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Chapter 154 (153) The MVP Showdown

Chapter 154 (150) The MVP Showdown

Since the first round of the other teams has not yet ended, the Rockets and the Suns who won first did not start the war immediately, but got a few days of rest.

On the same day as the Western champion Sun, the Eastern champion Heat also swept the playoff rookie Cavaliers 4-0. The 20-year-old James has gradually begun to show the aura of a ruler, but he was still taught a lesson by the 23-year-old Wade.

On May 5, the Pistons eliminated their old rival Nets 3-4 to enter the second round.Veteran Kidd fell into the sand again, and gradually he wanted to leave.

5月4日，老牌劲旅马刺主场10分战胜掘金，以4-1的比分淘汰对手。次日黑马超音速凭借最后一节的出色发挥逆转战胜国王，同样以4-1晋级西部半决赛。两队将在下一轮相遇。

On May 5, the wealthy Pacers, whose strength was damaged due to the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, finally eliminated the new Bulls 6-4 after hard work.The Bulls have been quiet for many years since Jordan retired, and have accumulated a large number of young talents such as Chandler, Hinrich, Nocioni, Gordon, Duhon, etc., and now they are finally back in the playoffs.Being able to fight strong enemies to 2 games is a result that is enough to satisfy Chicago fans.

The last two teams fought inextricably until the seventh game. In the end, the Celtics with a deeper lineup defeated the 76ers at home and made it difficult to advance.Allen Iverson averaged 32.5 points per game in this series, but he still regrettably lost in the first round.

The second round battle situation is: Heat vs Pacers, Pistons vs Celtics, Spurs vs Sonics, Suns vs Rockets.Among them, the fourth group matchup is the most eye-catching. The defending champion faces the regular season champion. The last MVP McGrady matchup has just been revealed to be elected as the MVP Nash of this season.

In the MVP voting, the team's improvement is still very important. Nash helped the Suns, which fell second in the West, evolve into the league leader. This kind of improvement in the value of the whole team made the judges admire.The threat to Nash was O'Neal, who also raised the Heat to the No. 65 height in the East through the transfer.In the end, Nash got 58 first-place votes, while O'Neill got [-], narrowly second.The young second-year star LeBron James actually got a lot of votes, even overwhelming the superstar Tracy McGrady.Ranked sixth in the league after Nuo Tianwang, Duncan and Iverson.

The results of other important awards are as follows: The best rookie belongs to Okafor of the Bobcats. At the age of 22, he played a very strong immediate combat power in line with expectations, averaging 15+10 per game, and finally overwhelmed Ben Gordon and Dwight Howard in the vote.The Magic also believe that Howard, who is only 19 years old, will be a better superstar in the future; Ben Gordon does not need to be disappointed, because he successfully won another award and was elected as the best sixth man.He averaged 24.4 points in 15.1 minutes per game; Clippers' Bobby Simmons was named Most Improved Player; Defensive Player of the Year was awarded to Pistons' Ben Ben.

The Rockets players are not without crops, but compared with the bumper harvest last season, they are much more pitiful.McGrady was too sluggish at the beginning of the season, and was finally squeezed out of the best player team by Iverson and Nash, and tied for the second team with Wade.The guards of the third team were occupied by Kobe and Ray Allen, and Billups was unfortunately not selected.Yao Ming overwhelmed Ben Wallace to become the center of the third team, and O'Neal and Stoudemire entered the first and second teams.

Overall, the Suns and Heat became the biggest winners in the regular season.Of course, it is also great to achieve good results in the regular season, but only the playoffs can win to the end.

***

On May 5, the second round of the playoffs finally started.Phoenix Phoenix ushered in the challenge of the Houston Rockets.

Conventionally, Curry is still responsible for introducing opponents: "The Suns mostly start with a fast and small lineup, with a small center Stoudemire, a miniature power forward Marion, and three guards Jim Jackson, Quentin Richardson and Steve Nash."

Yuanfei has already had the summer vacation at this time, so he naturally came to the away game with the team.He took over and said: "I have discussed the future development of basketball with you many times before. Obviously, the Suns' style of play can reflect a certain future development trend of basketball. The center is not a traditional frame-protecting tonnage center, but an athletic long man. He and the point guard are very threatening in the pick-and-roll; the power forward position is played by a strong small forward. On the defensive end, he can switch to multiple positions, and on the offensive end. The three-point shooting percentage in the regular season is as high as 39.3%, the absolute first in the league."

"It's so accurate, it's even more accurate than ours last season!" The Rockets' top scorer Reed also praised.

"What's even more frightening is that they made 4 of 92 shots in 42 games against the Grizzlies in the first round, averaging 45.7 three-pointers with a 10.5% shooting rate per game." Yuan Fei couldn't help but think of the Warriors in his previous life.What does the future hold for that 73-win wonder team?

"What's the sun's weakness?" Bosh asked.

"First of all, it's defense. Their scoring per 17 rounds is the highest in the league, but they are [-]th in points lost per [-] rounds. Losing more points obviously shows that they have a loophole on the defensive end. Except for Marion, there are no defensive champions. The core Nash is a defensive black hole." Yuan Fei analyzed: "But the only defensive strength is Marion playing inside, so no one can mark the opponent's outside ace. Usually they can only let Richardson go. This guy is also a mid-level defense in the league, let alone Bowen, Compared with Battier's big locks, even the Mavericks Howard and Daniels are much better defensively than him. Other players, like Jackson and Barbosa, are not as defensive as Richardson."

"In other words, we can play more singles!" McGrady's eyes lit up.

"Another point is that they are fast-paced, and the disadvantage brought by the fast pace is that they consume a lot of energy. And our Rockets' bench is the strongest in the league, and they can't compete for rotation. Let's talk about Nash. The Suns have a net advantage of 12.7 points per 2.2 possessions when he is on the court, which is very scary. But when he is off the court, the Suns have a net loss of [-] points per [-] possessions."

"Let me beat Nash!" After hearing Yuanfei's analysis, Billups became more confident.

"I'll try to score 40 points." McGrady felt relieved when he heard that the opponent didn't have high-quality defensive players on the perimeter.Players rely on intuitive feelings to judge opponents, which are often not as accurate and objective as data.

"Stoudemire, lifelong enemy, come on!" Yao Ming thought.

(End of this chapter)