On May 12, the NBA officially announced the results of the 06-07 regular season best player selection, as expected, Rockets number one star Tracy McGrady was elected MVP for the first time in his career with 25.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists, and teammate Yao Ming ranked second.

At the same time, the best team of the season was announced.

The All-Round Team was judged by 129 media experts from the U.S. and Canada, who filled out ballots with their own three best teams, with five points for the first team and three and one for the second and third teams. The NBA official announced the list of three sets of lineups for the whole season by counting the players' scores.

As a result, the Rockets became the biggest winners in this list, with Maddy and Yao Ming selected to the first team, and the other players selected were Nash, Nowitzki and Duncan.

The top score in this selection was two-time MVP winner Nash, who received all 129 first-team votes, proving that his status as the league's No. 1 point guard is completely unassailable. Yao Ming and Maddie were selected together, which is also the first time in three years that two teammates have been selected for the first team at the same time. The last time something similar happened was in the '03-04 season, when O'Neal and Bryant were selected as Lakers players at the same time.

After Yao Ming knew the result, he laughed for a whole day, his face was stiff, and he almost missed the game against the Suns. Previously, in the selection of the 03-04 season and the 05-06 season, Yao Ming was selected for the third team twice. In this selection, he finally made a leap forward and became the center of the first team.

In fact, Yao Ming's regular season stats were not the best of all centers, and he played only 32 minutes, but he was selected for his attendance and career-high efficiency.

Another striking aspect of this list is that all five players selected this time are from the West.

Chuck Hayes is on the second team at power forward, and in addition to him, Stoudeyer, LeBron James, Arenas and Kobe Bryant are on the second team. Players named to the third team include Wade, Iverson, Garnett, Anthony and Dwight Howard.

Of the three sets of lineups, only four people in the east were selected, and the pattern of the league's strong west and weak east is becoming more and more obvious.

In the second game of the Rockets vs Suns, Maddie, who had just been named MVP player, was in full swing.

He played 39 minutes and scored 38 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the Rockets to a 104-87 win over the Suns.

In the third game, the Suns, who returned to Phoenix, opened with momentum and once led by more than 10 points, but after the Rockets stabilized their rhythm, Hayes and Yao Ming continued to play inside hands to recover the score. The Suns' interior offense can only be supported by Stadamire alone. Under the joint defense of the Rockets, the Suns collapsed in the fourth quarter, and the Rockets launched an 11-2 attack wave to win another game 110-103.

The Rockets are leading the Suns 3-0, they are the best team in defense and have home-court advantage, and the fans who support the Suns are desperate to stop hoping for a win and just want to win the next game.

Unfortunately, the Suns failed to fulfill this wish. In the fourth game, the two sides played a difficult game, and in the last three minutes, the Suns still led by three points, but Battier and Fisher hit consecutive three-pointers to successfully overtake. Marion broke through with the ball and was hit by Battier with the ball, and then Maddy's two jumpers completely crushed the Suns' hopes of winning.

98-94, the Suns, who had the strongest offense in the regular season, were swept by the Rockets at home.

Maddie had 32 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and once again became the biggest contributor to the team's victory. In the post-game press conference, Rockets coach Van Gundy praised Maddy.

Van Gundy said: "Maddy is a great player, he can do what he should do, his attacking firepower was key to our victory, and Yao Ming and Hayes, who were very good on the pitch. ”

Suns coach D'Antoni also expressed his respect for the Rockets. "They are a strong team, better than us," he said. Their defense is the strongest in the league. Let's not find a familiar rhythm. Maddie hit some key shots in the fourth quarter to seal the game for his team. We also paid the price for some of our mistakes on the pitch. ”

The reason why the Suns lost is very obvious, and that is that the defense is not good. Maddie averaged 28.7 points per game in the series. Raja Bell, who defends Maddie, is basically a showman, letting the opponent do whatever he wants.

Raja Bell actually made the All-Defensive First Team this year, and even avid fans of the Suns have a hard time understanding Bale's inclusion on the list. Watching the Suns' game simply doesn't reveal anything brilliant about Bale's defense. He is only 196cm tall, not strong enough, not fast, often beaten, when it comes to pestering people, making fouls, and interfering with opponents, he is not as good as Battier.

Bell averaged 14.7 points per game in the regular season, which looks good. In fact, his contribution comes entirely from Nash's assists, and because the Suns don't have a qualified bench at the shooting guard position, he averages 38 minutes per game. In four games against the Rockets, Bell's scoring stats dropped to 7.6, and people began to wonder that he might just be a second-rate player. His rise to fame stemmed entirely from his choke on Kobe Bryant last season. Then he attracted the attention of the media and showed with difficulty that in addition to fouls, he would also fake falls...... If it weren't for that chokehold, if he didn't have Nash by his side, this person probably wouldn't have been able to mess up for the rest of his life.

In the game with the Rockets, Maddy's most offensive method is to block and pick up a pull-up jump shot, but this trick, Bell can't play.

Bale isn't the Suns' most disappointing yet, he's just a role player, and the worst performance is "All-Star" Marion. Marion was frozen by the Rockets in four consecutive games, averaging only 12.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, how can this data not be worthy of tens of millions of annual salaries? How can such a Sun win? It turns out that for Marion to be effective, it is necessary to have a bunch of attacking characters around him and to run. If Marion is allowed to be the main attacker of the positional attack, he will only be disappointed.

After the win, the Rockets got more rest and took the initiative in the Western Conference Finals.

The other teams decided the winners and losers a few days later.

May 18th. The Spurs defeated the Timberwolves 90-87 on the road to advance 4-2 overall. Without Bowen, the Spurs are still a strong team.

Duncan and Garnett exploded on the spot. Iverson completely overwhelmed Parker, and the Timberwolves had a chance to tie the total score at home, but in the fourth quarter, Ginobili suddenly came into play. He first grabbed a backcourt rebound, and rushed to the frontcourt to score a layup. Two rounds later, he returned Iverson with a three-pointer to bite the score. Then he scored on another serpentine breakaway, and made a foul on Jaric and hit a free throw to help the Spurs take the lead. In the final moments, Garnett and Iverson, who had played almost every game in the playoffs, began to fatigue, and the Timberwolves missed consecutive offenses. Ginobili seized the opportunity, and after breaking through and losing his balance, he hit an incredible layup, and then sealed the win with a three-pointer.

The Shaolin abbot after Ji 80 also advanced 4-2.

James had 26 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, Gooden had 10 points and 12 rebounds, Hughes had 18 points and Pavlovich had 14 points.

Carter had 23 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for the Nets, but he missed all six shots in the final quarter, with Jefferson scoring 16 points and Kidd having 11 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for a near-triple-double.

As the schedule deepened, the Nets gradually got better, the "Three Musketeers" attacked sharply, and Kidd averaged a "triple-double" in the first round. However, in the final stage of the game, the Nets players had no sense at all, and only shot one shot in 5 minutes, and the Cavaliers launched a wave of 10-2 offense** to exceed the score in one fell swoop. In the final moments, Jefferson missed a three-point shot and had to accept defeat.

The Pistons beat the Bulls 81-76 on the road to advance 4-2 and make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth straight year.

The Bulls entered the second round for the first time since 1998, and the Bulls eliminated the defending champion Heat in the first round, and their morale was high, but in the face of the experienced Pistons, the Bulls were still close to chess and were constrained everywhere. Roel Deng and Ben Gordon were unstoppable against the Heat, but both fell off par with Prince's and Hamilton's defenses.

The Pistons' defense made it difficult for the Bulls. The Bulls started losing three games in a row, and then they relied on outside shooters to suddenly burst out to win two games in a row, and they saw hope of a miracle, and they wanted to be the first team in the NBA to come back from 0-3 down, but unfortunately it was not possible. The Pistons settled the battle on the road. In the first two games, Pistons duo Hamilton and Billups were mediocre, but today Hamilton was in full swing, scoring 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.

In the final quarter, the two teams engaged in a defensive battle, and the Bulls began to collapse with just 1 of 12 shots. With 2:19 left in the game, Prince and Billups hit shots, and the Pistons scored four straight points to widen the gap. It wasn't until 2:08 left that the Bulls hit their second athletic goal of the quarter, after which they closed the gap to five points and failed to pose a threat to the Pistons, ending the season's journey.

Cavaliers vs Pistons. Rockets vs Spurs.

The four teams will compete more fiercely to make it to the Grand Final.

The Rockets are all relaxed, the Spurs are missing Bowen, and they should be able to enter the Western Conference Finals thanks to the Timberwolves who upset the Mavericks. The Rockets, who have the advantage of strength, have an advantage both mentally and physically.

Hayes feels that as long as Yao Ming and Maddie are not injured, the Rockets will almost definitely be able to get the Spurs and win the championship this season. It seems easy. But will the Spurs be on their toes?

(To be continued)