In the Western game, except for the game between the Warriors and the Hornets, the rest of the games were still anxious and suspenseful.

By the end of April, the Warriors and Hornets had Game 4.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Hornets 107-101 and swept through to the second round.

Chris Paul paid his tuition for his first playoff game and left the court with a face full of loss and gloom, and no one wants the team to fail, especially a player as proud as he is.

'They've done a great job, it's a very talented group of young guys, Chris, David, Ekin, these players are all talented, what they're missing is experience and precipitation. Montgomery gave the Hornets high praise in a press conference after the game.

However, when Byron faced the topic of evaluating his old club, he unceremoniously pointed out the problems of the Hornets, "They don't have enough depth in the lineup, there is a big problem with the connection between the first and second teams, and you can't see it in the regular season, and in the playoffs, this kind of problem is very deadly, and you can't rely on Chris Paul to play like this for 48 minutes or go crazy like this." ”

Hornets fans were immediately very unconvinced, and some were also very dissatisfied with Byron's attitude, how could they say this about their predecessors?

The media in China and the United States are following Yang Di and Yi Jianlian for interviews, the American media especially want Yang Di to comment on Chris Paul or some other rookie American players, while the Chinese media especially want to see Yang Di comment on Yi Jianlian as a senior.

Yang Di met everyone's needs and slowly answered all the questions.

"The UAE is doing a great job, he is in the same position as me in the national team, but in the NBA he is not in the same position, but he is still very well adapted to his new role, he can shoot threes, he can grab rebounds and block other players, what he has to do is not to increase his confrontation ability, but to cooperate better with his teammates, to do the right thing in the right place and in the right place, Chris Paul is a top passing master, of course, he has done a very good job of this."

After the curtain ended, the Warriors left New Orleans without hurry.

In other games, the Rockets still played against the Jazz, with the Spurs leading the Suns 3-2 and the Lakers leading the Mavericks 3-2.

At the beginning, the Lakers were also optimistic that they could easily enter the next round, but they didn't expect the Lakers to just compete with the Mavericks.

In the East, the Magic became the first team in the league to qualify after the Warriors, and the Magic went 4-1 to the Raptors, following O'Neal's departure, and successfully reached the second round.

The performance of young player Dwight Howard was amazing.

Playing the Raptors, he played two consecutive "20+20", the first 25+22, the second 29+20, and then in the fifth game to end the Raptors, Howard cut down 21+21 data, 5 games, 3 "20+20", such a performance, even Yang Di has not done it.

The American media suddenly went crazy, Howard's performance in the playoffs, just like Yang Di in the previous two years, the route he took was not far from Yang Di, and the United States also came out with an inside line that seemed to be comparable to Yang Di, which made people happy.

That is, after this round of the playoffs, Howard has countless fans, and the name of "Warcraft" is even louder, and he is even considered to be a player of the same grade as Yang Di and James.

Howard is also full of confidence, saying that he will launch a strong attack on the championship this season.

The league then announced the most improved player, giving it to the Magic's Tekoglu.

Turkoglu averaged just 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game last season, and this season, the Turk's numbers have skyrocketed in his eighth year in the NBA.

He started every 82 regular-season games and averaged 19.5 points per game, nearly eight points higher than his career average, along with 5.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists. In addition, his 45.6 percent shooting percentage is also a career-high one, and he also has a whopping 40 percent three-point percentage and 82.9 percent free throw percentage. With his consistent performances, Turkoglu also won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award twice this season.

Yang Di smiled, feeling that this honorary award should be at least half of Howard's and the other half of Van Gundy, but the league awards are like this, the evaluation is the data rather than the specific actual effect, the whole league is a league with data, and the media, players, and fans are chasing.

The best coach went to Montgomery, and the Warriors played a jaw-dropping 68 wins, breaking the all-time record and placing them in a tie for fifth in league history.

If you count the wins, it should actually be the fourth, but the Philadelphia 76ers in the 66-67 season only played 81 games, 68-13, ranking ahead of the Warriors and Celtics in terms of record win percentage.

Earlier on April 30, the league presented Montgomery with an award.

In this selection, Scott received 458 points, including 70 first-place votes, and 125 people including journalists and television hosts in the United States and Canada.

Celtics coach Doc Doc Rivers was second with 242 points, while Lakers coach Phil Jackson was third with 193 points.

After winning the award, Montgomery immediately gave his acceptance speech: "First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Chris Cohan [Warriors owner] for giving me this opportunity four years ago. His trust in me has allowed me to improve in this position. Also, I would like to thank Chris Mullin, our general manager, for taking a lot of stress out of working with him and bringing us a lot of good players. I want to thank the entire coaching staff, they are the best coaching staff in the NBA. Working with them has taught me many valuable lessons. ”

"Most importantly, I want to thank my players, they are so good, I always say that the coach is just a guide, the key to really being able to play on the pitch is the players themselves, they played the best record in history, I am very proud of them!"

The first round is over.

In the end, the Magic, Pistons, Cavaliers, and Celtics qualified in the East, while the Warriors, Jazz, Lakers, and Spurs qualified in the West.

The Rockets actually lost to the Jazz in the seven-game battle, or the same team, the Rockets even strengthened their own lineup, but the record was not as good as last season, the Jazz's style of play restrained the Rockets, and the Rockets may not lose when they beat the Spurs, but it was extremely difficult to play the Jazz.

Yao Ming still had 27.1 points and 11 rebounds in an inexplicable manner, but he couldn't lead the team to victory, and the problem of the "Big Three" will be something to consider throughout the Houston offseason.