As the second round of the playoffs was about to begin, the league began to announce the awards one after another.

Antetokounmpo averaged 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game, beating Will Barton of the Nuggets, Jamal Crawford of the Clippers, and Evan Turner of the Celtics to win the 2015-2016 Sixth Man of the Year!

Antetokounmpo made 74 appearances this season, 55 of which came as a substitute, meeting the requirement that more than 60 percent of his appearances be substitutes, and was voted Sixth Man of the Season.

Antetokounmpo who won the Sixth Man of the Year is in a good mood, he knows his ability and talent, whether he goes or stays, there is no possibility of continuing to play as a substitute next season, and this year is his only chance to win the Sixth Man of the Year award, just like Whiteside last season.

Antetokounmpo thinks he's bound to get more playing time and a starting spot next season, so he's aiming for the Most Improved award next season.

There has always been a spell saying that the Fastest Progress Award is a curse, and if you take it, it's over.

But Antetokounmpo didn't believe it, because there was a living example around him, Liu Ren won the fastest improvement award with an absolute advantage in the 13-14 season, although it was true that the "curse" of the playoffs lost that year, but later the MVP was also won, and the championship was also won, so if you have a prize, you must strive to get it, which is the "advantage" that Antetokounmpo learned from Liu Ren.

The Most Improved Award of the season was won by the Hornets' Kemba Walker.

Kemba Walker averaged 21 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game this season, and his scores, rebounds, and assists have improved to a great extent, and the Hornets' record has also improved a lot.

Unlike last year, when the Lakers won almost all the awards, the Warriors seemed to be a little aggrieved, except for the MVP that should have belonged to Curry, they waited for the second round and the day of the game against the Thunder, and they didn't get any of the other awards.

But just before the game, it was finally their turn to win the award, and Steve Kerr won the Coach of the Season!

This greatly boosted the morale of the Warriors, who had the best record and had the best coach!

There is only one person in the entire Warriors team who is not so happy, Luke Wharton didn't say anything, and he laughed along with it, but his heart was dripping blood!

But what can be done, he is just an acting coach, Steve Kerr is the head coach, and Wharton's coaching record is also counted on Steve Kerr's head, and he is still a coach with no coaching record data, just an assistant coach.

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The day's preparation time passed like this, and on May 5th, the series between the Lakers and Spurs was about to begin.

In Liu's opinion, this series will be the most difficult series they have played in the past two years, even harder than the Warriors and Cavaliers that they may meet later.

This has been the main theme of the Lakers for more than a decade, and the most difficult to deal with is always the Spurs.

The Spurs are the biggest threat to the Lakers' all-time dominance in the West, they are too strong, since Vicky became the head coach of the Spurs, the Spurs have not missed the playoffs, and they have not even won 50 games just because of the lack of schedules, even in the 11-12 season, they have 50 wins.

And the Spurs' new system now does not depend on Duncan, even if the troika is gone now, Liu Ren also believes that the Spurs are still one of the best teams in the West, not to mention that the troika with the power of a battle is still there!

So Liu Ren decided from the beginning that the Spurs would not overturn this year like last year, and he had been studying the Spurs' style of play from the beginning, and finally came to the conclusion that it was amazing!

It's amazing, Liu Ren can't say how powerful it is, anyway, you only need to see who the players are, and then what effect they played.

Not to mention the six superstars and former superstars, it's normal for them to play well, but a group of their role players all play like superstars, and that feeling Liu Ren feels as confident as his teammates.

But Liu Ren's teammates are a group of future stars! The Spurs are all players who other teams don't want to cut or don't pick......

At the press conference before the game, Liu Ren was caught by the chubby press officer Kyle who had begun to squat in the parking lot, in order to avoid the cute big Lori's specially ironed suit from being made oily by Kyle's fat brother, this summer squatting in the parking lot, Kyle was already fat, and now he is sweaty and muddy, Liu Ren decisively chose to attend the press conference.

Liu Ren came to the press conference and found that there were really enough reporters today, and they were all about to catch up with the grand occasion of 23vs24 in last year's finals.

The first question from the media was: "Mr. Liu, do you have confidence in this series?" This is the 10th playoff meeting between the Lakers and Spurs in the last 20 years since Kobe Bryant and Duncan both entered the league, and you have always had the advantage before, but you have lost the last two times, are you confident of winning it back this time? ”

This problem is again, Liu Ren expressed disgust.

Liu Ren understands that this round of the series is probably the last time that Kobe and Duncan will face off as the main force in people's eyes, and maybe this round of the series may even be the last time Kobe and Duncan will face each other, because Duncan has given people the feeling of retiring in many interviews.

So the possible last fight between Kobe Bryant and Duncan has become the focus of media attention.

Well, Liu Ren respects these two seniors very much, and they are their fans, but he still feels unhappy.

Not to mention the year before last, last year's finals also had a 23vs24 gimmick, and this year is the final battle of Kedu, no one seems to pay attention to him, Liu Ren said he was unhappy.

At this time, Liu Ren did not adjust his mood, but took the initiative to think about that aspect.

He's going to make himself angry, and against the Spurs, he has to not only play well, but also play extraordinarily!

Liu Ren choked directly: "I think the old man should go home early to rest, don't be too tired, so I will help a few old gentlemen of the Spurs team so that they can rest early." ”

This kind of problem of picking saliva is not a local reporter in Los Angeles, and Liu Ren didn't give him a good look.

Kobe Bryant's face on the side is twitching, old man? He seems to have entered the league earlier than the Spurs' old men......

Press officer Kyle has calmed down, his task is to bring Liu Ren to the press conference, as for what Liu Ren wants to say, the management said, whatever he said, anyway, a round of the series will bring him at least two or three times, otherwise those reporters who helped the Lakers beat Liu Ren to Duntai Jones to drive public opinion will be very unhappy, in case there is any trouble and they have to help.

Although Liu Ren's speech is a little ugly, the reporters said that the more difficult it is, the better!

Players should be so generous, what to say! What's the point of playing officialdom like Kobe.

Then the reporters began to deliberately guide Liu Ren to speak, and Liu Ren knew their trap and did not refuse, and answered whatever he asked.

"Who is greater Duncan or Kobe? Sorry, Kobe Bryant, of course, but they're all in the past tense, and Leonard and I are in the present tense. ”

"Yes, that's me vs. Leonard."

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