The Fifth Point Guard

The game ended with 2 minutes left. Although the Pacers frantically chased points in the second half, they were unable to erase the 20-point gap in the first half due to too much digging in the first half.

Wagner passed the ball from the top of the arc to James on the wing, who found Shentong who was cutting through the air.

After getting the ball, Shentong attracted the defense of three Pacers players and immediately distributed the ball to Kapono, who was unguarded on the baseline.

This season's new three-point champion got the ball and then dropped his hand.

A very standard shooting posture, the ball flies into the net accurately like a machine.

105-90.

The Pacers really had no chance.

With O'Neal Jr., Artest, Miller and others being replaced, the Pacers gave up the game.

The camera showed the Pacers players sitting on the sidelines, and everyone's face showed different expressions such as unwillingness, depression, and anger.

But the only thing that is certain is that they can't wait for the start of the second game.

Seeing that both sides had replaced all their main players in advance, Smith said: "The process of this game is really surprising. The Pacers, who ranked first in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, were caught off guard by the Cavaliers in the first game. Cleveland players They did not play their cards according to the rules at all, leaving Shentong and James on the court and letting others take the lead. This is really unexpected. I have to say that Paul Silas has two brushes. But I believe that the second In a game, Indiana will definitely come back."

After expressing his views, Smith asked Barkley: "Charles, what do you think of this game?"

Turning around, Barkley's seat was empty.

"Charles, Charles?"

As the Cavaliers defeated the Pacers on the road and won the first game, the major awards for the NBA's 2003-04 regular season will finally be announced.

The most concerning thing is undoubtedly the MVP of this regular season.

In the end, this award was won by Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

This season, Garnett averaged 20+10+5 per game for the fifth consecutive season. Only Larry Bird in NBA history has achieved the same achievement.

He was elected the best player in the Western Conference four times in December, January, February and April, becoming the first person in NBA history.

Among them, he is the first person in NBA history to be elected as the best player of the month three times in a row.

Selected to the All-Star Game for the seventh time.

He averaged 13.9 rebounds per game this season and became the league's rebounding leader for the first time.

Led the three-headed Timberwolves to the first place in the regular season in the powerful Western Conference.

We have broken through the previous constraints and reached the first round of the playoffs!

Currently meeting the Kings in the Western Conference semifinals, and very hopeful of reaching the Western Conference finals.

Kevin Garnett deserves this honor.

The fiercest competition for Rookie of the Year finally went to Cleveland.

LeBron James defeated his strongest rival Carmelo Anthony to win this award.

In fact, the defeated Anthony's performance was perfect enough.

He started all 82 regular season games, averaging 21 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

The most important thing is that Anthony led the Nuggets back to the playoffs after 8 years.

But unfortunately, he met the proud man, LeBron James.

James also had an amazing rookie season.

Averaged 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

More importantly, the Cavaliers have a better record than the Nuggets, jumping from 17 wins and 65 losses last season to 48 wins and 34 losses, a total increase of 31 wins!

The 31-game improvement made Cleveland franchise history.

And the fourth-place record in the Eastern Conference is more convincing than the Nuggets' eighth-place finish in the Western Conference.

In short, the little melon in this time and space still failed to change his destiny.

James is still the chosen one of this era.

The best rookie lineup was announced.

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors and Kirk Sheen of the Chicago Bulls Ritchie made five selections.

In the best lineup, two Chinese players appeared.

Shentong, who is the scoring leader this season, was selected to the first team together with O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett and Kidd.

Ben Wallace, O'Neal Jr., Stojakovic, Kobe Bryant, and Tracy McGrady are the second team.

Yao Ming appears in the center position of the third team, and the other four are Nowitzki, Artest, Cassell and Reed.

Chinese basketball fans are already looking forward to this summer, when Yao Ming and STO will join forces to represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympics.

In the selection of the best defensive team, Kobe regained the first team.

He was selected to the All-Defensive First Team along with Ben Wallace, Garnett, Artest and Bowen.

Shentong has shown its talent on the defensive end by relying on the increasing maturity of the "Nine Solid Gold Styles".

He was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team along with Ratliff, Duncan, Christie, and Kidd.

Coincidentally, in the selection of the best team and the best defensive team, Shentong and Kidd were both in the same lineup.

If these two hadn't separated and still played for the Nets, God knows how strong New Jersey would have been this season.

But there is no way, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

If it weren't for Shentong's departure, I'm afraid he wouldn't have enough room to show off and enter these best lineups.

The destination of the Most Improved Player belongs to the Portland Trail Blazers' fat head Zach Randolph.

After making a splash in the playoffs last season, Randolph was given high hopes by the team.

Randolph, who got plenty of playing time, quickly produced All-Star level data.

He averaged 20.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and a 48.5% shooting percentage per game.

The only criticism is that the Trail Blazers' record is relatively poor.

But in any case, in terms of personal performance, Randolph is undoubtedly the one who has improved the most.

The Defensive Player of the Year award went to Ron Artest.

This is the first time in the past eight years that a player other than the center position has won this honor.

The last time a non-center position won this honor was Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season.

After losing the first game, Artest learned that he had won the Defensive Player of the Year, and he vowed that he and the team would give the Cavaliers a good look in the second game.

"Neither LeBron nor Shin can slip away from me anymore. I will keep an eye on them until the end of this series."

The Sixth Man of the Year award went to Antawn Jamison of the Mavericks.

This award is more like a consolation prize for the already eliminated Mavericks.

In fact, Wagner also has a very good chance of winning this award. He ranks second in the ranking of this award.

The main reason is that Wagner's outstanding performances were mainly concentrated in the middle and late stages of the season. In the early stages of the season, his performance was not very impressive.

For Wagner, who has been named to the starting lineup, there is probably no hope of competing for this award again.

The announcement of the best coach is somewhat surprising, but it is also reasonable.

Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown, who was easily eliminated 4-0 by the Spurs, won this honor.

He creatively used a 5 up and 5 down rotation tactic, which brought vitality and vitality to the dull Grizzlies, and also allowed the Grizzlies to gain a valuable playoff spot in the bloody Western Conference.

From a regular season perspective alone, there is no problem with awarding this award to Brown.

It's just that the award came a little late, which also made Grizzlies coach Brown, who went home early to go fishing, look a little shameless.

After the various awards have come to light, the competition for the second round of the playoffs is still in full swing.

The battle between James, who just won the Rookie of the Year award, and Artest, who just won the Defensive Player of the Year award, will be even more intense in the second game.