The Cavaliers and Magic fought in a tie-break, and in the end, the Magic team narrowly won by 3 points.

James was once again blocked out of the championship competition by the newly rising Magic team, and he didn't even pass the first round, and he was depressed and angry.

The 76ers have been preparing for training for a long time, and after identifying their opponents for the second round a few days ago, they will conduct special training.

At the same time, the Philadelphia Magic team had just arrived for a coaching staff meeting.

The head coach of the Magic is Stan Van Gundy, the older brother of Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

Stan Van Gundy started out as an assistant coach under Pat Riley of the Heat, and in '97 he became the lead assistant coach.

Last year, Van Gundy turned down the Pacers' invitation to replace Rick Carlisle as head coach, and became the head coach of the Magic team for four years and $16 million.

Stan Van Gundy, a little fat, sat in a chair in the conference room and talked to his assistants about how to deal with the 76ers.

Stan Van Gundy himself has prepared some materials and said slowly: "The 76ers' tactics are a little diverse, but in the final analysis, it is still human tactics, and the final end point of tactics is generally Allen Iverson. ”

"We've got to curb their No. 1 offensive core scoring."

Stan Van Gundy slapped the table hard and spoke to the heart of the meeting.

.......

Wachovia Center Arena.

Facing the second round, the league announced the MVP award.

Of all the awards, the Most Valuable Player award is the heaviest and is an honor that all players in the NBA can only dream of.

There are three main contenders for this year's MVP, Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Paul.

Three defenders.

The Lakers and Pelicans have similar records, but they are slightly worse in the rankings, with the 76ers playing an amazing record and Iverson being the most competitive.

Iverson has Paul Gasol, an All-Star level teammate, as a help, and Paul Gasol has a good record, and Pau Gasol also has to share part of his performance, in contrast, Kobe Bryant with a group of rookies to play like this, which is more convincing and more in line with the values of American heroism, so Kobe Bryant once occupied the top of the MVP list for a while.

As for the Celtics, who also have a good record, the Big Three scattered the data, and each one was listed separately, and the performance on the court was not particularly strong.

Iverson had won the MVP honor in '01, while neither Chris Paul nor Kobe Bryant had won the MVP.

After the first round, the league announced the grand prize winners.

MVP，

Aaron Iverson!

Considering the comprehensive record and data, Iverson still has an advantage, and in the selection, he won 82 first-place votes, which is still a big advantage.

After all, the 76ers are a team with 67 wins, while the Hornets only have 56 wins and the Lakers only have 55 wins, which is not as good as the 76ers.

Iverson's stats are not bad, averaging 26.5 points, 5.8 assists and 2.4 steals per game, ranking third in the league in scoring and second in steals, with 75 games and a very high attendance rate.

To say that it is not envious or sour is false, the Los Angeles media complained that the 76ers won both the best coach and the MVP, and the league was too biased and did not grasp the balance.

The last time the Coach of the Season and MVP were on the same team, it was also Philadelphia, when the best coach was Larry Brown and the MVP was Iverson.

So in the arena.

The 76ers also prepared a brief press conference for Iverson.

Iverson picked up his Most Valuable Player trophy, and at the age of 33, he has matured a lot, saying,

"I would like to thank the team, the fans and friends for their trust and support as always, the players for their hard work over the past season, my family and everything. The most important thing is to thank my coach, Wang Mingming......."

"He was the one who changed the 76ers and led us out of this situation, his talent, his coaching ability is amazing!"

Within a week, the mutual business praise between master and apprentice made people who didn't like 76 people feel sick, especially Wang Mingming stood up and smiled freely, stroking his palms and chuckling, looking like he was in harmony with his disciples.

"Overrated, overrated!"

.......

The morale of the 76ers was high.

According to the team doctor's test, Iguodala is also fine, and he will be able to play in the first game of this round.

The Magic were already at the Wajovia Center at this point.

As soon as the Magic bus stopped, many media reporters surrounded and asked regular pre-game questions to the players of both teams.

Dwight Howard, the star of the Magic, was taken care of.

Dwight Howard secretly said that he couldn't be too arrogant, so as not to be slapped in the face after losing, so he was also happy to be interviewed.

"Who do you think will be the winner in today's match?"

"In today's game, there are no losers." Howard, a firm believer in happy basketball, put a gold sticker on his face: "We're going to do our best and try to give the fans the best game possible." ”

Before Dwight Howard left the Magic, he was always the image of the big boy next door, and Happy Basketball was also affirmed, and many people thought that Dwight Howard had a good personality. But what he didn't expect was that it was such a happy basketball that made him suffer later, just like God was joking with him, when he wanted to play, he met a serious teammate, when he wanted to win, he met a teammate who wanted to play, and as soon as he left the teammate who wanted to play, the teammate immediately wanted to win again.......

Howard led the Magic crowd into the arena.

Soon, the fans filled the entire Wajovia Center arena, leaving no extra seats.

The entire stadium heated up rapidly, and the air conditioner was blowing wildly.

The warm-up session was over, and the starters from both sides came on.

76ers starters: Iverson, Saflosa, Iguodala, Pau Gasol, Dareham Porter.

Magic's starters at No. 1 through No. 5: Jameel Nelson, Morris Evans, Shiddu Turkoglou, Rashad Lewis, Dwight Howard.

The two managers walked over to the technical table and shook hands.

Stan Van Gundy looked at Wang Mingming, who was more than 20 years younger than him, and sighed in his heart that he had worked hard to become a coach over the years, step by step from a college coach to an NBA assistant coach, and then to the position of first assistant coach and head coach.

Where is it like Wang Mingming, it's just the same speed as making a rocket.

What's even more annoying is that Wang Mingming is now the NBA's best coach of the season, breaking the NBA's best coach age record, hot and valuable.