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Although the Nuggets lost Rudy Gay, they ushered in Mishen and their offensive power still tops the league. Obviously, the Jazz couldn't stop the Nuggets' offense and was directly smashed by a group of gangsters led by Anthony.

The East is really because the strength gap is too obvious.

The Heat completely established a tactical system with James as the core, and the Pacers were intercepted by the Grizzlies. Danny Granger alone couldn't beat James, let alone the Big Three.

Celtic?

Now the core of the Celtics is called Raja Rondo!

Against the digital people led by the little AI Iguodala, under Rondo's sorting out, the old Big Three perform their duties, and the Celtics seem to be stronger than last year.

Throughout the series, Rondo averaged 18.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 11.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game. The statistics are gorgeous.

If you don't look at Rondo's shooting percentage, he is simply a perfect point guard.

Although the digital man traded for Brand, who was given up by the Clippers to make room for Griffin, their real core is Iguodala.

Iguodala is really not suitable to be a master. He is perfect in other aspects, organization, rebounding, and defense are all decent, but his fatal flaw is that his desire to score is too low.

If you expect a small forward who averaged 11 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in the series to lead the team to victory, you might as well believe that Li Ran is Qin Shihuang.

As Nowitzki scored 35 points to help the team beat the Spurs 4-2 to get the last ticket in the second round, the first round of the playoffs officially ended.

In the East, the Knicks beat the Eagles 4-1 and advanced to the second round.

After a mid-season trade, Stoudemire, who came to the Knicks from the Suns, played steadily, averaging 23.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 blocks per game.

The Knicks now need a man of destiny to help them rise.

After the first round, the second round of duel became fierce.

In the West, the Lakers and Nuggets faced off again, while the Grizzlies faced the Mavericks.

In the East, the Bulls are against the Knicks and the Heat are against the Celtics.

Public opinion generally believed that this round of the series between the Grizzlies and the Bulls was the least stressful, but Li Ran knew clearly that this year's Mavericks were really hard to mess with.

In the original time and space, the Mavericks defeated the glamorous Big Three of the Heat this year. Nowitzki led a group of veterans to miraculously win this championship that is almost full of gold.

Whether it was a single-core championship won’t be discussed. After all, everyone’s definition of single-core is different, but Nowitzki’s god-like performance really impressed Li Ran at the time.

The German king showed the most dazzling light in the second half of his career, and he directly returned the criticism that he had been criticized continuously after being hacked.

Therefore, Li Ran knew that although the Grizzlies' opponent in the next round was not favored by others, he had to pay attention to it.

However, the great man said something very well.

Belittle the opponent strategically, but pay attention to the opponent tactically.

The Grizzlies must win this round of the series, and they must win well and cleanly.

This is the goal they want to achieve strategically.

Because for the Grizzlies, who have created the best record in regular season history, they only have one goal.

That is the defending champion!
But tactically, the Grizzlies should really pay attention to the Mavericks.

The Mavericks are one of the few teams in the league with a space-based insider as the absolute core. Nowitzki's shooting skills have reached the peak. How to defend him is a problem that the Grizzlies must solve.

what is the answer
The answer is No. 21 of the Grizzlies, Tim Duncan.

In another time and space, Duncan, who played for the Spurs for 19 years, and Nowitzki, who played for the Mavericks for 21 years, played a total of 90 times in the regular season and playoffs.

This is an extremely astonishing statistic, because there are only 82 games in a regular season.

This means that the two have even played against each other for more than a season.

This is mainly because both of them are in Texas, and each season will play four games in the regular season alone.

In these 90 games, they played 57 times in the regular season and 33 times in the playoffs.

In the regular season, the Spurs led by Duncan won a total of 35 of them.

The playoff record is 18 wins and 15 losses, with Duncan slightly dominant.

在这33场比赛中，邓肯场均获得24.1分、11.5个篮板和3.1次助攻，命中率达到54.5%。而诺维茨基场均获得23.4分、9.6个篮板和2.2次助攻，命中率为48.2%。

No matter how you look at it, Duncan's numbers are better.

This means that the Grizzlies can rely on Duncan to limit Nowitzki.

But this is not enough, Li Ran decided to add another insurance.

Coupled with Kirilenko, is it sincere enough?
The current top outside players in the league can enjoy the personal care of Li Ran and Kirilenko when facing the Grizzlies, and the inside players can choose the spree of Duncan + Kirilenko or Duncan + Xiaojia.

The Grizzlies' defensive strategy is not inconsiderate.

In addition to Nowitzki, the Mavericks have only one offensive strength left, and that is their sixth man, the 33-year-old Jets-Jason Terry.

As the Mavericks' second scoring point, he averaged 15.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in the regular season.

In the first round of the playoffs, Terry's scoring soared to 19.8 points, and his rebound and assist data also increased.

This shows that he actually kept his strength in the regular season.

For these veterans, how to allocate and adjust their state and physical fitness has become an instinct, and it is their ability to make a living in the league.

If Terry is strangled, the Grizzlies have already won [-]% of this round of the series.

Relying on Tyson Chandler, Jason Kidd and Marion to beat the Grizzlies is a joke.

If you let the three of them defend, it's okay to attack.

Li Ran had a good chat with Calipari on this topic the next day, and Calipari agreed with Li Ran's opinion.

He thought so too.

Before the second round begins, though, there is one thing that needs to be mentioned.

The major awards of the regular season have been released.

Sixth Man of the Year: Lamar Odom.The Lakers' left-handed magician averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game this season, which is an important factor for the Lakers' second place in the Western Conference this season.

Most Improved Player: Kevin Love.Minnesota's new core is undoubtedly a terrifying double-double machine. Last season, he averaged 14 points and 11 rebounds per game, but this season he jumped directly to 20 points and 15 rebounds, and even won the first in his career on Li Ran's head. A rebounding champion, the most improved player deserved it.

Coach of the Year: John Calipari.The Grizzlies coach won this award for the second consecutive year. He led the Grizzlies, who had 69 wins and 13 losses last season, to break through themselves again and directly created the best record in history of 74 wins and 8 losses. He is also the first to enter the top two teams in the NBA The coach who won the best coach twice in [-].

最佳新秀：布雷克-格里芬。因伤留级一年的白魔兽并没有辜负快船对他的期望，生涯第一年就交出了22.5分12.1篮板3.8助攻的完美表现，虽然今年状元约翰-沃尔的场均16.4分4.6篮板8.3助攻也足够优秀，但是还是难以比肩场均22+12的格里芬。

The rest is heavyweight honors. (end of this chapter)