Time has come to May 16 in a blink of an eye, and the NBA official is about to reveal the mystery of the selection of the MVP of the 06-07 regular season.

A few days ago, officials named three candidates: Doon, Nowitzki and Nash.

Doon was already a two-time MVP last year, and this year's regular season record did not make a breakthrough, so it is naturally impossible to win the regular season MVP again.

As for the Eastern stars, although many newcomers have emerged in the past few seasons, they have not been able to beat the Chicago Bulls, and naturally they cannot directly bypass Doane and win the regular season MVP.

Therefore, this season's regular season MVP winner will only be among the candidates in the West.

It is worth mentioning that both Nowitzki's Mavericks and Nash's Suns are now in the middle of a tough battle in the Western Conference semifinals.

In the past few days, the Mavericks relied on returning to their home court to win a game.

The Suns lost another game to the Spurs because of the away game.

At this juncture, the announcement of the regular season MVP award is likely to spur Nowitzki or Nash to burst into more potential and lead their teams to victory.

As a result, the trend of the Western Conference playoffs this year will also be greatly affected.

"Doon, who do you think is more likely to win the regular season MVP?"

After Scott Skyles' question, Doon replied without thinking, "It should be Dirk."

They are the number one team in the league and they had a good team record last year.

Dirk is a strong player, and he's strong enough to win the regular season MVP.

And with last year's experience, I think he's grown even further. ”

"In addition, I also hope that Dirk can win the regular season MVP and work hard to lead the team to beat the Los Angeles Lakers!

We've beaten them once last year!

If we meet again in the finals, we will have a big psychological advantage.

If the Dallas Mavericks are defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers, we won't be able to handle a new opponent.

The two games we played against the Los Angeles Lakers this season weren't exactly what they did.

In other words, we know very little about the current Los Angeles Lakers.

And they've probably been studying us for a season. ”

Doon isn't entirely hoping that Nowitzki can lead the team to eliminate the Lakers.

Taking a step back, for the Bulls, it is a good thing that the Mavericks can play one more game against the Lakers, whether they win or lose.

The more intense the Western Conference playoffs be, the greater the physical exertion of the Western stars, and the greater the advantage that the Bulls will have in the Finals.

"Doon, you guessed it!"

It wasn't long before Doon predicted Nowitzki to be the regular season MVP of the season, and the league officially announced the results.

And with Nowitzki becoming the new regular season MVP, the Mavericks and the Lakers' G6 are also playing more intensely.

Nowitzki lived up to the regular season MVP, scoring 41 points in G6 to lead the Mavericks to victory.

The Mavericks were originally the No. 1 team in the West and the No. 1 team in the league, and once Nowitzki was brave, there were really few teams qualified to be the Mavericks' opponents.

And with the Lakers leading 3-1 from the beginning and being chased by the Mavericks for two games in a row, the two teams will next play a tie-break in Dallas, and the situation is immediately unfavorable for the Lakers.

As it stands, the Mavericks appear to be the more likely team to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

Fast forward to the next night, and the results of the other round of semifinals in the West finally came to fruition.

The Suns lost to the Spurs and lost again, being taken away by the Spurs 4-2.

On the second night of the Spurs' advance to the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers' interior Gasol and Odom both broke out, scoring 47 points, 23 rebounds and 10 assists, leading Kobe Bryant, who scored 14 points on 12 shots, and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

In the tie-breaker, it is relatively normal for the big team to score fewer points, but they can win.

After all, the team's big man is usually the team's first scoring point, and in the tie-break, the opponent focuses on defense, and the score is naturally less.

At this time, it is a special test of the team's configuration, to see if other players can stand up and score.

If the second leader of the team can only score seven or eight points and score single-digit points in a single game, then there is no need to play.

The Lakers were able to win the game by relying on other players' high scores, which shows that the Lakers have a good configuration this season and have the possibility of winning the championship.

And this is exactly what fans often call the champion phase!

The Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals, which is undoubtedly bad news for the Bulls.

Kobe Bryant has a saying for playing Spurs!

Moreover, Big Gasol also relied on the just-concluded tie-break to prove that he is very suitable for the triangle offense and suitable for playing next to Kobe.

No matter how strong the defensive strength of the team, it can only send five people to play at the same time, once the team's defensive resources are placed on the outside, then the inside line will inevitably expose some loopholes.

Doune used to play under Zen masters, so he naturally knew how the triangle attack could be a blessing for star singles.

Originally, Doon thought that Gasol would not integrate into the team so quickly by relying on half a season.

But now I still underestimate the ball quotient of Pau Gasol and the belief that the Lakers want to win and win the championship.

There is no doubt that the rise of the Lakers in the West has made the Bulls, as the defending champions, more challenging in the next games.

For now, though, Doon needs to refocus his attention on the east.

If you want to play against the Lakers in the Finals, you still need to pass the Pistons first.

In fact, it didn't take long for the Lakers to advance to the Western Conference Finals, on May 20, the Eastern Conference Finals G1 between the Bulls and the Pistons was played at the Chicago Union Center.

The Pistons' defensive strategy is more targeted, which is to limit Doane from taking the ball and restricting Doane from attacking with the ball.

Once Doon got the ball in the frontcourt, he didn't play a high block with the team on the inside, and the Pistons delayed the inside line early and cooperated with Prince to pinch the shot.

Because of his early pinch from beyond the three-point line, Doon passes to either Tyson Chandler or Josh Smith, who has to dribble to the basket himself and then attack.

And the time to dribble is the reaction time of the Pistons, and it is also the time to force the Bulls to miss the dribble.

The Pistons seem to be eager to capitalize on the Bulls' turnovers and build a scoring advantage on defensive counter-attacks.

However, the Bulls are not Mavericks, and their offensive tactics are not star singles, but rather focus on breaking points and passing cuts.

Whether it's Tyson Chandler or Josh Smith, daily training requires practicing passing.

The Pistons' defense can't be said to be ineffective, but the Bulls, after noticing the initial problems in the first quarter, quickly used the Pistons' defensive strategy to counter.

The Bulls move the ball in a wide range to make the Pistons players run frequently and consume a lot of physical energy.

And by transferring the ball to get the opportunity to shoot in the open space, the Bulls' outside shooting and inside cutting scoring efficiency is also higher than the first two rounds of G1.

As for the Bulls' defense of the Pistons, it is still dominated by man-to-man.

The Pistons are a civilian team, and the strength of the starting five Tigers is relatively balanced.

Even if Big Ben leaves, at most the defensive quality has dropped a bit, and if you really want to talk about it, Antonio McDies has taken Big Ben's place, and the offensive ability is slightly stronger.

Therefore, a team like the Pistons, whose starting five Tigers scored in double figures per game, must not be specifically aimed at Hamilton or Billups alone.

However, the problem with civilian teams is that the ceiling is insufficient.

Billups and Hamilton can take turns to explode, but they can't explode every game.

And the attitude of the bulls is to consume with them!

G1 Doon plays on the outside, and as long as the Pistons don't get caught up, he takes the initiative to play Billups or Hamilton.

It was also because of the Pistons' early delay that they were cut by the Bulls and walked the dog, and in the second half, the Pistons had a lot less of pinching on Doon.

And no matter how good Hamilton's physical strength is, he constantly suffers from physical confrontation, and his shooting percentage will still decline.

Not to mention, Hamilton's mid-range shooting rate is originally more than 40%, once the shooting percentage falls below 40%, it will become a cancer and undercover.

The same goes for Billups.

Byron Davis and Ben Gordon got the ball to trouble Billups, Billups couldn't rely on his teammates to share the defensive pressure, and as the game progressed, the physical confrontation increased, and the offensive efficiency naturally became less and less.

74-93, the Pistons limited the Bulls' scoring through excellent defense, but also defended themselves to death.

On the Bulls' side, Doon only scored 20 points, but in addition to Doon, the Bulls also scored double figures with Byron Davis, Roel Deng and Ben Gordon.

As for interior players such as Tyson Chandler, although the lack of Doon feeds, the scoring ability has decreased slightly.

But for the Bulls, it's not a bad thing. After all, there is more stamina and can be invested on the defensive end, which in turn can better limit the scoring of Pistons players on the inside.

For the vast majority of players, playoff stats aren't as important as regular-season stats.

As long as the Bulls can consistently win in the playoffs and bring championships to other players, a little personal data is obviously nothing.

After winning G1, the Bulls continued to work hard and soon enjoyed their second win in the Eastern Conference Finals.

On May 22, 81-98, the Bulls continued to take advantage of the home court, relying on team basketball, and beat the Pistons to achieve a hearty victory.

This time, although the Pistons adjusted their defensive strategy, their own offensive problems still could not be solved.

And Doon didn't play too hard when the team was far ahead in scoring.

In G2, Doon clocked in the third quarter and a half, and only took 13 shots to get 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Dwan's ability to win the game with a small test is enough to show the gap between the Pistons and the Bulls.

However, Doon is still very clear in his heart that the overall strength of the team has an advantage, which does not mean that the next game is very good.

As far as this series is concerned, the next two away games are the real test, and the games that are really worthy of Doon's full effort.

The league won't let the Bulls win too easily, and the Pistons' group of veterans, with their desire to win and their desire for a championship, are definitely not like the Cavaliers, who gave up the game early if they couldn't play and decided to put their hopes on coming back next year.

Sure enough, at G3, the show really began.

The Pistons' defensive intensity was already extraordinary, and now G3 has been blessed by the home whistle.

After the start of the game, the shooting interference and physical confrontation suffered by the Bulls directly improved several notches compared with the previous two games.

On the offensive end, the Pistons' main attackers tonight became Billups, Prince and Roaring Celestial.

The Pistons tried more to break through the basket and build a scoring advantage by making kills and scoring under the basket.

Because of the whistle problem, the Bulls once trailed the Pistons in the first half in scoring.

However, Doon took the initiative to adjust his playing time and specifically picked the second lineup of the Pistons to play.

In the end, with Doon's unremitting efforts, Doon finally seized the opportunity at the end of the second quarter and played a wave of 6-0 small climax.

not only completely erased the point difference, but also caught up and overtook the score.

In this regard, the piston is also not much to do.

Breakthrough and lethal play inevitably comes with a lot of physical confrontation, which in turn accelerates the consumption of the player's physical strength.

In the first two Eastern Conference Finals games, the Bulls' main force played with spare energy, but the Pistons' starting five tigers all went all out, and the physical consumption was naturally a lot.

Because of this, no matter how hard the Pistons are to play the main force, they will inevitably send bench players to last three or four minutes in a game.

In fact, the elder Sanders has tried his best to then play with the substitutes with the main players.

But Doon has so much experience!

If you were someone else, you wouldn't be able to play such a staggered travel effect, but Doon could seize such an opportunity to beat the lineup of the Pistons transition section to a loss.

It is also because of Doon's strength that it has become more difficult to win G3.

The Pistons continued to have someone who could step up and score, while the Bulls picked up speed in the second half and used running and shooting to affect the Pistons' offensive tempo.

The main players of the Pistons were already very tired, and the pace of the game in the third quarter was so fast, and the physical strength saved during the halftime break was squandered in less than half a quarter of the game.

'We need to stay motivated and not keep them leading us.'

'They're running so fast, you can't just chase them, we're not young anymore and we have to slow down.'

'It's all about scoring, we have to hold on, we have to at least throw in the free throws.'

As the point difference gradually widened in the third quarter, even the referee's whistle could not prevent the Bulls from extending their advantage.

Among the Pistons Five Tigers, there are also different opinions.

In the end, it was still under the control of Billups, and the Pistons took the initiative to slow down the pace of the game, wanting to play steadily and score as soon as possible to narrow the disadvantage.

However, the Bulls just relied on their youth, relied on their vitality, and focused on a fast attack, which made the Pistons exhausted.

Normally, a team with strong discipline like the Pistons is thankless.

But who made the Pistons interior players older and couldn't run anymore?

The Bulls rely on the fact that there are a large number of young players on the team, especially a lot of forward players who can come in handy, to fight hand-to-hand with the Pistons and compete with the Pistons for speed.

Relying on the running and bombing in the third quarter and the hard solution in the Doane positional battle, the score on the court has come to 75-64 by the end of the third quarter, and the Bulls have established an 11-point lead.

Judging from the entire series, the Pistons are in a poor offensive situation.

In the fourth quarter, the Pistons naturally couldn't suddenly change their appearance and create some unexpected scares for the Bulls.

100-87, the Eastern Conference finals reached G3, and the Bulls scored three digits in a single game for the first time.

Compared with the previous two games, although the Pistons made more free throws, the final result did not change much.

It can only be said that this is the gap in hard power, and this is the problem that the team will inevitably face in the playoffs without a superstar.

There are superstars, and with the explosion of superstars, maybe they can win one game and see the hope of winning the series.

And without superstars, relying on team basketball alone, that is, the lower limit is good, but the upper limit can be seen at a glance.

In a game like the Pistons, as long as the Bulls can't limit their scoring, they can't win the game by breaking their heads.

It's just that the bull has a dun, and he can't limit it.

After all, Doon is not only strong personally, but also likes to use his brain when he plays.

No matter how many Pistons defensive resources there are, it is impossible to limit Doon fiercely in 48 minutes of a game.

And Doon was able to take advantage of the seven or eight minutes of the window to show the strength of the league ruler and beat the NBA players who defended him into the CBA.

In other words, after winning G3, there is not much pressure on the Bulls' side.

The next G4 is also a process and a normal performance with the Pistons players.

However, when G5 returned to Chicago to play, the Pistons' performance scared the Bulls players.

With the victory of G4, the Pistons, who regained their confidence in winning, played a momentum that they were willing to dare to pull the emperor off the horse.

The Bulls were suppressed by the Pistons for the first quarter and a half of G5.

Of course, it's not entirely that the Pistons players play well, but that the Bulls' mentality is too loose.

But it doesn't matter, Doon will make a move.

relied on Doon's strength in the second half of the second quarter, and even though the Pistons had a certain coping strategy, they still couldn't prevent Doane from scoring.

After all, basketball was the side with the most points to win the game, and in the final seconds of the second quarter, Doon made another crucial three-pointer to finally turn the score around.

Billups tried to respond with a three-point shot from the midcourt, but the shot was a little off, and the Bulls eventually led by one point and entered the second half.

And Doon also took advantage of the key three-pointer he made not long ago, and after returning to the locker room, he knocked on his teammates and reshaped the atmosphere in the locker room.

The vast majority of NBA players don't think they have too much honor.

Win tonight's game and the Bulls will have another Eastern Conference title.

Before the game started, some Bulls players had also noticed that the NBA official had shipped the Eastern Conference championship trophy, and the Bulls team had also prepared championship shirts and baseball caps for everyone.

To put it bluntly, the celebration banquet has already been arranged, how can you wait for it to be cold?

In the second half, the Bulls players who returned to the court once again played at the level that a championship member should have.

Originally, the Pistons wanted to limit Doane's scoring and avoid the situation of the first half in order to win tonight.

Who would have thought, before Doon could make much effort, the Pistons couldn't resist it.

It was also the improper allocation of defensive resources, and the Pistons almost lost the possibility of turning defeat into victory in the third quarter.

The Bulls entered the fourth quarter with a nine-point lead and eventually maintained a nine-point lead to win the game.

It didn't take long for Doon and the others to once again stand on the makeshift podium of the Eastern Conference champions.

"Second crown! Second crown! Second crown! ”

As Doon lifted the trophy, the fans chanted in unison.

This also made Doon a little dazed, mistakenly thinking that he had won the finals tonight and lifted the second big championship of his career.

"Where's Champagne? Where's my champagne? ”

"If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't come home!"

"Play music, dance!"

"Eat what you should eat, drink what you should drink, everyone is a hero, we are the champions!"

After reaching the finals again, the Bulls rarely relaxed.

Take advantage of the fact that the finals have not yet started, find fun in advance, and then release the pressure of being locked up in the hotel and training and playing under high pressure.

However, the Bulls players were soon called together again and actively engaged in the process of preparing for the Finals.

Because, on the second night of the Bulls, the defending champion, advanced to the Finals, the Western Conference Finals also had a result - the Lakers defeated the Spurs 4-1.

No one expected that the Lakers, who were once on the fringes of the playoffs in the middle of the regular season, would become the biggest dark horse this season.

If the Lakers can win the championship, then the legend of this championship is comparable to that of the 95 Rockets.

Because, the Lakers' opponent was 73 wins last season, and this season is still the first in the East, and there is no Bull in the playoffs who can play Game 6 of the series in the East!

This is equivalent to 95 Rockets head-on against 96 Bulls!

To a certain extent, it is a Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, a unique and incredible battle.

It is worth mentioning that although Doon is a forward height, he has played point guard for the last two seasons.

This also means that in the next Finals, it is not only the dark horse Lakers challenging the defending champion Bulls, but also the first time Doon has played against his old club Lakers on the stage of the Finals, or the battle between Doon and Kobe Bryant for the first score!

(End of chapter)