NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

During the first round of the playoffs, NBA officials also announced the major awards for this season's regular season.

In order, the first award announced is All-Defensive Team.

All-Defensive First Team: Chris Paul, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Kaiming Lee, Joakim Noah.

All-Defensive Second Team: Patrick Beverley, Jimmy Butler, Andre Iguodala, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka.

The Wizards' Li Kaiming and Leonard were selected to the All-Defensive First Team. It can be said that they are well-deserved. Li Kaiming unanimously voted for the first team, and Leonard also scored 246 points in 156 minutes.

In addition, Klay Thompson, the remaining member of the Wizards' Big Three, also won the favor of some judges in the voting for the best defensive team. It can be seen that his defense has also attracted the attention of the media.

The Wizards' ability to break the Bulls' winning record this season is of course inseparable from their abnormal defense. Two players on the same team who defend the first team make the Wizards' defensive efficiency rank first in the league.

Later, other awards were announced one by one.

The Most Improved Player was won by Philadelphia 76ers guard Goran Dragic. He averaged 20.2 points, 3 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game this season. This basic data is close to the All-Star level, so this award is also real. Well deserved.

The Best Sixth Man Award belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers' backup guard Jamal Crawford. He averaged 18.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game this season, standing out among the candidates.

In fact, the so-called best sixth man award is to see which candidate can score more points, because generally speaking, the team's sixth man is the core of the bench lineup. To put it bluntly, the sixth man team lets you score points. , so most of the best sixth man awards are won by the player with the highest scoring average among the candidates.

The best team of the season was announced next.

All-NBA First Team: Chris Paul, James Harden, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Li Kaiming.

All-Pro Second Team: Stephen Curry, Tony Parker, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Joakim Noah.

All-NBA Third Team: Goran Dragic, Damian Lillard, Paul George, LaMarcus Aldridge, Dwight Howard.

It is worth mentioning that both Kawhi Leonard and Klay Thompson received 1 third vote in the selection of the best team. Although they are still far from being truly selected for the best team, this is also a big step. Good start.

Next announced are some heavyweight individual awards.

The winner of the Rookie of the Season is Michael Carter-Williams, a guard from the Philadelphia 76ers, also known as McAway. In his rookie season, he averaged 16.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game. The disadvantage is that he is an older rookie, but with this level of immediate combat ability, it doesn't matter whether he is older or not.

After all, he was only the 11th pick in the first round. Last year was originally a bad year for the draft. If a 11th pick can perform like this, the 76ers general manager's grave will be smoking.

As the remaining three important awards are about to be announced, the results of the first round of the playoffs have also been released.

In the East, in addition to the Wizards sweeping the Hawks 4-0, the Heat also swept the Nursing Home Nets 4-0.

The Indiana Pacers easily defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 4-1 and advanced to the second round to meet the Heat.

The only more intense matchup is between the No. 4 Bulls and the No. 5 Raptors, and it is also the Memphis University Derby between Rose and Elliott Williams.

Originally, Li Kaiming thought that the young Raptors would be taught a hard lesson and that Williams would come over to cheer him up again after the first round. Unexpectedly, the two teams actually reached the tiebreaker, and the final result was still The Raptors defeated the Bulls 4-3!

"Holy shit! You can do it, you actually beat Senior Ross!" On the night after the game, Li Kaiming called his good brother Williams to congratulate him.

This guy scored 17 points in a single game in the tiebreaker. He was the Raptors' most points off the bench, and he was also the hero who helped the team advance.

"No, why don't you take a look at who I am? I'm a good brother to the number one player in the league. Advancing to the second round of the playoffs is not something you can just do casually and hold on to!"

Although Li Kaiming couldn't see this guy's face, he could tell from his tone that this guy must have a stinky look on his face.

"Hehehe, Kaiming, you don't know, Senior Ross's face was so angry after the game, and he said that he would have known better not to train with me..."

Li Kaiming also laughed, and then suddenly said seriously: "You kid, don't be too proud, let's see who your opponent is in the next round?"

"What's wrong with you Wizards? If you don't get swept, you win! By the way, remember to be gentle, kid. I don't want to follow in the footsteps of Senior Ross."

This guy is really a bachelor. He has already raised the white flag on behalf of the Raptors before the game has even started. If DeRozan knew about it, his nose would probably be crooked!

"Hey! You guy, you were so cruel to Senior Ross, and you don't know how to respect the old and care for the young. It's your turn, do you know how to plead for mercy? It's too late! I will avenge Senior Ross this time! Just wait! "

"Holy shit! Stop it, I'm your best brother, can you do it?" Williams on the opposite side was about to cry.

Li Kaiming suppressed his smile, "Why can't you do it? Just because we are the best brothers, I will let you take the most difficult road, so that you can make progress faster in the future..."

"Can I say I don't want this kind of progress?"

"I'm sorry, you don't have the right to refuse..."

The Eastern Conference ended quickly because the gap between the top teams and those behind them was too big. The Western Conference was really difficult. Except for the series between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets, all the remaining three sets of matchups were played. Tie-break.

The series between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers is also very legendary. Lillard, an older rookie who has just entered the league for two years, in the sixth game of the series, after Chandler Parsons scored a layup to help the Rockets lead by two points, There were only 0.9 seconds left in the game, and everyone thought the Rockets had dragged the series into a tiebreaker.

But Lillard caught the ball from outside the three-point line and hit the super long three-pointer with one hit, directly beating the Rockets!

The Los Angeles Clippers, the city of alley-oops, defeated the young Golden State Warriors 4-3, the Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, who humiliated them last season, in the seventh game, while the Spurs lost 4-3 to the German tank No. Wisky went home to fish.

At this point, the first round of the playoffs is over.

At this time, the Wizards players were already preparing for the game against the Raptors at home.

Time came to May 5, just as the Wizards' second round game was about to begin, the NBA announced the best defensive player of the season.

When the news was posted on the NBA official website, all the media went crazy!

Because the winner of the best defensive player is Li Kaiming from the Washington Wizards!

After winning the scoring title for four consecutive years, in the fourth season of his career, Li Kaiming finally proved himself on the defensive end and won the personal honor symbolizing the strongest defense.

And Li Kaiming has also become the only person after the basketball god Michael Jordan to win the scoring title and the best defensive player in a single season!

At 7:30 in the evening, during tonight's pre-game home player entrance ceremony, when the Wizards' DJ called out to Li Kaiming, the content changed again.

"Let us welcome, Olympic champion, championship, MVP, All-Star, best defensive player - Li - Kai - Ming!"

Running out of the dark tunnel, Li Kaiming bent down and thanked the home audience amidst the cheers!

The players on both sides were ready, and with the referee's whistle, Valanciunas helped the Raptors win the opening ball.

Lowry dribbled the ball past half court, faced Kenny's defense and asked Valanciunas inside to come out to cover. Then his strong hips suddenly exerted force, and the little steel cannon swooped into the Wizards' penalty area.

But Blatche dares to change defenses and chase and intercept the opponent's pick-and-roll without restraint. Naturally, he has something to rely on, and his reliance is the new best defensive player who can fully cover the inside!

Lowry thought that after passing Blatche, his layup would be safe, but Li Kaiming used a volleyball block to make this little steel gun understand what the hell he called the best defensive player!

Leonard grabbed the rebound, Kenny dribbled to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball directly to Li Kaiming who was standing at the free throw line.

The Raptors' starting power forward is Amir Johnson, a short and muscular forward with a big beard. Of course, his shortness is compared to Li Kaiming. The height of 206cm is actually more than enough to play power forward.

But the problem is that Uncle Amir Johnson, as the 05th pick in 56, has average talent. Now he is older and cannot keep up with Li Kaiming's speed.

Li Kaiming just swept the ball with a low hand, and then took a step forward. Johnson barely kept up, but Li Kaiming immediately made a turn and beat Johnson cleanly!

Rushing to the basket, facing the familiar Lithuanian center Valanciunas, Li Kaiming easily hit a layup with a pull bar!

2-0 start!

The Raptors served the ball to the frontcourt, and Lowry handed the ball to DeRozan. The latter faced a triple threat from Thompson, then dropped the ball and broke through to the mid-range, and then made a gesture to shoot!

This action was so realistic that even Li Kaiming on the side thought DeRozan was going to shoot and was preparing to grab the rebound.

But when he got into position, what he waited for was not the basketball, but the referee's whistle!

Thompson raised his hand in frustration, signaling his foul.

DeRozan went to the free throw line and made two free throws to help the Raptors bite the score.

In the first quarter of the game, the Wizards' interior defense was impregnable. The Raptors were unable to score in the Wizards' penalty area and could only score two points piecemeal from the outside.

After Lowry went to rest in the second half, Li Kaiming's good brother Elliott Williams came on the scene, giving the Raptors the firepower to break through.

At this time, Li Kaiming also happened to go down to rest, so Williams seized the opportunity and made several breakthroughs in succession, helping the Raptors close to the point difference. At the end of the first quarter, the Wizards led by 29 points, 24-5.