Chapter 1271 Awards Are Announced One After Another, and We Will Go to the Devil’s Home Court

After only one quarter, the Jazz were defeated again. The Lakers won their two home games without any blood and took a 2-0 lead in the series. They became the second team to take a 2-0 lead after the first Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. Team.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers have already occupied an absolute advantage in promotion in the best-of-seven games. I have said before that from the historical probability, in the best-of-seven games, when a team is 0-2 If you fall behind, the probability of making a comeback and advancing is only 6.5%.

In the history of the NBA for so many years, there have been as many as 249 times when the team fell behind 0-2 in the first round of the playoffs, and only 13 times it was finally reversed and promoted.

Of course, the closest one was the Lakers' opponent, the Utah Jazz. Many Chinese fans should be very familiar with this matter. In the 2007 playoffs, the Rockets were the first to win two home games and take a 2-0 lead, but were beaten by the Jazz. They were eventually eliminated 4-2 in 4 games. This is also the series that is most vividly remembered by many Chinese fans.

Oh, the second to last one was the Dallas Mavericks. Many young fans also remember this very clearly, because the backdrop was Yao's Rockets, and that time was even more miserable, because the Rockets were the first to win 2 games on the road. -0 lead, but the Mavericks won 3 games in a row. They finally got to the seventh game, but suffered a huge 40-point defeat in the seventh game. That game also opened the Yao-Mai era Cup to the Rockets. the prologue.

So when many fans saw the 2-0 advantage, they were a little allergic and a little over the top, fearing another shocking reversal or something. So at the beginning of this season, the Rockets and Trail Blazers tied 1-1, and many fans were very happy to express it. No longer 2-0, there is hope for the Rockets to break through!

Feeling sorry for the fans...

However, this problem was cured by the Lakers last season. Last season, the Lakers took the lead in all playoff series with a 2-0 lead and eventually won them all. The overturn rate was 0%, and the Jazz were also one of them. So when the Lakers took a 2-0 lead, fans all said that the goal was stable!

Of course, it doesn't mean that the Jazz have no chance at all. After all, the next two games will return to Utah, which is the famous Devils home energy solution center. The Jazz have been a famous home dragon since the team was founded. Although the record is not good this season, However, the number of wins at home is also nearly double that of away games, which further confirms the Jazz's title of home dragon and away worm, so they are not without the ability to fight next.

But the third game is particularly important, because if there is still a chance to comeback at 0-2, then falling behind 0-3 in the first round is really hopeless, because no team in NBA history has ever fallen behind 0-3. When a turnaround is completed, history is of course just some data, but it still has reference value.

Because of this, the Jazz briefly accepted an interview after the game and then boarded the chartered flight back. Of course they were disappointed in Los Angeles, but the team lost if they lost. Before leaving, Deron and other Jazz players still expressed The confidence to defend the home court to the death, of course, all this will have to wait for the third game to be tested.

The Lakers didn't stay much longer. At 7 o'clock the next morning, the Lakers and 76 people boarded a chartered flight to the Utah Devils' home court!

After the game, Ji Feng also paid attention to a wave of Nuggets games. Before this game, Paul once boasted in front of the media that he would win. However, as expected, the Hornets still failed to save the defeat in the second game. They lost 108-93 on the road again, and the Nuggets became the third team to take a 2-0 lead in the first round.

Judging from the first two games, the Nuggets' lead is comprehensive, especially at this point between Billups and Paul. Billups once again proved that he is definitely an underestimated superstar. In the previous show After suppressing Paul throughout the game, Chauncey was still invincible in this game.

In 35 minutes of playing time, he made 8 of 15 shots from Paul, 4 of 6 three-pointers, and 11 of 11 free throws. He scored 31 points and became the first player to score 30+ points in two consecutive games in this playoffs. , and then incidentally sent out 6 assists and 6 rebounds, with only 1 turnover in the game, which was definitely a great performance.

You must know that this kind of performance was performed against Paul, the league's new first point guard, who is a defensive master, and he is definitely full of quality.

Moreover, Paul performed poorly against Billups. He made 4 of 11 shots in 38 minutes of the game and only scored 14 points. Although he sent 13 assists, his performance was inferior to Billups. It’s too far away, and there are even a few players of the same level.

ESPN commented: "Crazy Paul has nothing to do in front of the experienced Billups."

This is not difficult to explain why the Hornets have suffered consecutive defeats. Paul is the barometer of the Hornets. If he is not good, the Hornets will not be good either.

Anthony continued to play well, scoring 22 points on 10 of 20 shots, but he also sent out a career playoff high of 9 assists and almost got a double-double. This made many commentators joke that Anthony had learned from Ji Feng.

And Ji Feng was more optimistic about the Nuggets after watching the game. Everyone knows that the Nuggets' leader is Anthony, but the Nuggets won the first two games in the same way as the Lakers. They won without core performance. This reflects their superhuman strength, and the Nuggets are likely to be the Lakers' opponents in the Western Conference finals.

Of course, it is too early to say so now, but it does not prevent Ji Feng from preparing early!

After the first two games of the playoffs, the league's situation gradually became clearer. At the same time, things that fans and players are concerned about are coming. Starting from April 22, NBA officials began to announce one after another NBA awards this season!

The first to be announced is the NBA Ethics Award, also called the Joe Dumars Award. As the name suggests, this is an award given every year to the player with the most sportsmanship in the NBA.

Those who can get it are all well-known good gentlemen in the NBA, from Joe Dumars, the winner in the first quarter, to Grant Hill, the winner last year.

This year, this award was awarded to Chauncey Billups of the Nuggets, and he is well-deserved. When Billups was in the Pistons, he was an outlier among the bad boys. He was humble, pragmatic on the court, and low-key off the court. , I have never seen him criticize anyone in the media. This may be the reason why he is not well-known despite his strong strength, but it is also part of his charm.

But sometimes being too low-key on the court is not a good thing. As the Pistons head coach once said: "Humility will not get you a championship."

Sometimes being tough and tough on the court is the last word!

Of course, this award is not that important in the hearts of players or fans, so it did not create any trend.

On April 23, the NBA finally announced its first more important award, which was the Rookie of the Year for the 2008-2009 season. The three candidates were Rose, Mayo and Lopez.

To be honest, there is not much suspense about this award. Although Mayo and Lopez performed poorly, Rose still stood out.

In his rookie season, Rose started 80 games and averaged 6.3 assists per game, ranking first among all first-year players. By the way, he also grabbed 16.8 points and 3.9 rebounds. His field goal percentage and free throw percentage were respectively for 47.5% and 78.8%.

He also ranks among the top three Bulls rookies in many technical statistics, including total points (3rd, 1361 points), points per game (3rd, 16.8 points) and assists per game (3rd, 1361 points), and assists per game (3rd, 1361 points). 6.3 times).

This proved to be the case in the end. A total of 111 of 120 sports media and TV commentators from the United States and Canada voted for Rose first, and he scored a total of 574 points. O.J. Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies ranked second with 246 points, and Brook Lopez of the New Jersey Nets ranked third with 127 points.

Rose also became the third player in Bulls history to win Rookie of the Year.