The Golden Invincible of Basketball

落后 After falling 1 to 3 and eventually reversing successfully, there are only nine teams in NBA history, including the Rockets in the first round of this year.

This scary low success rate, let alone the experienced Spurs.

Although the series is not over, the fans' judgment is not wrong.

The Pelicans have stepped out of the cliff and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.

However, it is worth consoling that even if the Pelicans are eliminated in the next game, they will not be the earliest out of the division semifinals. ^ _ ^

The remaining three groups of games, the Bulls 3 to 1 Eagles, the Cavaliers 2 to 2 Knicks, there are still playing.

But the Warriors game was over again.

The Rockets did not cause any trouble for the Warriors and were swept out by 0 to 4.

Not only was the Clippers next door, this rocket also missed the West for years.

Twenty-three dark horse teams, now the Pelicans and Eagles are 1 to 3 behind their opponents, but the Warriors showed dominance and swept to the Western Conference in two rounds.

Before the start of the season, fans and the media believed that after returning home, James would bring Yu Wei to achieve two consecutive championships.

Even before the start of the playoffs, they feel that the fully run-in Cavaliers are the hottest to win the championship.

But it looks like the Warriors are the more competitive team in the playoffs.

The Pelicans and Spurs' fifth game will be played three days later, and the Pelicans returned to New Orleans the next day after playing Game 4.

Although the situation is very unfavorable, the good news is that they have enough time to adjust, and the next game is also played at their home court.

At this time, the league announced the second batch of season awards.

In the selection of the Fastest Progress Award, Jimmy Butler relied on Draymond Green (17%) and Whiteside with an absolute advantage of 50% of the vote with an average performance of 22.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists. (16%) was elected.

In the selection of the best defensive player, Kawhi Leonard, with an average of 2.3 steals and 1.1 blocks, and excellent defensive ability, received 30% of the votes, surpassing Draymond Green (26%) And Little Jordan (20%) was elected.

With his hard work, Leonard finally won the first gold award in his career.

After the award was announced, Tang Tian sent a congratulation message to Leonard for the first time.

Leonard also gave a reply the first time.

"Thank you for your guidance and help, and remember your life."

Although Tang Tian has been away from the Spurs for two years, Leonard knows that his growth cannot be separated from Tang Tian's help.

Although he is an opponent now, he still respects Tang Tian.

If there is a sixth game in the series, Leonard's award ceremony will be held in the sixth game.

If not, the award ceremony will be held in the next round of the opening game against the Warriors.

不管 But no matter what time, the morale of the Spurs will be a great bonus.

After winning the award, Leonard was as low-key as before, without publishing social media or interviewing reporters.

However, the management of the Spurs seems to be a little stumped.

没 Not long after the results came out, the team's official Twitter posted a message.

"It's time for us to get back what we lost last season @ 科 怀 · Leonard."

失去 This lost thing obviously refers to the dynasty and championship of the team last season.

The Spurs this time are unprecedentedly high profile.

However, considering the doubts they suffered after their defeat last year and the instructions given by team owner Holt, it seems not difficult to understand.

It is only slightly embarrassing that although Leonard launched social media early last season, he has not posted a status so far.

And he didn't respond to this official Spurs official Aite.

But it doesn't seem to matter, because the purpose of this tweet by the Spurs is to tell everyone that they have the next core.

Such a high-profile approach naturally attracted the attention of the media and fans.

At this time, a reporter from FOX Sports approached Spurs boss Holt for an exclusive interview.

很多 There are many issues mentioned here, including about Leonard's election as the best defensive player, as well as the official tweet just released, and even the first mention of sensitive topics like whether to regret letting go of Tang Tian.

Holt answered all these questions one by one.

"Do you regret letting Don go? He is now the top five superstar in the league."

"No, don't regret it. After we made that decision, we never regretted it."

霍尔 In an exclusive interview, Holt made a clear reply to this question for the first time.

"You said he was a superstar, that is now, but at that time he was only a role player on the team. No one can expect him to grow so fast, so use the current situation to look back at the decision at that time, itself Is wrong. "

但是 "But he was already the most valuable player in the finals."

Reporter reminded.

"Yes, he is."

Holt laughed when he said this.

"But you also know that it may be the least convincing FMVP. I don't mean to downplay Tang, but because we are an absolute team basketball, that is a fact that I have to admit."

"Even if he is already a superstar now, don't regret it?"

The reporter asked again ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Hall nodded.

"Like I said just now, no one would expect him to grow so fast, and the reason he can grow so fast has a lot to do with the Pelicans giving him a lot of shots. Popovich wouldn't allow that, and that's not our style.

As everyone knows, we have a system in which we are a team, Tim is good enough, but if you only look at his data, you will think he is just an ordinary All-Star player. "

"You mentioned Tim, and there are rumors that he might retire this season? Will the system still exist after he retires?"

The reporter continued to ask.

"Of course, Popovich is here, it is there, and we have found a new successor, Kawhi, who is as good as Don. He just won the best defensive player. He did what Tang had done. Things and do better.

You see that now we have the opportunity to challenge the third champion in four years, very hopeful, really speaking, it has something to do with our original decision, we let Don go, and then we have room to sign Paul · Gasol, then we now lead the Pelicans 3-1. "

Holt's eyebrows can't hide his confidence.

From this passage, we can also see that Holt chose to accept an exclusive interview at this time, and published these long-formed original intentions.

After Tang Tian played the first game with the Pelicans, the Spurs were on the cusp and became the target of criticism from the outside world.

Now, Leonard has been selected as the best defensive player, and the Spurs will immediately eliminate the Pelicans, and finally it is his turn!