After the first game, the whole team of the Clippers made up their minds.

Back in the locker room after the game, Jordan commented on tonight's opponent: "The madman has no ability but no leadership temperament, Marbury has the ambition to lead the team but is not capable, Johnson has good talent but lacks ability and is not reused, Marion has ability and enthusiasm, but he is not enough to connect the inside and outside...... They don't have the possibility of winning us, and they don't have the conditions to win us, we just need to play steadily. ”

Jordan's pointing tone was very comfortable for his teammates to listen to, because this man deserves to speak like this.

Big Q didn't hear enough and asked, "Michael, which teams do you think will make it to the second round in other series?" ”

Jordan likes Da Q very much, and it just so happens that he didn't say enough, he only played for 13 minutes tonight, and he had nowhere to use his strength, and analyzed:

"The Magic and the Nets definitely made the cut.

The strongest on the Wizards were Brand and Hamilton, who were unlucky enough to meet Duncan and McGrady, who were stronger than them.

No one on the Hornets is Kidd's opponent, and no one in the East can stop Kidd from winning the next series except Duncan.

I guess they will lose at most 1 game, and if it is still a best-of-5 system, they will definitely not lose 1 game. ”

"The Pistons are strong on the outside, but they are too weak on the inside, and they just met Iverson, who broke through the most, and Iverson narrowed the gap between the 76ers and the Pistons, and if the Pistons can't make effective adjustments, the 76ers are more likely to advance."

"The Pacers have a better roster than the Raptors, but the Pacers coach can't, the offense is too poor, the defensive system is good but not enough to stop Carter."

"The Lakers and the Trail Blazers, I think the Trail Blazers are actually stronger, but the Lakers have Black Mamba and Big Sharks, and whoever wins, it's going to be tough."

"The Timberwolves and the Kings, if Garnett can keep that kind of restriction on Webber, the Kings will have a hard time making it this year."

"It's a pity for the Mavericks, they are very unlucky, if they meet the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers, they have a big chance of winning, but they just met the Jazz team who restrained them, they took the offensive and defensive line this season, but neither the offensive nor defensive intensity was enough, the Jazz are very good at dealing with such teams......"

Li Ao listened to Jordan's guidance while doing physiotherapy on the side, only from the point of analyzing the situation, the god of basketball is worthy of being the god of basketball.

It's just that Jordan's analysis angle is less and less like a player......

The first game of the first round of the 8-group series was all played, and the playoffs were opened.

On the 22nd, the league announced the best coach award, and Gentry, who won 70 wins, beat Rivers, who had no consecutive defeats in a single season, to win the best coach.

Winning the best coach for the second time in three years, Gentry has been plated with another layer of gold.

On the 23rd, the league announced the Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Awards.

Jordan received 49 first-place votes, with a total score share of 27.2%, and beat Odom, who received 35 first-place votes and a total score ratio of 24.1%, to win the best sixth man.

Arenas received 101 first-place votes and won the Most Improved Award with an absolute margin of 50.1% of the total score.

On the night of the award, Jordan performed coquettishly in the second game of the series with the Suns, shooting 8 of 14, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, plus 6 of 8 free throws, and clocked out with 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in the third quarter.

With a record advantage of nearly 30 wins, the Clippers theoretically have the possibility of underestimating the enemy, and in fact, they do have the idea of underestimating the enemy, and they are also full of contempt for the Suns in terms of preparation...... But he couldn't stand Marbury's death, and single-handedly increased the concentration of the Clippers players.

Jordan was 40 years old and was happy to win a personal trophy, but Marbury jumped out for an interview and said that Odom and Kirilenko are the real best sixth men, and Jordan's performance is not deserved.

So Jordan let Marbury know if he deserved it!

Playing this kind of thing, Jordan is quite skilled, he scores singles, shrinks and grabs the board, passes occasionally, and many are not touched, and the main one is to promote his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and it seems that the veteran is still very hard.

Jordan played so hard and commanded with swearing, his teammates must have to stand up and go all out on both offensive and defensive ends......

102-85, the Clippers beat the Suns again, leading 2-0.

On the 24th, the league announced the best rookie award.

The Little Giant lost to the Little Overlord by 19 points and lost the best rookie.

Yao Ming was quite unlucky, he joined this year, and it happened to meet the 'small award voting reform'.

Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Fastest Player before this year...... and other awards, all of which are single-vote systems, that is, one voter has 1 vote, and the final vote is purely compared.

This year, it became everyone casting first, second, third...... Candidates, each ticket has a different point value.

Yao Ming played 82 games in his rookie season, averaging 14.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.4 steals and 2 blocks per game, with a team record of 39 wins and 43 losses, and received 61 of the 115 first-place votes.

Stoudemire was also a full-time player in his rookie season, averaging 13.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.8 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, with a team record of 43 wins and 39 losses, and only 54 votes in the first place, losing to Yao Ming.

However, the second vote Stoudemire was higher than Yao Ming, and won the best rookie with 40.6% of the total score and Yao Ming with 39.1% of the total score.

According to the media's analysis, Yao Ming had more votes in the first vote because he performed better personally, and Xiaobawang was able to reverse the situation with the second vote because the Suns had a better record.

When competing for the best rookie, Yao Ming became a disadvantage in New York.

His one showed the other players how hard his punches were, but it also hit black, and in New York, it was amplified even more than in Los Angeles.

On the 26th, the Clippers came to Phoenix to play the Suns.

Li Ao made 6 of 12 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 15 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block; O'Neal Jr. shot 6-of-11 from the field, plus 2-of-4 from the free-throw line, to finish with 14 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Jordan and Odom, who came off the bench, both scored 19 points.

Bibby had 7 points and 5 assists, Jaric had 5 points and 4 assists, Gerard Wallace and Matt Harprin both had 7 points and 6 points and 2 assists......

The Clippers scored in double figures for four players, and all 11 players scored to beat the Suns 108-85 to make it 3-0.

The Madman shot 9-of-17 from the field, plus 9-of-10 from the free-throw line, scoring a game-high 27 points, and Marion's 16 points and 8 boards were okay.

But Marbury had 22 points and four assists on 9-of-27 shooting......

In this series, Marbury showed people how much he can't play in the playoffs, he played extremely well in the regular season, averaging 22 points and 8 assists per game, but in the playoffs, it was still the same as the regular season, and the efficiency was too low.

On April 28, at 8:30 p.m., the Clippers played Game 4 of the series against the Suns on the road.

Trailing 3-0, the Suns still want to give it a go.

Although Marbury's playoff performance was pulled, he never gave up, and the madmen and Marion were not people who gave up easily, and the Suns played quite good defense tonight, leading the Clippers 20-15 in the first quarter.

The Clippers were caught off guard in the first quarter, but quickly recovered in the second quarter and returned the Suns to a 21-18 run, narrowing the deficit to two points at halftime and trailing 36-38.

In the third quarter, the Suns proved one thing to non-top defensive teams with a painful experience - it's okay not to fight with the Clippers defensively.

The Clippers played the strongest five-man group in the third quarter, scoring 24 points while preventing the Suns from scoring only 14 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers outscored the Suns by 8 points 60-52.

Marbury broke out in the final quarter, scoring 9 points in a single quarter and leading the team to 23 points, but the Clippers also scored 20 points in the final quarter, and the Suns' late comeback did not pose a substantial threat to the Clippers.

Marbury played his best performance of the series tonight, shooting 10-of-25 from the field, not shooting highly, but it was good to get 4, including 3-of-9 three-pointers, plus 4-of-4 free throws, to get 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

It turns out that he is not without the ability to play well in the playoffs, tonight's intensity of defense, a scoring point guard can have a 40% shooting rate is very good, and the player who is so solid as Bibby on the opposite side only scored 12 points and 3 assists on 3-of-9 shooting.

What Marbury lacks is experience in the playoffs, and he's been improving in this series, but by the time the progress can be seen, his playoff journey is over.

Li Ao made 9 of 20 shots, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 22 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks;

O'Neal Jr. made 8 of 18 shots, plus 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 18 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks;

Jordan, who came off the bench, made 4 of 9 shots, plus 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists;

Bibby shot 3-of-9, including 3-of-7 three-pointers, and added 3-of-3 free throws to finish with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists......

80-75, the Clippers defeated the Suns by 5 points, and advanced to the second round with a score of 4-0!

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After the game, Li Ao could clearly feel the change in the attitude of the fans towards them.

Before, they were just opponents, but now, they have become the hated enemies of Suns fans.

In the past, Li Ao always felt that the Lakers were too hateful, and now, their Clippers have also embarked on the Lakers' 'old path'.

Defeating an opponent head-on in the playoffs will inevitably reap the hatred of the fans of this team, just like in the 01 playoffs, the Clippers lost to the Kings, and the Clippers fans regarded the Kings as their most hated enemy.

In 4 games, the Clippers averaged 99.25 points per game, and the Suns averaged only 79.75 points per game, with an average net win of 19.5 points per game.

This series was the easiest for Li Ao in his three seasons in the NBA, averaging 28 minutes per game, scoring 19 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.2 blocks.

The series with the Suns was easy, and Li Ao had time to focus on other series.

The situation analysis of the basketball god is still very powerful.

Before the Clippers, the Magic and Nets had already advanced to the second round.

The Magic swept the Wizards 4-0.

Duncan averaged 21.5 points, 10 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3 blocks per game, shooting 60 percent from the field and 9-of-15 from the field but ...... free throws In the four games, he made a total of 28 free throws, and only 14 were shot, which was 10 percentage points lower than the shooting percentage.

Duncan, on the other hand, shot 42.5 percent from the field in this series......

Maddy averaged 21 points, 6.25 boards, 3.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, and Kassel averaged 18 points and 8.5 assists per game.

Brand and Hamilton, who played in the playoffs for the first time, learned a good lesson.

However, the dominant performance of the Magic's three stars, like the dominant performance of the Clippers, is the one that is ignored by fans among the three teams that swept the promotion.

Kidd averaged 15.5 points, 10.7 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game in 4 games, and 3 triple-doubles in 4 games!

In the regular season this season, Kidd played in 80 games, averaging 21.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game, and scored 22 triple-doubles, becoming the first player in the modern basketball era and the third player in NBA history to have more than 20 triple-doubles in a single season.

With these three triple-doubles, Kidd's playoff triple-doubles have reached 9, and he has rushed to the third place in the playoffs for triple-doubles, only 1 away from the second-place big birdie and only ...... away from the first-place Magic 21 times.

The Magic's 30 playoff triple-doubles are seen as unbeatable as Chamberlain's 100 points per game.

It's too much to do that, you have to play enough playoffs, have a high concentration of possession, and have teammates who are good enough to shoot the basketball......

Even in the era of triple doubles 20 years later, there are only a handful of players who have had 10 triple-doubles in their career playoffs, play many playoffs every year, and their teammates have always been strong, and their teammates have always been strong...... The future goats were very close to this record, but they were not able to surpass it until they retired.

In the other 5 group series, the Trail Blazers and Lakers, Raptors and Pacers, Mavericks and Jazz played very anxiously, and the big scores were all tied 2-2.

Timberwolves vs. Kings, 76ers vs. Pistons...... All lead 3-1!

Garnett and Iverson played the first four games, and the limelight even overshadowed Kidd.

Kidd's performance is exaggerated, but in the end, it is just a game of abuse.

Garnett and Iverson single-handedly beat the top teams.

swept early to advance, Li Ao is very happy, and then there will be time to watch the match between Garnett and Iverson!

But the next morning, an interview silenced him for a while......

Last night, the 76ers beat the Pistons 108-102 at home to take a 3-1 lead, and Iverson said in an interview after the game: "If it was last year, I would have been able to think about second-round opponents like Spider-Man did. ”

Here's the content of the interview, and the headline is - "Answer: I'm already thinking about the next round of opponents, just like Spider-Man"

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On May 1, the Pistons who returned to their home court turned on the rampage mode, and their whole team was enraged by Iverson, who scored 129 points and beat the 76ers 129-106.

Ray Allen shot 18-of-32 from the field, including 9-of-16 from three-point range, setting a new NBA playoff single-game three-point shooting record, plus 6-of-7 free throws, smashing a career-high 51 points per game in the playoffs.

Iverson was still grumpy tonight, shooting 13-of-22 and 9-of-9 free throws to finish with 35 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, but was beaten up by Ray Allen.

Li Ao watched the live broadcast, and this game ...... In fact, it's pretty good, in addition to Ray Allen's 51 points, Billups's 12 points and 19 assists are also eye-catching, Ben Wallace has 8 points and 22 boards, Artest has 16 shots and 9 shots plus 6 of 4 free throws to get 22 points, 7 boards, 1 assist, 3 steals and 2 blocks......

The answer to the buff on the right glove is to be powerful, and it set the Pistons on fire who were about to lose their fighting spirit.

Li Ao watched the G4 of the 76ers and the Pistons, in that game, Iverson shot 14 of 29, plus 13 of 15 free throws and scored 41 points and 6 assists, and single-handedly overturned the Pistons.

Even tough guys like Artest and Ben Wallace had already exploded their mentality at that time, and the whole team didn't score as a little man.

But because of Iverson's words, the Pistons played with their lives tonight as if they were meeting someone who cut off their financial route.

After the game, Li Ao saw a close-up of the faces of the Pistons players, his spirit changed suddenly, and his lost self-confidence returned.

In fact, if you read the full text of Iverson's interview, you will know that Iverson does not mean to look down on the Pistons, but when the media publishes the news, the headline is just one sentence, plus the fans take it out of context......

Li Ao wondered, what special button was it to lead the Pistons 3-1 in the next gram?

Iverson too, if you want to think about it in the next round, you can think about it, and he also mentioned him Spider-Man.

If it was him Spider-Man himself who offended the Pistons, it didn't matter, now it feels like a pot has fallen from the sky.

Look at Garnett, the thief is smart at this time.

After the strength of the Kings G4, the heart was also defeated, and Garnett caught his teammates after the game and praised him, resolutely not giving the Kings a buff.

In G5, Garnett made 12 of 20 shots, plus 6 of 8 free throws, scored 30 points, 13 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, and led the Timberwolves to defeat the Kings 106-98 and advance to the second round with a score of 4-1.

After a wave of Iverson, Li Ao turned his attention to his own playoffs.

Although he guessed that the Timberwolves might advance, he didn't expect the Timberwolves to really win! And so neatly.

From the G5 live broadcast, Li Ao saw that the other players of the Kings team had frustration written on their faces.

The difference between the performances of the leading stars of the two teams is too great.

In five games, Garnett averaged 27.8 points, 18.6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2.6 steals and 2.2 blocks per game, shooting 51.4% from the field.

Webb averaged 17.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 44 percent from the field.

In addition to the performance gap between the leading stars, the manager's on-the-spot adaptability gap is also reflected, and Philip Saunders has extended Garnett's advantage to the extreme.

On the Kings' side, Adelman was almost helpless after his star was suppressed, which led to the collapse of the team's confidence.

After this series, the topic of who is the second most powerful forward in the league has been decided.

If the position is divided by the style of play, then Garnett is the first big forward, and his personal ability is the second place.

Li Ao is a little regretful that he can't play against the gorgeous Kings in the playoffs for the third year in a row, but he is still looking forward to playing against Garnett, who is at the peak of his personal ability.

Garnett is the only team to beat the Clippers twice in the regular season this season!

That's it, Garnett's 6th consecutive first round of swimming is broken, and he can't summon the dragon in a row...... There is a high probability that the Suns will not let go of the madman, the madman has two years left on his contract, and Colangelo Jr. will definitely not give the madman to the Timberwolves for nothing like Dolan, and the Magic management should not let go of Cassel as long as they don't brainstorm...... Where do you find the other two heads of the husky?

Originally, the 'loyalty' of the wolf king in time and space continued until 07.

Now in this situation, if the Timberwolves fail to get back a few strong helpers for Garnett next season, will he renew his contract with the Timberwolves after his 28 million highest salary in the league in 04 ends?

(End of chapter)