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Yesterday, there was a rumor from New York that the league would announce the "Best Rookie" award for the 1995-1996 season today, because the Lakers won the first game too easily, and the league was worried that the Trail Blazers would not be able to return to Los Angeles, so while the Lakers were still in Los Angeles, they quickly sent Zhang Mao's trophy to him, anyway, there was no suspense about this award.

Sure enough, the league held a press conference at its headquarters in New York in the afternoon, and announced the winners of "Best Rookie", "Best Sixth Man", "Most Improved Player", "Best Manager" and "Best Coach", most of which were awards without suspense.

Zhang Wei didn't have to look at the results after receiving the news, he knew that the "best rookie" must be his, and the "best coach" must be Phil Jackson, who led the team to 71 wins, who can earn this title with him?

The "Best Manager" award, Bulls general manager Klaus and Lakers general manager Jerry West are both eligible to win, but eighty percent will be the Lakers' godfather. The "Best Sixth Man" award is not surprising, and it must be that the magician did not run. As for the "Most Improved Player", many people in the league are eligible for the award this year, and Zhang Fu is a little disdainful of this award in his heart, and he is too lazy to guess.

The final result was similar to what he guessed, but what Zhang Yu didn't expect was that he actually became the first player to win the "Best Rookie" award with a unanimous vote, which is a bit powerful.

The "Rookie of the Year" was voted by 123 professional media professionals across the United States, and of the 123 voters who participated in the vote, all voted for Zhang, making him the first player in NBA history to win the award by a unanimous vote.

The result was unexpected, but it also made sense.

In the eyes of the media, Zhang Fu is no longer a rookie who is "like whom", nor is he a rookie star who can "how" in the future, he is now a unique superstar, and he can't find anyone who is more than 5% similar to him through history.

At the same time, the "Best Rookie Team List" was naturally indispensable, and Koala Baby, who won the "Best Rookie" award of the year, was the best choice in this lineup. The other four are Raptors point guard Damon Stoudemire, Philadelphia 76ers guard Jerry Stackhouse, Golden State Warriors power forward Joe Smith, and Portland Trail Blazers center Arvidas Sabonis.

Next, the "Most Improved Player" was George "White Pippen" Muresan of the Washington Bullets.

Murraysan has this nickname, not because his style of play is similar to Pippen, but because his horse face is very similar to Pippen.

This George Muresan is an official tall 7-foot-7" high school forward, and Yao Ming was the NBA's No. 1 tallest in the years before he entered the NBA.

But unlike Yao Ming's relatively normal body, this Murraysan suffers from obvious "gigantism" symptoms, so his running speed is extremely slow, and it is almost a myth to expect him to quickly retreat to defend and defend quickly.

Everyone knows that Murraysan's body has great hidden dangers, especially his poor body balance, coordination and confrontation, which will make him extremely vulnerable to injury in the NBA, and once this thing has a headache and brain fever, the already poor athleticism will directly become negative.

But at least this season, Murraysan improved 4.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.6 blocks from last season, which is indeed a significant improvement.

The league chose to give this award to a player with dwarfism in order to promote more than just positive energy. It is true that there are many players who have improved more than Muresan this season, but Muresan deserves this reward because he has worked so hard to improve that he has done more than anyone else.

This was followed by the award of "Best Sixth Man", and Zhang Qi felt that the magician was the most qualified to receive this award.

The NBA Sixth Man of the Year is selected based on the fact that the nominated player must play more games as a substitute than as a mainstay during the season, and play more than 900 minutes and 50 games.

The Magic returned on December 16 against the Bulls and played a total of 56 games throughout the season, starting nine and the rest coming off the bench, and the most basic conditions for the selection of the "Sixth Man of the Year" have been met. Looking at the Magic's stats, in 56 games, he averaged 28.1 minutes per game, contributing 14.1 points, 6.8 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 0.8 steals, shooting 48.9% from the field, 38.1% from three-point range, and 85.6% from the free throw line.

Of course, this statistic can't be compared to what Magic did before he retired, but if you want to find a sixth man in the entire league who has played better than Magic this season, you really can't find it.

In the end, out of all 123 voters who participated in the vote, a total of 101 voted for the magician. Kukoc, who finished second, received only 12 first-place votes, a gap of not a half, and the Magic won the "Best Sixth Man" award for the 1995-1996 season by an undisputed margin.

When the magician learned of his win, he couldn't help but laugh.

Before retiring, he had always competed with Bird, Jordan and others for the MVP trophy, but now he quietly won an award he never thought of, and he was a little awkward in an interview.

Needless to say, the winner of "Best Coach", Phil Jackson, like Zhang Mao, has long taken this award into his arms.

It's just that he failed to win the award unanimously like Zhang Zhu, Lakers head coach Del Harris, and SuperSonics head coach George Karl also got some first-place votes, and the Zen master finally only got 85 first-place votes, but it was enough for him to win the award with an absolute majority.

There is some suspense about this year's "Best Manager", and there are currently two people who can compete for the award, one is Jerry West, the godfather of the Lakers, and the other is Jerry Kraus, who created the Bulls dynasty.

It's a battle between two Jerry, and it's kind of interesting to think about.

Jerry West's magic trick is naturally to override the crowd, using the team's All-Star center and a young guard with All-Star potential to exchange for an Australian high school student who doesn't know if he can play, and he is also a Chinese high school student.

This deal could be described as "crazy" before, but the Lakers godfather used his influence to convince the owner and fans to complete this crazy deal that was not favored by ninety percent of the media and fans.

But the result? At this time, it is actually unnecessary to repeat how strong Zhang Qi is, anyway, the Clippers are now repentant. The Lakers traded two quasi-All-Stars for a talent with no less potential than Jordan, and that alone is definitely worthy of the title of "Best Manager".

Jerry Krauss isn't bad either, not to mention how he built the Bulls dynasty, this season alone, his move to sign Rodman is definitely a brilliant move. The bug was a famous thorn that even Popovich couldn't handle, but Klaus was convinced that Jordan could keep Rodman down.

His judgment was successful, and Rodman became an important pillar of the team's interior after coming to the Bulls, and the Bulls also strengthened the interior line, completing the shocking 71 wins this season.

In fact, whether it is the previous three consecutive championships or the 71-win Bulls, most of the players in the team are not selected by Zen masters, from the early John Paxson, Charles Oakley, Horace Grant, and then exchanged Charles Oakley for Bill Cartwright, all of which are the operations of Klaus, the general manager.

At that time, Jordan was furious at trading Charles Oakley for Bill Cartwright and rushed to Klaus's office and roared wildly, but it turned out that Cartwright became the starting center for the future Bulls dynasty.

Pippen's arrival was also a stroke by Klaus, and in 1989, he also fired coach Collins and corrected assistant coach Phil Jackson.

At the time, it seemed to many that the purpose of the Zen Master was Klaus's desire to install a "spy" in the locker room, but it turned out that the Zen Master was the cornerstone of the Bulls' three championships before and after.

Both of these Jerry are some of the most discerning and bold general managers in the league, but the winners are not based on history.

Besides, even if you really look at history, the Godfather of the Lakers has only a lot more.

This year, the representative work of these two people is briefly summarized, that is, West chose Zhang Mao, and Klaus got Rodman.

Well, this seems to have become a comparison between Zhang Zhu and Rodman, so do you still need to consider the result?

Zhang Qi is a once-in-a-20 year genius who is considered to have the potential to surpass Jordan, and although Rodman is also a once-in-a-decade rebounding wizard, the grade of the two is still several levels behind.

Therefore, the final winner must be Jerry West.

His trade will become a masterpiece of his entire career as a general manager and a classic case of draft picking in NBA history.

After the five awards were announced, the Lakers were the clear winners. Three of those five awards went to Lakers players and general managers, and the Purple and Gold finally got rid of the embarrassment of having only one player selected during All-Star Weekend not long ago.

It's eight o'clock in the evening, and in the Lakers' home locker room, it's more like a bar for reporters to catch up and chat.

With 80 minutes to go before the start of the game, the home and away locker rooms of the Great Western Forum Arena have been opened to reporters.

At the moment, in the home locker room covered with a carpet printed with the team's logo, the Lakers players are hiding in the treatment room and the rest room, and the main players are receiving massages from their little brothers.

That's right, there are no women in the team's masseurs, and this is not a big health care, Zhang Mao is now receiving the services of a forty-year-old little brother.

"This thing is really strong, but it makes me feel so good!"

Zhang Yu was lying on the high-end massage table that only a few local tyrant teams would be equipped with, and the physiotherapist was rubbing his joints and muscles everywhere, and occasionally he would "snap" a few times, just one word - cool!

There are still many rooms in the Lakers' home locker room, and the so-called "open" refers to the lobby, and the internal treatment rooms, conference rooms, lounges, bathrooms and other rooms will not let you in casually.

Thirty or forty reporters from around the world crammed the Lakers' spacious locker room, and the television was playing the April 25 game, chatting casually about the Los Angeles weather, their outlook for tonight and future games, and waiting for the players to be unveiled.

While waiting, the CCTV film crew filmed Zhang Qi's closet for half a day.

When the magician came back, Zhang Yu gave him the middle wardrobe.

But during the All-Star weekend, the Lakers made a small renovation to the locker room, replaced some of the equipment inside, and then changed the cabinet to the center without a trace.

This kind of small action is very realistic, and it can also be seen that the Lakers' top management is flattering Zhang Mao.

But it's not smart to do so, and it's said to be the idea of Buss Jr., who just started to get involved in Lakers management this year.

Jenny Bass thinks that his brother must be mentally retarded, what would a magician think if he does this? What will Zhang Wei think? Will he have this thought: "When I get old, will the team do the same to me?" ”

Zhang Wei does have this idea, and the old Bass will definitely not treat the Magic like this, but the little Bus, who has just entered the team management, also has his own difficulties, and he is desperate to win over Zhang Zhu to deal with his sister.

Everyone knows that this koala baby will be the absolute core of the Lakers for the next 10 or even 15 years, while the Magic can play for two or three years at most, and there is no need to stutter at all.

Now, Zhang Fu's cabinet is arranged in the middle, and the cabinets of the other players are arranged in a semi-arc to spread outward, and Zhang Fu in the center seems to be held by the stars, a bit like the position of the American representative in the United Nations.

Half an hour later, when the Lakers players walked out of the treatment room and lounge, dozens of reporters rushed to Zhang Qi together, and several camera reporters even brought small ladders to form a semicircle in front of Zhang Qi's closet.

Zhang Mao is a little helpless, usually he hides before the game, but today there are many media from Asia and Europe, the team wants him to be interviewed, and even his agent wants him to appear in front of these foreign media, which can expand his popularity in the region.

Meanwhile, in the away team's dressing room, built next to a bathroom, just a dozen journalists were shuttling around the less than 20-square-metre dressing room, and the TV was showing the last game, but no one was interested.

Strickland sits alone in a corner, his back to everyone and a huge pair of headphones in his ears, immersed in his own world.

Sitting in the most remote corner, Sabonis told the national media: "I also have zero playoff record, but thankfully, that's a thing of the past, and I'm thinking about how to help the Trail Blazers play better." “

The Soviet centre-forward is a man of the tongue: "Everyone wants to win, but not everyone wins. He wasn't making excuses for himself, and Sabonis quickly shook his head, "My playoff record is 0-1 right now. Now, I have to forget about this game and move on, we still have a chance. When he said this, his face was full of hope.

But the media apparently didn't think so, and a dozen reporters hurriedly ended their interviews and rushed to the Lakers locker room.

The situation was very embarrassing for the Trail Blazers, and Sabonis remembered the All-Star rookie game, which was even more interesting at that time, when all the reporters rushed into the Western team's locker room, which was said to be empty all the time.

Half an hour before the game, both teams kicked out the reporters at the same time, and they were about to start the final arrangements before the game.

The Lakers took the initiative to make some changes today, such as in the starting lineup, Cebaroz and Magic both returned to the bench, and two young players, Finley and Bisson, returned to the starting lineup.

Harris won't give them many chances, and if the duo doesn't play to his satisfaction, then they will quickly become pseudo-starters and will be substituted after not long.

This is already a chance for Finley and Bisson, if you can't catch it, you can only blame yourself, how can a role player like them make mistakes in the playoffs, Harris's change of formation is already a very risky move, that is, the current Lakers have the capital to take such a risk.

The Trail Blazers used the two-day break to watch the video of the last game I don't know how many times, and all the players were looking for their own problems, and head coach PJ Callesimo only slept less than ten hours in the past two days combined.

It's not that he doesn't want to sleep, he really can't sleep, and as soon as he lies down, his mind is full of tactics and ideas in the game.

The scenes in the locker rooms on both sides have also become diametrically opposed due to their different situations, and Harris is still not too inkblot with the players, but J. Callesimo is eager to instill everything he can think of into the players......

When the time came to 21:20, when the players of both teams played, the Lakers players couldn't wait. The Trail Blazers players had a heavy face because many had forgotten what the coach had said fifteen minutes ago, and what had been said in the last fifteen minutes was being lost.

Zhang, Magic, and Jerry West all received their trophies before the game.

This process wasted a lot of time, and by the time the game started, the time displayed on the big screen was already 21:45.

As a result, the Trail Blazers players tragically discovered at the start of the game that they had forgotten most of what the head coach had said before the game.

Well, something too detailed may be forgotten, but something strategically will not be forgotten, and they at least know how to target the Lakers today.

However, what made them feel pain again was that the Lakers' starting lineup had changed, which made TMD embarrassed......

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers used the perimeter composed of Zhang and Finley to play a very aggressive defense.

It's a bit risky to do this, but considering the situation of this game, Harris feels that strengthening the aggressiveness makes the Trail Blazers players even more uneasy, even if there will be some leaks and open shots as a result, but the Trail Blazers players under heavy pressure may not be able to shoot the ball, and the risks are far less than the benefits, so this deal is worth making.

The Trail Blazers players are indeed a little bit unable to let go, they can't lose this game again, once the Lakers get three match points, they can't turn the tables back at home, and this game is the key to whether they can leave suspense for themselves.

However, the aggressive defense of the Lakers players made them hesitate to make a move, and they didn't dare to shoot when they had the opportunity, and they were seriously indecisive.

The Lakers were the opposite, Zhang Mao's strong attack and Van Exel's mid-range shot quickly established a score advantage, and the Lakers in the first four minutes gave the away Trail Blazers a blow with an 8-0 attack wave.

"If you continue to fight like this, you will be tortured with blood again!"

PJ Callesimo doesn't know if it's a lack of sleep, he can't make effective changes after the timeout, and he can't make delicious chicken soup for the players, this is the rhythm of collapse!

Fortunately, Van Exel saved him, and before the timeout, he scored four points in a row and shook his index finger at Strickland, very arrogant.

Strickland was outraged by this move, and this season he has been beating Van Exel, does this guy think he beat the Trail Blazers?

Don't be kidding, they just can't handle Zhang Qiu and the magician, what are you arrogant!

The Trail Blazers began to launch a counterattack after a timeout, Strickland broke through Van Exel to hit a three-pointer, and Cleverd hit consecutive long-range shots, and the Trail Blazers only trailed the Lakers by one point in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the Lakers' three-point shooting began to exert its power, and the three-pointers of Finley and Zhang Mao made the Lakers widen the score gap again.

In the final stage of this section of the game, the magician's small hook hands hit one after another, and the continuous strong inside line was successful, and Zhang Zhu's three-point strike in the last 0.8 seconds made the audience crazy! By the end of the quarter, the Lakers had a nine-point lead over the Trail Blazers at 28:19.

Zhang Mao shot 4-of-6 in the first quarter, 2-of-3 three-pointers, scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and today he made the Trail Blazers embarrassed again with a deadly offense.

In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers' substitute Malik scored first, and after Clifford also hit a three-point shot, Zhang Mao, who had not rested at all, hit two beautiful back-to-back shots in a row to make the Trail Blazers completely unable to get up, and Seballos's baseline cut into the slam dunk was the icing on the cake.

Seeing that the Trail Blazers were about to be taken away by the Lakers again, Sabonis finally stepped up and took on the main role of the team's offense, frequently hitting in the low post.

But the Lakers are superior after all, although Van Exel was blinded by Strickland again, but Zhang Zhu and Magic are in great shape, Finley's outside shooting is also extremely sharp, and the Lakers have always maintained the score advantage above 10 points.

At halftime, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 13 points, 54-41.

The Trail Blazers played well today, and although they couldn't tactically target Zhang and Magic, and couldn't establish a strategic advantage, at least all three of the team's stars played.

But what embarrassed them was that apart from these three stars in the Trail Blazers camp, the others combined for less than five points in the first half.

After the start of the second half, Strickland hit two consecutive shots at the beginning, and Zhang Yi immediately returned an ultra-long-range three-pointer, and the Lakers got up and down.

At this time, the Trail Blazers want not to be taken away by the Lakers, and can only hope for ethereal "luck".

It's not surprising that Strickland hit a three-point shot in a desperate situation. Then Clifford also hit a three-pointer, which is acceptable. But Buck Williams hit a three-pointer when the 24 seconds were approaching, which hurt the Lakers.

Relying on the advantage of character value, the Trail Blazers actually played a 9:0 climax in the first half of the third quarter, and the score gap was narrowed to 6 points, and the Lakers' original 16-point advantage disappeared in an instant.

At the critical moment, Zhang Yu stood up again, first making two fouls and one free throw. Then he turned into an inside line and hit the back in the middle distance, turned and broke through and caused a foul. This time, he hit both free throws and made Sabonis three fouls, and the score gap widened again.

After that, the two sides chased each other, and the Lakers always maintained a 10-point advantage until there were 2:20 left in the third quarter, when the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 12 points at 74:62.

At this time, the Trail Blazers were already a little difficult to support, and they relied on a few dribbles to close the score, but in the blink of an eye, they were intimidated by Zhang Mao's various attacks. In the end, it was Winfield's three-point shot and Clifford's lucky layup that restored some confidence to the team.

The Trail Blazers' luck was really out of luck today, and they scored almost 20 points in the first three quarters with this kind of dribble.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 10 points, 80:70.

The Trail Blazers used their luck to the extreme in the fourth quarter, and PJ Callesimo also saw that his team relied on luck to stalemate with the Lakers until the fourth quarter. In this case, they simply played the "blind shot" tactic, and maybe they could shoot the Lakers to death.

Well, "luck" is something that can really help a weak team beat a strong team sometimes.

The Bulls, SuperSonics and Lakers have all surpassed 60 wins this year, but they also lost to bottom-of-the-league teams in the regular season, which can really only be described as luck.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Clifford hit a shot, Sabonis hit two free throws, and Buck Williams hit a jumper, and it was less than three minutes before the Lakers' lead was reduced to three points.

The Lakers hurriedly asked for a timeout, but Harris did not make adjustments defensively, and he was not blind, so he could naturally see that his team's defense was fine. The Trail Blazers' goals are all strong shots, and their defense doesn't need to change, it's the offense that needs to change now.

The Trail Blazers are lucky, they can't prevent these balloons, it doesn't matter, as long as they play their offense well, they can still win the game, and the Trail Blazers can't use luck to defend on the defensive end.

Sure enough, after the timeout, the Lakers used Zhang Mao's breakthrough to score 6 points in a row, and Finley then hit a three-point jumper from the left wing, and the Lakers recontained the opponent's counterattack.

At this time, the Trailblazers basically announced GG.

If the Lakers' offense can't play, it's not the luck of the Trail Blazers, it can only be the Lakers' own problem.

But today's Lakers are not inferior to the lucky Trail Blazers on the offensive end, the difference is that their offense relies on strength, not luck.

With 5:25 left in the fourth quarter, Zhang made two more free throws at the free throw line, Sebaros hit a mid-range shot, and Strickland of the Trail Blazers hit a three-pointer, but the Magic hit both free throws, and Sebaros immediately scored a layup.

The Trail Blazers couldn't hold it at all, Zhang Fu assisted his teammates to hit three-point shots in the last two minutes, and then he was also in the top of the arc three-pointers, and a wave of three-point rain allowed the Lakers to lead by 13 points at 109:96 in the last minute, completely ending the suspense of the game.

Zhang Qi has 42 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists at this time, and the fans of the entire "Great Western Forum Arena" are cheering for victory, only the Trail Blazers players feel helpless, they find that even if they have a luck bonus, they still can't get a win from the Lakers, can they get a victory when they return to their home court?