Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 231 NBA's current MVP god
Barkley looked at the Magic players hugging each other, and LeBron standing on the sidelines with his head down and his hands on his hips, looking up from time to time and finding that there was a camera facing him, and then immediately lowered his head to pretend to "grieve", and said:
"Let us congratulate the Magic for reaching the Eastern Conference Finals again after 14 years!"

"It's also worth mentioning that this is the first time since LeBron entered the NBA that he has been defeated by a team other than Suwan and the Pacers!"

In 06, when LeBron and the Cavaliers entered the playoffs for the first time, they met Suwan and the Pacers and were swept in the first round.

In 07, the Cavaliers defeated the Pistons in the semifinals with Shaq's explosive performance, and reached the Eastern Conference Finals, where they were swept again.

In 08, which was last season, the Cavaliers and the Pacers met in the playoffs for the third consecutive year, this time in the first round of the playoffs. The difference was... the Cavaliers were the team with the better record. They ranked third in the Eastern Conference, while the Pacers were only sixth in the Eastern Conference.

But in the end, the Pacers "overcame the strong" and swept the Cavaliers again.

In the past three years, LeBron has met Suwan three times in the playoffs, but has not won even a single game, with an embarrassing record of 0 wins and 12 losses.

And now, the second person to defeat LeBron in the playoffs was born, Dwyane Howard, who is from the "04 generation" and participated in the draft as a high school student like him and also successfully became the "No. pick"!
After the game, countless praises were given to "World of Warcraft".

Before this game, Howard's reputation was far lower than LeBron James.

Even though the title of "Son of the Chosen" has been ruined by Su Wan, LeBron has managed to maintain his "superstar" status by always putting up explosive performances against other teams and having the advantage of the "data cake".

In addition, this season he led the "Civilian Cavaliers" to the best regular season record of his career and made a great comeback. Now LeBron James is one of the major candidates for the "Regular Season MVP".

But now, all of this has come together for Howard.

After this game, it can be seen from the amount of outside reports and the praises from various media people that after this game, Howard officially became the "new generation face" of the league's center position. This series of 4-1 elimination of LeBron is the "stepping stone" for his "starlight" to enter the next level.

From now on, he, like Su Wan, is the only two people in the league who have eliminated LeBron James in the playoffs!
The Orlando media is jubilant, but it's not time to celebrate yet...

After they eliminated the Cavaliers 4-1, the other matchup in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pacers vs. Celtics, also reached the most crucial game.

The Pacers are currently leading the Celtics 3-0 and have already secured the match point.

Kevin Garnett's injury made Paul Pierce feel the same as Suwan did last season, being surrounded by enemies and feeling isolated and helpless.

Although he also has Ray Allen by his side.

But without Kevin Garnett, this team has no one to consistently put pressure on the paint.

Perkins usually follows Kevin Garnett around and acts like a bully. Now that Kevin Garnett is gone, his true colors are exposed, and his presence on the offensive end is not even as strong as that of the caddy on the sidelines.

Rajon Rondo's shooting ability was also infinitely magnified when the Celtics did not have enough shooting points.

The Pacers can unscrupulously expand their entire defensive formation to block the Celtics' shots from the outside.

Ray Allen's living space has been greatly compressed.

As for Paul Pierce, he felt as if he had gone back to two seasons ago. Without Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett by his side, the pressure of scoring was one thing, but the key was that he could not see any possibility of winning at all.

In the three games they have lost, the one in which they lost the least was by 21 points, and the one in which they lost the most was by more than 30 points!
Now he finally understood why there was no reaction from the outside world when only Ray Allen announced his joining Boston.

The two of them on one team cannot completely change the team's combat effectiveness. Kevin Garnett is the more critical person...

In the end, there were no surprises in Game 119, as the Pacers easily won the Celtics' home court with a score of 90 to 29, a -point victory.

There was total silence.

Last season, it was also this home court.

The Bostonians watched their own players chase and block Suwan in various ways, not allowing him to relax for a moment. In the end, they won the "Game 7" and successfully entered the finals.

And now, there is still someone on the court being chased and blocked, but this time, it is no longer Suwan, but Paul Pierce.

However, their "Truth" is obviously not like Suwan last season, who can continue to respond with incredible performances under various tight defenses.

He was severely restricted and the outcome of the game lost its suspense early on.

4-0!

Su Wan looked at the Celtics fans who were leaving the stadium in large numbers and waved goodbye.

He completed his revenge on the Celtics with a "sweep".

There are only two rounds of series left to win the championship.

Normally, in the match between the Magic and the Pacers, the media's focus should be on Suwan and Howard.

One of them was the 04th pick in the first round of 10, and the other was the "No. 04 pick" in 04. One reached his peak as soon as he debuted and won the "three consecutive championships" dynasty in the first three years, and the other went through a long period of development after his debut, so that when the entire media mentioned the " generation", the first person they thought of was Su Wan, then Su Wan, and finally Su Wan.

It was not until I thought about it seriously that I was able to remember:

Oh!
The number one scholar that year was a muscular man who loved to giggle and didn’t look very smart!

This should be a series in which Howard proves himself as the No. 04 pick in .

Judging from the reaction from the outside world, the focus of this series is not on Suwan and Howard.

But it's on Shaquille O'Neal and Howard.

Come to think of it, Howard's current worth and the achievements he has achieved in the past four years are not at the same level as Su Wan.

Currently, the only person in the league who can compete with Suwan is Kobe Bryant.

In terms of honors, apart from Kobe, even Wade is not comparable to Suwan. - Actually, there is Shaq, but they are teammates, and he is no longer in his prime.

What's more, Shaquille O'Neal and Howard have a close relationship.

In 92, the Magic used the "No. 12 pick" to select Shaquille O'Neal; years later, they got the "No. pick" again and selected a center player again.

More importantly, this top pick in the inside game has now done the same thing as Shaquille O'Neal did back then, leading the team to the Eastern Conference Finals.

As for the difference between the two of them...

It may be that the Magic were full of hesitation when renewing Shaquille O'Neal's contract, but when it came to renewing Howard's contract, they had no hesitation at all and decisively renewed the contract in advance.

Pay attention, it would be fine if he was decisive, but he actually renewed the contract in advance!
In other words, before signing this deal, Howard had not led his team to the Eastern Conference Finals!
This is such a contrasting treatment...

Shaquille O'Neal has always been a "small-minded" person, and now he is even more small-minded.

You have to know that the reason why he was unhappy with Gobert later was that Gobert signed a sky-high contract.

Look at how Gobert, that trash, signed a contract worth 2.05 million. Then look at how your salary throughout your entire career might add up to about the same as this contract.

Can he not break the defense?

If they treated Gobert, who had nothing to do with them, like this, how could they treat Howard well now?

In addition, this season Shaquille O'Neal has been constantly causing trouble for Howard because of his title of "Superman", and the two sides already had a huge conflict before this round of the series.

Just look at the reaction of Orlando Media.

What they care more about is the feud with Shaquille O'Neal.

Almost every newspaper was mocking Shaquille O'Neal.

Seeing the ridicule from the Orlando media, the "Big Shark" was so angry that he rolled on the ground with Nate Robinson in his arms. Then Nate Robinson took advantage of Shaquille O'Neal's inattention on the training ground and dunked over his head.

But the ending was a bit tragic. "Little Potato" was caught by Shaquille O'Neal and spanked hard with his oversized sneakers.

Ok……

The atmosphere is quite relaxing.

Shaquille O'Neal's contempt for Howard is all-encompassing.

He really thinks Howard is not good enough!
However, when analyzing the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals, the outside world believes that the Magic will cause great trouble to the Pacers: "They have two best players, and this data is the same as the Pacers!"

During the semi-finals, the league officially announced the best lineup of the season:
"First Team: Suwan, Kobe, LeBron, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwight Howard;"

"Best Second Team: Wade, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming;"

"Best Third Team: Brandon Roy, Tony Parker, Turkoglu, Zach Randolph, Amar'e Stoudemire;"

This is the only time in the past few seasons that the "scoring champion" was not selected for the "Best First Team".

But Wade's loss was not unfair. His current momentum is indeed far behind Kobe and Suwan.

LeBron was selected to the All-NBA First Team for the first time in his career.

The same as him is Dwight Howard.

In addition, Dirk Nowitzki is the "Best Forward" this season, not because he did so well, but...

Tim Duncan has reached his transition period, and Kevin Garnett has completed the transition long ago. The two forwards who have dominated the "Best First Team" for many years have entered their decline period. O'Neal Jr. has also suffered an injury, which has made the forward position, which is full of talents, suddenly become weak.

Look, even LeBron James has jumped to the first team of the best.

Even the remaining forward position is not known to whom.

In the end, the reporters chose Dirk Nowitzki, who had the best statistics.

Then, Carmelo Anthony, whose talent was ripe, was selected to the "Best Team" for the first time in his career.

There are also two new faces, Turkoglu and Randolph.

Watching the old faces slowly disappear and many stars achieving new breakthroughs in their careers, we can tell that the NBA is indeed about to usher in a new round of changes!
"The best defensive team: Suwan, Kobe, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Shane Battier;"

"Best Defensive Second Team: Chris Paul, Artest, Tim Duncan, Rajon Rondo, Wade;"

Suwan, Kobe and Howard were selected for both the "Best First Team" and "Best Defensive First Team" this year.

As the Eastern Conference Finals between the two teams were about to begin, the competition for the "Best Defensive Player" between Suwan and Howard had its final result. Suwan fell short, unfortunately losing with 35.4% of the votes to Howard's 36.7%.

The difference between the two people may be just 1 to 2 "first votes".

Seeing this result, Barkley said: "Suwan has booked the 'Defensive Player of the Season Award' for next season in advance!"

Because it’s such a pity to lose this year.

According to the unwritten rules of the NBA, as long as Suwan's condition does not decline too much next season, he will be compensated with the "Best Defensive Award of the Season".

This was later reflected in Tyson Chandler.

In order to make Dwight Howard the first winner of the "Three Consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award" in NBA history, the media did not vote for Tyson Chandler, who had better defensive ability that year.

However, the next year, Tyson Chandler, who was obviously not in such good shape, still won the belated "Best Defensive Trophy".

And in Bill Walton's opinion, that's a good thing...

This means that the regular season MVP is likely to be Su Wan!

"You can't let a player like this go home without any results this season!"

Of course, there are also players who won the "Best Defensive Player Award" and "Regular Season MVP" in the same season, but in such situations, there are generally no strong competitors. This year is different. Suwan is facing the historical-level Howard.

Moreover, his performance was not good enough to win both awards.

Since he didn’t win his first Defensive Player of the Year award in his career, it means that he is about to win his third regular season MVP trophy in his career!
Bill Walton is obviously not a commentator who is good at making bad predictions.

About two days later, on the day of the Eastern Conference Finals, the league officially announced the results of this season's regular season MVP:
As expected, Suwan won the third regular season MVP trophy in his career.

Interestingly, on the same day, the media suddenly broke the news that the Cavaliers lost the series because LeBron James had been playing with injuries: "That was not LeBron's best condition. His back injury has always been serious, but he just didn't tell anyone, including the head coach and his teammates. He didn't want to worry others, nor did he want to use this as an excuse!"

Okay, that's LeBron!

Su Wan was not surprised at all when he saw the news.

Although he was suppressed by him, LeBron is still LeBron, and the team behind him is still the same team, really...

As a result, these news caused considerable controversy and ridicule.

Barkley said: "If I remember correctly, shortly after the Cavaliers and LeBron lost to Suwan, there was also news that LeBron had been playing with injuries. Could it be that LeBron has never been healthy in these years?"

At the end he sneered.

It would be fine if the same trick was used once or twice, but the same excuse is used every time. Who the hell is a fool?
The New York Times even said directly: "Honestly, if LeBron's team can't find a good expert, they can send LeBron's injury report to the New York Times. We will publish LeBron's injury report and past medical history for free and find the best treatment plan for him. Everything is for him to get better as soon as possible and no longer have to fight with injuries!"

This irony shows how low LeBron James's reputation has dropped after losing to Howard...

If it was the original LeBron who said at this time that his performance was affected by injuries, even if these media people did not believe it, they would not ridicule him so openly.

Because LeBron's team and Nike behind them have enough power to control the media and prevent these remarks from appearing in the public eye.

Just think about it, when a college student dunked on him in a training camp, a team immediately ran to the sidelines to confiscate the videotape and asked the fans watching to delete it. This shows how overbearing their style is.

But now, LeBron's team obviously no longer has such strong control over the media and can only watch these ridicules continue to appear.

The good news is…

The outside world didn't pay much attention to this matter for too long. Suwan won the third regular season MVP trophy in his career, which diverted the outside world's attention. LeBron's team was about to cry.

I didn't expect that in the end I would have to rely on this former teammate who suppressed LeBron the most to calm down this trend.

They really didn't know what to say...

The Cleveland media had no opinion when they saw Suwan win the regular season MVP.

It’s not that I didn’t write it.

In fact, as early as the end of this season, the Cleveland media had made preparations for both scenarios.

On one side was a celebration draft for LeBron James winning the regular season MVP, and on the other side was news that Suwan won the regular season MVP and spoke up for LeBron James.

According to their original idea, the Cavaliers and the Pacers should meet in the Eastern Conference Finals at this time.

If LeBron didn't win the regular season MVP, he could use this incident to motivate the Cavaliers and give them more motivation to achieve revenge in the Eastern Conference Finals.

result……

The Cleveland media suddenly felt like they were a bit like "clowns"!
Silence is Cleveland tonight.

The Conseco Fieldhouse was extremely popular. In Suwan's exclusive BGM, David Stern presented him with another regular season MVP trophy.

After winning this regular season MVP trophy, Suwan now has an exaggerated number of MVPs: 3 Finals MVP trophies, 3 regular season MVP trophies, 2 All-Star MVP trophies, and 1 Rookie Challenge MVP trophy.

What does it mean to be “NBA’s God in charge of MVP”?

It can be said that in the first five years of his career, no star player could catch up with Su Wan in the number of MVPs...

The history of NBA is still not long enough!

The cheers from the audience continued one after another as Su Wan held up the regular season MVP, and they could not be stopped.

Finally it became unified:
"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

……

Amid the cheers, the Magic team's bench seemed a little depressed.

But it's not the kind of suppressed low pressure, but the kind of depression that is accumulating emotions and waiting to explode.

Finally, the buzzer sounded in the stadium and the game officially began.

The two teams in the jump ball were Shaquille O'Neal and Howard, and the Magic team eventually got the first attack.

Rick Carlisle looked at this scene and pursed his lips helplessly. There was nothing he could do. With Zach Randolph's bounce, the result would be no different from O'Neal.

The ball went from Alston to Turkoglu. -- Just like before, Nelson was injured and out for the season before the All-Star break, and would not return until June. The Magic urgently signed the "Streetball King" as a "firefighter," but judging by the results of his integration into the system, he is actually more suitable for this Magic team than Nelson.

His long-range shooting can help the team to maximize the space, allowing Turkoglu to play more patiently, while also making it more costly for the opponent to shrink under the basket.

This is how the original Magic team defeated the Cavaliers.

But in the finals, Stan Van Gundy was ultimately more willing to trust Nelson Jr., which destroyed the chemistry of the entire team. The Lakers double-teamed Howard unscrupulously, preventing the "Beast" from fully displaying his running and jumping abilities.

In the end, they quickly lost to the Lakers 1-4.

But now, Nelson Jr. is still recovering from injury and cannot return even if he wants to. The Magic's "one star and four stars" system has a very good sense of space.

Turkoglu, as the "engine", held the ball and easily crushed Anthony Parker into the game.

Parker couldn't stop him at all.

He watched helplessly as the "Turkish agent" completed a "slow three-step" layup over his head.

It can be seen from this round that although the Magic team played with "one star and four shots", they were not as fast-paced as the Cavaliers.

The fundamental reason is that LeBron has no organizational ability. He only knows how to hold the ball, break through and pass the ball to see who is who.

Turkoglu is a person with real organizational ability. He can switch back and forth between the three modes of "attack by himself", "assist teammates", and "let teammates attack by themselves".

This is Turkoglu's characteristic offensive rhythm.

If LeBron is a "locomotive", then he is a "bulldozer"!
However, no matter how slow he is, don't joke about this season's "Most Improved Player Award". His threat with the ball is at least among the top five players at the small forward position this season, and there is no problem even saying he is in the top three.

Except for the "two heroes" who could not be suppressed steadily, Tekoglu did not need to take anyone else seriously.

The Pacers fought back, and Billups watched Shaquille O'Neal get into position under the basket and hit the ball directly into his hands.

Shaquille O'Neal was full of ambition and energy, and he would attack fiercely as soon as he got the ball.

He had long disliked Howard.

In just two hits, Howard, who had no feet on his feet, was knocked flying.

Shaq felt the resistance disappear and immediately turned around and completed a dunk.

"Wow!"

"Why can't I feel like someone is guarding me?"

Shaquille O'Neal yelled at Howard, then excitedly returned to defense.

At this moment, his inner frustration was finally vented.

but……

Not enough, not enough!
He wants to continue venting!

Howard looked a little ugly.

He didn't expect that he would be knocked away by O'Neal.

Stan Van Gundy yelled at him as he passed by: "Keep calm, Dwight, and respond in your area of ​​expertise!"

Howard and Stan Van Gundy are still in the "honeymoon period". He nodded in approval at his words, indicating that he understood, and came to the frontcourt and began to move actively.

But soon, he became even more depressed...

Shaquille O'Neal didn't even look at his position, but he had obviously studied him, so he blocked the open path he was more accustomed to, blocking him from having a chance to cut.

Cutting is a major source of Howard's scoring.

There is also the "second attack" after grabbing the rebound.

This season he averaged 14.2 rebounds per game, including 3.4 offensive rebounds per game…

But the question remains...

Shaquille O'Neal's huge body was stuck under the basket. He tried to box out with O'Neal, but found that Shaquille O'Neal only needed to lift his butt to push him out.

This was originally his favorite action when he went out to have fun privately.

Now it has become the action that annoys him the most.

This may be the difference between wearing shorts and not wearing shorts.

To put it another way, it was he who made Shaq know what the “cruelness of hip thrusting” was!

Turkoglu also noticed his situation and was not in a hurry to find Howard's position. He continued to attack with the ball and crushed Anthony Parker. Randolph saw that Parker was about to be crushed again, so he hurried forward to make up for the defense, but Turkoglu was waiting for this moment. He made a "pass behind the head" and successfully found "Mr. Billion Dollar" Lewis.

"Shh!"

The ball went straight through the net.

The Magic made their first three-pointer early on.

This made Rick Carlisle frown slightly.

For the Magic, who are good at shooting three-pointers, this is a morale-boosting attack.

If they continue playing like this, the Magic will be able to easily get into their rhythm tonight.

But as the saying goes, "treat the symptoms rather than the root cause." If we want to limit the Magic, we still have to find the root cause. The main reason why Lewis was able to hit the three-pointer was that Turkoglu's breakthrough attracted a double-team.

No!

We have to limit this engine!

Rick Carlisle watched Lewis slowly crush Anthony Parker on the court, but the latter had no way to deal with him. Suddenly, the strange lineup at the beginning of the season flashed through his mind:
Billups at No. 1, Suwan at No. 2, O'Neal Jr. at No. 3, Zach Randolph at No. 4, and Shaquille O'Neal at No. 5.

This lineup was abandoned by Rick Carlisle after only one month because of the poor mobility of the front line and O'Neal Jr.'s active request to play as a substitute.

But now, looking at the movement speed of Turkoglu, who was obviously a power forward, Carlisle had an inspiration. At 4 minutes and 35 seconds in the first quarter, he replaced Anthony Parker and put O'Neal back on the court to defend Turkoglu.

Although O'Neal Jr. can no longer play the power forward position after losing further weight, he has absolutely no problem playing the power forward position.

If he hadn't given up his position to Zach Randolph, and if he hadn't been worried about his calf stress fracture and was afraid of getting injured again and being unable to move freely, he and Shaquille O'Neal would have been a good match.

Moreover, after sitting on the bench for such a long time, the condition of the young O'Neal has obviously recovered a lot. He moves faster and more agilely on the court. Not only does he no longer have such a strong "sneaky feeling", but he is also more daring to exert force when moving.

This is also the reason why he plays better and better on the bench!
It's perfect to use him to deal with Turkoglu.

In his first round, he successfully limited Turkoglu's ball-holding advancement.

So far in the game, the Turks' unstoppable ball-holding advance failed for the first time. Even Turkoglu himself was a little surprised. He made a mistake in passing the ball in a panic and the ball flew directly out of the court.

"Nice!"

Rick Carlisle shouted immediately, cheering for O'Neal's immediate effective defense and applauding him!

Stan Van Gundy is a well-known "roaring king" in the league. When he saw Turkoglu's sudden mistake, he couldn't help but yell at him: "This is the Eastern Conference Finals, not the regular season. You don't have the chance to handle the ball at will. You better pay attention!"

It was difficult for Turkoglu to explain to Van Gundy that he was not handling the ball at will and that O'Neal Jr. was doing a good job of limiting him.

But in Stan Van Gundy's eyes, he is the best No. 3 ball handler this season, and such low-level mistakes should not happen.

Sometimes, being too good is not a good thing!
But soon, Stan Van Gundy also noticed that Turkoglu didn't seem to be careless. He played very seriously, but...

Can't break through O'Neal's defense!
O'Neal has a taller and longer wingspan than Turkoglu, and has a better mobility and is not at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Any ball handler will find it difficult facing a defender who is better than him in these aspects.

The Turks were restricted, and their originally smooth attack came to a standstill at this time.

In the rest of the first quarter, every time they scored seemed extremely difficult.

At this time, Su Wan suddenly realized that the Larry Bird trade in the summer was not only aimed at the Lakers and Celtics, but also at the Magic.

If O'Neal's defense against Turkoglu was a pleasant surprise, then look at Shaquille O'Neal's restrictions on Howard.

In fact, O'Neal did nothing at all. He just stood under the basket and compressed the space. Howard seemed to have his legs removed, and his previous excellent running and jumping abilities could not be brought into play at all.

He and Turkoglu are the two highest scorers for the Magic this season.

The two of them were being defended "1 on 1", which meant...

"The Magic must find a new scoring point, and it must be a stable scoring point!"

Although Bill Walton said this, when he took a look at the Magic players on the court, he couldn't find any player who could do this.

The Magic team, however, still has a new problem to face, which is...

"Suwan got the ball, faced the French Jordan Michael Pietrus, dribbled skillfully, broke through the basket, avoided Howard's defense, and passed the ball to Shaq..."

"Bah!"

“Who can stop Su Wan’s breakthrough!”

"Who on the Magic team can stop Su Wan's breakthrough!"

Ok……

This is the Magic's new dilemma.

Seeing that the Magic's offense was not going well, Suwan realized that this was a good opportunity to strengthen the offense, and Michael Pietrus was completely unable to stop him.

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