NBA: Fusion of two talents to dominate the entire league

Two days later, facing the Nets without Carter, the Celtics relied on Al Jefferson and Pierce to contribute 65 points and won a face-saving victory at home.

After returning to New Jersey, the recovered Carter and the Nets burst into the greatest offensive firepower.

The whole scene can only be described as miserable for the Celtics, who had no power to fight back.

The Green Army lost 15 points in the first half and 25 points in the third quarter.

Finally, they were slaughtered by 35 points at the home court of the New Jersey Nets.

4 to 1,

The Nets advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals first, and they will wait for the winner between the Miami Heat and the Detroit Pistons.

Unlike the calm Nets and Celtics,

Another playoff game in the East can be described as a battle of spears and shields.

The two teams just played to the fifth game, and the Heat won the crucial decisive battle.

The Heat temporarily led the Pistons 3-2.

The strength of the two teams is on par.

Everyone thinks that this series is likely to go to a tiebreaker.

At this time, O'Neal was still the Big Shark.

The last tail of his peak period could still turn the tide in the Pistons' interior.

And the second-year rookie Wade has shown superstar appearance. In the first five games, even with the Pistons' iron wall defense,

Wade still contributed nearly 30 points per game. The Heat also took the initiative in the series because of the performance of these two people.

Western Conference Playoffs

Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks,

Steve Nash, who avenged his old team, scored a triple-double of 34+13+12 in the decisive home game,

In the second game of the Mavericks in this round of playoffs,

Joe Johnson, the team's third-highest scorer, was accidentally injured,

Nash had to shoulder the responsibility of offense, and Nash, who was in charge of both organization and offense, showed amazing fighting power,

In the two games in which Joe Johnson was absent, Nash averaged 36 points per game,

Nash held his breath to teach his old team, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, a lesson he would never forget,

The crazy Nash was unstoppable.

The Suns also led the Mavericks 3-2.

Another game in the West

San Antonio Spurs and Seattle SuperSonics

Before the game, no one thought that the SuperSonics could push the Spurs to this extent.

If it weren't for the "accidental" injury of Rashard Lewis, the second-in-command of the SuperSonics team, which led to the SuperSonics' insufficient scoring ability,

Even so, the score was still tied at 2-2 in the first four games.

In the fifth game, Ginobili, who was in a desperate situation, broke out with amazing fighting power.

39 points helped the Spurs win this crucial game.

The powerful Spurs are still the team that makes people tremble.

At the end of the season, the NBA announced the final list of candidates for MVP, and a total of 5 players were shortlisted for the final competition.

Steve Nash: 15.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 1 steal (60 wins and 22 losses)

Shaquille O'Neal: 22.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.3 blocks (58 wins and 24 losses)

Roy: 28.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 3.2 blocks, 1.9 steals (66 wins and 16 losses)

Tim Duncan: 20.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.6 blocks (57 wins and 25 losses)

Especially the competition for votes between the top two, Nash and Roy, was very fierce.

Old-school players and media people felt that Roy was too young and it didn't matter if he won the award in a few years.

But more opponents raised objections.

This is not about seniority. Shouldn't it be whoever performs better get the award?

No one can convince anyone.

Fortunately, Roy signed a shoe contract with Nike, and they spared no effort to promote him.

If he can win the MVP, it will greatly promote the sales of shoes.

This season, Roy's shoe sales are second only to Iverson and Kobe, slightly lower than McGrady, ranking fourth in the league.

Except for Kobe, none of them are Nike players.

For Roy, Nike has spared no effort to lobby everywhere.

The MVP vote was officially announced on May 19.

Roy still received 39.5% of the votes despite the pessimism of many so-called senior media.

He said no, but he was honest in his heart. After all, Roy was too dazzling this season.

He surpassed Nash's 33.9%. He won the MVP of this season with a 5% advantage.

The main reason was that the Nets' record of 66 wins and 16 losses was too strong. Roy defeated the opponent in two head-to-head matches with the Suns.

This was also Roy's biggest plus point. A thousand words could not defeat the opponent head-on.

And Roy's personal data was also the best among allThe best among them

Rookie MVP, this is a huge gimmick in itself,

Among them, the league officials have helped to fuel the flames. Roy's winning of the NBA's Most Valuable Player is in the interests of the league.

It can not only promote the image of fairness and justice of the league, but also open up the huge market of the Eastern power. It is a natural outcome.

The MVP award ceremony will be held before the opening of the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

NBA Commissioner David Stern will personally go to the New Jersey home court to present the award to Roy.

While Roy and his Nets teammates were waiting for their Eastern Conference Finals opponents,

the Pistons won the sixth game with their resilience and momentum,

and dragged the game against the Heat to the seventh game.

The Nets wanted the opponent to fight as hard as possible. The combination of the advantage of resting and the home court advantage made the fans look forward to it.

The two teams in the Western Conference Finals have already decided the results.

The Phoenix Suns won in overtime at the American Airlines Center of the Dallas Mavericks.

It seemed that Nash had deliberately arranged it.

Cuban, who insulted Nash in the summer, learned a bitter lesson in this game.

39 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, perfect data, personally handed the failure to Cuban.

The revenge segment that everyone likes to see ended successfully.

The only regret is that Joe Johnson of the Suns was accidentally injured, which cast a shadow on the Suns before the match against the Spurs.

In another Western Conference semifinal, Ray Allen of the Supersonics, who was missing Rashard Lewis, failed to make a buzzer-beater with a three-pointer, and eventually lost to the Spurs by 2 points at home. The Spurs thought it would be an easy and enjoyable round of games, but they were beaten by the Supersonics. Fortunately, they had a strong foundation, so they did not crash in this round of playoffs. The leader of the twins, Ray Allen, showed strong offensive power. Bruce Bowen returned to the game after the suspension, but he was restrained. He failed to limit Ray Allen's performance. If it weren't for Sue Lewis' injury, the outcome of the two teams would really be unknown. The match between Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs was considered by many fans to be an early finals.

Some fans subconsciously ignore the East, thinking that Western teams can win the championship as long as they can break out.

Roy didn't know whether this was true or not,

and he didn't have time to care about these rumors.

What he cared about most was the match between Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons.

I don't know if it was Roy's butterfly wings.

In the original world, the Heat would lose the game because of Wade's accidental injury, but the timeline and events of this world were obviously distorted.

Wade was still alive and well, and the Heat was expected to return to the Eastern Conference Finals after 9 years.