I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the first round of the NBA playoffs ended, the entire NBA was shocked by the horror of the fighting within the Eastern Conference.

Except for the first-seeded Raptors and the second-seeded Heat, the third-seeded Magic and the fourth-seeded Cavaliers all fell in the first round.

Even the No. 1 seed Raptors and No. 2 seed Heat were almost defeated by the Bulls and Bucks in the Black Eight or Black Seven.

Such a scene is unique in the history of the NBA.

The quality of the eight playoff teams is so close, and the battle situation is so anxious, it is really eye-opening.

Compared with the east side, the west side really looks relaxed.

The Lakers, the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, easily defeated the Clippers led by Xiao Pao with a score of 4 to 1 in the first round.

Xiaopao's performance in leading the team for the first time in the playoffs was very good, averaging 7 of 13 per game, 3.2 of 1.5 three-point field goals per game, 22 points, 11.5 assists and 7 rebounds per game. 2 steals.

But the strength of the Clippers is indeed very different from the current Lakers.

Moreover, the Lakers have a player like Baron Davis who is very good at defending small guns, which also limits the scoring output of small guns, causing the Clippers to lose the ability to create miracles.

However, in G3 of this series, the team's super triple-double with 7 of 14 shots, 27 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds led the team to victory in the only game, which is still impressive.

In the match between the second-placed Spurs in the Western Conference and the seventh-placed Trail Blazers in the Western Conference, the Spurs won more easily. A huge 4-0 victory swept the Trail Blazers out.

The Trail Blazers really can't beat the Spurs. There's nothing to say about this. There is a gap in all aspects from inside to outside.

The game between the Timberwolves, which is third in the Western Conference, and the Mavericks, which is sixth in the Western Conference, may be the most anxious matchup in the Western Conference playoffs.

The Mavericks have been one of the victims of the Timberwolves over the past few seasons.

This season, although it was difficult for the Mavericks led by Nowitzki to win, they still defeated Garnett, David Lee, Caron Butler, Larry Hughes and Rondo with a big score of 4 to 3. Team Timberwolves.

I have to say that after Chandler came to the Mavericks this season, he protected the Mavericks' basket very well.

The Timberwolves lack a stable enough outside three-point point or shooting point. Even Garnett is the Timberwolves' most reliable outside shooting point. This makes the Timberwolves very helpless.

In the end, Garnett once again performed the drama of the Timberwolves losing but the Wolf King not losing.

In the first round of the playoffs in the Western Conference, if you want to say which matchup is the most surprising, it must be the game between the Suns, who are fourth in the Western Conference, and the Nuggets, who are fifth in the Western Conference.

This time the battle between Iverson and O'Neal, many people said it would be a very anxious battle, but the final result was that the Suns easily eliminated the Nuggets 4-1.

The reason why the Suns won so easily was not because Iverson and Anthony didn't perform well.

In fact, the performance of the two in this series was quite outstanding, especially Anthony. Anthony's touch in this series was quite outstanding. If Iverson and Barbosa, the little Wade, can guard, then Anthony really has no What Suns players can defend.

Anthony averaged 30 points per game in this series and shot 48% from the field, having the best playoff performance of his career.

However, the Nuggets' inside line is too fragile!

Nene and Camby simply can't stand up to the three inside lines of O'Neal, Rasheed and Stoudemire.

And at the same time, the Nuggets' offense focuses too much on isolations. Although they can get up to speed, they can't take into account efficiency while playing fast on the offensive end, and they can't target the Suns' big man lineup.

You can't break through the annoying big man lineup, and you are beaten inside by others. This is a failure of the tactical system, and cannot be reversed by Anthony or Iverson in one or two magical games.

Therefore, the Nuggets are a really interesting team. Most of the players have good statistics, but many of them have very limited tactical role. It feels like most of the entire team is just a stat buff.

Data brushing is not a derogatory term, but it means that while you can brush data yourself, you must also prevent others from brushing data.

If the other party can brush it better than you, what's the point of the data you brushed?

After all eight sets of matchups in the first round of the NBA were played, all four sets of matchups in the second round were also released.

In the East, the Raptors, the No. 1 team in the East, will face the Bobcats, the No. 5 team in the East.

The Heat, which is second in the Eastern Conference, will face the Nets, which is sixth in the Eastern Conference and has struggled to complete the Black Six.

In the Western Conference, the Lakers, ranked first in the Western Conference, will face the Suns, ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

After O'Neal defeated his old rival Allen Iverson, he will face his lifelong enemy Kobe Bryant in the second round.

I have to say that this season's playoffs really feel like a stage created for O'Neal.

Iverson, Kobe, and Howard who stole his All-Star start.

If O'Neal can really make it all the way to the finals, or even win the championship in the finals, then O'Neal will definitely become a god in one battle!

Therefore, many sources inside the Suns said that O'Neal is preparing to burn all the energy of his career in the playoffs this season.

I have to say that this season's playoffs are indeed of great significance to O'Neal.

After the second round matchups were announced, the NBA was once again in a turmoil, and the atmosphere was on the verge of breaking out.

However, before the second round of the NBA is about to begin, various awards for the 2007-2008 regular season have also been announced one after another.

Although the competitiveness of Chen Xiao and the Bobcats in various awards this season is very limited, it has to be said that the competition for major NBA awards this season is still quite fierce.

In the end, Durant defeated Oden and won the Rookie of the Year award this season.

At the same time, Durant, Oden and Curry, Conley, Al Horford were selected to the rookie first team.

In addition, the league's other awards this season are as follows.

The Most Improved Player award was awarded to the Celtics' second-choice player. Gay, who was originally supposed to be Pippen, became Jordan in front of him. Gay's scoring average this season has almost doubled, and he can In his sophomore year, he averaged 21 points per game, which was quite outstanding.

The Best Sixth Man of the Year was awarded to Ginobili of the Magic. Ginobili was in very good shape this season, averaging close to 19 points per game in the regular season, and ultimately defeated the Bobcats' Luo Luo. Yi once again won the league's best sixth man award.

Unfortunately, Chen Xiao knew that his good friend might not be in the mood to enjoy this award-winning moment.

Because after the Magic were hacked by the Nets, the Magic's trouble-loving executives seemed to be thinking of doing something new again.

This group of Magic executives now believe that trading McGrady for Hamilton and Ben Prince was a mistake.

Especially as Duncan's age comes up, they now have an even greater sense of crisis. Duncan will be 32 years old after this season. Does he still have the peak of this year left?

Failure this season basically means that the Magic's lineup has come to an end.

Duncan can't lead the Magic to success this season, but can he do it in the future?

Especially the Nets, the Heat and the Raptors are in full swing, the Bucks are about to rise again, and Chen Xiao and the Bobcats don't know when they will come back. It can be said that it is not surprising that the executives of the Magic are thinking about planning for a rainy day. .

They feel that if they want to continue to maintain their combat effectiveness and future in the Eastern Conference, they really need a future core player who is outstanding enough.

It's just obvious that those young superstars in the entire league are so easy to get. At least, a Ginobili or a Parker is impossible.

After the Magic were blackballed by the Nets, the Magic have indeed been a bit panicked recently.

In terms of best defensive player, the league's best defensive player this season was awarded to center Yao Ming of the Heat, the league's best defensive team.

I have to say that the Heat's defensive system built with Yao Ming as the core is really strong.

Yao Ming is guarding the basket, Chris Bosh is on the sidelines, and Wade and Tony Allen on the outside are like two big pincers to pinch others. This defensive system is really strong under the construction of Rick Carlisle. It's outrageous.

Therefore, in addition to Yao Ming, Duncan, Chen Xiao, Kobe and Ron Howard, this year's All-Defensive Team was selected for the first team.

Wade and Tony Allen were selected to the defensive second team, and the other three defensive second team players were Garnett, James and Howard.

This time Chen Xiao was selected to the defensive first team, which was also the fifth consecutive season that he was selected to the league's defensive first team.

Among all the awards in the regular season this season, the most important award is undoubtedly the regular season MVP.

Originally the MVP of the regular season this season, Kobe has always been leading the way, but as Nash led the Raptors to 70 wins, everything became confusing again.

When the league finally announced the results, Kobe successfully defeated Nash, Yao Ming, Chen Xiao, Ron Howard and Wade and won the MVP.

And this MVP is also the first significant MVP in Kobe's career.

Not counting AMVP, Ke Lao has never won MVP or FMVP in so many years in the league, and now, he finally won the first MVP of his career.

Therefore, at the MVP award ceremony, the always strong Ke Boss had tears in his eyes. Although he still didn't cry out excitedly in the end, everyone could see his agitated emotions now.

"I, Kobe Bryant, an ordinary player of the Los Angeles Lakers, but I am so honored and honored to be the MVP of this season. It’s an honor, it’s also a kind of pressure, it’s also a kind of motivation!

I won't let you down! "

Watching Ke Boss on TV, Chen Xiao has no interest in other things, Chen Xiao is just curious, what "qualification" does his idol have to say that he is an "average" player.

You, Kobe, are mediocre, so who are we?

Therefore, Boss Ke is definitely pretending to be 13, and he is not pretending to be for them, but for some fat man in front of the TV!

Why did Chen Xiao say that?

Because what O'Neal liked to say in the past was that he could win the championship with just an ordinary, mediocre shooting guard!

O'Neal used to like to use these words to disgust the boss.

But now, when he is at his most complacent, Mr. Ke returns these words intact.

I, an ordinary player, got the MVP.

Without me, where would your championship be?

Chen Xiao felt that O'Neal in front of the TV at this time must be very, very uncomfortable.

And I can only hold it in uncomfortably, there is no other way, MVP can do whatever he wants now, especially since Ke Lao is still the biggest favorite for FMVP.

To be honest, when Chen Xiao was young, he did O'Neal for the sake of his boss, but now that he has grown older and matured, Chen Xiao feels that, as an outsider, he did go too far in this matter. Although he It is to avenge one's idol.

But you see, his idol Kobe doesn't actually need him to take revenge, he can avenge it on his own.

Chen Xiao doesn't know how O'Neal feels now, but historically, what's interesting is that after Kobe won the MVP for the first time, the relationship between the two slowly began to reconcile, and even in the 0809 season, the two shared a relationship together. With AMVP, at least on the surface, the relationship between the two seems to be normalized.

After the league announced that Kobe Bryant won this year's regular season MVP, the league also announced this season's best lineup.

There is only one MVP in a season, so most players in the NBA actually have no idea of ​​pursuing the MVP, and it is too far away from themselves.

But there are 15 best lineups!

Players with the best lineup and players without the best lineup are different levels of players.

Even if it's just a third team, it can't be compared to other awards other than MVP in the regular season.

This year's first team is led by regular season MVP Kobe Bryant. In addition, the other four players are center Yao Ming, forwards Duncan and Chen Xiao, and guards Nash and Kobe.

As for the second team, the center is Howard, the forwards are O'Neal and James, and the guards are Ron Howard and Wade.

The third team, center is Milicic, forwards are Garnett and Carter, guards are Arenas and Ray Allen

The best team is the most anticipated award for NBA players, but when this year's best team was released, the entire NBA was in an uproar.

Because in the entire Western Conference, except for the Lakers, Spurs and Timberwolves, the top three players in the Western Conference, no other Western players were selected for this lineup.

Except for Kobe, Ron Howard, Arenas, Howard and Garnett, the other ten players are all from the Eastern Conference.

As for the Western Conference superstars, O'Neal, Stoudemire, Anthony, Iverson, Nowitzki, and Chris Paul, all were lost.

However, after the uproar, many people took a second look and seemed to think there was nothing wrong with it.

Because Deron Williams, the boss of the eighth-ranked Bulls in the Eastern Conference, also lost.

As for the superstars selected by the Western Conference, are their statistics comparable to Deron or their records comparable to the Bulls?

In the end, many people sighed: "The overall strength gap between the Eastern and Western teams this year is the largest in history!"

Amid such sighs, Chen Xiaoda achieved the achievement of being selected for the first team for six consecutive seasons and the first defense for five consecutive seasons.

"The first team and the first defense have lasted for more than five years. There is no doubt that this is an epic achievement!

It only took Miracle Boy six years to achieve this achievement! "

For a time, Chen Xiao once again became the focus of the entire NBA.