When personal relationships are evenly matched, it's a head-to-head bid.

Because the Warriors don't want too many people on the board, they in principle hope that the 20% stake will eventually be owned by one person, and those consortia have also announced their exit, and the only ones left are Stevens and Swift.

Both men are keen on the acquisition, and the price of the 20% stake is also rising.

From 150 million, to 170 million, to 180 million......

When the price soared to 200 million, Stevens eventually opted out.

He was a venture capitalist after all, and when there was a potential imbalance between investment and return, he eventually chose to give up.

And Swift also successfully bought 20% of Lanadave's shares in the Warriors at a price of $200 million.

As soon as this news came out, the alliance was shaken.

While lamenting that the world's hottest female singer has entered the NBA, industry insiders are also amazed by the final price.

20% of the shares sold for 200 million, which means that the actual value of the Warriors has exceeded 1 billion!

You must know that Ranadave only spent more than 500 million in total to buy the king.

The value of big-city teams, and the rise in the market value of NBA teams, is more terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

David Stern's global layout has finally begun to reflect its value.

Of course, the most excited in private was Tang Tian himself, although he had to interrupt many of the company's investments because the final price exceeded expectations, but from a long-term perspective, this is definitely a sure deal.

Swift has successfully bought a stake in the Warriors, and Tang Tian has already led the Thunder to two games with the Grizzlies.

As expected, even though the Grizzlies have an outside lineup like Conley, Tony Allen, and Prince, they still can't stop the Thunder's four less, and the Thunder have lost two straight games and have a 2-0 lead in the big score.

Around this time, the league has announced the final attribution of several major honors in the 2012~2013 season.

The Thunder and Heat emerged as the biggest winners.

In the first announcement of the Best Sixth Man selection, James Harden defeated JR Smith (25%), Jamal Crawford (15%) and others with a super high percentage of 53% to successfully win the Best Sixth Man.

Harden averaged 19.2 points and 4.3 assists per game in the regular season this season, shooting 42 percent from three-point range, which is probably one of the least suspenseful Sixth Man selections in league history.

The best head coach was won by Spoelstra from the Heat, who led the Big Three to a team-best record of 66 wins, and he won this award as well as the sixth man, there is not much suspense.

After the Sixth Team of the Year and Head Coach of the Year were announced, the league followed suit with the announcement of the All-Team and All-Defensive Team selections.

All-team team in the league: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Yao Ming;

Second team: Russell Westbrook, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, Tim Duncan;

Three teams: Tony Parker, James Harden, Paul George, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard;

All-Defensive Team in the league for a while: Chris Paul, Tony Allen, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Yao Ming, Tyson Chandler;

Second team: Mike Conley, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Tim Duncan, Marc Gasol;

(Because of the same score, the All-Defensive Team ended up being selected by six players.) ）

Heat, Thunder, the best one, two, and three teams, even if there is one person in the best defensive lineup, such a battle is rare in history, and it also makes fans look forward to the finals of the two teams more and more.

It is also worth mentioning that this is the 11th time that Kobe Bryant has been selected to the league, tying Karl Malone's all-time record.

And at the end of these awards, the biggest and finale is naturally the regular season MVP award.

This year's competition is also more fierce than ever.

LeBron James: 26.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 56% from the field and 40% from three-point range.

Chris Paul: 22.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game, shooting 48% from the field and 40% from three-point range.

Kevin Durant: 28.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, shooting 52% from the field and 43% from three-point range.

Carmelo Anthony: 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 44.9% from the field and 37.9% from three-point range.

This is the hottest four-man group on the MVP list, and after that, Kobe Bryant, who is still efficient (27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists), Parker (20 points, 3 rebounds and 7.6 assists), who averaged more than 20 points per game, and Curry (22.9 points, 4 rebounds and 6.9 assists), who led the team to the second round of the playoffs, are also candidates that cannot be ignored.

In terms of data, Durant and Anthony are the two most prominent.

In terms of records, the Heat, Cavaliers, and Thunder rank first, second and third in the league respectively, and the difference between their records is not big.

In the end, after voting by 130 media and online audiences in the United States, James won the regular season MVP in the 2012~2013 season with a proportion of 38%, beating Durant (24%) and Anthony (17%), which was also the first time he won the MVP award in his career.

The results of this selection instantly sparked heated discussions among fans.

"LeBron's performance is impeccable, the Heat are number one in the league, and this is the undisputed MVP!"

"LeBron proved that he can do well without Tang Tian, as long as he wins the final championship, he will completely prove himself!"

"It's an unfair result, Durant's stats are clearly historic, and just because the Thunder lost four more games doesn't mean his outstanding performance can't be erased."

"I think so too, you have to know that James Harden has grown rapidly this season, and he can still get such statistics in such a situation, Durant's strength has improved more than last year, and he deserves this MVP."

"Hey, a bunch of guys who can't afford to lose! LeBron is so strong, didn't that Durant guy say he wants to win more MVPs? Now he doesn't have a chance! ”

"Brother, you're very good, but I like it, looking forward to the scene when LeBron defeats the Thunder to win the championship, continue to stifle the championship dream of Durant and the Thunder, and take revenge on Tang Tian, hey, buddy! If I were the president of the league, I would love this script! ”

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Just as last year's Rose won the MVP, which caused a lot of controversy, this year's MVP selection results did not skip this link, and the fans' discussions made people look forward to the upcoming Finals more and more.

"Maybe the one who wins the championship in the end is the one who deserves to be the MVP the most." Even Barkley is starting to look forward to it.

Losing the MVP, Durant unexpectedly chose to be silent, but from the daily training, I can feel that he has become more serious.

The game between the Thunder and Grizzlies continued in Memphis, perhaps stimulated by the MVP selection results, and Durant's desire to score skyrocketed, scoring 39 and 41 points respectively, setting his own playoff single-game scoring record one after another.

It was also in this scoring performance that the Thunder won two more games in a row on the road, swept the Grizzlies 4-0, and advanced strongly to the Western Conference finals.