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Chapter 457 Prepare to pack up the Clippers
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is May 5th, and all the games in the first round of the playoffs are over.

In the East, the Pacers, Heat, Wizards, and Nets entered the semifinals, with the Pacers VS Wizards and the Heat VS Nets.

In fact, before the start of the game, no one may have thought that the fifth-ranked Wizards in the Eastern Conference and the sixth-ranked Nets would be able to accomplish the feat of defeating each other, especially the Wizards, who ended the first round cleanly with 4:1.

But then, the outside world agreed that the playoff journey of the Wizards and the Nets basically came to an end.

Because the Pacers and Heat are the only two seeded teams in the Eastern Conference this year.Regarding this, it can be seen from the dominance of the two teams in the Eastern Conference in the regular season.

At the same time, the Pacers and the Heat are also the only two teams in the East that have broken through 50 wins in the regular season. The former has 56 wins and the latter has 54 wins.

If nothing else, the two teams are indispensable on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals.

West side.

The Trail Blazers and Spurs advanced ahead of schedule. After sitting and watching the situation in the Western Theater for several days, the Thunder and Clippers followed closely behind, and both also got places to enter the Western Conference Semifinals.

After the first round, the Thunder 4:2 the Warriors, and the Thunder star Kevin Durant's scoring performance can be called No. 1 in the playoffs.

After 6 games, 36 points were scored in two games, 33 points in one game, 32 points in one game, and 30 points in one game. Only in the battle of Tianwangshan, due to the general performance of the touch, "only" 23 points were recorded.

整组系列赛下来，杜兰特场均能够贡献31.7分9.8篮板4.2助攻1.7盖帽0.8抢断，尤其效率极其惊人。

As an offensive master who holds a lot of balls and is known for his shooting, he is able to average 25 of 13 shots per game and keep his shooting percentage above 50%. One can imagine the horror of Durant at his peak.

It turns out that 2014 in history happens to be Kevin Durant's MVP year. The 26-year-old Durant is at the peak of his career. Perhaps everyone underestimates him.

In the Western Conference semifinals, the Blazers will face the Clippers and the Spurs will face the Thunder.

Due to Durant's super scoring performance in the first round, the series between the Spurs and the Thunder is even more eye-catching than the previous contest between the old and new versions of the lob city.

Another day later, after the first round of the playoffs, many awards for the regular season were slowly released.

The first is MIP, the Most Improved Player of the Season.

Before the start of the playoffs, the favorites who are expected to win the most improved player award this season are Goran Dragic of the Suns, Lance Stephenson of the Pacers, Anthony Davis of the Pelicans and the nine-finger dunk king Gerald Green who also played for the Suns.

After a series of votes, the most improved player of the season was finally awarded to the new leader of the Suns, Dragic.

I remember that last season, Dragic, who was supported by the Suns management as the team leader, averaged only 14 points, 3.8 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal per game.

If it is required by ordinary starters, Dragic is undoubtedly commendable.But if it is asked according to the leader of a team, it is not enough.

Fortunately, after only one summer, Dragic seems to have found the key to his own evolution. Although he still failed to bring the Suns back to the playoffs, his overall performance has improved a lot compared to last season.

The first is scoring. For the first time in his career, he averaged more than 20 points per game in a single season and entered the regular season 20+ club.

Others such as rebounds, assists, and steals are almost the same as last season's performance.

Another reason why the judging panel chose to give him this award is that Dragic's overall shooting percentage this season also exceeded 50% for the first time, and his three-point shooting percentage was also a career high of 40.8%.

In direct comparison with Stephenson, Anthony Davis, and teammate Gerald Green, the three most improved players of the season, Dragic needs data and efficiency. It is no wonder that the jury will favor him.

After the Most Improved Player award was announced, NBA officials quickly announced the finalists for the three awards of Best Sixth Man, Best Rookie and Best Rookie Team.

The favorites for the best sixth man are Jamal Crawford of the Clippers, Manu Ginobili of the Spurs, Gibson of the Bulls, Mo Williams of the Trail Blazers and so on.

In the end, however, the winner was Jamal Crawford.

The reason for this guy's award is similar to that of Dragic. He is the highest scorer (18.6 points per game), taking into account efficiency, and the team's performance is not bad.

For him, there is not much doubt from the outside world.

Then there's the Rookie of the Year winner, let's just say, he is - Michael Carter Williams!

其实从迈卡威完成个人NBA首秀，全场得到22分12助攻9抢断7篮板的准4双数据，并最终帮助75人以114:110拿下热火三巨头之后，2013~2014赛季NBA最佳新秀的进攻便再也毫无悬念。

Although after the All-Stars, the regular season entered the middle of the season, and the popularity of McAway gradually dropped, but people still haven't forgotten his crazy performance at the beginning of the season.

In the end, under the selection rules for the best rookie of the season, McAway won 124 out of 104 hand votes, with a total score of 569 points, outshine all rookies.

If McAway can break through the targets of other teams in the middle and late stages of the season and lead the 75 players to break into the Eastern Conference playoffs, maybe his enthusiasm may really catch up with last year's Wang Zelin and the year before last. Griffin... Unfortunately, he can't reach it!

Among the subsequent All-Rookie Teams, the Trail Blazers also had a rookie on the list.That is "Sea King" Adams.

Due to the presence of Wang Zelin on the inside, Neptune has not received much training from the team. He basically played as a substitute in 81 games, and his average playing time was only a little over 10 minutes per game.

In terms of personal data, Adams averaged 3.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.5 blocks per game, which is almost the same as the Thunder's debut season in the original time and space.

After all, Adams only averaged 14 minutes per game during his rookie year with the Thunder.

The reason why such a performance can still be selected to the second team of the All-Rookie Team is just because the 13th rookie is really a bit too bad.

All the players who scored in double figures in the 13th rookie class were selected for the rookie first team. In the end, only 4 players were gathered. The last replacement, Mason Plumlee, was just an ordinary rotation with an average of 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

When it came to the second team, he had to be short and general. In the end, Adams was selected at the buzzer by virtue of his record in the first team of the Trail Blazers.

After the list of the best teams came out, Wang Zelin took the time to look at it. Sure enough, there was a future super predator hidden in the list.

"Kun Kun" Giannis Antetokounmpo!
People nowadays would never have imagined that the Greek guy who averaged only 6+4+1 per game in his rookie season and couldn't even make it to the rookie first team would be able to transform into a Greek monster in the vertical and horizontal league in the future.

It's also outrageous!
After sighing, Wang Zelin cleared up his mood and prepared for tomorrow's Western Conference semifinals. If he can't beat the mosaic, then he will clean up the Clippers.

(End of this chapter)