NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

The fulfilling and busy days passed in a flash. On May 1, International Labor Day, Tang Yu gave each Rockets staff a big red envelope, with one month's salary as a reward.

The Houston Rockets employees were very happy about the boss' generosity. Tang Yu also promised that if the Rockets won the championship, everyone would receive another three months' salary as a bonus, which really excited the Rockets employees. They were all looking forward to the Rockets winning the final championship this season.

The NBA also announced who would win the major awards in the regular season on this day.

Stephen Curry defeated the Cavaliers' star LeBron James with a slight advantage with the team's record and won the regular season MVP!

At the same time, Curry also won the title of best rookie.

Curry became the third rookie player to win the regular season MVP in his rookie season after 'Big Marshal' Chamberlain and 'Bone Crusher' Wes Unseld.

You should know that even 'Basketball God' Michael Jordan and 'Little Emperor' LeBron James cannot do this honor.

Curry also broke the title of the youngest MVP winner held by Derrick Rose, who is seven months younger than Rose.

In his rookie season, Curry has already won the All-Star Rookie Game MVP, All-Star Game MVP, Three-Point Contest Champion, Best Rookie, Regular Season MVP and Regular Season Scoring Champion!

Even if he retires now, Curry can almost lock in a place in the future Hall of Fame. These honors make Curry the new darling of the entire league.

The Best Defensive Player was won by Howard of the Orlando Magic. This is the second consecutive year that Howard has won this honor.

The Best Sixth Man was won by Jamal Crawford of the Atlanta Hawks. He averaged 15.6 points per game on the Hawks bench, which is well deserved.

The Most Improved Player Award fell into the hands of the Rockets again. DeAndre Jordan became the player with the most votes due to his outstanding performance in the Rockets.

Tang Yu won the best coach award without any controversy, and Sam Hinkie also won the team's best manager award as he wished, but everyone knows that this award should belong to the team owner Tang Yu, who is the big boss behind the scenes!

Curry was selected for the best first team, and the Lakers' star player Kobe Bryant, the Cavaliers' little emperor LeBron James, the Thunder's "Death God" Kevin Durant and the Magic's "Magic Beast" Howard were also selected for their performance in the regular season.

The best second team was led by Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, and there were also Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, the Suns twins "Little Overlord" Amare Stoudemire and "Son of the Wind" Steve Nash and Jazz star Deron Williams.

Another super rookie James Harden of the Rockets was successfully selected for the best third team, along with the Spurs' Stone Buddha Duncan, Lakers power forward Pau Gasol, the Eagle King Joe Johnson and the Yellow Mamba Brandon Roy.

Best first-team defensive center Dwight Howard (Magic);

Guard Rajon Rondo (Celtics);

Forward LeBron James (Cavaliers);

Guard Kobe Bryant (Lakers);

Forward Gerald Wallace (Bobcats).

Best second-team defensive forward Tim Duncan (Spurs);

Guard Dwyane Wade (Heat);

Forward Josh Smith (Hawks);

Guard Thabo Sefolosha (Thunder);

Center DeAndre Jordan (Rockets).

At the same time, Curry and Harden were selected for the best rookie first team, and Beverley was selected for the best rookie second team.

The Sports Ethics Award was won by Suns player Grant Hill, and the Kennedy Citizen Award went to 75ers player Samuel Dalembert.

So far, all the awards for this season's regular season have been announced, and the Houston Rockets are undoubtedly the biggest winner.

Although the outside media still have doubts about the Rockets, who have not yet won the championship, they are undoubtedly the team with the best performance in the entire regular season.

Tang Yu was also very happy about the players in the team winning the awards, but now the team is in the playoffs, everyone congratulated each other and then calmed down and continued to prepare for the game.

Tang Yu also promised all players that they would celebrate separately after the end of the season.

The first round of the Western Conference playoffs has ended after a week.

After three 2-2 ties, the higher-ranked teams began to exert their strength. The Lakers, Suns and Mavericks all won two games in a row to eliminate their opponents.

The Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers with Roy and Aldridge with a big score of 4-2.

The Dallas Mavericks, who ranked third in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, eliminated the Salt Lake City team Utah Jazz with a score of 4-2.The Phoenix Suns, who bombarded the team, also eliminated the Denver Nuggets, which had Anthony and Billups, with a score of 4-2.

Anthony was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs again, which made Melon very depressed. Anthony, who averaged 30.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2 steals per game, had given his all.

Anthony expressed his disappointment after the end of the series. Among the players of the same period, Wade has won the championship, and LeBron has also reached the finals. Only he has stagnated in the West, which makes Melon unacceptable.

Anthony directly forced the team management to resign. If the team does not strengthen in the offseason, then he will not renew his contract with the team, and he will apply for a trade before the start of the next season.

After the storm of Melon forcing the team to resign, except for the Atlanta Hawks and the Bucks to play a game 7, the other three groups of duels in the East also produced winning teams.

The Cavaliers swept the Chicago Bulls 4-1, and the Celtics eliminated the Flash's Heat with the same score.

The Magic relied on the Warcraft and the stable lineup that rushed into the finals last season to sweep the Bobcats 4-0 and advance.

All the teams with championship potential began to exert their strength one after another, and all teams had only one goal, that is, the championship.

After confirming that the Rockets' opponent was the Suns, Tang Yu led the team's coaching staff to study the tactics against the Suns.

In the regular season, the Houston Rockets were very restrained by the Suns, and the Rockets won all four duels, but Tang Yu did not take it lightly in the playoffs. You must know that the regular season and the playoffs are completely different.

Tang Yu also knows the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. He has explained this to his chief assistant Stevens and must tell the players not to underestimate the enemy.

The tactics of the Suns and the Rockets are roughly similar, both of which are based on rapid offense and defense conversion.

However, the Suns' fast break is mainly based on attacking the inside, while the Rockets are a combination of inside and outside, but the first choice is the outside.

All media are very concerned about the match between the Rockets and the Suns, thinking that this is an offensive feast, and everyone gives up defense and devotes more energy to offense.

To describe it in one sentence: Just do it!