"Game over, congratulations to the Pacers for knocking out the Bucks and becoming the first team to advance to the semifinals!" On May 2, 2003, the Pacers defeated the Bucks 103-90 on the road, thus sweeping the Bucks with a total score of 4-0 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

"Although the Bucks haven't been able to win even a single game in the entire series, their performance is still very good, especially Kassel, it's really hard to imagine that Sam is 34 years old this year, and if it weren't for Ray Allen's injury, the Pacers' road to promotion may not be so easy."

"Four games, if you only look at the score, the Bucks obviously did not cause any trouble to the Pacers, but the Pacers' road to promotion is far from as easy as the score shows, many people in this team have not yet reached the best game condition, if in the later games, their state is still like this, I am afraid the Pacers will not be able to defend the championship this season."

"We won! We won! After the whole game, the two rookies of NN Hilario and Tyshawn Prince immediately rushed into the court, hugged the players on the court, celebrated their team, and went one step further in the playoffs.

"Hi NN, Tyshawn, save some effort, this is just the first round, you guys are excited like this, and when we reach the finals and win the championship, you won't faint with excitement." Seeing the two newcomers of the team, waving the towels in their hands excitedly, rushing onto the field and hugging themselves, while muttering some inaudible words in their mouths, Jamal Tinsley, who was on the field, immediately grabbed them, wanting to teach them a little life experience as a person who came over.

"Don't listen to Jamal's brags, Jamal was even more excited than you when we swept the Knicks last year." Hearing Jamal Tinsley boasting on the sidelines, James Posey, who was passing by, immediately uncovered his old bottom.

"James, you're talking nonsense again!" Seeing James Posey so faceless, Jamal Tinsley's eyes immediately widened.

"Who was last year, when his legs went limp after the game, or did I carry him back to the dressing room?" Just as Jamal Tinsley was staring at James Posey, who was smiling hippie, Lorenzen White came over to make up for it.

"Hahaha。。。。。。" The Pacers players on the court immediately erupted in laughter.

"Meng, congratulations!" Ray Allen, who was sitting on the field in a suit, walked to Meng Xu who was leaning on the billboard on the sidelines after the game, although he was a little regretful, but Lei Allen still sent blessings to Meng Xu. After Glenn Robinson was traded, Ray Allen, who became the only core of the Bucks, not only failed to lead the Bucks to renew their glory, but was reimbursed in the middle of the season, seeing that the Bucks playoff seats were not guaranteed, at the end of the season Ray Allen decided to come back early, and finally the Bucks entered the playoffs without danger, but in the first game of the playoffs, Ray Allen recurred in an old injury in a breakthrough after the opening, and only played less than 5 minutes, and then went off, and Ray Allen was all absent in the next few games, Although the Bucks still have Cassel in charge, the Bucks, who have lost Ray Allen, have no more waves in front of the Pacers, and the Bucks have to lose at least 10 points in each of the four games.

"Thank you, Ray, for helping you recover soon, I'm sorry for Jermaine on your behalf, after you were injured, Jermaine has always blamed himself, he wants to call you, but I'm afraid you will refuse." Ray Allen was injured again because in the process of breaking through, he hit Jermaine O'Neal's body, although this kind of thing can't blame Jermaine O'Neal, but Jermaine O'Neal still has some self-blame after the game, although Jermaine O'Neal also wants to apologize to Ray Allen in person, but he doesn't know how to speak, for fear that Ray Allen will not accept his apology, therefore, Meng Xu also took advantage of this opportunity to say a word to Ray Allen on behalf of Jermaine O'Neal.

"Haha, I've never complained about Jermaine, and my injuries have nothing to do with Jermaine." After hearing Meng Xu apologize to Jermaine O'Neill on behalf of him, Lei Allen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily.

Although Meng Xu and Lei Allen do not have much intersection, Meng Xu's impression of Lei Allen is still very good on the whole, this guy who always looks like a humble gentleman on and off the field, it is difficult for people to have any malice towards him.

After all four games in the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks, Pacers, and Nets all swept their opponents to advance, in addition, the Kings and the Trail Blazers played 2-2, the Magic and the Pistons, the Lakers and the Timberwolves, the Spurs and the Warriors, the Celtics and the 76ers, all played 3-1, what is more surprising is the series between the Magic and the Pistons, the Pistons, who have the home court advantage, first lost a home court, and then lost two away games in a row, 4 games are over, Instead, he was forced to the brink of elimination by the Magic, and after the Pacers took the lead in qualifying, Maddie specially called Meng Xu, saying that after he eliminated the Pistons, he must teach Meng Xu's Pacers a good lesson.

At the end of the first round of the playoffs, the NBA's awards this season are gradually released, the first announcement is the selection of the best rookie and the best rookie rookie lineup, this year's best rookie selection can be said to be the most controversial year in recent seasons, the Rocket's champion Yao Ming, and the Sun's Stoudemire, the two are about the same in data, but the Rocket's record is better, so before the selection results are released, Yao Ming has always occupied a certain advantage, but after the final selection results are released, But it was a big surprise, the Suns' Stoudemire completed a counterattack at the last moment and was elected the best rookie of the season by a narrow margin, such a result was obviously unexpected by everyone, after Yao Ming lost the best rookie, the head coach of the Rockets, Rudy Tomjanovic, and the Rockets' celebrity Olajuwon publicly criticized some people, thinking that their move was discrimination against the Rockets, perhaps in Olajuwon's heart, he was very sorry that he failed to win the best rookie.

Later, the league announced the Sixth Player of the Year and the Most Improved Player selection, and the Kings' Bobby Jackson and the Warriors' Gilbert Arenas won the honor. Arenas, who averaged 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game last season, is averaging 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game this season. In the Best Defensive Player selection announced later, there was not much controversy, Ben Wallace defended the Defensive Player of the Season title, when the season ended, Ben Wallace won the rebounding and blocking titles in a row, there was basically no suspense in the selection of the best defensive player, after successfully defending the Best Defensive Player title, Ben Wallace also became the fifth player in NBA history to win the Best Defensive Player award.

As for the subsequent best coach and best general manager, there is no suspense, Spurs' Popovich was elected the best head coach of the season, and the Lakers' Kupchak won the best general manager, coached the Spurs for 7 seasons, obtained an average winning rate of nearly 65%, and led the Spurs to the league's No. 1 record twice. And the candidate for the best general manager, after the Lakers traded to Payton, signed Malone, and formed the Big Four, there is no suspense, and being able to run such an unprecedented team is not enough to prove Kupchak's ability?

The day after the results of all the individual selections except for MVP were released, the selection results of the best team and the best defensive team were also released, and the best team selected for the best team this season were, center O'Neal, two forwards Tim Duncan and Meng Xu, two guards Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson, this season's best team can be said to have been without any controversy, the three strongest players in the league, and the top three players on the scoring list were all selected, Although Kobe's defeat is a bit regrettable, under the Lakers' Big Four system, Kobe, who has fewer shots and declining statistics, is not selected for the best team for a while. The second team of the best team is center Ben Wallace, forward Kevin Garnett and Chris Webber, two guards Jason Kidd and Kobe Bryant, compared to the first and second teams that are basically not controversial, the selection of the best team three teams is more controversial, first of all, Jermaine O'Neal who was selected as a center again, although Jermaine O'Neal can play center on the court, and he also played center for most of the season last season, but Jermaine O'Neal has played the position of a big forward from beginning to end this season, Even when he was selected for the All-Star Game, he was selected as a power forward, so in this year's All-Star selection, Jermaine O'Neal was also questioned. As for Dirk Nowitzki among the two forwards, there is no controversy, with Nowitzki's average of 25 points per game this season, 9.9 rebounds, 3 assists and the Mavericks' No. 1 record in the West, even if he is selected for a while, there is no controversy, blame only the other three of the "big four forwards" are too perverted, and there are strongmen like Meng Xu in the small forward position, but fortunately, Carter was reimbursed this season, and Maddie switched to scoring guard, otherwise the 6 forwards in the best team are really not enough points. Jamal Mashburn, who got out of the sinkhole of the Heat, quickly regained his heroic form after joining the Hornets, averaging 21.6 points, 6 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game, which was enough to be selected for the best team 3 times, but Paul Pearce, who had better statistics than him and had a better team record than him, was not selected, so Jamal Mashburn also became the object of many media questions. As for the guard position, Stephen Marbury, who has a mess of the team's record, was selected for the best team, which is also the key to controversy, and for Steve Nash's selection, many people have quite a few complaints, although the Mavericks' record this season ranks first in the West, but Nash's average data per game is only 14.5 points and 8.8 assists, such data is selected for the best team, which is also rare in history, and even many media are crying for Jordan, Nash can enter the best team with data like that, why can't Jordan enter.

Compared with the huge controversy brought about by the selection of the best team, the selection of the best defensive team is relatively less controversial, the best defensive team, center Ben Wallace, two forwards Duncan and Meng Xu, two guards Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd, the best defensive team team, center Mutombo, two forwards Bruce Bowen and Doug Christie, and two guards are Gary Payton and Eric Snow.

Due to the huge controversy caused by last year's regular season MVP awards, the NBA league finally decided that this season's regular season MVP will not be announced until after all the games in the first round have ended, and the MVP award ceremony will also be held at the home stadium of the winning players.

Although the selection of MVP has been postponed, there is basically no doubt about this season's MVP selection, once again including the scoring champion and steal king, averaging 34.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, 8.5 assists, 3.6 steals, 1.4 blocks per game, and leading the Pacers to the league's first record, Meng Xu, has basically locked up this season's regular season MVP.

On May 9, 2003, before the last matchup of the first round of the playoffs began, the official website of the NBA league officially announced the results of the 2002-2003 regular season MVP selection, and among the 121 people who participated in the regular season MVP voting this year, Meng Xu won 113 first votes and won the regular season MVP this season by an absolute advantage.

On the same day that Meng Xu won the MVP of the regular season, the dust finally settled on the last two games of the first round of the playoffs, the Kings defeated the Trail Blazers in the tie-break, and the Pistons defeated the Magic 108-93 at home in the other tie-break. The Pistons, who fell behind 1-3, fought back under the leadership of Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups, and finally won three games in a row to successfully reverse the Magic, and the Pistons also became the seventh team in NBA history to complete the comeback after falling behind 1-3. After the Pistons reversed the Magic, the Pacers' opponents for the next round were also released.