This was Ji Liang's first playoff game, playing a total of 34 minutes and achieving 16 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.

This kind of data is already very good, there is no way, compared to the regular season, the intensity of the playoffs is greater, and when Ji Liang adapts, he may be able to achieve better data.

Speechlessly, he is also the best player for the Nuggets, whether it is McDyce or Van Exel, their performances are lackluster and not at their usual level.

As for the Jazz, a total of six players scored double-doubles, and the best performers were Malone and Hornacek, the former scored 20+10, and the latter scored 35 points efficiently, and they are also the biggest sufferers of the Nuggets.

Due to losing the game, at the post-match press conference, Chi Liang originally wanted to keep a low profile, but he reluctantly found that he couldn't keep a low profile.

According to the reporter, in the selection of the best sixth man, he defeated Darrell Armstrong of the Magic team by a landslide.

During the season, Armstrong averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.6 rebounds in 30 minutes per game.

This kind of data is quite good, but compared with Chi Liang, it is much worse. Because Chi Liang's data is almost twice as much as his.

For this award, Chi Liang can be said to be nine out of ten, because in terms of data, several of his opponents are far from him, even if the reporters participating in the selection are dissatisfied with themselves, they cannot ignore their huge advantages in data.

If the 20+ scoring, assists and steals can't win the Sixth Man of the Year award, who else will.

Of course, the winners will be announced early tomorrow.

The next day, the first playoff game of each team came to an end, and there were no surprises in the West, all of which were won by the top teams, and the worst of all was the Rockets, who lost the game by a margin of 100:101.

Compared with the Western teams, there are two upsets in the East, one is that the 76ers defeated the Magic, you must know that the Magic team is the third in the East, and the record is comparable to the top two.

But compared to the other game, it was nothing, and on the home court of the Heat, the Knicks beat the Heat by 20 points.

It was also on this day that the league officially announced the Best Sixth Man award, and as the reporter said, Chi Liang won the award with an absolute advantage.

In the official listed data, Ji Liang played a total of 21 games off the bench, meeting the criteria of the best sixth man, ranking 10th in the league in points per game, first in assists, 21st in rebounds, first in steals, and 19th in blocks, with a shooting rate of 53% and a three-point shooting rate of 47.6%.

In addition, he has the most triple-doubles in a season.

With such a high average data per game, it feels like a knife for killing chickens, even if some reporters are unhappy with him, he still won the Best Sixth Man award with an overwhelming advantage.

At the same time, he also became the first player to average more than 20 points per game since the establishment of this award.

After receiving the award, the league sent an executive to bring the trophy, which was a player statue trophy that was slightly similar to the MVP trophy, except that the former made a shooting gesture and the latter made a dribbling action.

The most important thing is that the gold content of the two is very different and cannot be generalized at all.

Since the second match was still held at the Energy Solutions Stadium, a humble award ceremony was held at the hotel, and some journalists were invited.

The award process was very simple, and after awarding the trophy to Chi Liang, the league executive said a few words, which was nothing more than an affirmation of Chi Liang.

"Mr. Chi Liang, we'll see you again in a few days!"

Before leaving, the executive said a word to Chi Liang.

Ji Liang nodded, he knew he was talking about the best rookie award, as for the best team and best defensive team that could be obtained, they don't have trophies, but they are clearly better than best rookie in honor.

Under the dazzling magnesium lights, Chi Liang raised the trophy with a smile for media reporters to photograph.

When asked about his acceptance speech, Ji Liang said a lot, nothing more than thanking the team, coaches and teammates for their support, thanking the league and the media for their support, in short, saying a bunch of words of thanks, and then ending his acceptance speech.

After receiving the award, many familiar players called to congratulate, including giants such as O'Neal, Olajuwon, and Barkley, as well as teammates such as Lavrentz and McDyce.

Although this award is insignificant, it also has a certain gold content after all, which also greatly increases Ji Liang's self-confidence and begins to prepare for the next game.

The playoffs have a tight schedule and only one day off from the next game.

For Chi Liang, D'Antoni is naturally quite satisfied, whether it is scoring or organization, Chi Liang has done a very good job, which is also what D'Antoni is most satisfied with.

In order to deal with the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics, D'Antoni was ready to find another way, and in the process of training, he began to disrupt the lineup and simulate the opponent's tactics.

During the training match, D'Antoni began to develop his tactics for the second game based on the performance of his players.

On May 10, the second game between the Nuggets and Jazz continued at the Energy Solutions arena.

After the announcement of the starting lineup, everyone was surprised, and Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan frowned.

For no other reason, the Nuggets chose to change the lineup.

Center: McDyce

Power forward: Fortson

Small forward: Williams

Quarterback: Billups

Point Guard: Ji Liang

I don't know how D'Antoni said that Van Exel, in short, compared with the last game, Van Exel did not enter the starting list, and Ji Liang acted as the point guard, opposite Stockton.

As for the Jazz, it's still the same old lineup.

In the jump ball session, this time, McDyce barely grabbed the basketball with his bouncing advantage and gave the racket to Ji Liang.

Ignoring Stockton's small movements, Chi Liang chose to break through with the ball, without superfluous movements, and easily completed the breakthrough by relying only on the gap in confrontation.

After attracting Ma Long's attention, Ji Liang passed the ball to the unguarded Fortson, who scored a layup.

For this ball, Stockton felt powerless, at this time he was old and frail, on the verge of retirement, his strength and speed were not as good as Chi Liang, mainly relying on the awareness of experience to play.

The Jazz's offense is naturally the same blocking and dismantling tactics.

Stockton broke through with the ball, Chi Liang hurriedly blocked, but was blocked by Ma Long, he did not choose to chase and defend, and followed closely when Ma Long began to move.

In terms of physical fitness, the two have their own advantages, especially the height gap between the two sides is very small.

As D'Antoni intended, Fortson immediately switched gears and pounced on Stockton.

Stockton wanted to pass the ball, but when he found that Malone was having trouble getting rid of Ji Liang, he immediately felt bad.