It is indeed difficult to go further in the playoffs with pure iron-blooded style.

After the Knicks were defeated by the Bulls, the Heat also suffered misfortune. 85 to 95, the Heat lost to the Raptors at home!

Carter's 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Odom's 10 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Antonio Davis's 8 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, Doug Christie's 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, making the Heat feel bad.

The main reason is that there is something wrong with Mo Ning. At the end of the regular season, Mo Ning's performance declined significantly and was extremely fatigued on the court. The Heat were also overtaken by the 76ers in the last few games, losing the opportunity to fight against the weaker Hornets and could only play against the youthful Raptors.

The first game between the Suns and Jazz series was the most dazzling game in the first round.

Ma Long began to enter the life-threatening mode...

With 50 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in a single game, Malone almost achieved his best performance in his career playoffs. At least he personally, in the playoffs when he is about to turn 37, he still maintains his previous level and even explodes.

But the Jazz only scored 95 points.

Relying on Anfini Hardaway's 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Kidd's 7 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, Rodney Rodgers' 22 points, Gugliotta's 14 points, and Hu Weidong's 15 points... The Suns defeated the Jazz team led by Malone who scored 50 points 103-95 away, and defeated the top and snatched the home advantage from the top!

Facts have proved that Malone has not really grown old yet. His performance averaged 27 points per game in the regular season is still the superstar who is not losing to Jordan in the regular season, but Stockton, Hornersek, Alden Polynis and others are all old.

After the first game of each group series, there is nothing worth watching, nothing need to be watched, and something worth looking forward to... Fans of all types have their own opinions.

The playoffs passed day by day. On April 27, the Supersonics came to Minneapolis Target Center to challenge the Timberwolves away.

91-86, the Timberwolves returned to their home court and narrowly defeated the Supersonics, avoiding the embarrassment of falling behind 0-2 at the beginning.

On April 30, the Supersonics, who were at home, steadily defeated the Timberwolves 83-75.

Zhang Hao scored 30 for the first time in the series. The game is the time to polish a skill with a very mature basic skill. After two games, at least when facing Garnett or Joe Smith's defense, Zhang Hao relied on a large number of turns and step-drawing shots and scored higher than before. He scored 10 points in the mid-range shot with 5 of 12 shots, opening the situation. Zhang Hao scored 33 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in a single game, leading the Supersonics to win.

On the 29th and 30th, the league announced the Best Sixth Man and Best Rookie Awards.

Jason Williams ranked fourth in the sixth man's votes, averaging 6.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game, which is still a bit far behind.

Best Rookie, the Bulls' Kobe Bryant won without any suspense, becoming another player who won the Month Rookie Award in a single season after Zhang Hao and Duncan.

On May 2, with a 2-1 lead, the Supersonics came to the target center again and challenged the Timberwolves away.

The Timberwolves fought back and fought very hard. The Timberwolves led 21 to 15 in the first quarter, but the Supersonics also fought very hard. Of course, it would be better to advance earlier than before.

In the second quarter, the Supersonics returned the Timberwolves 19-15. After the half-time, the scores of both teams were extremely different, less than 40 points. The Supersonics fell behind by 34-36 and entered the second half.

The second half was even more tragic. The Supersonics only scored 33 points, but defended the Timberwolves to only score 31 points. The two teams entered overtime with a score of 67-67!

In overtime, this is Kassel's world, scoring 5 points and 1 assist.

With 5 minutes and 44 seconds in overtime, Kassel passed the ball to Zhang Hao on the wing, hitting a three-pointer, 75-70, and the Supersonics secured the victory.

In the end, the Supersonics narrowly defeated the Timberwolves with a super low score of 75-70 through overtime, and advanced to the second round 3-1.

The Timberwolves, who chose Garnett, has undergone earth-shaking changes in the team history. Since they began to enter the playoffs, they have been eliminated in the first round for four consecutive years...

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After the playoffs began, Zhang Hao blocked external information. In the era without smartphones, this kind of thing is easy to handle. If you don’t accept interviews, watch TV, or read newspapers, it’s OK.

Jason Williams is also used to Zhang Hao's situation. He will not gossip at this time, when can he make a fuss, and when should he do things well. Jia Giant has learned to be by Zhang Hao's side for a long time.

The little loli also knows that it will not affect Zhang Hao at this time. After Zhang Hao finishes the playoffs, it will be time-sensitive.

But you still have to attend the press conference after promotion.

Local fans in Minneapolis were very dissatisfied. The Timberwolves almost won each of the four games, but they only won one game. The reporter came up and surrounded Doug Collins with a long spear and a short spear. He asked him if he had come to this point because of his good luck.

Doug Collins was able to withstand the reporter's attack at the beginning, but he was defeated later.

The Minnesota Daily reporter was very proud and a little drifting, leading the war to Zhang Hao: "Aix, do you think if you do it again, you will be so lucky and always hit the key goal?"

Zhang Hao glanced at his mentor's stupid brother, but his face was still too thin, and replied: "Of course, I will do it three more times, and the result is the same. This is not because of my good luck, but because the Timberwolves' luck has always been bad. Who told the Lakers to bring all the basketball luck in this city to Los Angeles? God prefers the Lakers and forgets the Timberwolves."

Doug Collins called him an expert when he heard this!

He didn't expect to say that!

The Minnesota Daily reporter was so angry!

The result is the same after three more times. It is obvious that this is a mockery of the Timberwolves being eliminated in the first round in the past three years!

A reporter from Chicago gave Minneapolis support: "Aix, do you know Bryant won the best rookie?"

"I know, he is excellent, great, and the best rookie in the Bulls' history."

The Chicago reporter was not stimulated by Zhang Hao and said proudly: "The news I have received is that the head coaches of each team appreciate Bryant's defense very much. He should be selected for the best defensive team in the rookie season like Duncan. The best lineup will definitely have his position. Does this mean that you are only ranked third in the best rookie in five years?"

This is a troublesome!

The other reporters' eyes immediately lit up, waiting to see Zhang Hao's good show.

Zhang Hao thought this question was very good.

Zhang Hao raised his hand and put it on the table, rubbed his index finger and asked, "I remember that I won 65 wins in the rookie season, and how many wins I won in the first and second place? I don't know, can you tell me?"

The Chicago reporter was prepared and immediately refuted: "You had Van Exel, Campbell, and Lynch around you at that time..."

When Zhang Hao heard this, his expression was rarely surprised and asked in an urgent tone: "Do you think Nick and George are stronger than Iverson and McGrady?

Brother, it seems we have a common topic! I hope to talk to you more when I play the Bulls in the future.”

“#%…#%…#……”

The reporter was immediately blocked and didn't know how to answer, and all the whispers were cursing...

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The Supersonics advanced to the second round 3-1, not the earliest to advance.

Earlier, the 76ers swept the Hornets 3-0, and the Pacers won both games in a very anxious way, 100-87 in the third game, knocking the Bucks down and sweeping 3-0 to advance.

Three hours before the Supersonics beat the Timberwolves 3-1, the Trail Blazers easily reached the second round.

Although the Heat and the Knicks seem to be unable to beat the Raptors and Bulls, they have resilience, the situation and the big score are very anxious.

On May 3, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 3-1 to advance to the second round, and the Suns eliminated the Jazz 3-1 to advance to the second round, and met the Lakers.

The 76ers, Pacers, Trail Blazers, Supersonics, Suns and Lakers advanced one after another. What is surprising is that the Suns killed the Jazz 3-1 relatively easily, and first advanced to the top. The Bulls and Raptors, who were most optimistic about the top, were dragged to a 2-2 draw by the Knicks and the Heat.

On May 4th, the Knicks and the Bulls compete for the match day of the five major battles.

At 10 a.m., the league announced the last three individual awards of the season.

MVP, Best Defensive Player, Fastest Progress Award.

Zhang Hao won 77 first votes, surpassing O'Neal, who won 47 first votes. He beat O'Neal, who had a total score of 35.3%, and defeated O'Neal, who had a total score of 29% and won his first regular season MVP in his career!

This is what everyone expects. No one else can threaten Zhang Hao’s MVP except for the 66-win league first, average 31.5 points per game, second in the league, second in the league, and third in the league with 3 blocks per game, and third in the league with 3 blocks per game!

The two occupied 124 of the 125 first votes. Except for Garnett, no one else stole the vote from the two.

When the MVP was announced, people in the entire basketball industry seemed to hear the heartbreaking voices of Los Angeles fans, not because O'Neal didn't get the MVP...

But this is a welcome event for fans of other teams! Lakers fans are unhappy, so fans of other teams are happy!

Best defensive player, Heat star Mo Ning completed the banking market.

Although Mooning's performance in April was not good and dragged down Tim Hardaway and Marshburn in the playoffs, Mooning's performance continued to lead in the first five months of the game, and there was no big problem. He played 79 games this season, with the highest attendance rate in his career, so it was natural to win the best defensive player.

However, it is a bit strange that the league announced the awards today.

In previous years, secondary awards were ranked first and the highlight was last.

But this year, the MVP was announced first, and the fastest progress award was left...

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Seattle, Key Stadium, after advancing 3-1, the Supersonics returned to Seattle for a day to rest and have begun preparing for the series against the Trail Blazers today.

But a defensive training class started at 9 a.m., and Scott Collins announced a break.

Everyone gathered in the lounge to watch the live broadcast of the official NBA awards announced.

As everyone in the Supersonics expected, David Stern read out that "the winner of the NBA's most valuable player is Zhang Hao from the Supersonics", the teammates in the lounge were stunned for a moment, and then they remembered that Faker Skye was Zhang Hao, and they got excited in an instant.

"I'm going to Australia to play the Olympics in the summer. Do you want to go and see it? If you want to go, go to Sam and Jason to register. I'll rent a cruise ship to take you there..."

Words like "the boss is awesome" or "the boss is generous" are heard in the lounge.

Zhang Hao is so happy and generous, in addition to winning the award, there is another reason...

"Congratulations to the host, the special signing player Zhang Hao won the NBA 1999-2000 regular season Most Valuable Player Award, and the host will receive a 120-day life span."

"I will be Ling Jueding... Special signing player Zhang Hao won the NBA 1999-2000 regular season Most Valuable Player Award. The final mission of the series of missions has been completed. Congratulations to the host for receiving a 90-day lifespan reward and a random golden upgrade card."

"The remaining life span is 2185 days, and the available life span is 2184 days..."

The life span has exceeded 2100 days! It has created a new high for remaining life span! There is also one more bronze lottery that takes 30 days to live!

However, now Zhang Hao has discovered a problem that he can use the silver medal of the upgrade card, and there is only one "Pick-and-roll executor" left! The two silver medals "King of Cross Steps" and "Wolf Roar" can only be upgraded through missions.

But this time the Timberwolves played against this playoffs did not trigger the mission...

It is definitely a good thing to have an extra golden medal...

"Aliens can pick-and-roll, right? Surely! He and Garnett cooperate so well at the age of 34... With the conditions this year, I haven't seen him play pick-and-roll..."
To be continued...