The time entered May, and on May 2, the NBA's divisional semifinals began.

It seems that this year's playoff atmosphere is not hot enough, and the Heat's James has lit the fire again, and in an interview before playing against the Celtics, he said: "The league should reduce the number of teams, and it is better to have two or three superstars on each team in the NBA, so that it is good for both labor and management, and if there are not so many stars, there will not be so many salary expenses, and fans can also focus on supporting a few superstars." ”

As soon as these words came out, they directly caused an uproar, because now the overall attitude of the league is against superstars, and James saying this is tantamount to pushing himself to the forefront of public opinion.

As if sensing something was wrong, James later added: "I'm not saying the league should be down, no, I don't mean that, I mean that if there are fewer teams and the superstars are concentrated in a few teams, then the league will have a lot less garbage games." ”

Now it's not that the fans are against James, and even many players have begun to scold: James, what do you mean by this? Yes? What do you mean? Are we garbage? Are we playing a garbage game? Shouldn't we be in the NBA? Is it okay to make all the money for you? Champion for you, okay? Is it okay for you to have all the MVPs? What if you're, even if you're in a group? Is this year's MVP yours? Not Chamberlain's yet?!

Chamberlain finally won the second MVP of his career, and he is a little closer to his road to a Grand Slam.

At the end of April and the beginning of May, it belonged to Chamberlain, who first won the MVP trophy and then the best defensive player award.

The fourth Best Defensive Player award is even more important than the MVP trophy!

At the press conference to award Chamberlain's best defensive player, the Warriors deliberately put out his previous three trophies, so Chamberlain looked at the four small bronze men on the table who stretched out their arms to make a defensive shape, Chamberlain suddenly became childlike, and he smiled at reporters: "They are like my good buddies, we seem to be born together." ”

Since the league began to create the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1982-83, no player has won the award in 28 consecutive seasons, let alone four years.

Before Chamberlain, there were only seven times who could win the Defensive Player of the Year award for two consecutive seasons, and only two of them won the Defensive Player of the Year four times, Ben Wallace and Mutombo.

Nelson Sr., who accompanied Chamberlain to the press conference, said: "He deserves all four trophies, and if I could, I hope the league can get a tattoo on his face — a lifelong Russell Cup winner, haha, that must be cool." ”

Chamberlain was very low-key and reserved, and he smiled: "I'm actually a bit lucky to get this thing this season, and I bet I may not be able to meet these old guys again next season." Greg Oden, Jordan Jr., Marc Gasol, these guys are all good defensively, oh, and Howard, haha, the Monsters have great defense too, and they all have the quality to get the Defensive Player of the Year award, so if I want to keep that honor, then I'm going to have to try to get better. ”

In fact, the media involved in the selection felt that Howard had done a good job, averaging 17 per game. 1 rebound, 5. 3 blocks, a career-high 1. With 3 steals, this string of numbers was enough to convince all the judges.

All of the 120 journalists voted for Chamberlain, so much so that some say that Garnett, Oden and Chandler, who came in second and third place, were here to be green leaves for Chamberlain.

Like all award ceremonies, Howard said a lot of thanks when receiving his third trophy for Best Defensive Player. Thank you to the team, thank you to the fans, and "Thank God because I haven't had any injuries over the years, which has allowed me to help the team on the defensive end every night......"

However, these are not what Howard should really be thankful for, he should be thanked most of all for his teammates, he laughed and said, "I have to thank them, AI, Carter, Jamison, Curry, West, if I can't always put their defenders in, then how do I complete the block?" And how can you get this award, right? ”

When he said these words, Chamberlain kept laughing, because the overall defense of the Warriors is very good, not to mention the mad dog West, who is not afraid of death, not to mention Curry, who has won the essence of Bowen's defense, and not to mention the veteran Jackson, just Ibaka, Blair and others, they are already qualified defensive giants.

On May 2, just before the start of the second round, in the early hours of the morning, the NBA officially announced the final award of the season, which is the best team.

The five men on the first team are: Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chamberlain.

This lineup is very controversial, because Wade, who has paid a lot for the team, was not selected, Paul, who played superbly in the regular season and playoffs, was not selected, and Nowitzki, who worked hard for veteran Yu Wei, was not selected, but if you take a closer look, there is really no better choice, which one of these five people should be replaced?

The most regrettable thing is Paul, and the NBA even had to come out to explain that Paul was not selected because the Hornets had a poor record, and he couldn't compare with Rose, who led the team to win the first place in the East, and couldn't compare with the legendary Kobe.

This made Paul's fans very angry, they thought that now the stars are together, and this is the only way to get a good record, so they began to encourage Paul to leave the Hornets, it is best to go to the New York Knicks, and form a new big three in the East with Xiaosi and Anthony, so that next season, it is not easy for the Knicks to make a breakthrough in the record?

They are followed by the second team, which are: Dwyane Wade, Delonti West, Carmelo Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, Greg Oden.

The five guys in the third squad are Chris Paul, Westbrook, Zach Randolph, Pau Gasol, Amare Stoudemire.

With that, all the accolades of the 2010-11 season are over, and the exciting divisional semi-finals are underway.

There are two games on May 2, the Celtics vs. the Heat in the East, and the Lakers at home against the Mavericks in the West.

The battle between the Celtics and the Heat started first, with Miami taking the lead and beating the Celtics 99-90 at home.

While with the Cavaliers, James met the Celtics twice in the playoffs. Part of the reason he chose to play alongside Wade with the Heat was to beat the Celtics.

"Personally, that's exactly the case," James said, "and there's no doubt that you don't want to be beaten by the same team all the time, you don't want to be sent home by the same team, so there's a personal reason. ”

James finally stood in front of the Celtics again, this time with Wade and Bosh by his side, and the Heat's new "Big Three" and the Celtics' old "Big Three" met in a narrow way.

In the end, Dwyane Wade had 38 points and five assists, LeBron James had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Chris Bosh scored just seven points on 3-of-10 shooting but grabbed 12 rebounds. James Jones, who came off the bench, hit five three-pointers and scored 25 points.

Ray Allen scored 25 points on 5-of-8 three-pointers for the Celtics and Paul Pierce 19, but he was ejected for two technical fouls before the halfway point of the fourth quarter, Kevin Garnett had six points and eight rebounds, and Rajon Rondo had eight points and seven assists.

After that, the Mavericks came to Kobe's turf to challenge the traditional powerhouse Lakers.

This is the first time the two teams have met in the playoffs in 23 years, and neither team has met in the playoffs when the Mavericks held the offensive banner high and the Lakers OK pair swept the world, and the two teams have met three times in the regular season this season, with the Lakers winning twice.

The two teams don't seem accustomed to meeting in the playoffs, and after the opening game is still in the regular season, the defense is relatively loose. The Mavericks completed a 16-point comeback in the second half, narrowly beating the Lakers 96-94 on the road, and leading 1-0 in the second round of the playoffs.

The starting lineup for the Lakers is: Kobe Bryant, Drake Fisher, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Ron Artest.

The Mavericks' starting lineup is: Jason Kidd, DeSean Stevenson, Tyson Chandler, Dirk Nowitzki and Sean Marion.

Dirk Nowitzki hit two free throws with 19 seconds left to give the Mavericks the lead, and he contributed 28 points and 14 rebounds to become the Mavericks' number one contributor. Tyson Chandler had 11 points and nine rebounds, and Sean Marion had 10 points. Jason Terry came off the bench to score 15 points, while Kidd continued his efficient performance with 10 points and 11 assists.

The Lakers lost a good game, and Kobe Bryant contributed 30 points in the first three quarters and scored 36 points in the game. Pau Gasol had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, and Andrew Bynum had eight points and five rebounds. Lamar Odom, who came off the bench, had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

On May 3, the No. 1 team in the East and West will play against two counterattack teams, the Bulls in the East and the Hawks in the fifth, and the Grizzlies in the West.

The first game was between the Bulls and the Hawks, and the Bulls were relatively stronger, which is no doubt, and the first place in the Eastern Conference regular season is not a boastful record.

Unfortunately, Rose suffered a back injury in Game 6 of the first round, so his performance must have been greatly reduced, but coincidentally, Hawks main guard Hinrich has a hamstring strain and may be out for the entire series.

The former Bulls player faced his former club for the first time in the playoffs but was unable to play, with Jeff Teague starting in his place.

This result has a greater impact on the Hawks, because Hinrich has a good offensive and defensive and has the style of a general, he is the starting point guard, which is too helpful to the Hawks, and what is worse is that he is the boss of the Bulls, although the current Bulls have changed their appearance under Thibodeau's tutelage, but there will definitely be a shadow of the past, if Hinrich can play, whether it is actual or psychological, it can cause great damage to the Bulls.

In this way, the game between the two teams became full of unknowns, and in the end, the Bulls lost 95-103 at home to the Hawks, and lost home-court advantage after falling behind 0-1 in the second round of the playoffs.

With Hinrich out injured, Joe Johnson scored 34 points, just one point off a career-high playoff high, plus four rebounds, three assists and three steals. Jamal Crawford, who came off the bench, scored 22 points and Jeff Teague started with 10 points and five assists. Al Horford had nine points and 13 rebounds and Josh Smith had eight points.

Derrick Rose suffered a back injury and led him to a sluggish first half, scoring just five points and finishing with 24 points and 10 assists, but only 11-of-27 shooting and not making a single free throw. Luol Deng had 21 points, Carlos Boozer had 14 points and eight rebounds, and Joakim Noah had 11 points and nine rebounds.

The most unfortunate thing is that Boozer, the Bulls' main interior lineman, injured his toe in a scramble for rebounds, and he could only limp on the court in the final quarter, which also led to his inefficient play.

The Bulls have two big players with injuries, which has basically decided that their future this season is not bright, and Windy City fans can only lament the 'crime of non-war', while the Chinese fans of the Warriors laughed at them and said that they did not worship Guan Erye in this year's playoffs, and they collided with evil things, and some people also gave them ideas, asking them to wait for the playoffs to go to the Guan Gong Temple on the mainland to worship and go to the evil spirit.