Legendary star

Chapter 718 The Fourth MVP
On May 2007, 5, the first round of the 4-06 playoffs were all decided. In the Eastern Conference, except the Pistons and the Heat, they fought six games before deciding the winner. The Pacers, Cavaliers, and Nets all swept their opponents and easily advanced to the next round.

Compared with the calmness in the Eastern Conference, the first round of the Western Conference playoffs can be described as a good show again and again. Except for the Spurs who solved the Nuggets in only five games, the Lakers and the Suns both fought their opponents for seven games. It was only after a thrilling promotion that the Mavericks ranked No. [-] in the West, and they were directly blacked out by the Warriors who ranked No. [-] in the West.

Old Nelson, who resigned from the Mavericks, took over the Warriors who were rebuilding after two seasons of rest. It was difficult for the Warriors to enter the playoffs this season, but they have a teacher-student friendship with the Mavericks. At the end of the regular season, he first abused the Warriors' competitor, the Clippers, and then released water in the game against the Warriors, forcing the Warriors into the playoffs.

As a victim, the Clippers were naturally unwilling to let it go. The owner of the Clippers publicly shouted to David Stern, hoping that the league could investigate the "ball-fixing" between the Mavericks and the Warriors. Mike Dunville, then the head coach of the Clippers, even It is the curse of the Mavericks in the playoffs.

Perhaps it was Mike Dunville's curse that moved God. The Mavericks, who met the Warriors in the playoffs, lost a home game as soon as they came up, and then lost two away games in a row, and finally lost by a big score of 2 to 4. The entire series, and the Warriors have become the third team in NBA history to stage the "Black Eight Miracle" in the playoffs.

After the Mavericks were hacked by the Warriors, there were some sympathizers, some mockers, and some who lamented the reincarnation of heaven, and Dirk Nowitzki, the boss of the Mavericks, naturally became the object of everyone's blame. Dirk Nowitzki, who is popular as the MVP of the regular season, scored 19.7 points and 11.3 rebounds in the series against the Warriors, but Dirk Nowitzki's shooting percentage was only 38%, and the three-point shooting rate is as low as 20%. For a while, the titles of "soft guy" and "counselor" were all pressed on Nowitzki's head.

In fact, it is wrong to say that Nowitzki is wronged. After all, the old Nelson also coached Nowitzki for 7 seasons. He watched Nowitzki grow from a rookie to a superstar, so for Nowitzki. Old Nelson is very clear about every weakness, even small habits, so in the series against the Warriors, Nowitzki was deliberately targeted by Old Nelson from beginning to end. It is really not easy for Key to make a difference. After Nowitzki was "abolished" by Nelson, it is not easy for the Mavericks to win two games.

However, on May 2007, 5, after the NBA announced the awards for this season's regular season, the news of the Mavericks being hacked gradually faded out of people's sight.

The best rookie and the best rookie team were announced first. Brandon Roy, who was selected by the Timberwolves with the No. 6 pick in the first round and then traded to the Trail Blazers, averaged 16.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4 assists The data was elected as the best rookie of the season. Originally, the Timberwolves chose Brandon Roy just to beat the Blazers. After all, the Blazers had already decided to choose Brandon Roy before the draft, but Brandon -Roy's subsequent performance made the Timberwolves' management very regretful. If they had known that Brandon Roy could have such an outstanding performance, they would have said nothing to send him away.

Compared with the expectations of the best rookie selection, the selection of the best defensive player this season is not so convincing. In the end, the best defensive player of the season is neither Meng Xu, Ben Wallace, Tim - Players like Duncan and Kevin Garnett who can support a team's defensive system alone are not top wing defenders like Bruce Bowen and Ron Artest, but have always had Marcus Camby with the title of "block brush", this title does not mean how bad Camby's defense is, but a kind of ridicule for Camby's likes to block shots regardless of defensive positions.

In addition to the controversy caused by the selection of the best defensive player, the selection of the best head coach also caused a lot of controversy after it was announced. team, but was awarded to Toronto Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell. Since the selection of the best head coach has always been more biased towards those head coaches who have not won this award, the best head coach also privately It is called the Rain and Dew Award. As long as a novice head coach who has just entered the league can make some achievements casually and bring a belly into the playoffs, then he has a high chance of winning the best head coach of the season. coach.

If the selection of the best team last season was just a season for the new generation of players to show their talents, then this season is a season for them to fully enter the stage of history. Amare Stoudemire was selected for the best team of the season All-NBA First Team, LeBron James, Yao Ming, Gilbert Arenas All-NBA Second Team, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade The three teams of the best team, perhaps in the future, there will be more new-generation players who will squeeze out the position of those veteran stars in the best team, until they are replaced by younger players, a new generation will send the old It has always been an irreversible law of history.

In the annual regular season honor selection, the most stable is undoubtedly the best defensive team. Compared with last season's best defensive team, this season's best defensive team only adds a new face, Raja Bell. If it wasn't for Andre -Kirilenko missed too many games due to injury, maybe this season's best defensive team will be exactly the same as last season's best defensive team.

In addition to these major awards, Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns was elected as the best sixth man of the season, and Darko Milicic, who was once the "parallel import list", became the most improved player of the season. The winner of the award, Darko Milicic played 80 games on behalf of the Pacers this season, including 11 starts. In an average of 25 minutes per game, Darko Milicic contributed 13 points and 7.5 rebounds , The data of 2.7 blocks, compared with the data of 1.8 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 0.5 risks per game before joining the Pacers, is simply a world of difference. After the outstanding performance this season, Darko Milicic also got rid of The title of second place in parallel imports, as long as Darko Milicic is mentioned now, most people think of the blindness of the Pistons and Larry Brown.

After all the awards were announced one by one, as the most important award in the regular season, the regular season MVP was also announced at noon that day. After missing the regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons, Meng Xu finally got it this season The fourth regular season MVP trophy in his career.

In the regular season MVP selection in the previous two seasons, because Meng Xu's record when he was crowned the regular season MVP for the third time was too appalling, so for two consecutive seasons, Meng Xu had the best record in the regular season Under the circumstances, there is no chance to be the regular season MVP of the season, and when the Pacers won 70 wins again this season, there is no reason for any judge to ignore Meng Xu in the selection of the regular season MVP.

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