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Chapter 396
The first is the honor of the best sixth man with the least suspense.

Everyone voted for Michael DeWeese of the Magic.

After all, as the sixth man, he can play 20+10 data, which has never been done before.

There is not much suspense about the best rookie team. The Magic's Duncan, Kobe, Ray Allen, and Big Ben are all selected.

In addition, there are Carter, Nash, Camby, Marbury, Walker, Raheem and other potential rookies.

The best rookie was won by Tim Duncan of the Magic. He played all 77 games this season and started all of them. He averaged 32.3 points, 17.8 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 3.7 blocks and 2.9 steals in 1.1 minutes per game.

The most improved player belongs to the Shaquille O'Neal who left the Magic. Last season, O'Neal scored 22.1 points and 12 rebounds. After coming to the Celtics this season, his scoring skyrocketed to 31.1 points and 13.4 rebounds. Although there are strong competitors such as Horry and Finley, O'Neal still had the last laugh.

Next is the best defensive team, and the best defensive team is those who go back and forth every year. . .It's nothing more than who is in the first team and who is in the second team. They are all old faces such as Jordan, Pippen, Payton, Olajuwon, and Mutombo, so I won't go into details.

The honor of the best defensive player DPOY once again fell to Dikembe Mutombo. This season, Mutombo, who came to the Atlanta Hawks, continued his dominant performance on the defensive end. Although Olajuwon’s defensive efficiency rose against the trend in the second half of the season, Mutombo still won this honor by relying on his stable and strong performance that lasted throughout the season. This is also the second time he has won the DPOY.

This year's best coach was won by the Bulls' Zen master-Phil Jackson. Although the Magic has the best record in the league, D'Antoni won it once last year by breaking the record with the best record in history, so this year's best coach has nothing to do with him.

The three teams of the best team are: Patrick Ewing, poor Ewing still hasn't entered a team. . . .Chris Webber, Charles Barkley, John Stockton and Tim Hardaway.

All-NBA Second Team: Hakeem Olajuwon, Scottie Pippen, Glenn Rice, Michael DeWeese, Clyde Drexler.

DeWeese's statistics were not as good as last season because he was the sixth man, and he only appeared in the second team.

The members of the best team are: Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone, Grant Hill, Michael Jordan and Anfernee Hardaway.

Because of the dual-core leadership of Hill and Hardaway, the two shared most of the ball in the team. The statistics are also very good. Coupled with the excellent record of the Mavericks, both were selected for the first team.

After the best lineup was released, it caused heated discussions and dissatisfaction among fans, especially Magic fans.

Fans of the Magic couldn't figure it out. The Magic, which played a dominant performance, had only two inside and outside cores, Davis and Duncan, selected for the second team, and the twin stars of the Mavericks were both selected for the first team.

However, considering that the Magic's highest playing time this season was Garnett, who played 4 and 5, the average was just over 33 minutes per game, and the Magic team did not even have a single scorer with 25 points. . .

It can only be said that this selection is unexpected and reasonable.

Next, who will win the most important award of the season, the regular season MVP?
The next day, the MVP selection for the 96-97 season finally came to fruition.

Shaquille O'Neal of the Celtics won the MVP by virtue of his super data and the excellent results he led the team to create.

He averaged 31.1 points, 13.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.6 blocks per game this season. He ranks second in the league in scoring and rebounds, and ranks first in the league in field goal percentage.

The Celtics also relied on the joining of O'Neal to achieve a triple jump in just three years. From the rebuilt team, one step at a time, they once again became a member of the championship team at an unimaginable speed.

Of course, Davis played a big role in this, and the Magic have always maintained a good relationship with the Celtics.

After the selection of the awards, the playoffs have entered the second round of fierce competition.

The Magic faced their old rival New York Knicks in the second round.

The Knicks have been a strong team for many years, but the best of them just fell in the Eastern Conference Finals.

This year, they met their own bitter master again.

However, the current Knicks can be regarded as the strongest in the past few years, not one of them.

Because they traded "Big Mom" ​​Larry Johnson from the rebuilt Suns, plus Charles Oakley, super scorer "Human Movie Elite" Dominique Wilkins, John Starks, and New York King Patrick Ewing, they are ready to end the Magic's undefeated myth.

It seems that the Knicks have wanted to avenge the Magic for several years, and I don't know if they can do so this year.

In the first game, in Orlando, the Knicks directly sacrificed their strongest lineup, but the Magic changed their lineup.

The names of Big Ben, Duncan, Ray Allen, Kobe and DeWeese appeared in the starting lineup.

Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy is very puzzled by this self-defeating change. Will the absence of Garnett and Clay affect the Magic's already very complete offensive and defensive system?

With these questions in mind, the two teams entered the game.

In the matchup, Big Ben is responsible for defending Ewing, Duncan is responsible for defending Larry Johnson, Kobe, the youngest player in the Magic team, is responsible for defending Starks, and Davis is facing Wilkins.

Not to mention the offense, Ewing jumped to the ball on Ben's head. The first time he defended, the Knicks felt like a stick in their throat, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Ben’s defense against Ewing was very tough. Although he was ten centimeters shorter than Ewing, he was not inferior to his opponent in terms of strength.

This back and forth consumed half of the time, and when the ball returned to Ewing's hands, there were only 4 seconds left.

But Duncan went straight up, and the two of them pinched Ewing tightly.

In desperation, Ewing forcibly took off to shoot the ball. Although he avoided the blocks of the two, his shot was outrageous, and he directly shot a three-point shot.

Duncan easily accepted the rebound and handed it to Davis.

Davis took the ball upfield and called Ben's pick-and-roll.

Ewing knew that Ben didn't have the ability to shoot, so he didn't chase it out of course, but Ben was near the free throw line and threw the ball in his hand awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)