The Runners swept the Spurs in a way that many teams didn't anticipate in their regular season title.

Even before the playoffs began, many experts predicted that the Runners, who had little playoff experience, would face the Spurs' stubborn sniping, and the Spurs' rich experience would teach the Runners' young players a good lesson.

But the reality slapped these so-called experts in the face, and it also made the Spurs' reputation go down the drain.

was swept out of the tournament, which was probably the worst playoff game the Spurs have played in years.

Through this playoffs, all the flaws in the Spurs team have been almost completely exposed, and they may have to face a rebuild problem next season, because if they continue to use the current veteran tactics, then the team will probably never have the day to emerge.

Not long after the fourth game, the current head coach of the Spurs, Alexander Pope, announced his resignation, and he was completely relieved, although he was full of love for the San Antonio Spurs team and the city of San Antonio, but these old guys were really too difficult to serve, and he couldn't remember how many times he wanted to transform the team but was directly scolded back by the old ball ruffians.

The Spurs management originally did not agree to Alexander Pope's resignation, after all, Pope has been with the Spurs since he was a player and can be regarded as the closest person in the Spurs, but in the end they agreed to the other party's request despite Pope's strong request.

With the retirement of a veteran player with a good work ethic, some people in the Spurs have formed personal interest groups, who demand high salaries, suppress young players, and even challenge the authority of the head coach.

In this situation, the Spurs must have the courage to break the kettle and cut the flesh to stop the bleeding to recover.

After sweeping the Spurs, the Runners have plenty of rest and can wait for their opponents to arrive in a more relaxed state.

The Runners' next round of playoff opponents will be the winner between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz.

However, the Houston Rockets, who have improved rapidly in the regular season this season, easily won two straight games at home, and then encountered a stubborn counterattack from the Jazz on the road.

The arena in Salt Lake City has long been hailed as the most hellish away game in the league, where Mormons live their daily lives like ascetics, but when they arrive at the Jazz's arena, they turn into hot-blooded fanatics, screaming and shouting at the visitors' confidence.

Clearly, the Rockets players were intimidated by the atmosphere on the road in Salt Lake City, where they suffered two straight defeats and the score returned to a draw.

Just as the teams were in the thick of the first round of the playoffs, the league announced the regular season awards at the end of April.

The runners, who finished first in the regular season, were the big winners in the awards.

Wang Lei has undoubtedly become the first foreign regular season coach in the history of the league, and his achievements have been recognized by most people, but there are still some people who look at Wang Lei and the Runners with a different eye.

Blair Bowman also successfully won the title of Most Valuable Player in the regular season, although many industry insiders are well aware that Blair is not the most important link in the Runners' tactical system, but just his consecutive 40+ performances after returning from injury in the regular season have conquered many reporters and fans, and after all, the Runners have become the league's first from the bottom of the league last season, which has brought a lot of points to Blair's selection.

Turgun won the title of regular season assists leader and the most improved player of the season, and his 13.8 assists per game also set a new league record for assists, and this season Turgun has shown his potential to become a superstar in the future compared to his own rookie season.

In addition, Stephen Chambers won the title of Sixth Man of the Year, he averaged only 18.4 minutes per game, but he was extremely efficient in brushing up 16.5 points, which is absolutely rare for a rookie player.

These awards have basically affirmed the brilliant achievements of the Runners this season, considering that this is only their first season after rebuilding, which has become the first in the league, and has also brought new ideas and ideas to the development of the entire league, it can be said that many people have already decided that the future of the Runners will achieve great things.

In addition to the above awards, the best rookie was undoubtedly won by James Hart.

James Hart originally had a high reputation for the MVP title of this season's regular season, after all, the Wizards immediately became the first in the East after he joined, which is indeed enough to show how much he played for the Wizards, but given the Wizards' poor performance against the Runners and the Wizards' poor performance in the first round of the playoffs, the final regular season MVP was decided to go to Blair Bowman.

The Wizards' opponent in the first round of the playoffs was the Detroit Pistons, and the Pistons' results have dropped significantly compared to last season, which has a lot to do with the departure of their defensive center Drew Williams, who was unwilling to match the team's defensive big man Drew Williams with a contract with an annual salary of 10 million at the beginning of this season, which eventually led to the departure of Drew Williams and the Pistons' performance this season.

But even so, the Pistons, who entered the playoffs as eighth in the East, taught the Wizards a good lesson.

After entering the playoffs, after the physical confrontation intensity was greatly improved, James Hart's shooting rate declined to a great extent, and the power play that he originally made the Eastern team deter lost its due role in the defensive intensity of the playoffs, which also led to the Wizards only winning one at home, and then went to Detroit, the Wizards and James Hart suffered a series of crises, and were won two games in a row by the Pistons, and the Wizards had to face a three-to-one deficit.

The league has been implementing a seven-game system in the first round of the playoffs for more than 15 years, but in all the playoffs in those 15 years, there have only been three series that have been able to turn the tables back from 3-1 down, and many teams have even abandoned the game outright under pressure.

Now the Wizards are about to be created by the Pistons to create the "Black Eight Miracle", which is even a slap in the face of the league to some extent, because James Hart is their "own son" after all.