In the Grizzlies, Patrick Ewing is positioned as the team's defensive core, and the offensive end is a blue-collar position, Ewing quickly accepted this positioning as one of the four major centers, and he knows very well that he is too old to expect himself to have the position of the core of both offensive and defensive ends as before.

Focus on the defensive end, and maybe you can play a good game.

Not long after Patrick Ewing joined the Grizzlies, simple positioning, easy tasks, Ewing quickly integrated into the Grizzlies' defensive system, in the new system, Ewing is like a fish in water, Patrick Ewing has used excellent performance in the first half of the season, making himself the biggest favorite for the best defensive player.

In the second half of the season, Johi increased the number of high pick-and-rolls on the offensive end, and Patrick Ewing began to join the offense.

Finally, at the end of the regular season, Patrick Ewing played in 78 games, started 75 games, and averaged 14.7 points, 13.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 3.1 blocks per game, of which the rebounding statistics set a new career high for Ewing, and the block statistics Ewing set a new high since the 1990-1991 season.

Although the scoring stats are a new career low, Ewing's scoring average has slipped to 15.0 points per game last season and shooting just 46.6% from the field.

This season, Ewing averaged only 0.3 points per game and shot 56.8% from the field, which is more than a step higher.

Such Patrick Ewing is obviously not an exaggeration to say that it is a second spring.

Patrick Ewing knows that the reason why he was able to rejuvenate his second spring is related to Qiao Hai's use and positioning of him, as well as the Grizzlies' system.

In the Grizzlies' defensive system, Ewing only needs to defend the basket, resist the opponent's center, and then assist in the defense, and on the offensive end, the Grizzlies' high-post blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, as well as a small player with excellent outside strength, allow Ewing to often get easy scoring opportunities.

Coupled with the rebound after grabbing the rebound under the basket, the efficiency on the offensive end naturally doubles.

Therefore, Patrick Ewing is well aware that most of the credit for this Dpoy trophy, as well as this second spring season, is due to Qiao Hai.

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With Patrick Ewing lifting the Dpoy trophy, all the major awards of the regular season have been revealed.

Allen Iverson lifted the regular season MVP trophy on his home turf in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, and he led the team to 56 wins this season, tied for second in the league with the Spurs.

With Maddy out of action for three months and not qualifying, Allen Iverson, who averaged 31.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game this season, is naturally a well-deserved MVP.

After lifting the MVP trophy, Iverson exploded at home, scoring 52 points and 7 assists to help the 76ers defeat the Raptors and win the match point.

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The regular season All-Star team was a while, but Maddy still missed the selection, so the Grizzlies were not selected, and the five selected were Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers, Tim Duncan of the Spurs, Chris Webber of the Kings, Allen Iverson of the 76ers and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers.

In the second team of the best team, Patrick Ewing was selected on the Grizzlies' side, and the other four were Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Ray Allen and Jason Kidd.

There were three teams in the All-Star team, and the five selected players were Dekember Mutombo, Dek Nowitzki, Karl Malone, Stephen Marbury and Gary Payton.

For the All-Defensive Team for a while, Patrick Ewing was selected, and the other four were Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Jason Kidd and Gary Payton.

In the second team of the best defensive team, Sean Marion was selected, and the other four were Deakon Bemutombo, Bruce Bowen, Kobe Bryant and Doug Christie.

In the All-Rookie lineup, Manuginobili was selected, and the other four were the Nets' Kenyon Martin, the Magic's McMiller, the Clippers' Darius Myers, and the Warriors' Mark Jackson.

Michael Reed was selected for the All-Rookie team, and the other four were the Wizards' Contney Alexander, the Raptors' Morris Piterson, the Cavaliers' Kris Mime and the SuperSonics' Desmond Mason.

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In the end, the Grizzlies won the best defensive player and second team and first defense, Manuginobili won the best rookie and best sixth man and rookie first team, Sean Marion of the second defense, Michael Reed of the rookie second team, and Qiao Hai's best coach.

failed to win the regular season MVP, so the special task 2 issued by the system before the regular season failed.

"Special Mission 2: In the new season, the team has achieved the Grand Slam of honors, including: Best Coach, Regular Season MVP, Best Defensive Player, three individual honors, the first team record in the regular season, the playoffs and the Finals MVP!"

"Mission reward: 1 dynasty point, 3 random star experience cards."

The reward was in vain, and although Qiao Hai felt a pity, there was nothing he could do.

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While the league has announced the major awards of the regular season, the remaining games of the Eastern and Western semifinals are also in full swing.

After Iverson lifted the MVP trophy at home, he led the team to win the match point, but in the sixth game, perhaps the last game was too strong, in this game Iverson only made 6 of 24 shots, only scored 20 points, and Carter, who scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, led the team to pull back a city.

The series went into a tie-break.

On the other side, after the Bucks and Hornets swapped home and away games, they also won one and lost one, and also entered the tie-break.

There were two tie-breaks in the east, but the west quickly divided the winners.

The Grizzlies, who swept their opponents early, were not mentioned for the time being, and the Huma battle was finally decided at the end of the fifth game.

After the Spurs won one game in the third game, they lost again in the fourth game, and in the fifth game after the Lakers returned to their home court, the OK combination worked together again.

In the first quarter, Kobe Bryant scored 6 points and 4 assists on 3-of-3 shooting, O'Neal had 8 points and 6 rebounds, and even Derrick Fisher exploded and seemed to have two three-pointers and scored 8 points.

The Lakers led the Spurs by 10 points at 33-23 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, O'Neal completely exploded, scoring 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting, plus Fisher's 6 points and Kobe's 8 points and 3 assists, the Lakers took a huge lead of 23 points at 64:41 at halftime.

In the second half, the Spurs began to chase down points, but the Lakers still relied on their overall excellent play to maintain the lead.

In the end, the score was 111:82, and the Lakers finally defeated the Spurs at home, with a total score of 4:1 in the series, eliminating the opponent and advancing to the Western Conference Finals!

In this way, when the Eastern Conference playoffs are still confusing, the Western Conference Finals have been decided, and the Grizzlies will face the Lakers, which is a set of matchups that will detonate public opinion and ratings!

Qiao Hai paid attention to the five big battles of the Lakers, and in the end, the victory of the Lakers also surprised Qiao Hai, the Lakers won too easily, the five games were devastating, and the Spurs almost did not make trouble for the Lakers, such a victory was too easy for the Lakers!

This also made Qiao Hai dare not underestimate the Lakers, perhaps, the Lakers in the playoffs are different......