Like the previous selections of Kerr and Brother Alphabet, Tang Tian also chose the award ceremony for the best player before the opening of the second round.

However, it is estimated that this medal ceremony will be a few days away, as their opponents for the next round have not yet been finalized.

The Mavericks, who are 1-3 behind, have been lucky enough to play away from home in Houston.

But once again, Butler stepped up.

He not only successfully defended Harden this game, but also scored a game-high 29 points, plus 7 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals.

Under his leadership, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Rockets 106-101 and successfully pulled the big score to 2-3.

The next game back at home in Dallas, the Mavericks have a good chance to drag the game into a tie-break, and the suspense of the series is back up.

Before the series began, it was widely known that the Rockets were superstar teams and the Mavericks were All-Star teams.

But so far in this series, Butler has averaged 25.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game, shooting 49% from the field and 41% from three-point range.

This kind of performance is already at the level of a superstar, and this is what he achieved when he had a conflict with Carlisle.

Participating in the hard training brother training camp for many years, coupled with his training attributes like Maite Kay, he has really become a superstar in recent years.

The saying that the playoffs are a stage for testing superstars has been proven countless times.

The series between the Rockets and Mavericks isn't over yet, and the Pelicans have a longer break.

There are good and bad things about this.

The good news is that the players can get plenty of rest and have plenty of energy in the second round.

The bad news is that it's always resting and maintaining the form of the players is a problem.

So the team is playing the whole game almost every day, and the psychological education after the game is also being done.

Sometimes being too strong is not necessarily a good thing.

Two days later, Game 6 of the Rockets and Mavericks kicked off in Dallas.

Before the game, foreign media predicted that it would be a fierce battle, but the result was not what they expected.

Butler was chilled, Harris and Embiid continued their poor run of the series, and the Mavericks didn't cause much trouble for the Rockets.

In the end, the Mavericks lost 87-105 to the Rockets at home and were eliminated 2-4.

After the game, Butler, who scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals, stood in the court for a long time before leaving, and he could feel that he was unwilling to lose.

Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks on the sidelines, also frowned.

The conflict between Butler and Carlisle, the team's unsatisfactory performance in the playoffs, Nowitzki is a year older, and there are too many problems left for him in the summer.

With this game over, the Pelicans' opponent in the second round has finally been decided.

The second season of the Pelicans vs. Playoffs is about to take place.

The Pelicans are aiming to defend their title, while the Rockets are significantly stronger than last season.

This round of divisional semi-finals is definitely the most interesting part of the second round.

At the same time, the other groups of the East and West also ended.

The Cavaliers swept the Heat 4-0.

James and Whiteside were unrelenting in the face of their old clubs.

With the Heat being swept this time, Miami's Wade era is likely to usher in its end.

The Knicks eliminated the Pacers 4-1.

The Raptors eliminated the Hornets 4-1.

Walker has a player option this summer, and after playing the peak season of his career, he needs to think carefully about where his next stop will be.

The Hawks eliminated the Bucks 4-2.

Antetokounmpo's last two games were a bit spicy, and if his projection doesn't improve this summer, his march to superstardom will come to a halt.

The Warriors swept the Clippers 4-0.

In the playoffs, the performance of the Warriors' four-star is significantly better than that of the regular season, including Iguodala, who only lifted the coffin board in the playoffs, and the Warriors in the playoffs are not so easy to mess with.

The Spurs swept the Trail Blazers 4-0.

Popovich didn't give Lillard and the Trail Blazers a chance.

This year's opening round was unprecedentedly smooth, with all teams in the top half of the league eventually winning.

The divisional semi-finals have also been released.

Cavaliers vs Eagles.

It's a gathering of rivals, and Budenholzer has a chance to avenge his previous slash.

Of course, this chance still looks rather slim.

Knicks vs Raptors.

The suspense of the semifinals is much greater this time, the Knicks' big three have not been running in for a long time, and Howard's playoff status this year is also a problem.

Lowry and DeRozan have a chance to take off their trash bro hats with this series.

Warriors vs Spurs.

On paper, the Warriors are obviously stronger, but the Spurs led by Popovich will not be underestimated in the playoffs.

Especially this season, Leonard's performance has reached the peak of his career, and no one knows what kind of strength he can play with this kind of super performance of offense and defense.

Pelicans vs Rockets.

At the post-game press conference at the end of Game 6 with the Mavericks, a reporter asked Rockets head coach D'Antoni about the second-round matchup.

"That's a chance God gave us."

D'Antoni used a very vivid metaphor.

"We failed last season and we were so confident that we only won one game, and that was a blow to us, and we worked hard for a season and now we're stronger, so we're thankful that our opponents are the Pelicans and not the Warriors, and that's the opportunity God gave us."

D'Antoni's next words further demonstrate that confidence.

What he said was Team Rocket's position, and what he didn't say was his own.

At the beginning, because of the choice of the Pelicans and the temporary change of hexagram, he has been compared to Stevens every moment in the past two years, and he has never stopped.

And because the Pelicans have a consistently good record, he's been the one who gets downplayed most of the time.

It was like a dark cloud hanging overhead, and the lingering invisible pressure pressed him out of breath.

Now he has the opportunity to remove this cloud himself, and the opportunity is very good.

The Rockets said it was their chance, and the Pelicans didn't take it lightly.

Although there was no game for nearly a week, the players were quite serious.

This Rockets team is much better than the Thunder, and the 4-2 elimination of the Mavericks in the first round also proved their quality.

The new penalty scale, plus the playoffs, the superstar pile-up and the addition of strong substitutes, is the standard championship configuration.

Stevens also discussed with Tang Tian about the tactical plan of the game.

He will increase Tang Tian's ball possession.

This does not mean that the training in the first round of the competition is meaningless, on the contrary, the training effect has been achieved.

Jokic, Davis, and even Bojan and Williams are out in shape, and that's the takeaway.

In the face of an opponent of the same level as the rocket, training again is death.

So this round of the series is a series of real battles between the two sides.