NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 114 Regular Season MVP
"Everything is under our control, we must end everything." Marion expressed on behalf of the team after the game, "We must maintain the same fighting spirit as the previous games and treat it as 0:0."

The Suns swept their opponents and put a perfect end to the first round of the playoffs.

As an opponent, the Grizzlies can only say that the Suns are a championship-level team and they tried their best.

In other games in the playoffs, only the Heat in the Eastern Conference also achieved a sweep.

This season, the Nets, which have become weak inside, meet the Heat with O'Neal, and this will be the end.

The outside world was a little surprised that Wade even faintly suppressed Carter, Carter of the four major shooting guards.

Unknowingly, the four major shooting guards Kobe, Iverson, Carter, and McGrady haven't aged yet, but their juniors can't wait to challenge them and even surpass them.

In the 2003 class, James, the darling of heaven, NCAA champion Anthony, Milicic who was praised and regretted by everyone, but now it is Wade who is the first to stir up the situation in the playoffs.

Next is the team swept by the gentleman, first of all, the Pistons. Although the Pistons are not as strong as last season, they can still make the opponent's offense become a mess.

The scoring leader Iverson broke out again this season, and he only grabbed one victory for the team.

A strong personal attack is not enough for the 76ers to win the playoffs. Basketball is a five-person game after all.

This season, the 76ers gave up a lot of defense in order to attack. Unfortunately, they encountered the Pistons with the strongest defense in the East. If they had better results, the ending might be different.

It's a pity that there is no if, because they didn't do a good job in the regular season.

The Spurs performed steadily, only to win a game when Nuggets guard Miller broke out unexpectedly at the start.

After that, the Nuggets, whose comprehensive strength is not bad, had no chance in front of the Spurs.

The Spurs this season are also a strong defensive team, with better defensive efficiency than the Pistons.

In fact, they are not particularly strong, and they are still a little short of the strongest Spurs with both offense and defense. They are in a similar state to the Eastern Pistons, which is why the two teams played so entangled in the finals.

But they have the peak Duncan, which is still a little bit better than the Pistons.

Originally, in history, the Spurs were a bit lucky to win the championship this season. What would happen to them if they encountered the Heat.

In the process of rushing out of the West, the opponents the Spurs faced were more comfortable than the Suns, and they did not have a hard time with the Mavericks.

The remaining one that performed well in the first round was the Sonics. The Sonics were figured out later in the season and suffered some minor injuries. In the end, their record dropped a little, but they were still third in the West because of the division.

In the playoffs, the Supersonics completely suppressed the Kings who were a bit confused this season.

The Kings have been considered a veteran team in the West these years, but this time they were almost crushed.

After the Suns, the Sonics also proved that they are not just a dark horse, they are as strong in the playoffs.

As for the Kings, the current lineup cannot be said to be bad, and Princeton is also playing relatively smoothly, but compared to when it was the strongest, there is still something missing.

King and Webb, it's almost a lose-lose ending.

Next, under the leadership of the original three Musketeers, Arenas, Jamison and Larry Hughes, the Wizards eliminated the Bulls with a gram.

This is not an upset, and this Bulls did not have any leading players.

There is no difference between fourth and fifth. The Wizards' record in the regular season is a little bit worse, but it does not mean that their strength is worse. In fact, they are slightly stronger.

The Celtics were unlucky to meet the Pacers. Although they made it to the tiebreaker, they were also defeated.

In fact, this is another ranking that does not represent strength. Except for the Heat and Pistons in the Eastern Conference, the results of other playoff teams are not much different.

Not to mention that the Pacers originally had the strength to compete for the Eastern Conference championship. Because of the Auburn Palace incident, there were fewer people playing and they fell to the sixth position. enough.

If the Celtics meet other teams, they may have a chance to advance, but they are facing the Pacers.

Jermaine O'Neal, Martial Saint Jackson, and veteran Miller are still a little more stable than the Celtics twins who have proven to be failures.

In the West, the Rockets and the Mavericks had an unexpected seven-game battle, which also gave the Suns enough rest.

In fact, according to the lineup, the Mavericks are stronger.

In terms of record, the Mavericks are actually third in the West, because they only ranked fourth in the division.

The two teams played inextricably because of some restraint in the lineup.

The Rockets' strongest McGrady and Yao Ming are two points, the Mavericks can't match up, and the Mavericks' Terry, Howard and Nowitzki, the Rockets can't match up either.

Of the five positions, the Rockets are strong in two positions, and the Mavericks are strong in three positions, so it depends on the performance of both sides.

On the bench lineup, the Mavericks should also be stronger. The problem is that no one of them can match McGrady. Finley's aging is more serious than expected.

And neither team has an organizer, which is also an important reason for their chaotic play.

These two teams, whoever has a good organizer, can wrestle with the Suns and Spurs, but unfortunately they don't.

In the end, the Mavericks, who had more players, had the last laugh and became the opponents of the Suns in the second round.

Whether there are off-court factors or not doesn't matter to him for the time being. As far as the lineup is concerned, the Mavericks are indeed stronger, and the regular season record also proves this.

As far as Russell is concerned, he is more willing to face the Rockets. If they play the Rockets, there will be no suspense in the second round. Their lineup is very restrained against the Rockets.

If the Rockets play against them, the two strongest points, McGrady will be restricted by the Sun's strong front and back defense, and Yao Ming can't keep up with the speed at all, so he can only worry.

Before the start of the second round, the biggest suspense of the regular season also kicked off.

That's where the MVP of the regular season belongs. Before that, O'Neal, who led the Heat into a strong team in Dongyou, and Russell, who led the Sun's rebirth and proud of the league, were the most vocal.

Compared with the original Nash, Russell scored about 5 points less, but had 4 more assists.

He thought he had little hope because he was still a rookie and scored too few points.

You must know that Nash only narrowly beat O'Neal in history, but what I didn't expect was that Russell's vote rate was better than the original Nash, and he beat O'Neal to become the regular season MVP of this season.

Russell was very pleasantly surprised, but after thinking about it, it was not so mysterious.

First of all, his average assists per game is the first in history, breaking the record. It is not easy to do this as a rookie and lead the team to the bottom of the record and become the first in the league. The rookie has become a bonus.

And he is a native, more popular than Nash.

So, the third rookie season MVP in league history was born.

(End of this chapter)