On April 28, after 10 days of fierce fighting in the NBA playoffs, two teams that advanced to the second round were finally born.

The two teams that advanced did not surprise fans because they were the two biggest favorites to win the championship this season.

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks 103-89 on the same day, sweeping their opponents with a total score of 4-0, and advancing to the Western Conference semi-finals for the fourth consecutive year! It was also the third consecutive year, and advanced to the first round of the playoffs with a sweep. In the East, the Miami Heat swept Mr. Qiao's Bobcats 109-98 and successfully advanced.

The Heat and the Grizzlies are also the only two teams in the first round of the NBA playoffs this season that can sweep their opponents to advance.

While other teams are still fighting hard, these two favorites to win the championship easily advance. Therefore, there is a reason why they can become favorites to win the championship.

Next, the Grizzlies have to wait for the winner between the Clippers and the Rockets. The Heat have to wait for the Raptors and Nets to decide the winner.

Link was quite satisfied with the result of the first round. In the original history, the Spurs and the Mavericks played in tiebreak, but the Grizzlies defeated their opponents in just four games. I have to say that this record is quite gorgeous.

The Mavericks are also unlucky. If they meet other opponents, they might be able to make a second round. But they just met the team that is the most ruthless.

During the days when there was no game, Jogel first gave the players two days off. After all, the Grizzlies players did not rest from the two days between the regular season and the middle of the playoffs. Now, it has been considered that those two days of rest have been made up.

Link did not train these two days, but stayed at home comfortably for two days. Before the more intense Western Conference semi-finals began, Link had to restore his physical fitness as much as possible.

By the time the Grizzlies players reopen to training, it was already May.

Seeing that the Clippers were already ahead of the Rockets 3-2, they were about to advance. Who knew that, at this time, the outside world suddenly revealed the recording of Clippers boss Sterling's involvement in racial discrimination.

This kind of thing is undoubtedly a big event beyond the scope of basketball when putting it on the American land. In the NBA league with many black players, Sterling undoubtedly became a public enemy of the whole nation.

It's not the 1970s and 1980s last season. At that time, commentators could even publicly use their skin color to tease black players. Without white stars, there would be no box office guarantee.

Link just wanted to say one thing to Sterling about this, "Sir, times have changed."

Therefore, the Clippers players also condemned Sterling's behavior with actions during the game that day.

The Clippers players wanted to strike directly, but after Rivers's fooling around, everyone finally decided to participate in the game as usual, but when they warmed up, everyone wore training suits and did not expose the Clippers' logo.

This incident eventually affected the Clippers' game status. They were only one game away from killing the Rockets to advance to the second round. But the Clippers' collective sleepwalking performance today made the Rockets come back to life.

Harden used his outstanding performance of 33 points in the game to "take advantage of the situation" and tied the total score of the series to 3-3!

The Clippers are actually going to tie the 7th with the Rockets, which is something Link hadn't expected before.

Seeing the second round of the game being postponed for a few days later, Link sighed.

After suddenly resting for so long and not playing the game, he didn't feel relaxed. Instead, he felt that his body was almost rusted and could not wait to move.

Fortunately, after May, it will not be as boring as at the end of April. Because starting from early May, the league will announce the results of the regular season awards.

This melon, both fans and players, will eat very happily.

One day after the Clippers lost to the Rockets, on May 2, the results were finally announced.

Although Dave Jogel is not well-qualified, it is the first time that he has led a team to play a full season as a head coach. However, with the Grizzlies' terrible record of 74 wins and the defensive efficiency of the Grizzlies' league, Jogel still defeated strong opponents such as **Vicci and won the honor of the best coach of the year!

At the age of 40, Dave Joggel was instantly labeled as a "genius young coach".

Of course, an unknown young coach won this honor, which attracted a lot of controversy.

This year, the team leader performance of **Vic, Scott Brooks and others is not bad. In terms of resume, they seem to be more worthy of the honor of Best Coach than Jogel. Some people think that Jogel has no real material. If he can win the best coach, it is entirely due to the team's glory!

However, regardless of whether the outside world is willing to accept it, the results of this award will not be changed.

74 wins are really great. No matter how much the coach plays in 74 wins, even if he can just manage the players well and get the team to win 74 wins, he is a good coach!

Faced with the doubts, Jogel was not very angry, "I thank everyone for their recognition. As for those who do not recognize me, I also hope that the subsequent competition will make you better."

Jogel is still too gentle and does not have the momentum of a "gang boss". Link's answer in an interview is obviously much tougher than Jogel.

"If a coach who leads the team to win the first record in the regular season history is not worthy of winning the Best Coach Award, it would be better to award this award to critics who speak one by one. For example, Bill Simmons, who likes to wear dresses."

Link is naturally the coach who supports him. With his temper, he will not be as kind as Joggle.

People are curious about how such a gentle coach controls the "gangster" team of the Grizzlies.

However, it was never Jogel who controlled the Grizzlies' locker room...

On the first day of the announcement of the NBA regular season award, a big upset broke out. Spurs fans protested collectively, and they unanimously believed that no one could surpass the great **Vic, let alone Joggel, a recognized little coach.

But even the "Red-clothed leader" Auerbach failed to win the Best Coach Award again. Is Auerbach not great enough? But the Celtic fans did not protest because of this.

Fortunately, the next day's Best Sixth Man Award was awarded to Jamal Crawford of the Clippers, but he did not continue to be upset, which calmed the fans down.

Jamal Crawford averaged 18.6 points per game this season, ranking 6th in the history of the NBA's best sixth man. The last sixth man who averaged more than him was the "Jets" Terry in the 2008-09 season.

Therefore, Crawford deserves this Best Sixth Person Award.

The Crawford winning the award undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Crawford players. Finally, in the tiebreak between the Crawford and the Rockets on May 4, Crawford, who had just won the award, came on the bench and scored 28 points excitedly, completely breaking the Rockets' propeller, causing the Rockets to fall.

4-3, the Clippers passed the first level through tiebreaks. The Memphis Grizzlies finally waited for their opponent in the second round of the game.

After the Clippers and Rockets' tiebreak battle ended, Chris Paul, who scored 22 points and 14 assists, made a prospect for the second round of the series, "We have the best sixth man, we have the strongest inside combination, and we have the determination to win the championship! I know that 74 wins against the Grizzlies are very strong, but we are not afraid of strong enemies, and we are confident of killing the defending champion!"

I don’t know if it was because Crawford won the best sixth man, but Paul seemed confident. After the Sterling incident, Crawford’s award seemed to give the Clippers an adrenaline.

The Western Conference semi-finals between the two sides will start on May 6 two days later, during which time the league will also announce the awards of the best defensive player of the year.

If DeAndrew Jordan can win this honor, the Los Angeles Clippers will install the Rockets' thrusters on their hull!

At that time, the Clippers, who have both the best sixth man and the best defensive player, will definitely not be at a psychological disadvantage.

Jordan Jr.'s defensive performance this season is obvious to all fans. He has always been one of the top five players in the best defensive player prediction rankings, and the possibility of winning the award is very high.
Chapter completed!