Chapter 928 Walker Iversonization

"This is a season that will go down in history."

TNT and ESPN both used this title to describe this past regular season.

As they say, with six superteams at once and two players averaging a triple-double, it was a season for the history books.

Of course, there's also the much-anticipated playoffs.

With the regular season rankings determined, the Eastern and Western Conference playoff matchups are also announced.

Over there in the east.

Cavaliers VS Heat.

This is the most topical matchup in the first round of the Eastern Conference.

Wade and James are old friends, James and Whiteside are both former Heat players...

For the Heat, they stumbled into the playoffs relying on their last wave of winning streak, but they needed to face the strongest team in the Eastern Conference.

Knicks vs. Pacers.

A duel between Anthony and George, the two top small forwards in the league.

With the departure of the original team of David West and Hibbert, the Pacers have long lost their former courage, and George's future with the Pacers is bleak.

If there is no breakthrough this year, George is likely to leave Indiana, which trained him, after the contract ends.

Raptors VS Hornets.

This is the second consecutive season that the two sides have met in the playoffs. The Raptors' garbage brothers need to prove themselves, and so does Walker.

Especially after a peak season, his playoff performance will directly determine his next contract.

Whether the Hornets can advance into the second round is likely to determine Walker's final stay.

Eagles vs. Bucks.

Antetokounmpo performed as a Most Improved Player.

The boy who cast envious glances at Tang Tian from the sidelines is now growing rapidly, but he still needs to prove more.

This side of the west.

Rockets VS Mavericks.

The Cavaliers and Heat in the Eastern Conference are the most talked-about first-round matchups, while the Rockets and Mavericks are the most talked about.

There are five super teams in the Western Conference, which means that two of them will definitely meet in the first round. In the end, the Rockets and Mavericks, the two favorites to win the championship, met in advance.

One is a superstar team, and the other is an all-star team. In the end, whoever wins is likely to win.

Spurs VS Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers continue to have an efficient season, but they are undoubtedly the victims of the super team. The first round match against the Spurs was also unsuccessful.

Warriors VS Clippers.

Griffin suffered an injury this season and has been in sluggish form since his return. The Clippers also have little hope of breaking through the Warriors.

Pelicans VS Thunder.

The scenes of the regular season confrontation between the two teams are still vivid in our minds. If fans are not satisfied with watching, then they will now be presented with a whole series.

With two days left until the start of the playoffs, the Pelicans are ranked first in the league and have home court advantage against all teams.

They skipped the trip and rested for two days to prepare for the upcoming playoffs.

"Thunder, Tang, it seems that your topic of authenticity will continue."

In the first training session after the regular season, Bo Yang was teasing Tang Tian.

"He doesn't care about that anymore."

Before Tang Tian could speak, Dio said from the side.

Tang Tian glanced at Dio and pointed at him with a smile.

Sure enough, the old guy still understands him.

The Pelicans are aiming to defend their title this season, and it doesn't actually matter who their opponent is in the first round.

It's just pretentious to say it, but if you don't say it, the first round is just for them to find their status.

In fact, after this season, he was thinking about whether his high ball possession rate would hurt the team.

Although the data looks good, the MVP selection will also have the upper hand.

But this season, Jokic's visible regression and Davis's stagnation are not only related to the penalty scale, but also to his high ball holding.

He is indeed the strongest on the team, and he plays the most efficient way with the ball, but basketball is a sport for five people after all, and the first round is an opportunity to make adjustments.

The playoffs have not officially started yet, and the league also announced the first two awards of the season at this time.

One is the best head coach.

The results showed that Cole received 31% of the votes, defeated Stevens and Lue, and was successfully elected as the best coach of the season.

This is also the first time in his coaching career that he has been elected.

From leading the team to win the championship in his debut to leading the team to 73 wins, Cole's performance in the past two years has been getting better year by year, but he just can't win the best coach.

This season he finally got his wish.

But being elected this season, in addition to his own performance, is also thanks to Stevens.

After all, the latter was elected last season and will basically be automatically filtered this season.

Otherwise, with the Pelicans' 70-win record, Stevens would be the one ultimately elected.

But no matter what, it took the Warriors three seasons to finally get the honor that the Pelicans got in one season.

The best head coach went to the Bay Area, and the Most Improved Award went to Milwaukee.

Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo was undoubtedly elected for this award with more than 50% of the votes due to his outstanding performance.

But this is obviously just the beginning for him. The goal of this older James is to hit history and become the number one player in the Tangtian League.

Both Kerr and Antetokounmpo chose to present the awards in the playoff opener.

They obviously hope to continue the "award law" created by Tang Tian in the Spurs to create a good start for the playoffs.

Two days later, the playoffs officially started.

The Knicks, Pacers, Raptors and Hornets in the East, and the Pelicans, Thunder, and Rockets and Mavericks in the West took the lead.

The game between the Raptors and the Hornets starts early, and the Pelicans and Thunder play at the end.

The happiest people at this time are the fans, there are four playoff games a day, and there are games every day.

The Pelicans training ended early, and Tang Tian was also in the locker room watching the first game between the Raptors and the Hornets with Davis.

The Raptors have Lowry and DeRozan, as well as Ibaka and Valanciunas, but apart from Walker, the Hornets only have Batum, who is obviously overpriced.

On paper, the Hornets have no chance of winning.

However, after the game started, the scene was different from what the fans imagined.

In the first half, the Raptors led the Hornets 50 to 35. Lowry and DeRozan scored 25 points together. Everything was as expected.

But in the second half, the situation suddenly changed, and Walker of the Hornets suddenly went berserk. His sudden shots and defensive counterattacks completely lost the Raptors.

During the Hornets' counterattack, Lowry and DeRozan were both invisible.

Walker scored 20 points in this quarter, and the Hornets evened the difference in the quarter.

In the final quarter, Walker continued to play bravely, and eventually led the Hornets to defeat the Raptors 93-83, successfully completing the victory.

The Garbage Brothers performed as always. They scored 25 points in the first half and only scored 10 points in the second half.

Walker scored 43 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and was unstoppable.

"Kemba played really like Iverson this time. It will definitely be great for us to play with him."

Davis sighed inexplicably.