On April 28, after 10 days of fierce battles, the NBA playoffs finally gave birth to two teams that advanced to the second round.

The two teams that qualified did not come as a surprise to the fans, as they were already the two biggest favourites of the season.

The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Mavericks 103-89 on the same day, swept their opponents with a total score of 4-0, and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals for the fourth consecutive year! It is also the third year in a row that he has advanced with a sweep in the first round of the playoffs. In the East, the Miami Heat swept the Bobcats of Old Man Joe 109-98 and successfully advanced.

The Heat and Grizzlies are also the only two teams in the first round of this season's NBA playoffs that can sweep their opponents to advance.

While the other teams were still battling it out, the two favourites easily qualified. Therefore, it is not without reason that they can become the favorites.

Next, the Grizzlies have to wait for the winner between the Clippers and the Rockets. The Heat, on the other hand, will have to wait for the Raptors and Nets to decide the winner.

Link is still quite satisfied with the result of the first round, in the original history of the Spurs and Mavericks to tie-break, but the Grizzlies only used four games to kill the opponent, I have to say that this record is quite gorgeous.

The Mavericks are also unlucky, and if they meet other opponents, they may be able to mix in the second round. But instead, they ran into the most ruthless team.

During the days when there were no games, Joggle first gave the players two days off. After all, the Grizzlies players didn't rest in the two days between the regular season and the playoffs. Now, I can make up for those two days of rest.

In the past two days, Link did not train, but stayed at home comfortably for two days. Before the more intense Western Conference semifinals begin, Link will have to regain as much fitness as he can.

By the time the Grizzlies players get back into practice, it's May.

Seeing that the Clippers have a 3-2 lead over the Rockets, they are about to advance. Who knows, at this time, the outside world suddenly broke out the recording of Clippers owner Sterling involving racial discrimination.

This kind of thing is placed on American soil, and it is undoubtedly a big event beyond the scope of basketball. And in the NBA league, where there are many black players, Sterling has undoubtedly become a public enemy.

It's not the seventies and eighties of last season, when commentators could even openly tease black players with their skin color. A team without white stars has no box office guarantees.

Link just wanted to say one thing to Sterling, "My lord, times have changed. ”

As a result, the Clippers players also condemned Sterling's actions in the day's game.

The Clippers players wanted to just boycott the game, but after Rivers' three-inch tongue, everyone finally decided to participate in the game as usual, but everyone wore training uniforms during the warm-up and did not expose the Clippers' logo.

This incident also affected the Clippers' game state in the end, and it was clear that they were only one game away from taking out the Rockets and advancing to the second round. But the Clippers' collective sleepwalking performance today stunned to bring the Rockets back to life.

Harden used his outstanding performance of 33 points to "take advantage of the fire" and tied the series at 3-3!

The Clippers are actually going to tie up with the Rockets, which is really something Link didn't expect before.

Seeing that the second round was postponed for a few more days, Link sighed.

Suddenly resting for so long without playing, he didn't feel relaxed, but felt that his body was about to rust, and he couldn't wait to move.

But fortunately, after the time enters May, it will not be as boring as the end of April. Because from the beginning of May, the league will officially announce the results of the regular season awards.

This melon, whether it is the fans or the players, will be very happy to eat.

A day after the Clippers' loss to the Rockets, on May 2, the results of the first regular-season award for Best Coach were finally announced.

Although Dave. Joggle is not very qualified, and this is the first time he has led the team to play a full season as a head coach. But with the Grizzlies' terrible record of 74 wins and the Grizzlies' No. 1 defensive efficiency, Jogel still defeated strong opponents such as Popovich and won the honor of Coach of the Year!

At the age of 40, he became the best coach in the NBA. Joggle was instantly labeled as a "genius young marshal".

Of course, the fact that a little-known coach won this honor still caused a lot of controversy.

This year, Popovich, Scott. Brooks and others have not been bad at the helm, and in terms of resumes, they also seem to be more deserving of the best coach accolade than Joegel. Some people think that Georg doesn't have any real material. He can win the best coach, it is completely stained with the team's light!

However, whether the outside world wants to accept it or not, the results of this award will not change.

74 wins is great, you don't care how much the coach played in the 74 wins, even if he just managed the players to get the team 74 wins, then he is a good coach!

In the face of doubts, Jogel was not too angry, "I thank everyone for their recognition, and as for those who don't approve of me, I also hope that the future matches can make you feel better." ”

Jogel is still too gentle, without the momentum of a "gang boss". Link's answer in an interview was obviously much tougher than that of Joegel.

"If a coach who led a team to the No. 1 record in regular season history doesn't deserve the Best Coach award, then it's better to give it to a critic who talks the same way. For example, Bill, who likes to wear dresses. Simmons. ”

Link is naturally a coach who supports himself, and with his temper, he will not be as kind as Jogger.

People are curious about how such a gentle coach can control the Grizzlies, a "gangster" team.

However, it was never Jogger who controlled the Grizzlies' locker room......

On the first day of the NBA regular season awards, there was a big upset. Spurs fans protested en masse, unanimously believing that no one could surpass the great Popovich, let alone Jogle, a recognized young coach.

But even the "red-clad leader" Auerbach failed to win the best coach award that year. Isn't Auerbach great enough? But Celtic fans didn't protest because of this.

Fortunately, the best sixth man award on the second day was awarded to Jamal of the Clippers. Crawford did not continue to upset, which calmed the hearts of the fans.

Jamal. Crawford is averaging 18.6 points per game this season, the sixth-highest scoring point in NBA Sixth Man history. The last best sixth man who averaged more points per game than him was "Jet" Terry in the 08-09 season.

Therefore, Crawford deserves this award for the best sixth person.

Crawford's award undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Clippers players. Finally on May 4, in the seven-game battle between the Clippers and the Rockets, Crawford, who had just won the award, came off the bench and excitedly blasted 28 points, completely breaking the rocket's thrusters, causing the rocket to fall.

4-3, the Clippers struggled through the first hurdle by stealing seven. And the Memphis Grizzlies have finally waited for their opponents in the second round.

After the tie-break between the Clippers and the Rockets, Chris, who had 22 points and 14 assists, was in the game. Paul gave his outlook for the second round of the series, "We have the best sixth man, we have the strongest interior combination, and we have the determination to win the championship!" I know 74 wins over the Grizzlies are strong, but we're not afraid of tough opponents and we're confident of taking down the defending champions! ”

I don't know if it's because Crawford won the best sixth man, Paul seems to be full of confidence. After the Sterling incident, Crawford's award was like an adrenaline rush for the Clippers.

The Western Conference semifinals will begin two days later on May 6, during which the league will also announce the Defensive Player of the Year awards.

If DeAndrew. If Jordan can win this honor, then the Los Angeles Clippers are equivalent to installing the rocket's thrusters on their hull!

The Clippers, who have both the best sixth man and the best defensive player at that time, will certainly not be at a psychological disadvantage.

Jordan Jr.'s defensive performance this season is obvious to fans, and he has always been in the top five players on the All-Defensive Player prediction list, and the possibility of winning the award is very high.

However, unexpectedly, the upset happened again. And this time it was the Memphis Grizzlies who created an upset......