The Grizzlies swept the Timberwolves in the first round, and Kevin Garnett once again played soy sauce in the playoffs, and his individual performance was good enough, but the Timberwolves just couldn't win, in other words, Kevin Garnett alone couldn't make the Timberwolves have the strength of a top team.

For the Grizzlies, this first-round playoff game was so easy that the game was over before they could find the feel and tension of the playoffs, and the intensity of those three playoff games was equal to those ordinary regular season games.

The Grizzlies won easily and advanced to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

In the East, the 76ers beat the Pacers 3:1 in the first round, the Bucks defeated the Cavaliers 3:1, the Knicks and the Raptors played the fifth game, and finally the new force Raptors narrowly won by 3 points, defeated the Knicks, and advanced to the next round 3:2.

The veteran powerhouse Heat was also swept by the Hornets and forced to fish.

The second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs is out, the 76ers will play the Raptors, and the Hornets will play the Bucks.

In other matchups, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers played Game 4, and the final overall score was 3:1, and the Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers and also advanced to the second round.

The Lakers faced the Jazz in the first round and directly swept the aging Utah Twins, Karl Malone was in good shape in the regular season, but in the playoffs, in the face of the Lakers' targeted defense, Karl Malone was dumb, and the Jazz lost to the Jazz without resistance.

The score was the same as that of the Grizzlies, which was also swept 3-0.

In the second round of the Western playoffs, the Lakers will face the Spurs, which is the first group of super matchups since the start of the playoffs.

The Kings played the Mavericks fiercely, and the game reached Game 5, and both teams had a chance to win the series in the first four games, but the final series was tied at 2:2 in the overall score.

In the fifth game, the Mavericks opened with strength and took the lead.

However, the Kings relied on a steady firepower output to finally complete the comeback in the second half and win the game, winning the series 3:2 against the Mavericks and advancing to the second round.

Their opponent is naturally the Grizzlies.

In the top five in the league in the regular season, except for one 76ers, the other four teams will face each other in pairs, and a winner must be determined!

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During the first round of the playoffs, the league officially announced the ownership of the Most Improved Player Award, and the player who won the Most Improved Player Award this season in the previous life was Maddie.

In his previous life, Maddy moved from the Raptors to the Magic this season and directly became the team's leader, averaging 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, and was deservedly selected as the most improved player in the 2000-2001 season.

But in this life, history has been changed.

Maddie missed three months of action and missed all of the regular-season awards.

Naturally, the Most Improved Player award did not belong to him, but was won by Byron Davis.

This season, Byron Davis has made tremendous progress, from averaging 5.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game last season to averaging 13.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

Before the start of the second round, the Grizzlies received a notice from the league that they would award Manuginobili the Sixth Man of the Year trophy in the first home game of the Grizzlies vs. Kings series.

This will be Ginobili's second trophy of honour this season.

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In the second round, the Grizzlies played the Kings, and this set of matchups did not pay much attention, because in comparison, the Spurs played the Lakers and were the focus of the second round of the playoffs.

And the Grizzlies have always had a big advantage over the Kings, and most of the media believe that this is a matchup with little suspense.

As a result, NBC and ESPN focused on the Spurs vs. Lakers matchup.

But in the first game of the Grizzlies vs. the Kings, Vancouver still gathered a large number of media reporters.

Before the big game, Manuginobili took the Sixth Man of the Year trophy to the cheers of the home fans and held it high......

Countless media reporters raised their cameras, and the flashes never stopped.

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There has always been no suspense for the Grizzlies to play the Kings, because the Grizzlies have a Joe Hai who knows Princeton's offense very well, and Qiao Hai has a set of tactics that specialize in playing the Kings.

The defense contained the Kings' high post strategy through joint defense, leaving Vlad Divac in the high post useless, and Chris Webb, who was always active in the low post, was overused, and the rough single defense consumed a lot of Webber's energy.

In the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies took a six-point lead at 32:26.

"The advantage is still quite big."

Qiao Hai took the statistics table of the first quarter of the game and summed it up.

Then, Stanrefour asked, "Do we need to make a change?" ”

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No need." ”

The leading side naturally didn't need to make changes, so the Grizzlies didn't change anything when the game started in the second quarter, and the Kings seemed to have changed their strategy.

In the opening attack, they significantly increased the tempo, and substitute Bobby Jackson rushed directly into the penalty area, causing a rough foul.

Bobby Jackson made both free throws to score two points in the opening game.

In one offensive and defensive round, Qiao Hai saw through Rick Adelman's intentions, and the reason was very simple, all of Rick Adelman's changes were used by Qiao Hai.

The acceleration of Princeton's tactics was a bad move by Qiao Hai last season, and often, last season's Grizzlies would use this change of pace to disrupt the opponent's arrangement in order to gain an advantage.

The king's change of pace was self-evident in his intention to regain the obvious disadvantage in the situation.

But alas, they ran into a Qiao Hai, and a grizzly bear whose talent had overflowed.

Bobby Jackson scored two points, and then Manuginobili, who had just lifted the Sixth Man of the Year trophy, scored two points in a European step, and the Grizzlies continued to lead by six points.

Then, Qiao Hai stood on the sidelines and made a set of gestures.

The Kings' offense picked up, and so did the Grizzlies' defense......

The Kings were still resilient, and their offense wasn't bad at all, even if they were restrained by the Grizzlies' defense, they still scored a high 58 points at halftime.

However, the Grizzlies' offense was more explosive, scoring 66 points directly in the half, and the score of the two teams was 66:58, and the Grizzlies led by 8 points into the second half.

The point difference is not big, but the advantage of the Grizzlies is all-round, whether offensive or defensive, they have suppressed the opponent.

It must be affirmed that the Kings' acceleration was still very effective, because of the speed, they played an excellent offense in the second quarter, and the Grizzlies only won by 2 points in a single quarter.

If the speed hadn't been raised, the Grizzlies would have been able to blow up the Kings in the second quarter, and there would have been no suspense in the second half.

And now, with an 8-point difference and half-time time, the Kings still have a chance!