Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 541
In the first round of the playoffs this season, except for the Warriors who swept their opponents to advance, in other games, only the Pistons managed to sweep and advance.

As the target of this season, after entering the playoffs, with the relaxation of defense, the Pistons, which were quite satisfactory in the regular season, finally showed their fangs.

Facing the Pacers who were still growing up, the Pistons did not hesitate at all, and used suffocating defense to educate this group of young people severely.

When the full game ended on May 5, Miller looked at the dazzling score of 1:108, and then saw the Piston players celebrating each other, and Miller felt a twinge of pain in his heart, because he was too weak.

Although these words are a bit self-deprecating, after all, Miller is the player with the highest score in the Pacers team in the three games. Unfortunately, the team cannot win. No matter how many points you score, you will not be recognized, you will only be recognized. People call them brushes!
In addition to the Pistons, the Eastern Conference is easy to advance to, and there is also the Bulls.

Facing the old opponents who reached the tiebreaker last season, they met again this year, but the status of the two teams was reversed.

The Bulls can black seven because they have Jordan, but the Cavaliers do not have Jordan, so it is obviously a bit whimsical to want revenge.

Although there are strong players such as Kevin Johnson, Brad Doherty, and Larry Nance among the Cavaliers, they still lack a lot of strength to defeat the greatly increased Bulls.

In the end, although in the third game, due to the outbreak of Kevin Johnson, he scored 36 points and 12 assists and regained a game at home, but finally lost the entire series 1:3.

In addition, the two games outside the Eastern Conference actually reached five tiebreakers.

The first is the upstart Knicks versus the old-school Celtics.

Although the Knicks ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference, the so-called boxing is afraid of being young. After five rounds of hard work, the Knicks finally defeated the Celtics at home with 121:114, making the "force king" Larry Bird the first time in his career. Stopping in the first round, this is an achievement that even Jordan and Li Weisi failed to accomplish.

Although Li Weisi was unable to meet Bird in the first round of the playoffs because he was in the Western Conference, it is not the same as Jordan, who has never won Bird in the playoffs.

In this game, Ewing even played 47 minutes and scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in a quasi-triple double, which can be said to be a star.

As for the other five tie-breakers, it happened to the old enemies of the 76ers and the Bucks.

In the previous playoffs, the Bucks always had the last laugh. However, this time, Barkley finally avenged his shame.

Through the trade of Cummings, Irvin Robertson was obtained, which performed well in the playoffs, and it is also an important reason why the Bucks were able to play the fifth game with the 76ers.

However, the aging of the team as a whole prevents them from preventing the "flying pig" Ba Laoye from turning the tide in the interior.

In the end, the 76ers also defeated the Bucks with a big score of 3:2 and advanced to the next round.

After talking about the east, let's talk about the west.

Because the Rockets played in double figures in the third game, they made a comeback, but in the end, due to the huge strength gap between the teams, the Rockets failed to create history and lost 1:3 To the Lakers.

It has to be said that although the team lost, Olajuwon played a dominant performance in this round of the series.

The inside line of the Lakers was beaten by Olajuwon on both ends of the offense and defense, and they were not Olajuwon's opponent at all.

In addition to this round of the series, the other two games in the West also reached the tiebreaker. It can be said that the first round of this year's playoffs was quite intense. Actually, half of the 8 games reached the tiebreaker.

The first is the strong dialogue between the Blazers and the Suns.

This season's third in the Western Conference against last season's third in the Western Conference is eye-catching enough in itself. In addition, the core players of the two teams have performed very well in this round of the series, making the game enjoyable. Sex to the next level.

In the end, it was the top three players in the Western Conference this season. In the end, Drexler hit a quasi-lore, defeated the Suns 104:102, and advanced to the second round.

And the last game is the contest between the current dark horse Spurs and the previous dark horse Jazz.

Facing the inside combination of Jazz Karl Malone and "Mammoth", Robinson showed a maturity that a rookie player should not have.

His performance makes people think of Li Weisi in his rookie season. Although the two players are in different positions, they have the same high IQ and mature style of play. People can't help but think that this Robinson may be the next Li Weisi.

However, then again, through the first round of this year's playoffs, people were surprised to find that the new generation of centers seemed to have taken over overnight and successfully completed the succession.

Among them, Olajuwon, Ewing, and Robinson are simply better than each other. Such a group of talented big centers appear together, which makes people feel that the era of centers seems to be coming again.

In the end, the younger Robinson did not live up to his high expectations. He defeated the Jazz's "Xuan Ming Er Immortality" and led the Spurs to advance to the second round after five games.

So far, the list of matches for the second round of the playoffs has also been released, namely: Lakers vs. Spurs, Warriors vs. Trail Blazers, Pistons vs. Knicks, Bulls vs. 76ers.

And just before the official start of the second round, the individual awards for this season have also been announced.

With 28.3% voting rate, Li Weisi narrowly beat Magic Johnson with 26.8%, successfully won the MVP for the second time, and completed the achievement of consecutive MVP.

Since the NBA began to select the MVP in the 55-56 season, only five stars have achieved this achievement, namely: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Jabbar, Moses Malone and Larry Bird.

And now, Li Weisi has also successfully squeezed into this rank. At this time, Li Weisi was only 23 years old and his entire career had just begun. People have sufficient reasons to believe that his future achievements can definitely catch up with the pace of his predecessors and become A superstar recorded in history.

In addition to the ownership of the MVP, the best defensive player was also won by the Warriors. With more than 50% of the votes, Rodman crushed Olajuwon and successfully won the first Dpoy in his life!

In addition, the best rookie was won by David Robinson without any suspense. Both the voting rate and the first-choice rate are 100%, and there is almost no opponent.

The best sixth man was also won by Ricky Pierce of the Bucks without any suspense, and the most improved player was won by Ronnie Sekali of the Heat. It is worth mentioning that Richmond is the most improved player In the vote, it actually came in third.

In addition, the best lineup is: Li Weisi, Jordan, Barkley, Karl Malone and Ewing.

Second team: Magic Johnson, Stockton, Bird, Chambers and Olajuwon.

Three teams: Dumars, Drexler, Worthy, Pippen and David Robinson.

As for the best defensive lineup, it is: Dumars, Jordan, Rodman, Buck Williams and Olajuwon.

All-Defensive Second Team: Derek Harper, Alvin Robertson, Rick Mahon, Mike Hale and David Robinson.

(End of this chapter)