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The 76ers only McGee hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the team shot 1-of-7 from three-pointers and the Raptors made 9-of-21 three-pointers to win 107-89 and lead 2-0 overall.

Iverson shot 9-of-21 from the field and relied on 11-of-12 free throws to finish with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

His bravery and fearlessness left a deep impression on the fans, and he forced layups in the restricted area again and again, and found a confrontation to make fouls if he couldn't score, and fought hard for 46 minutes.

Vince Carter, the core of the Raptors, was much more relaxed, playing just 36 minutes, shooting 11-of-19, 4-of-8 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line to finish with 29 points, seven rebounds and three assists.

With star teammates to attract defense, Carter got a lot of heads-up 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, and the Rookie of the Year was won by Bulls power forward Elton Brand.

The butterfly effect has reappeared, Steve Francis failed to join the Rockets, he is only the younger brother of Eddie Jones with the Hornets, he has no privileges, his stats are a little worse than Yang Rui's previous life, and he has not been able to share the best with Brand.

Alonzo Mourning won the Defensive Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year, and he was in a bad mood when he accepted the award as the Heat were 2-0 down to the Pacers.

Maddie won the best sixth man for a second time, and the star strength played as a substitute, how can other players compete?

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

In second place is Raptors center Brad Miller, who was selected as an All-Star, and his statistics are also much better than last season, probably because the league does not want the Raptors to win too many awards and is unbalanced.

The Raptors have not been selected to the All-Defensive Team this season, and the selected team members have dropped fewer points.

Garnett and Duncan will begin to dominate the defensive team for a long time, Kobe Bryant was selected for the first time, and the others were all famous defensive players in the league.

The Raptors were named to the best team in the league and received a great amount of honor.

All-team team: Payton, Carter, Garnett, Duncan, O'Neal.

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

Three: Maddy, Eddie Jones, Grant Hill, Webb, O'Neal Jr.

There is no point guard on the third team, and no one questions about it, and if you have to choose a point guard, you have to choose Marbury, the Nets guard with the lowest record, which is even more unreasonable, although his statistics are quite beautiful.

When the Raptors management saw the news, they wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate. O'Neal Jr. wasn't that strong last summer, and the contract extension seemed like a great value. If it is a contract extension this summer, he may sign a salary cap, and it will be difficult to stay with the team.

O'Neal Jr. averaged 17.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, which is very eye-catching. The Trail Blazers manager was scolded by his boss countless times for this, and coach Dunleavy was also questioned about his ability. O'Neal Jr. doesn't look worse than Rashid Wallace, and the center Camby, who the Trail Blazers have exchanged, is still just a blue-collar worker.

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

"Big Shark" O'Neal has ungodly statistics this season, with 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.5 steals and 3 blocks, ranking among the best in the league in many statistics, leading the team to 67 wins in Kobe's absence for 15 games, and is the core at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. Even so, O'Neill missed out on the player's biggest personal accolade.

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

Lakers fans are also disappointed that if Kobe Bryant is not injured, the Lakers may be able to win 70 wins. If the difference between the two sides is not too large, the MVP can be awarded to O'Neal.

On the same day, Yang Rui won the NBA Coach of the Year for a second consecutive year, setting a new historical record.

In the voting process for the best coach with the participation of 124 journalists and commentators, Yang Rui received a total of 69 votes for the first place, and Phil Jackson only had 27 votes for the first place, which is a very large difference.

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

David Stern is helpless about this, he doesn't want Yang Rui to reach such a high level of achievement so quickly, but the Raptors have broken the record record, and other local coaches are too uncompetitive and controversial for everyone.

The media went crazy and Van Gundy lay down the gun.

The New York Times said: "The Knicks lost the league's best coach because of Jeff Van Gundy, so why couldn't they have been so ruthless as to keep a better guy in the first place?" ”

According to NBC Radio, "The biggest mistake of Knicks management was letting go of Jerry Young, new manager Scott Reden was paying for the stupid decisions of his previous manager, and without a good offensive coach, the Knicks are just a defensive team that plays ugly, no matter who trades them." ”

"Jerry Young's arrival has catapulted the Raptors to the fore, and everyone now believes that he will bring the team one step closer to a championship this season," the Toronto Daily said. ”

According to the Los Angeles Times, "There used to be a blind man who said that NBA coaches were not important, as if winning games was the credit of the stars. Let's look at the difference between Phil Jackson before he came to the Lakers and now. The Raptors are a classic example, they suddenly went from being the bottom team to being the best in the league. ”

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

He hadn't spoken yet, just smiled and said hello. The reporters' "long guns and short guns" were all aimed at him, and he felt that he was going to make big news, and his arrogance and big mouth were famous.

Yang Rui cleared his throat and smiled: "I'm glad that I broke the record and won the best coach for a second time, I am a person with a strong sense of vanity, the more trophies for me, the better, there are too few opportunities for coaches to win awards, only this one." So, the next time I win the awards, I hope the judges will still remember me. ”

Many people laughed out loud, is this an acceptance speech or canvassing for themselves?

Yang Rui continued: "I would like to thank my players, it was their outstanding performance that gave me the opportunity to make history and reach heights that many coaches have not reached. It's unbelievable that I'm a young man in my twenties, and I'm at the top of the coaching world. ”

There was a videographer who almost couldn't hold the camera steadily, which was really the first boast in history.

Yang Rui smiled slightly: "What I want to say now is that even winning the best coach for a second time, the record of such a difficult record in history is the Raptors, and it is much less difficult to win the championship next, do we have a reason to fail?" No! So, this year's championship must belong to the Raptors! ”

Toronto reporters applauded vigorously, this announcement of winning the championship was too domineering.

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

Shouting the slogan, the players did not feel the pressure increase, but their confidence doubled. They also feel that it seems easier to win the championship than to break the historical record.

The morale of the Raptors flew to Philadelphia away, what resistance did the 76ers take?