On May 8, the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Hornets and the Cavaliers was played at the Cleveland Quick Loan Center.

The Hornets lost 107-119 to the Cavaliers when the world was more favored on the road.

Because the previous series against the Celtics was too easy to win, plus another ten days of rest, so in terms of game status, this Hornets is not as good as the Cavaliers, who just finished the tie-break with the Pacers.

In the game, although under Westbrook's strict defense, Curry, who shot 11 of 20 in the whole game, including 5 of 8 three-pointers and 8 of 8 free throws, scored a total of 35 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists for the Hornets.

But the teammates who led Curry to kill indiscriminately in the game before were collectively lost themselves.

Quick Loan Center, in the case of using my turtle to defend Curry, Malone specially arranged for Lore Deng to play against Paul.

At the peak of his career, Deng had considerable athleticism and was one of the best defensive wings in the NBA.

If the point guard on the Hornets team at the moment was Allen Iverson, then Malone would certainly not arrange it that way.

Because at Iverson's rate......

The 206-centimeter-tall Lore Deng is likely to have his knee shaken by Iverson during the match.

But since the player with a height of "183" cm in the Hornets at this moment is Paul......

That Malone used Deng to defend Paul's defensive arrangement, which can only be described as a clever hand.

Because although the rhythm breakthrough of our cannon is very deceptive......

But Deng, who can cover Paul by defending the area, doesn't need to worry about my cannon breaking through his defense zone with lightning speed like Iverson.

In this game, Paul only made 3 of 11 shots from the field, including free throws, and only scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

With the Cavaliers' one-eyed quadruple system, as long as Paul can't score consistently on the court, he's doomed to struggle to use his passing to support his teammates.

In addition, the Hornets' forward line performance was somewhat unsatisfactory on this night.

In the game, in addition to Leonard, who scored 14 points for the team, Klay, Butler and Middleton combined scored even less than Louis Williams in the Cavaliers.

After the game, when summing up the reasons for the defeat in this game, Wang Shuo talked about the poor state of the team's forward and defensive lines the most.

And, compared to the offense, Wang Shuo was more dissatisfied with the defense of this game.

Because once in the game, the Hornets' forward line can't effectively block the Cavaliers' feeding line to Griffin......

So with Millsap alone, how could the Hornets be able to hold off Griffin?

In fact, before the game with the Cavaliers, Wang Shuo didn't think about using Garnett to play against Griffin.

But in that case, in terms of the tacit understanding that my turtle and Silly Fen have shown on the field in the past two years......

At that time, the Hornets' interior line is likely to be penetrated by Westbrook and Griffin with their already signature hand-to-hand cooperation.

And after this G1 battle......

On the Internet, some fans who originally thought that the Hornets were already qualified to compete for the championship also proved for the first time how fickle they really are......

"As I said earlier, the Hornets are just a pseudo-strong team! What's so great about sweeping the Celtics? You see, aren't they being beaten back to their original form by the knights now? ”

"After coming to Charlotte, the king has indeed drifted...... If he was willing to recruit a few more centers when he was building the team last summer, why would the Hornets be pressed by the Cavaliers in Cleveland? ”

"After Curry left Kobe, his personal data looked a lot better...... But the Wasp is destined to not go far with him as the core, because he doesn't have that ability! ”

In the NBA, a game has always been a playoff fixture.

In this regard, Wang Shuo, who has long been surprised, did not take people's criticism of this wasp to heart.

Because after analyzing the reasons for the team's loss in G1, Wang Shuo is still full of optimism about the prospects of the Hornets in this round of the series.

In addition, after losing the G1 game, the Hornets players also held back a fire in their hearts.

Because in the eyes of the Hornets players led by Paul, this game was completely due to their failure to play well......

But after the game, those who didn't know the ball were blaming Wang Shuo's tactical arrangement.

No!

A coach of Wang Shuo's level is also something you can question?

According to the schedule, the G2 match between the Hornets and the Cavaliers will start on 11.

On the 10th, the NBA officially announced the list of winners of the major awards in the 12/13 season.

This year's best coach was elected by Vogel, who has studied under Bird and Wang Shuo.

Although when selecting this award, many peers believed that Vogel was able to bring the Lakers to the first place in the regular season this year by virtue of the legacy left by Wang Shuo.

But there are also many peers who recognize Vogel's coaching talent.

In addition, it is impossible for the NBA to give the award of best coach to Malone for three consecutive years......

And under the premise that Wang Shuo's status as a coach has been sealed, Stern hopes that there will be more excellent coaches in the NBA in the future......

Therefore, after some comprehensive consideration, Vogel, who led the Lakers to the best record in the league in the regular season this year, finally defeated Spoelstra by a narrow margin in the best coach selection.

As the highlight of the award day, the regular season MVP was won by Stephen Curry.

In the 12/13 season, Curry, who played in a total of 80 games for the Hornets in the regular season, averaged 31.2 points (2,496 points total), 6.0 rebounds (480 total), 4.1 assists (328 assists total), 2.1 steals (168 steals total) and 0.1 blocks (eight blocks total).

In addition, Curry hit a total of 408 three-pointers for the Hornets in the regular season, setting a new NBA single-season personal three-point shooting record.

In Wang Shuo's view, the only fly in the ointment is that Curry's overall shooting percentage this season is only 48.4%.

Even with his 42.8 percent three-point shooting percentage and his 90.5 percent free throw percentage, it seems that his three main shooting percentages can surpass the "180".

But according to the hard and fast rules of the "180 Club......

Because you are only eligible to be a member of a club that is known to the world for its efficiency if you shoot 50% overall, 40% from three-point range, and 90% from the free-throw line, respectively.

Therefore, even though Curry has been very effective this season, he still regrets missing the opportunity to join the "180 Club".

This year, when it comes to judging the regular season MVP, the judges gave much the same reasons as last year when Griffin was elected MVP.

In the regular season, Curry not only led the Hornets to a historic breakthrough, but he also became the first player in NBA history to shoot 400 three-pointers in a single season during the regular season.

Therefore, Curry was elected as the NBA's regular season MVP this year, which is well deserved.

On the afternoon of the 10th, at a press conference held in Cleveland, Curry, who won the NBA regular season MVP trophy for the first time, was similar to Wang Shuo's memory and delivered a speech with great positive energy.

The only difference is that in this speech, Curry mentioned Wang Shuo many times who changed his life.

In this life, Curry's achievements during his rookie contract period, in Wang Shuo's view, even the starting point Shuangwen would not dare to write like this.

Because you dare to believe it......

At present, Curry has three crowns, and still has a regular season MVP trophy and a Finals MVP trophy respectively?

In Wang Shuo's eyes, if it is an ordinary young player......

With the blessing of this honor, it is absolutely difficult for him to continue to maintain a normal heart.

But here's the good thing......

No matter how high the starting point of his career is in this life, Curry is still the elementary school student who will always be full of love for basketball in Wang Shuo's memory.

Because at the end of the day's speech, Curry was very generous in acknowledging to the world that he still has shortcomings and what he will try to improve through training in the future.

Like his confrontation.

Like his defense.

and his organization on the field.

Wang Shuo knows very well that in his memory, it is with this persistent determination that Curry can reach the top step by step.

And this is also what Wang Shuo admires most about Curry.

In addition, on the 10th, in addition to Curry, who took away the regular season MVP trophy......

This year's Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Most Improved Player were also won by Tyson Chandler, David West, Damian Lillard and Kawhi Leonard, respectively.

Even if more than a decade has passed since Chandler entered the league, as long as they think of the decision to trade Chandler back then, the Bulls management will still regret it.

Because from the Suns to the Mavericks, to the current Cavaliers......

But anyone who has used Chandler's coach has not said that Chandler is not good.

As for the other big boss in the NBA, the New Orleans uniform group that has been renamed the Pelicans this season, it feels the same way as the Bulls management.

Because even though Wang Shuo has been away from the Knicks for many years......

David West is still the Knicks' "only true nucleus" in the eyes of the world.

And Leonard, who won the most improved player this year, is somewhat because he is stained with Wang Shuo's own light.

Because Wang Shuo's team has always been full of exposure, people will be so impressed by Leonard's progress this season.

In addition to the main awards, the results of this year's Team of the Year are as follows:

First Team of the All-Tournament: Yao Ming, Griffin, Durant, Kobe, Curry.

Second Team of the All: Dajia, Duncan, Anthony, Wade, Paul.

All-Team Third Team: Horford, Nowitzki, James, Rose, Westbrook.

First Team of the All-Defensive Team: Chandler, Ibaka, Iguodala, Tony Allen, Paul.

All-Defensive Team 2: Horford, Duncan, Lore Deng, Conley, Rondo.

Actually, if you only look at the regular season performance......

Gasol's performance was significantly better than Yao Ming, who had been soaking goji berries in a thermos cup during the regular season.

But in the process of selecting NBA awards, there is also a saying of "eye edge".

In this life, Xiao Yao's status in the NBA determines that when the awards are selected, the judges are destined to think of him first before thinking of others.

However, for the current Yao Ming......

The so-called best team selection results are no longer something he cares about.

Because at this moment......

What Xiao Yao cares about, I'm afraid......

Only that championship.

On the evening of the 11th, the day after the NBA announced the results of the awards, the second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Hornets and the Cavaliers continued at the Cleveland Quick Loan Center.

After Curry was successfully elected as this season's regular season MVP, this G2 battle between the Hornets and the Cavaliers has also become a test of who has more gold content in this year's MVP and last year's MVP.

On the court, after the warm-up, the starters of both sides were officially revealed:

Hornets: Garnett, Millsap, Leonard, Klay, Curry.

Cavaliers: Chandler, Griffin, Deng, Joe Johnson, Westbrook.

In this G2 battle with the Cavaliers, Wang Shuo took the initiative to put Paul on the bench again after the previous game with the Celtics.

After the G1 battle with the Cavaliers, Wang Shuo knew very well that because the Cavaliers had Joe Johnson with hard solution ability in the front line, if he continued to use the backcourt combination of Curry and Paul in the game, the Hornets' front guard line would inevitably take care of the other.

After consulting with the assistant coaches, Wang Shuo and his assistants agreed that Klay, who currently has a "100 million" outside firepower output and can play against Joe Johnson, is more suitable to start in this game.

On the other hand, after noticing Wang Shuo's starting lineup tonight, Mike Malone couldn't help frowning.

Because in the eyes of Ma Long......

At the moment, Clay is just a 3D player after all.

As Wang Shuo's former assistant coach, Ma Long knew very well that his mentor would never change formations without being sure.

So at this moment, compared to the fact that the Hornets are destined to change formations in the G2 battle......

What made Malone even more uncomfortable was that he couldn't guess Wang Shuo's intention to arrange Clay's starting tonight.

After all......

In the absence of God's perspective, in Ma Long's eyes, the starting lineup of the Hornets tonight is obviously deficient in terms of hard solving ability.

In Malone's view, as long as the Cavaliers can guard Curry, then ......

The Hornets can't rely on Leonard's singles that aren't even small enough to break the Cavaliers' offense, right?

However, after the jump ball, as the game began......

Ma Long quickly discovered what kind of medicine Wang Shuo was selling in his gourd tonight.

On the court, the Hornets' offensive round.

After taking the initiative to get the ball to Garnett, Curry quickly gave Klay a screen on the wing.

In this cover, Curry successfully helped Klay attract the attention of Joe Johnson.

Seeing this, Garnett did not hesitate to throw the ball into Klay's hand.

Immediately after that, Clay received the ball and immediately opened fire.

Hmmm——!

Wang Shuo's previous life...... There has been a debate about whether Klay is a player with hard breaking ability.

But it doesn't matter if Clay has the ability to hard solve or not......

As long as he is on the field, he will inevitably be the focus of the opponent's attention.

Especially if he can quickly find his touch.

You know, Wang Shuo remembers......

There are not a few top NBA teams that were shot alive by Klay.

And, once you get Clay to find his touch in the game......

In a sense, whether you can defend Clay or not depends not on how good your defense is, but on whether he can shoot those balls.

Quick Loan Center, after the Cavaliers quickly chased back two points by Griffin, the Hornets attacked.

This time, although Klay did not completely get rid of Johnson, Garnett still passed the ball to Klay according to Wang Shuo's pre-game arrangement.

Hmmm——!

On the court, at the moment of Klay's three-point hollow shabu-shabu, Johnson, who was in charge of defending Klay, was a little skeptical.

Because in Johnson's opinion, Klay's three-point shot should not have been shot at all.

But you can believe it, not only did this guy shoot this three-pointer unusually resolutely in front of him......

And did he still manage to grasp it?

……