In the second round, the Lakers swept the Pelicans 4-0 cleanly, and the process was not much more difficult than sweeping the Thunder.

The Pelicans coaching staff racked their brains and couldn't think of a way to limit the play of Durant and Guo Xu, while the Lakers had a way to limit the Pelicans' three All-Stars on the defensive end.

Lakers coach Tyrone Lue and female assistant coach Becky Harmon have once again shown what they can do, and they are not pure puppet coaches who can occasionally come up with some good ideas that fit together.

It's the same man-to-man defensive tactics that a little change can work, with the coaching staff putting Adams in charge of Anthony Davis and Horford in defense of Cousins, which reduces the efficiency of the two.

Davis is a power forward who likes to attack from the low post, and he takes a lot of shots near the basket, barely shooting threes. Adams was able to resist him and ensure that he interfered with the shot in front of him. As long as Adams keeps his accuracy around 50%, the mission is complete, and below 50% is a surprise.

Cousins is nominally a center, but he actually likes to pull out the rim and shoot from mid-to-long range. In the regular season, he averaged 5.6 three-point attempts per game, hitting 2.1 shots, a 37.5 percent shooting percentage, and a career-high number of three-point shots and shots.

When Cousins gets the ball from the outside, Horford is more mobile and can go out and interfere. When Cousins attacks the basket, Adams and Horford will drop back together to shoot Davis and stabilize the restricted area defense.

If the Pelicans focus on the restricted area, Durant will also retreat, and the three big men will defend the restricted area together, forcing the Pelicans to pull out inside and shoot more in the inefficient area.

A successful defensive strategy, coupled with the suppression of outside stars, makes it almost impossible for the Pelicans to win, unless the Lakers players collectively miss their outside shots.

The Warriors eliminated the Spurs 4-1 and met the Lakers in the West.

There were a lot of people who supported the Warriors last year, and this year they were ostracized by many fans because Pachulia and Green became villains. Some people even looked at Stephen Curry unpleasantly, saying that Curry spit out the braces at every turn, which was disgusting.

The second round of the Eastern Conference has not yet been decided, and the game is very intense, with both series tied 3-2, leading the Bucks and 76ers respectively. Experts predict that there are likely to be two more tie-breaks in the East, with the strength of the four teams close and none of them having an absolute advantage.

The top two in the west got a lot of rest time, and Guo Xu coaxed the children at home and couldn't go out, and felt very bored.

Normally, at this time, all the awards of the regular season should be announced, but this year, Xiao Hua has adjusted the award time, and after the draft, there will be a regular season award ceremony on June 27.

Xiao Hua's original intention was probably that the regular season MVP should not be hastily awarded during the playoffs in May, but should be more elegant, just like the Oscars. He wants to "bleach" the NBA, a sports league with an absolute black majority, so that it can be embraced by the middle class and sports fans around the world.

He wanted to show people with a big show that black players weren't just talking about Shet, Farke. They can also be elegant, and they can also be accepted by the more elite.

It is a pity that belated justice is not justice, and belated awards are not awards. Because the fans know what the award-winning stars are like in the playoffs, they see the finale, and they can't take the loser as the strongest.

In the past, the process was like a wrap-up for the regular season, where the winning players could use it to boost the morale of the whole team. What now? With the Finals MVP revealed, the biggest winner of the season is clear at a glance, and who cares who had the best performance in the regular season two and a half months ago?

That's when everybody started paying attention to the draft, and then it was the offseason signings, and by the way, waiting to see the summer league. Xiao Hua popped out with a very mysterious look. "Attention, everyone, please go back and look at the regular season awards, we have major awards to announce!"

Guo Xu's feelings are very similar to Stephen Zhou in "God of Food". The NBA awards ceremony was like a golden Buddha robe carved with tofu in front of him. This vegetarian dish has a rich variety of materials, delicate knife work, and outstanding shapes, and even the most difficult tofu can be carved very delicately.

"How long have you been carving?"

"Carved for a day."

"Then you're really DIAO, they all stink, don't you smell it?"

The brainless Xiao Hua didn't realize how smelly the award ceremony he was organizing, and he didn't think about what kind of emotions the presenters would be when they arrived, and the stars who were eliminated in the playoffs probably didn't bother to attend this hellish awards ceremony.

Only when the results are not known and the playoffs are still going on, can the players make their acceptance speeches in high spirits when they receive their awards.

For example, in the parallel world, Kobe Bryant won the regular season MVP in 2008 and made an excited speech, but the finals were overturned by the Celtics led by Pierce, and the game was obviously a little more exciting. The media will send news that Pierce defeated the best player with an injury and won the FMVP, wonderful!

According to Xiao Hua's path, the legendary topic that could have appeared disappeared. Xiao Hua will not ask the opinions of players, fans, and the media, and he thinks that his ideas are the best.

Before the start of the Western Finals, reporters interviewed players from both sides. The Warriors players don't have the slightest confidence in knocking out the Lakers, and their goal is just to beat the Lakers in the Western Conference finals, preventing them from winning the season and creating a historical record that will never be broken.

With a win, the Warriors can go down in history, at least they have beaten the best team led by the best star in the NBA this season.

During the break, the Warriors coaching staff carefully studied every detail of the Lakers' tactics in an effort to identify weaknesses. The players are working hard to get their best for the Western Conference finals.

The two series in the East were decided later.

The 76ers eliminated the Wizards 4-2.

Kemba Walker and John Wall "made a difference", shooting less than 40% from the field, and their performances were sparse. When the media reported the game, they were compared to Guo Xu, and they thought that these point guards did not look like stars.

The reason for the Wizards' loss was an inaccuracy from the outside, and Beal's three-point shooting rate in the series was only 28.7%, which was not as good as Wall. The team is on Kevin Love, shooting 45 percent from three-point range, averaging 2.8 shots per game.

However, because Lefu is an interior lineman, the overall shooting rate is only 43.6%, far inferior to Nurkic, who mainly plays two points, and a group of fans said that "Lefu is an undercover agent" after the Wizards were eliminated. Lefou's will leave this summer, he's fed up.

The 76ers' best performer was center Jokic, who was like a big man point guard pulling out to play pick-and-rolls and playmaking offense, shooting steadily and occasionally scoring three-pointers.

DeAndre Jordan is lying on the gun, no one thinks he's a star center anymore, he was a blue-collar who suppressed real stars last season, and only knew how to grab rebounds.

The Bucks eliminated the Raptors 4-3.

Lillard shot 10-of-23 from the field, 4-of-13 from three-point range and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line to finish with 31 points and four assists, shooting just 40 percent from the field throughout the series. Bucks point guard Bledsoe only had 13.3 points and 4 assists in the series, and was blown up by fans because of his 45% shooting rate.

Robertson, who was traded from the Lakers, has also been very successful in defending George, shooting below 40 percent in three games. Despite his poor stats, he should get a good contract in the summer.

Experts are generally bullish on the 76ers to break through to the Finals in the East, citing Jokic being better than Joel Embiid.

Embiid averaged 21.6 points, 12.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the playoffs, shooting 43.5% from the field, 27.6% from three-point range, and only 70.5% from the free-throw line.

Jokic looks like a fat man, but his tactical role is obvious, and he can lead the whole team offensively.