In the next few days, the Trail Blazers, Warriors, and Cavaliers, who have already advanced, are taking the time to rest and wait for the winner between the Bulls and Hawks.
As expected by many outside professionals, this series lasted until the last game of the series, and the winner was determined by the tiebreaker.
Finally, on the night of the steal, the Windy City Rose, Derrick Rose, bloomed alone at the Hawks' home court.
On this day, May 17th, Phillips Arena.
Bulls star Derrick Rose dreamed of returning to his peak, and he seemed to have returned to the 2011 mvp season overnight.
He made 17 of 28 shots from the field, with a hit rate of over 60%. Even the three-pointers, which have never been very accurate, were 3 of 6 tonight, with a hit rate of 50%. In addition, he made 8 of 11 free throws. A game-high 45 points and 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
In this campaign, Rose also successfully broke his career playoff scoring record in a single game.
By the way, this is not only the only two playoff nights in Rose's career where he scored over 40 points in a single game, but the last time Rose scored 44 points in the playoffs, he faced the Atlanta Hawks.
But at that time, the Eagles were still the era of Joe Johnson and Josh Smith himself.
But now, the former Hawks king Josh Smith has become the Bulls' super defensive power inside tonight.
To some extent, the contest between the Bulls and Hawks can also be called a series full of drama.
Amid the cheers of MVP, Rose turned the tide and helped the Bulls defeat the Hawks 109:102 on the road and successfully advance to the next round.
Following the 2010~2011 season, the Bulls once again stood at the top of the Eastern Conference after three years!
After the game, countless Bulls fans and Rose fans were so excited that they burst into tears.
Along the way, it has been really difficult for both the Bulls and Rose, because before the start of the playoffs, no team had ever regarded the Bulls as a championship-level team this year, and not many people even thought that They can get past the first round.
As a result, the facts turned out to be extremely disappointing.
The Bulls not only broke through the first round, but also went all the way to the conference finals and stood at the top of the Eastern Conference.
However, despite the flowers and applause from the outside world, the Bulls generals who had won the series were not happy for long.
Back in the locker room, after Rose and his teammates briefly celebrated, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau immediately poured cold water on his disciples, allowing the Bulls players to quickly wake up from the joy of winning.
Because their journey is not over yet!
Because in the next game, their opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers who have the Big Three!
Because in a few days, standing in front of them will be the man who once defeated the Bulls and Rose-LeBron James!
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"Another dynasty change in the Wild West, but the greatness continues!"
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After Rose led the Bulls to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, ESPN columnist Bill Simmons published an extremely long column with this title overnight.
As ESPN's top writer, data analysis master, and true hardcore NBA fan, who is as famous as John Hollinger, once his column was published, it instantly aroused explosive discussions among fans on major social platforms.
The general meaning is as follows:
There are too many big-name players in the past in this year's playoffs, especially the West, which is famous for its wildness!
The Lakers, Spurs, and Mavericks, the three established teams that have occupied a spot in the Western Conference finals for more than a decade, none of them can stand at the top of the Western Conference this year;
Taking their place are two young and overachieving teams: the defending champion Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors, who just broke the best record in franchise history;
Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, and Dirk Nowitzki, these superstars who are familiar among the fans, seem to be about to step down from the stage of history; replaced by the Trail Blazers' Wang Zelin and the Thunder's Kevin Vin Durant, Warriors’ Stephen Curry and others;
Before this year's playoffs, the Lakers, Spurs and Mavericks were still traditionally powerful teams, but after this year, the competition among young people for power has become clear. Young people are more aggressive and confident than the old stars!
Among the top ten scorers in this year's playoffs, the only two "old men" who entered the NBA before 2000 were Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki, but they could only be ranked at the bottom, and they both stopped. in the first round;
We have to admit that the NBA is going through a phase of change, and this year's playoffs are just the dawn of the replacement of the old with the new! Because the young people of the new era are about to write their great moments!
As soon as this article came out, fans felt disappointed and shocked, and at the same time mixed with a bit of expectation.
But no matter what, the rise of young players is indeed unstoppable.
Especially because of the saying, no matter how strong you are, you can't beat time!
A new storm has emerged!
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Of course, for the vast majority of ordinary fans, all they can do now is wait patiently for the new king to ascend the throne.
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On May 19, the day before the Western Conference Finals officially started, NBA officials announced the remaining major awards of the regular season.
The first announcement is the Best Rookie Award and the Best Rookie Team representing the future of the entire league.
In the end, the Rookie of the Year award was won by Kings rookie Andrew Wiggins.
In the competition for the best rookie award, Wiggins has actually been leading the rookies of the same class since the beginning of the season, averaging 18+4+3 per game. Even though he is not as good as his model James, he is still worthy of the No. 1 pick.
After all, Wiggins, who was heavily trained by the Kings, is not the young boy in his memory. He finally received 94.62% of the votes, absolutely crushing the rookies of the same class.
In the Best Rookie Team selection list, someone from the Trail Blazers was finally selected.
who?
Of course it’s Nikola Jokic, the “walking pork belly essence”!
While playing for the Trail Blazers this season, Jokic played in 82 games, starting 14 games, averaging 25 minutes per game, averaging 10.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks.
Among them, the 7.5 rebounds data is second only to the 8.1 rebounds of the 75th rookie Nerlens Noel among the players in the same class, ranking second among the 2014 rookies; the average of 10.4 points per game, ranking fifth among the 2014 rookies; the average of 3.2 points per game Ranked sixth among 201 world rookies in assists!
This led to his eventual selection to the All-Rookie First Team.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to Jokic, Jordan Clarkson, another second-round pick, was selected for the first-round rookie list.
The remaining three are all first-round picks, namely No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins, No. 6 pick in the first round, Nerlens Noel, and No. 10 pick in the first round, Elfrid Payton.
Selected to the All-Rookie Second Team are Marcus Smart, Zach LaVine, Bojan Bergdanovic, Juref Nurkic, and Langston Galloway.
To be honest, the success rate of the rookies in 2014 is quite high. Not only did they produce Maple Leaf Jordan, but also the best defensive player Smart and future All-Star Zach LaVine, as well as Bojan and Crocker. Forest, crossbow and other high-quality strong team puzzles.
Of course, to say that the one with the highest achievement is Teacher Yue, who grew up as an NBA second-round pick and became a regular season MVP legend. This is the only one in history!
Then the winners of the Defensive Player of the Year (DOPY) award and the list of players selected for the All-Defensive Team were announced.
In the voting for the best defensive player competition, Wang Zelin successfully defeated the Spurs' Kawhi Leonard and the Warriors' Draymond Green with a vote rate of 58.68%, and successfully won this award.
As soon as this result came out, except for the complaints from the Spurs and Warriors fans, most fans agreed.
After all, the defensive core of a 70-win team alone is enough to crush all doubts!
After the list of the best defensive team came out, Wang Zelin, who was elected the best defensive player, was also selected into the first team of the best defensive team of the year without any suspense.
He was joined by Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Kawhi Leonard and Draymond Green.
The players selected for the second defense are John Wall, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis, Tim Duncan and DeAndre Jordan.
Except for the Warriors' main center Borgt, which was somewhat surprising when he was not selected for the best defense, the selection of the rest of the players did not cause much controversy.
Finally, comes the most valuable prize.
The 15-man roster of the best team of the year and the regular season mvp are worthy!
In terms of the first team, Curry, Harden, James, Davis, and Wang Zelin were selected together.
For the second team, Paul, Westbrook, Aldridge, Gasol, and Cousins were selected together.
In terms of the third team, Lillard, Thompson, Duncan, Griffin, and Gasol were selected together.
The Cavaliers' leading point guard, Irving, trailed Lillard by 4 points and missed out on the best team of the year.
Among the 15-man roster, the most controversial one has to be Anthony Davis. Although in terms of personal statistics, Davis, who averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, is already at the level of the eldest brother among the active fourth positions, the problem is that his team performance is still unconvincing.
Considering that Wang Zelin of the same class is about to win the second championship ring in his career, and Davis is still worried about seeing the playoffs, it is no wonder that there are various criticisms from the outside world.
However, no matter how dissatisfied the fans are, it is now settled and there is nothing they can do.
After all, the nickname "Son of the United States" is not for nothing. Davis leads the team to death, but as long as his personal ability is outstanding enough, the league will choose to continue to support him. At most, you have to endure the fans' teasing afterwards, but the honor you received is a real hard work, another second defense, and another first!
When Irving saw the list announced, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then full of questions.
Why?
It doesn’t matter if LeBron gets in, why can that big guy get selected, but I’m the only one who didn’t get selected!
Damn it, do those stupid experts think I'm just the Cavaliers' No. 3?
This is not fair!
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Owen's heart was roaring crazily, but unfortunately not many people paid attention to his psychological changes.
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At this time, the media are rushing to report that Wang Zelin, Aldridge, and Lillard have once again joined forces to be selected for the best team of the year. A series of highlight performances of the three during the regular season have also appeared in the minds of fans over and over again. .
Among them, Wang Zelin, who has been selected for the double first team + dpoy for two consecutive years, quickly topped the list of hot searches in North America!
Now, there is only one last suspense left.
That is, can he win the regular season MVP again?
Immediately, the league announced the final winner of the regular season MVP for the 2014~2015 season.
In the regular season MVP voting, Wang Zelin received 61.62% of the votes, of which the first-time vote rate was as high as 89.58%!
In the end, he beat Curry (25.25%) and James (13.13%) and was successfully elected as the regular season mvp in the 2014~2015 season!
This is also the second MVP trophy Wang Zelin has won in his career!
This series of news has triggered a wave of heated discussions among fans on social media.
"Although I have known for a long time that Wang is very likely to defend his MVP title again, when it actually happened, I didn't feel the slightest surprise or surprise! It seemed that everything was so natural!"
"This is unfair. Curry obviously led the team to win more games than Wang Zelin, so why did he only get 1/4 of the votes! There is definitely something shady in this!"
"Pull them down! Not only is the Trail Blazers' record better than the Warriors, but Wang Zelin's statistics also surpass Curry's!"
"That is, first in the three rankings of scoring + rebounding + blocks! If you think this performance is not convincing enough, then there is nothing I can do."
"Come on Trail Blazers! Come on King! I believe you will be able to win the championship directly at 16:0!"
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