Just before the start of the second round, the NBA officially announced the regular season MVP winners for the 08-09 season, and Kobe Bryant and James suffered a complete defeat in the competition for this year's MVP.

The little emperor was so excited that he chose his alma mater, St. Mary's High School, as the official location for his first career regular season MVP, and his Cavaliers teammates would all be present to congratulate him.

James said in an interview that he and his friends will be ready to fight, the Hawks are an opponent on the rise, they just beat the Heat in a life-and-death battle, even Dwyane (Wade) can't stop their madness, in the face of such an enemy, we will fight with a sweep.

At the end of the first round, the four teams that advanced in the East were all top-four teams, with the Cavaliers sweeping the Pistons, the Celtics eliminating the Bulls 4-3, the Magic sweeping the 76ers, and the Hawks beating the Heat 4-3. With two sweeps and two tied at 4-3, it is worth mentioning that Rose had a remarkable performance in the series against the defending champions, and his highlight show added a lot of chips to the Rookie of the Year award and helped him eventually beat Mayo and Love to win the Rookie of the Year in '08-09.

And in the West, the Timberwolves easily swept the Trail Blazers. The Lakers defeated the Nuggets 4-1, the Spurs defeated the Jazz 4-2, and the most difficult was the Rockets and the Mavericks, both teams did not lose at home, lost away, and the first six games were tied 3-3, and finally at the home court of the Rockets, with Yao Ming's last-minute rebound, the Rockets narrowly beat the Mavericks by 2 points. Successfully advanced at the same time as the first round of the 04-05 season.

At the same time, the NBA's major regular season awards surfaced one by one, in addition to individual awards. The best defensive lineup with high gold content that fans are most concerned about has also been announced.

The All-Defensive Second Team of the 08-09 season consisted of Duncan, Garnett, Artest, Sean Battier and Rondo. The All-Defensive First Team is made up of Howard, Zheng Ke, and James. Kobe Bryant and Paul are composed.

In the second year of his career, Zheng Ke was selected as the best defensive team, but no one questioned the list. Seem. Zheng Ke's good defense has become a recognized thing, even some people who are unhappy with him will never talk about Zheng Ke's defense, and many fans are still angry about Zheng Ke's failure to be selected as the best defensive player. The arrival of this list made them happy again.

And in the selection of the best team. It is not uncommon for young players to be disadvantaged either because of their record or for some other reason.

Just like the All-Stars, top scorers such as Durant and Granger were not selected to the All-Star team, and even players such as Anthony and Bosh were once again ignored. There is no way, there are more monks and less porridge, and every year there will be people complaining about the unsuccessful players.

In the third lineup. Billups, Parker partnered in the backcourt. Pierce, Pau Gasol as the forward lineup, and Big Shark O'Neal became the center of the three-team.

And according to the vote, Chris Paul, Brandon Roy, Zheng Ke, Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard formed the second team.

Wade, Kobe, James, Nowitzki and Yao Ming were the best first team in the 08-09 regular season. Yao Ming was the first-time First Team All-Defensive player, and he averaged 25.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and even Howard, the best defensive player, was relegated to the second team because of his position.

As for the competition between Duncan and Nowitzki, it can only be said that it is difficult to distinguish. Moreover, the German tank's statistics are very gorgeous, averaging 25.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game compared to Duncan's average of 19.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.

The Chinese media does not care so much, they are now writing about this year's NBA, in today's rapid popularity of basketball, the deeds of the two Chinese in the land of American imperialism, even surpassing the vast majority of blacks, are really worth reporting, not to mention that the two of them won glory for the country, and set a series of Asian athlete records in the NBA behind them.

In contrast, South Korea and Japan, two media outlets that often ridicule Chinese football, can no longer laugh, and the only thing they can do is to sing the praises of their merits other than to create evidence that "Jung Ek is Korean" as always. Compared with the authentic Chinese face, Yao Ming, who is slightly honest, looks handsome, and has a fierce ball style, Zheng Ke is more in line with the image of "brother" in the hearts of young girls in two countries. According to a survey, Zheng Ke has become the most popular Chinese star in the two countries, and it is really puzzling to have such a thing in today's influx of Japanese stars and Korean stars into China to pan for gold.

In addition, in Southeast Asian countries, Zheng Ke's fame is also growing day by day, and Schwertz has received countless invitations to participate in various programs. In his spare time, he has to admit that Zheng Ke's ability to attract gold has surpassed any other NBA player in his hands, including Kidd, and he is a well-deserved No. 1.

Of course, the Timberwolves also make money.

Zheng Ke faintly stepped into the ranks of NBA superstars, and the Timberwolves' fame soared in Asia, not to mention various advertisers waving checks, crying and laughing and asking for advertisements on the Timberwolves' home court.

Glenn Taylor has made up his mind that he must keep Zheng Ke, and he can pay any price for this. He's a smart businessman, he knows what these championship-hungry players want, and he's also very good at business, and if the Timberwolves can win the championship, it will definitely bring him more benefits. So, even if he needs to pay luxury tax next year, or one day in the future, he will admit it, provided that Zheng Ke must stay.

The Timberwolves' second-round opponent is the Lakers, which is a formidable opponent.

Among the many teams in the West, the Lakers in the Mesozoic Era are the most terrifying, and Pau Gasol's arrival has put the most important piece in the Lakers' championship puzzle.

This year is Gasol's second year with the Lakers, and Phil Jackson's triangle offense has long been familiar with it, Kobe Bryant is at his peak, Bynum, Odom, Ariza, Fisher, Famar, etc., even the soy sauce man on the bench Vujacic is also a master who can soak in the tennis star Sava, which can be said to be strong.

Due to the regular season record, Zheng Ke and other Timberwolves players need to go to Los Angeles to participate in the game, so according to the convention, the day before the game, the whole Timberwolves team will prepare to set off on a special plane.

Zheng Ke got up in the morning, washed up, and walked into the living room, where Taylor had already prepared breakfast for him.

Xiao Zheng Shuang, who is already six months old, can already identify his mother, and every time he sees Taylor and Zheng Ke come home, he will be inexplicably excited, he always likes to see the reflection of his parents and himself in the mirror and try to get close to it.

Zheng Ke greeted: "Good morning, Xiao Shuang." ”

However, Xiao Zheng Shuang obviously doesn't have Zheng Ke's account, and he seems a little careless about this long-term father, but lowers his head and plays with the toys on the ground.

"Are you going to Los Angeles together, Taylor?" Zheng Ke took a sip of milk and asked Taylor with a smile.

"Of course," Taylor raised his eyebrows, his expression fluttering, "I have the number 24 jersey, you know." ”

Zheng Ke's face was suddenly full of grievances, and he smiled bitterly: "No, Taylor, you must be joking." ”

"Haha," Taylor couldn't help but laugh, she showed a mouthful of neat white teeth, and said, "It's funny for you, but I really knew about the Lakers before." Now I'm a standard glove guy. ”

After speaking, Taylor took out a blue Timberwolves jersey from under the table, which was Zheng Ke's No. 17, Taylor's height of 1.8 meters, but he looked particularly petite in front of this autumn coat.

Taylor hasn't been to Los Angeles for a long time, and she also wants to take this opportunity to take a good look at Los Angeles, you know, she has a lot of friends who are now developing in Hollywood, and this time the Timberwolves are away to challenge the Lakers, and when she has nothing to do, she can go for a ride everywhere, maybe with musical inspiration.

After winning so many awards, Zheng Ke's ability value still hasn't changed much, and his current ability value has entered a bottleneck period, growing bit by bit, but it is extremely slow, and he can't usually see it. Now what he wants to do most is to practice various techniques this summer, and he believes that with a deep "internal force", what other "tricks" can stump him?

In the afternoon, the entire Timberwolves team, some of the players' families, flew to Los Angeles together to start the pregame training to adapt to the venue.

On the evening of May 4th, Monday, at Staples Arena in Los Angeles, the Western Conference semifinals Lakers VS Timberwolves officially started! (To be continued......)