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Back in Atlanta, Paul received his first personal honor in his career, the NBA Rookie of the Year in 0506.He is the undisputed best rookie in the NBA in recent years.

In 03, the competition between Yao Ming and Stoudemire continued until the Suns overwhelmed the Rockets and entered the playoffs; In 04, the standard should really be given to Anthony; and in 05, the Magic's performance was better than that of the Bobcats, and Howard's statistics were not inferior to Okafor's too much, and the two were also close to each other.

Only Paul, who averaged 21+9 per game in his rookie season, is enough to impact the personal performance of the best team. It is estimated that the best rookie has lost suspense as early as December.

Even in the later period, Deron Williams has made significant progress. In the second half of the season, he averaged 16+8 per game, which is far from Paul.

"Being able to win the Rookie of the Year trophy in my first NBA season made me want to work harder and spend more time in the training gym. I feel grateful to be in this position now. "

"Brenda Paul. Mom, you're the reason I'm playing the way I am now, you're everything. Remember the days when I didn't feel like going to practice, it was a tough time, you woke me up and I went to work, Make sure I'm okay, make sure this family is okay. Those were tough times. Now, my days shouldn't be hard because I love what I'm doing, which is playing basketball. You keep pushing me, I love you, I Thank you for being my mom."

"I want to thank Kimi. From the moment the draft was over, you told me that I would be the core of the Eagles. This is a great affirmation for me. I am strong and I know it, but my career is so difficult. Great start, all thanks to you! I love playing for you and hope to do so for many years to come."

"I would like to thank my teammates, it's really a wonderful day to fight with you! We run into each other, we sacrifice each other, we leave our backs to each other, I hope tomorrow's game, we can continue this season together go down!"

"I would like to thank the Atalanta fans, your support will always be the motivation for my prospects, thank you."

"I won't be proud of it, I will continue to train hard in the summer, I know we can fly higher!"

Paul's "Best Rookie" is not the only individual honor for the Eagles this season. Before the team's Game 5 with the Cavaliers, Diaw raised the "Most Improved Player" trophy amidst the cheers of the fans .

The data of 11+7+7 cannot reflect the changes that Diaw brought to the Eagles. He used his performance to prove that playing a center does not have to be big and round, and you don’t have to fly to the sky. You can still succeed by playing with your brain. The emergence of the NBA is revolutionary for the development of the NBA. He can pass the ball that many fans can't pass from the perspective of God while playing NBA Live.

Like Paul, Dior also thanked Ke Yan, thinking that he discovered his potential.

"You are the best coach in my heart!" When Dior said this, the Phillips Center was full of joy, and the fans were all looking forward to Ke Yan winning the award!

Although it is only two "small" awards, for the Eagles who have just come out of the long night, this season's revival is enough to make them proud.

After winning two trophies in a row, the Eagles players were very encouraged. As soon as the game of G5 started, the whole team immediately entered a "furious" state. Breakthroughs, three-pointers, counterattacks, dunks, and a combination On the verge of elimination, the floating Cavaliers were stunned.

Mike Brown called a timeout, but still couldn't boost the team's morale.The Eagles played a 20:6 attack wave before the official timeout, leading by 14 points!

Even Zhang Lili began to sigh with emotion: "If this continues, the Eagles will really enter the second round."

His tone seemed to be a little regretful, which made some fans dissatisfied.But he has no grievances with Keyan, and it's not that he doesn't want the Eagles to advance.It's just that Yao Ming, whom Huaxia fans have been thinking about, has never made it to the second round. On the contrary, Daba, David, and Ke Yan have achieved better results than Yao Ming one after another. I can't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

If possible, there are really Huaxia fans who are willing to sacrifice the honor of Daba, or even Ke Yan, in exchange for Yao Ming who can go one step further, even if it is only to advance to the second round.

Under adversity, the Cavaliers still stood out for James, just like the previous few games, when his teammates could not provide him with more help, James began to charge again and again, completely carrying the Cavaliers on his own shoulders.

Mike Brown had no way to make targeted adjustments, so he could only let the game re-enter the rhythm of the first two games, that is, "James singled out the Eagles, and the Eagles beat James".

In the whole game, James played 48 minutes, made 30 of 15 shots and 10 of 9 free throws. He scored a game-high 42 points and had 7 assists and 8 rebounds.Especially at the beginning of the second half, he succeeded in four consecutive offenses and once chased the score to only 5 points.

It's a pity that other teammates did not perform well, especially the team's "second in command" Larry Hughes, who signed a contract bigger than Joe Johnson, but his performance was quite different from the opponent's. Both offensive and defensive ends were suppressed by Joe Johnson.

He made 16 of 4 shots and scored 11 points in the game. This kind of performance made the Cavaliers fans in front of the TV have a cerebral hemorrhage!

Counting Big Z's 13 points, the Cavaliers only had three of them score in double figures.

The Eagles are their double. Paul and Joe Johnson both scored 20+, and Josh Smith also scored 18 points.

Compared with the Cavaliers who are thriving, the Eagles are all picking up firewood.

When the game time was all over, the buzzer beeped for a long time, the red light was on, and fireworks and ribbons were falling down from the stadium, and there was a deafening cheer in the arena.

"Yeah!!!!!!"

"We won, we won, we're in the second round!"

"HAWKS—HAWKS—"

"Oh!

OH!

Oh!"

The entire Phillips Center became a sea of ​​joy, and the team reached the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.It was the Bulls' legendary season of 72 wins and 10 losses and eventually won the championship. The Hawks lost to the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The eagle of the next ten years is an eagle with broken wings.For ten years, the team had no hope, until the arrival of Keyan, who single-handedly rebuilt the Eagles.

For the first time, Ke Yan did not join the cheers of the fans and players, but took the initiative to come to the visiting team's bench and shook hands with Mike Brown.

"Congratulations, Kimi. You did a great job this year, and I hope you can go further." After fighting Ke Yan so many times, Mike Brown sincerely acknowledged Ke Yan's strength; he also felt lucky that he had a James card in his hand Wang Zha, in the future, continue to strengthen the lineup around James. It is not that the Cavaliers have no chance to compete with the Eagles.

Affected by Detroit's bankruptcy, the Pistons are very likely to disintegrate in recent years. The Cavaliers and Eagles seem to be the most promising teams to succeed them and become the new Eastern Conference hegemony.

"Thank you, I hope you have a pleasant holiday." Ke Yan said politely.

At this time, James on the field also let go of Paul and walked towards Keyan, and the two immediately chatted for a few words.

Originally, Ke Yan also wanted to pretend to be coercive and said: "The future is yours." But considering that he seems to be a "young commander", it is really inappropriate to say this, so he gave up.

After a moment of confusion, everyone finally regained their composure.Under Ke Yan's instructions, the players lined up to applaud the fans on the sidelines and thank them for their support to the team.

After a brief interaction with the fans, the players returned to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, while Ke Yan was stopped by reporters for an interview.

By the time Ke Yan returned to the locker room, the initial wave of excitement for the players had passed. The players no longer stood around advocating each other. Instead, they should take a shower and change their clothes as usual.

After Ke Yan walked in, he chatted with Joe Johnson, Posey and others first, and when the players who were taking a shower came out, he yelled and started talking.

"Okay, anyway, we passed the first round of the playoffs, and everyone did a good job." Speaking of Ke Yan, he took the lead in applauding, and the players also booed, but those who are familiar with Ke Yan's speaking style knew that, This is just the beginning, and there will definitely be a turning point later.

"We have all worked hard tonight, and I'm sure some of you must be too excited to sleep at night. But the playoffs are not over yet. After the first round, there will be a second round, so don't get too excited. Relax, we still have to gather at the training hall on time at [-] o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Don't do any warm-up activities, let's watch the Pistons game video together and conduct targeted research. Okay, that's all I have to say, Chris, wait and I'm going to the press conference."

55 wins in the season; the second round of the playoffs; the best rookie; the most improved player;

As for the opponents of the next round, the Pistons, they are not only stronger than the Eagles in strength, but also the natural enemies of the Eagles in terms of play style!

In other words, Ke Yan's style of play has never taken advantage of the Pistons. Since he became the acting head coach of the Lakers last season, Ke Yan has played against the Pistons five times, losing five straight.

The slight lack of strength is the main reason. Don’t look at the Lakers sixth in the Western Conference last season, and the Eagles third in the Eastern Conference this season (in terms of performance), but this all depends on Ke Yan’s tactical system and on-the-spot scheduling. Without Ke Yan, this What kind of results a set of lineups can achieve, it is obvious to look at the Lakers this season.

But Ke Yan is not afraid of the Spurs, he is not afraid of the sun, and even against the Heat, it is not impossible to fight, but the Pistons are hard to match anyway, which is also a small "black spot" for Ke Yan.

Ke Yan doesn't care much about what other people think. Anyway, Ke Yan himself hopes to win the Pistons head-on.

If he can't win even one of the four games, it's like saying that Ke Yan kneels down against the Pistons five tigers and nine times in a row, so how can he still be treated as the protagonist!

This is also one of the reasons why he did not celebrate happily after winning the Cavaliers, but led the whole team to watch the Pistons game video the next day.

"To be honest, the probability of winning the series is very small, but this Pistons team is not impeccable. They are not as strong as the previous two seasons!" After watching the video, after the players left, the coaching staff got together for a meeting. Snyder gave out his own analysis.

"This season, the league has strengthened the penalties for hand movements on defense, and offensive teams have gained greater benefits. The defense that the Pistons are proud of has been greatly reduced. Under normal circumstances, Sanders changed from man-to-man to zone defense. The positional offense is a full-court offense, which improves the team's offensive and defensive efficiency, but at critical moments, Sanders can't handle the team well!"

"Psychologically, the Pistons have also begun to fluctuate. Before winning the championship, everyone will be of one mind, but after winning the championship, everyone's hearts will definitely fluctuate. Rasheed Wallace got a big contract, Ben Hua It is very difficult for the Pistons to deal with Rice’s contract issue. Combined with what Quinn said, the league’s changes to the defensive rules have a great impact on Ben Wallace, and the Pistons are likely to give up Big Ben in the summer.” Ke Yan added Explained, "Also, Philip Sanders is a great tactical board coach, but his on-the-spot command is relatively average, which is also a relative pain for the Pistons."

In this round of the series, psychological warfare is also the top priority.

. . . . . .

On May 5, the second round of the playoffs between the Pistons and the Eagles finally kicked off.

Before the start of the game, the league announced the ownership of the best coach of the regular season. Ke Yan was elected without any surprise and became the first Chinese best coach in NBA history. At the same time, his 26 years old also made him the best coach in all sports league , the youngest best coach winner.

There is hardly any doubt that the selection of the best coach mainly depends on five criteria.First: the team's final record; second: the improved record compared to last season; third: the use of players; fourth: whether there are any milestone breakthroughs; fifth: whether the team's reconstruction has been completed.

Generally speaking, if a season has achieved high scores in two of these five criteria, it can basically be included as a candidate for the best coach of the season; if it has received high marks in three of these criteria, and there are no other monstrous coaches in the season Now, this honor can basically be locked.And Ke Yan is a "monster", he directly "five-dimensional" full, all the judges are above 90 points.

Unless it is the same year as Phil Jackson in 96, no matter what year he is, he is 100% the best coach!

The winning press conference will have to wait until we get back to Atlanta, and until then, play the Pistons!

Up to the Eastern Conference semifinals, every game will be broadcast live across the United States. ESPN sent a team consisting of Mike Breen and Mark Jackson to the Palace of Auburn Hills for a live broadcast of this game.

Mike Breen quickly and clearly introduced the situation of the two teams: "There is no doubt that the Pistons and the Eagles are two extreme teams in the league, and the Eagles are the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the league. In the first season of the Eagles, Kimi did what D'Antoni failed to do. They even double-killed the Spurs in the regular season. The Pistons are the strongest defensive team in the league. Their defensive strength It is historical level strength. I have special respect for this strong team with 'blue-collar workers' as the main body. They have no superstars, but everyone is doing the toughest and most correct defense. Who is in front of the Pistons? You can't even become a superstar!"

"In the regular season, the Pistons beat the Eagles four times, with the points difference being 22 points, 17 points, 12 points, and 5 points in overtime. As time goes by, the gap between the two teams is slowly getting smaller! Perhaps After a round of baptism in the playoffs, the Eagles are more mature than the regular season, and I don’t think the gap will be as big as it seems!” Mark Jackson used statistics to maintain the suspense between the two teams, lest fans feel that the Pistons The chances of winning are in his hands, but from a professional point of view, he is more optimistic about the Pistons.

"Okay, the game has started! Wow~ Josh Smith overwhelmed Big Ben and succeeded in jumping the ball. The Eagles won the ball for the first attack, and the ball came to Paul..."

With Mike Breen watching, Paul dribbles across the court, setting up the offense.

Joe Johnson and Josh Smith are on the left, Posey is on the right corner, and Diaw picks and rolls outside the three-point line in the middle to help Paul get rid of Billups.

Paul dribbled the ball to the left, Ben Wallace switched defenses to keep up, Diaw went down to the free throw line, and Billups firmly restrained him, fully trusting Big Ben's defensive ability.

Paul paused slightly while holding the ball frame, and dribbled the ball under his crotch to his left hand and slammed it towards the baseline. No matter how agile Da Ben was, he couldn't keep up with the little point guard.

Paul made an emergency stop, leaned on Wallace with his back, and missed a forward shot, but caused a foul by Big Ben.

"..." This foul was really disgusting, Daben was in distress, I really didn't expect Paul to play this move.

However, these small tricks appear in the Pistons games are commonplace, and Billups is an expert in this area, often playing some clever tricks.

Paul made two free throws and the Eagles took the lead.

Ben Wallace served from the baseline, and Billups dribbled the ball across half court, came to the top of the arc, and pushed Paul with his back and big butt.

The Eagles suffered a great loss against the Pistons. In addition to being restrained in their own style of play, the head star was also restrained by the attributes of the Pistons. Paul was most afraid of Billups; Joe Johnson hated gibbons like Prince; Ben basically lost his offensive ability.

If the star player in his hand is better, no matter how restrained he is, at least he can win a game, right?

Carrying Paul away, Billups came to a position 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the right, Ben came up to cover him, Prince slipped to the bottom line, and then Rasheed Wallace ran to the bottom of the opposite side with a screen Corner, the strong side is instantly emptied.

Big Ben's screen was very solid, keeping Paul firmly behind him. Diaw gave Billups a step away, and Billups directly pulled up and threw a three-pointer. Dior tried his best to reach out, but he couldn't interfere at all. Billups' shot.

"Shua!" Billups' offensive ability is not top-notch, but his statistics and efficiency are good, mainly because he optimizes his shot distribution and shoots a lot of three-pointers.

"Good shot! Diaw only gave Billups a little room to shoot, and he was caught by Billups. He has a good touch. The Eagles are not very easy to play."

The Hawks served, the Pistons suddenly pressed the ball, Billups and Rasheed Wallace suppressed Paul's point, forcing Paul to lose the ball, and then Billups scored an easy layup. (5:2)

The camera was shown to Ke Yan, and the fans also noticed that he was covering his mouth and talking to Snyder.

The Eagles attacked, Joe Johnson took control of the ball, handed over to Dior in the middle, swayed Prince's defense by counter-running, rushed to the penalty area line, and made a fake shot to sway Rasheed Wallace , and then hit a time difference and scored from close range. (5:4)

The defensive end made a mistake. Rasheed gave Hamilton no ball on the left. After the latter received the ball, he did not pass the ball to Rasheed Wallace. 7.

The Pistons' offensive efficiency at the start was surprisingly good, which surprised Ke Yan.But this is also a relatively comfortable rhythm for Ke Yan. The Eagles played a "V-shaped offense" in positional battles. Josh Smith slanted inside, hit the basket, and forced the ball to the basket with Rasheed Wallace's defense.

On the sidelines, Sanders frowned slightly after seeing Josh Smith's goal, then got up and shouted a few words towards the players on the field, Billups then slowed down the offensive rhythm.

Rasheed Wallace holds the ball in a high position and cooperates hand-in-hand with Hamilton, who misses a mid-range shot.

Looking back, Billups led the defense against Paul. After the pick-and-roll, Rasheed Wallace switched defenses in front of Paul, tightly covering his shooting space. Paul used his speed to break through his defense and faced Ben Hua. Lace's supplementary defense did not go to the basket. He made a mid-range jump shot with an emergency stop, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.

There are three lines of defense from front to back. What's even more exaggerated is that the Pistons' defense was not chaotic and Paul was not able to find a comfortable passing line. This is where the Pistons' defense is terrifying.