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Chapter 252 [The best in a row, the first in history to boast! 】

Chapter 252 [The best in a row, the first boast in history! 】

In the second game, the 76ers still had nowhere to go with the Raptors' defense, and their offensive efficiency was low.

76人外线只有麦基投中了一个三分，全队整场三分球7投1中，猛龙队三分球21投9中, 107比89获胜，总比分2比0领先。

艾弗森21投9中，靠着12中11的罚球，拿下29分3篮板4助攻。

His bravery and fearlessness left a deep impression on the fans. He broke into the penalty area again and again to force layups, and even if he failed to score, he also found confrontation and made fouls. The whole game spent 46 minutes.

猛龙队核心文斯-卡特要轻松得多, 只打了36分钟，19投11中，三分球8中4，罚球3中3，拿下29分7篮板3助攻。

With star teammates to attract defense, Carter got a lot of one-on-one opportunities, blowing up George Lynch and Kukoc, and all the players of the 76ers struggled to defend Carter alone.

The regular season awards were announced one after another, and the best rookie was won by Bulls power forward Elton Brand.

The butterfly effect appeared again. Steve Francis failed to join the Rockets. He was only Eddie Jones' younger brother in the Hornets. He had no privileges. His data was worse than Yang Rui's previous life, and he failed to share the best with Brand.

Alonzo Mourning won the Defensive Player of the Year award. He was in a bad mood when he accepted the award, because the Heat trailed the Pacers 0-2, and it was impossible to return home to play.

McGrady won the best sixth man in a row, and his star strength is on the bench. How can other players compete?

The Most Improved Player award went to the Pacers' Jaylen Rose, who is now more like a team leader than Reggie Miller, averaging 18.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

Raptors center Brad Miller is ranked second. He was selected as an All-Star, and his data has improved a lot compared to last season. The reason for his failure is probably that the league does not want the Raptors to win too many awards. balance.

The Raptors still haven't made the All-Defensive Team this season, and they've been selected from teams with fewer points.

Garnett and Duncan will start to occupy the defensive first team for a long time. Kobe was selected for the first team for the first time. The other players were all well-known defensive players in the league.

The three Raptors were named to the league's best team, and the honor was harvested.

All-NBA First Team: Payton, Carter, Garnett, Duncan, O'Neal.

Second team: Kidd, Iverson, Kobe, Malone, Mourning.

Third Team: McGrady, Eddie Jones, Grant Hill, Webber, O'Neal Jr.

There is no point guard in the third team, and no one has questioned it. If you insist on choosing a point guard, you can only choose the Nets guard Marbury, who has the bottom record, which is even more unreasonable, even though his data is very beautiful.

After seeing the news, the Raptors management wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate.O'Neal Jr. was not so strong last summer, and the contract extension seemed worth it.If it is to renew this summer, he may sign a maximum salary, and it will be difficult to stay in the team.

O'Neal averaged 17.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. The data is very eye-catching.The Blazers manager was scolded countless times by the boss for this, and coach Dunleavy was also questioned about his ability.O'Neal Jr. looks no worse than Rasheed Wallace, and the center Camby, which the Blazers exchanged for, is still only a blue-collar.

In the regular season MVP battle, Carter won in the end.

"Big Shark" O'Neal has 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.5 steals and 3 blocks this season. He ranks among the best in the league in many statistics. He led the team to 15 wins while Kobe Bryant missed 67 games. is the core.Even so, O'Neal missed out on the player's greatest personal honor.

O'Neal was very angry and said bluntly in an interview: "People who know the ball know that I am more dominant. I think that since this award is called the best player, it should be awarded to the person with the strongest personal ability, not the best. Team player. I'm really disappointed."

Lakers fans are also very disappointed. If Kobe Bryant is not injured, the Lakers may be able to win 70 wins.Under the circumstance that the record gap between the two sides is not too big, the MVP can be awarded to O'Neal.

On the same day, Yang Rui was named the best coach in the NBA, setting a new historical record.

In the voting process for the best coach participated by 124 journalists and commentators, Yang Rui received a total of 69 first-place votes, while No.2 Phil Jackson had only 27 first-place votes, a huge gap.

Jackson just joined the Lakers this season, and the stars are all ready-made. The data has not changed much from last season. He has not cultivated new stars.The Raptors have two new stars, Miller and O'Neal Jr., and their performances gave Yang Rui extra points.

David Stern is very helpless about this. He doesn't want Yang Rui to achieve such a high achievement so soon, but the Raptors have broken the record, and other local coaches are too unsatisfactory, and it is controversial to anyone.

The media went crazy, and Van Gundy lay down.

The New York Times said: "The Knicks lost the best coach in the league because of Jeff Van Gundy. Why couldn't they keep the better guy in the first place?"

NBC Radio said: "The biggest mistake of the Knicks management is to let Jerry Young go, the new manager Scott Layden is paying for the stupid decisions of the previous manager, there is no good offensive coach, no matter who comes in the trade, the Knicks. It's just a defensive team playing ugly."

The Toronto Daily said: "The arrival of Jerry Young has made the Raptors rise rapidly, and now everyone believes that he will bring the team one step closer to the championship this season."

The Los Angeles Times said: "In the past, there were always ball blinds who said that the NBA coach was not important, as if winning was the credit of the stars. Look at the difference between Phil Jackson before he arrived at the Lakers and now. The Raptors are a classic example. The bottom bad team became the best in the league."

Yang Rui received the trophy in Toronto and held a press conference.

He didn't speak, just smiled and said hello.The "long guns and short cannons" of the reporters were aimed at him, and he felt that he was going to make big news. He was famous for his arrogance and big mouth.

Yang Rui cleared his throat and said with a smile: "I'm very glad that I broke the historical record and won the best coach. I am a person with strong vanity. For me, the more trophies, the better. There are too few opportunities for coaches to win awards. Only This one. So, next time, I hope the judges will remember me again.”

Many people laughed out loud. Is this an acceptance speech or canvassing for themselves?

Yang Rui went on to say: "I would like to thank my players. It is their outstanding performance that gave me the opportunity to create history and reach a height that many famous coaches have not reached. How incredible this is. I am a young man in his 20s. My position in the coaching world is already at the top of the mountain."

One of the cameramen almost couldn't hold the camera steady. This is the first bragging in history.

Yang Rui smiled slightly: "What I want to say now is that the Raptors have won the best coach in a row, and the record for the best record in history is the Raptors, and it is much less difficult to win the championship next time. Do we have any reason to fail? ? No! Therefore, this year's championship must belong to the Raptors!"

Toronto reporters applauded vigorously. This championship declaration was too domineering.

The next day, Yang Rui and Carter shared major news headlines and stole everyone's limelight.

Shouting slogans, the players did not feel the pressure increased, but increased their confidence.They also feel that winning the championship seems to be easier than breaking the record.

The Raptors with high morale flew away to Philadelphia, what did the 76ers do to resist?

(End of this chapter)