NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 862 The second wave of awards strikes, happy to mention super six
"The top three in Texas have a well-deserved reputation. With such a performance, I don't think anyone would dare to say that the Spurs are old..."

"But having said that, it seems that we are not the ones who started to have headaches first. The Spurs' opponent in the second round is the Warriors. Let the elementary school students have headaches first..."

After watching the game, Wang Zelin was filled with emotions.

But when he thought that such a powerful Spurs would have to pass the Warriors first if they wanted to join them in the Western Conference finals, he immediately looked forward to it again.

Not only looking forward to the matchup between the Spurs and the Warriors, but also secretly looking forward to the match between the Thunder and the Lakers tomorrow, because the next round opponent of the Trail Blazers will be from the two teams.

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The Spurs successfully advanced to the next round, and the Eastern Bulls also found a way to deal with the current Hornets. Davis strangled the only reliable insider of the Hornets, Al Jefferson, in the first four games.

实力上的差距还是颇为明显的，年轻力壮的超级大腿戴维斯状态持续暴走，狂砍33分13篮板2助攻3盖帽1抢断。

加上18分9助攻的罗斯、12分7篮板的吉布森、10分6助攻的尼古拉·米罗蒂奇、8分3板的道格·迈克德莫特……

At 109:98, the Bulls 4-1 the Hornets in the first round and successfully advanced to the second round.

In another series, the match between the Heat and the Eagles at Tianwangshan, the Flash, who was sitting at home, dreamed of returning to the top, scoring 35 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, but 5 turnovers were a bit eye-catching.

But it's not a big problem, as long as we can win.

靠着韦德的神勇表现，加上16分6篮板3助攻的罗尔·邓、13分5篮板3助攻两抢断的老将乔·约翰逊、11分12篮板3盖帽日常两双的大白边怀特赛德，热火队主场90:88两分险胜老鹰队，拿下了天王山！

But still the same sentence, this series between the Heat and the Hawks is probably the closest in strength among all the series in the East and West. Wade has been wild for a long time, and he can only let the Heat win by two points. It is expected that this kind of training match will have a high probability of a tiebreaker.

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On the 29th, the series continued in full swing. At this time, the league announced the winners of the Most Improved Player of the Season, Sixth Man of the Season, and Rookie of the Season awards.

Because of a little butterfly, CJ McCollum, who did not join the Trail Blazers, was selected by the Nets at the beginning of his career. After two mediocre seasons, McCollum, who was traded to the Magic last summer, ushered in the first big explosion of his career.

从上个赛季的6.8分1.5篮板1助攻的无名小卒，数据一下子暴涨到了20.8分3.2篮板4.3助攻1.2抢断，跨入了联盟20分俱乐部的门槛，成为了现役又一位20+外线得分手。

The network administrator has already fainted in the toilet.

Magic Tube is about to laugh like crazy, but this is also quite in line with the history of the Magic team.

Believe it or not, since entering the league, the Magic has always been a team full of European spirit.

Unlike the Minnesota Huskies who have been bad for ten years, the Magic have a feeling that their debut is the pinnacle jio!

In the previous two drafts, Nick Anderson and sharpshooter Dennis Scott were picked, and the "Most Improved Player" Skiles was recruited when the team was built. He was the magical guard who sent 30 assists to create the best assist record in a single game in history, and his career seemed mediocre.

Relying on such a team, it really didn't take long for them to take shape.

Then in the summer of 92, after experiencing some setbacks, they obtained "extra value consolation", won the No. 20 lottery, and picked the "genius striker" Shaquille O'Neal in the draft. The first record in the blue jersey in the Sharks, the Magic won [-] more games.

The next year, they were lucky enough to win the No. [-] lottery again, using the No. [-] pick Lang Webber in exchange for Penny Hardaway.

In the next two years, they broke into the finals...

From O'Neal to Hardaway, then to Tracy McGrady, and finally to Howard, as one of the youngest teams in the NBA, the Magic can be described as an out-and-out European king. It seems that even God has favored this team.

It's a pity that due to their management with a clear mind, the Magic team, which had several super giants at the time, has not won the championship for a long time.

No, God seems to have favored the Magic once again, letting them use a few rotten fish and rotten shrimps last summer in exchange for the active quasi-first-line shooting guard CJ McCollum, one of the Blazers' backcourt double guns in the original time and space!

This luck, but also no one.

靠着场均20.8分3.2篮板4.3助攻1.2抢断的表现，迈克勒姆力压场均20.9分，4.4篮板，5.2助攻1.6抢断的黄蜂后卫肯巴·沃克以及场均16.9分7.7篮板4.3助攻1.2抢断1.4盖帽的雄鹿队前锋扬尼斯·阿德托昆博，得到了46.35%的选票，成为了本赛季的进步最快球员。

In the competition for the best sixth man of the season, this time the award once again went to Portland.

常规赛期间场均贡献15+7+3的约基奇，靠着不俗数据以及球队战绩的加成，力压场均14.2分1.8篮板2.3助攻的快船后卫贾马尔·克劳福德，成功当选15~16赛季的最佳第六人。

As a result, he became another international player in NBA history who was elected the best sixth man in a single season.

Oh, by the way, Jokic likes to mention the Super Six, which also makes up for a shortcoming of the Portland Trail Blazers team history.

Prior to this, no one in the history of the Trail Blazers had won the honor of the best sixth man of the season.

There is almost no suspense in the competition for the best rookie. The No. 2015 pick in the 82 NBA Draft, Karl-Anthony Towns, started 32 games for the Timberwolves during the regular season, averaging 14.1 minutes per game, 7.6 shots and 54.2 hits, shooting 34.1% from the field, 81.1% from the three-point range, and 18.3% from the field. He scored 10.5 points, 2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.7 blocks efficiently Cap [-] steals.

In the end, he was successfully elected as the best rookie with 100% of the first votes and 55.56% of the votes.

排在No.2的是场均14.3分 7.3篮板1.3助攻1.9抢断的尼克斯队大前锋克里斯塔普斯·波尔津吉斯，得票率为31.03%。

The two basically took [-]% of the expected votes for the best rookie, and the rest were other rookies.

In addition to the two of them, there are five rookies in this draft, including Devin Booker, Jahlil Okafor, Emmanuel Mudiay, Myles Turner, and D'Angelo Russell.

From a short-term perspective, the success rate of this draft is still good.

(End of this chapter)