opponent lightly."

That's what Jackson says the most in training.

He also thinks the game will go well, but what he needs most is the players to stay focused.

The next night, the Staples Center was packed.

There are two kinds of games, one is the kind that can be predictably intense, and the blood will be pumping before the game starts.

On the other hand, there is the kind that can be predicted to be a big victory, and the game will be inexplicably exciting.

In everyone's body, there is a heart that trembles.

However, during the warm-up before the game, a scene that happened on the scene made people think about it.

Sun Hao and Old Nelson hadn't seen each other for a long time, chatted for a long time in the midfield, and hugged when they separated.

This made the fans who said that they were escorted before the game more and more feel that there is something.

After the pre-match warm-up, the starting lineups of both teams were released one after another.

On the Lakers' side, Payton, Sun Hao, Ariza, Walker, O'Neal.

Jackson reused his regular lineup for the second half of the season.

On the Warriors' side, Byron Davis, Jason Richardson, Matt Barnes, Jamison, Biedrins.

Compared to the Lakers, the Warriors can say that the lineup has made very big changes.

This adjustment highlights the bold coaching style of the old Nelson "mad scientist" and shows that the Warriors' goal this season is not just the Black Eight.

Some people will say that the "Black Eight" is enough after it!

However, human desires are endless.

And the Knicks, who completed the "Black Eight" last time in history, played until the finals.

So it's perfectly normal for the Warriors to expect something.

The game started immediately, and both teams started one after the other.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, O'Neal easily dialed the ball back to the Lakers half, officially kicking off the Western Conference semifinals.

The Lakers' first offense, changing the style of play in the first round, Payton fed the ball directly to O'Neal, who was in the key position on the inside.

O'Neal didn't hesitate to catch the ball and leaned on Biderings' hook hand to shoot.

Sun Hao is no stranger to Bidrins, who is an absolute alternative interior developed by the old Nelson in history, even more alternative than Stoudemire.

He is 2.11 meters tall, has a thin build, and has excellent jumping, which is somewhat similar to Anderson, so he is also known as the "fighter of white men".

But he has more flexibility and more physical confrontation than Anderson, which allows him to achieve more in history than Anderson.

Just like the first ball that came up, he interfered with O'Neal's offense with an unexpected confrontation, and then ......

It's not useful.

O'Neal knew he wouldn't score the moment he made his shot, and he had already made a second shot early to score a layup above Biedrins' head.

Biedrins interfered with the first stroke, and the second was completely powerless.

O'Neill's weight was now weighing on him, and he was dreaming when he thought about it.

The Lakers, coming out on top.

When it comes to the defensive end, the Lakers' defense is also interesting, with O'Neal guarding the basket and everyone else expanding.

It's a bit like the Spurs defense team before, and then the Warriors are like they won't play all of a sudden.

The three-point is limited, and there is O'Neal under the basket, which is forcing them to shoot from the middle distance!

But their mid-range is not ...... than Spurs

"The Lakers' defensive strategy makes me feel like Avery Johnson is mentally retarded."

Barkley's big mouth was merciless, and he directly opened his mouth to complain.

You know, in the first round, Johnson didn't even try to do this.

Although they don't have O'Neal, Diop is not bad at defending under the basket alone.

Davis finally forced to the basket, obviously rushing to make a foul.

But O'Neal was not fooled, but seized the opportunity to directly give Davis a big hat with a split head and a face.

This offense and defense, the Lakers fans on the scene were already excited.

In the first round, the Warriors restrained the Mavericks, and in the second round, the Lakers had the Warriors!

And the remark about "can O'Neal play in the small-ball era" can really be completely closed.

With this kind of inside pressure, those small-ball teams don't think about how to speed up at all, but to protect their vulnerable penalty areas!

Because you can't defend the inside line, there is no way to defend and counterattack, and you can't kill people just by throwing three points on the outside line of positional battles.

This is also the biggest difference between the Warriors under Kerr and the Warriors under Nelson Sr. in history.

Between these two teams, there is Mark Jackson, the founder of the Warriors dynasty, who implanted the concept of defense into the Warriors and reborn the Warriors.

The game on the field continues.

O'Neal defended and defended Richardson's under-the-basket impact, with a sense of "one shark is the key, and ten thousand fish are not open".

And after O'Neal got the rebound, the Lakers counterattacked the Warriors and counterattacked, and Sun Hao crossed the defense and dunked quickly to ignite the whole court.

After the Warriors finally relied on Richardson's off-ball mid-range to break the scoring drought.

Looking back, O'Neal turned around and arched directly away from Biedrins, and a "shark out of the cage" dunked with both hands, and the whole basket trembled!

Such rounds of offense and defense continued to play out in the game, and Nelson Sr.'s adjustments had little effect.

As a result, the Warriors scored only 8 points in the halfway quarter......

Fans have basically figured this out.

In front of this round of the series, it is really a serious escort game!