In the second half of the second quarter, Paul's appearance is perfect, and if he is a god in the first war, it may not be impossible!

At halftime, the Warriors were silent in the locker room, and after the game, Nelson Sr. recalled: "We were terrified by Chris's watch, as if it wasn't us who was leading 3-0 at the time, and I heard George's poor kid talking to himself stupidly and asking if we could advance!" It may sound like an exaggeration, but if you were in the situation at the time, you would know how we felt, it was really scary! ”

At the start of the second half, Nelson Sr. had to send the strongest lineup, with Chamberlain and Ibaka controlling the interior, small forward with jack-of-all-trades Jamison, and the backcourt handed over to the energetic West and Curry.

After the start of the game, the Warriors did not rush to attack, but focused on the defensive end first, and they wanted to contain the Hornets' offense.

The Warriors themselves know their offensive firepower, and they can't fight the Hornets for offense, because the latter is completely out of the game, and if they play against them, they will be overwhelmed by the Hornets' terrifying firepower.

However, the Hornets have already killed the red eye, Paul is like a charging general, he has taken the lead, and there is no reason for others not to fight for the lead.

So, as soon as the game started, Peja ran to catch the ball and hit a jumper, and the atmosphere finally became eager, and the indifferent New Orleans fans were also stimulated by the Hornets' explosive style of play, cheering and screaming.

Then, Okafor covered Paul in the high post, and the two played a classic combination, a block and then advanced from the left and right wings, Paul led Chamberlain away, and Okafor held the ball to the basket and dunked it.

On the Warriors' side, there was a problem on the offense, West passed to Chamberlain, who was stuck by Belineri on the reverse run, and actually missed, with this mistake, Paul planned a triangle pass in the high post, and the three-point shot of Bailey, who was ambushed on the foot.

With 7:42 left in the third quarter, the Hornets went on a 9-0 run to take a 57-48 advantage with Rose's mid-range shot.

Old Nelson called a timeout, and the old coach finally got ruthless, went to Nima's defense, attack!

After receiving the order, the Warriors launched a counterattack, Curry came up and hit a three-point shot, Chamberlain hit a shot, and the two worked together to slowly narrow the score gap.

With 40 seconds left in the quarter, Chamberlain blocked Paul's breakaway layup, and the Warriors launched a fast-break counterattack, hitting one on three in the frontcourt, Carter stopped passing the ball after receiving the ball, and ended with a one-handed dunk to tie the score at 63-65.

The Hornets were stopped by Warriors firepower, and after a timeout, Paul hit a three-pointer, and finally, the Hornets ended the first three quarters 68-63.

This is the first time since the Warriors entered April that the opponent took advantage of the fourth quarter, so the up and down were in a hurry.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, as soon as the Warriors started, it was a violent dunk under Chamberlain's mid-lane assault, and the Hornets finally began to feel cold, which was simply fatal for a team that relied on blood and feel to eat.

The Hornets missed six consecutive shots, and the Warriors went on a 9-1 run to take a 72-69 lead.

With 8:05 left in the quarter, the Hornets were dunked by Asik.

After that, the Warriors also began to miss consecutive shots, and after Paul broke through to make a layup and caused Chamberlain to foul, he made two free throws and two free throws, and finally the Warriors took the lead again, and the game entered a stalemate.

The Hornets finally saw the light of day, and this was the first time they could win in the playoffs, and the sweaty Paul was going crazy, crazy breakaways, crazy layups, crazy shots, and even though Chamberlain ruled the interior and repeatedly played classic offense, the two teams still fought to a tie many times.

With 1:26 left in the fourth quarter, Paul drew another foul on Ibaka on a layup, and he hit two free throws to give the Hornets an 84-83 lead, but 12 seconds later, Chamberlain immediately returned the color, he received Curry's pass, feintmed to shake off the defender, and made a left-sided jumper, and the Warriors went ahead again.

Peja drew a foul on a jumper and hit one of two free throws with 1:10 left in the quarter to tie the game at 85-85.

After both teams missed shots one after another, Chamberlain was whistled for an inexplicable offensive foul eight seconds before the end.

This blowing penalty made Chamberlain dumbfounded, he defended vigorously, but it was useless, the Hornets got a chance to kill, but under West's close defense, Paul missed the last shot, and quickly distributed the ball to Peja, but Curry made a steal, but unfortunately there was no time to counterattack at this time, and the two sides went into overtime.

The inexplicable blow penalty completely infuriated Chamberlain, and in overtime, he found an opportunity to start taking revenge.

He won the ball on the jump ball, and then attacked in the penalty area, causing the opponent to foul, first hitting two free throws and two hits, and then shooting in the open space, and one person scored four points in a row.

On the Hornets' side, they finally couldn't hold their breath, as the so-called one drum and then three times and exhausted, the Hornets began to drum up from the second quarter, and it was already the limit to be able to drum to the end, and when it came to overtime, they couldn't bear it, whether it was physical strength or strength, they couldn't compare to the Warriors.

In overtime, it wasn't until 2:33 that the Hornets hit Paul's first shot.

On the Warriors' side, Chamberlain continued to attack hard, and West and Curry also scored one after another, and with 1:36 left in the game, the Warriors led 93-89.

The Hornets made a service error at a critical moment, and Paul didn't receive the ball and was stealed by West, who was defending him.

Mad Dog grabbed the ball and passed it to Chamberlain, who turned around and dunked under the basket to give them a six-point lead.

The Hornets finally began to bet on three points, and the whole court was silent, but Paul, who felt a hot game, hit the iron again and again at the last moment, Chamberlain controlled the rebound, and the Warriors finally controlled the victory.

The Hornets had to get a serve through a foul, but they didn't take advantage of those opportunities, and the Warriors cheered at the end of overtime, 100-92, they swept the Hornets 4-0 and advanced to the semifinals!

The day after the Warriors advanced, the NBA officially announced to the outside world that Clippers forward Blake Griffin won the Rookie of the Year award, and in the Rookie of the Year vote, Griffin won the first vote of all voters, and this unanimous vote for Rookie of the Year was the second after Chamberlain.

In his rookie season, Griffin played in all 82 regular-season games, ranking first among any rookie in points and rebounds per game, averaging 22 per game. 5 points can rank 12th in the league, averaging 12 per game. 1 rebound ranked fourth in the league.

Accepting the Rookie of the Year award, Griffin said: "My teammates, everybody on our team has done a great job and helped me a lot over the past year, actually I've had a lot of ups and downs over the last year, but I've learned a lot about the game along the way. They've helped me get out of my injuries and I'm excited about where the Clippers are going, because we've got the groundwork and we can't wait for next season to start." ”

The Warriors became the first team in the league to advance, and they swept the Hornets 4-0, but this was also expected, after all, the Hornets were not strong enough and lacked major generals, and the Warriors' promotion was widely publicized before the game.

However, the 4-0 sweep still made the opponents secretly frightened, after all, Paul on the other side was not an ordinary person.

In this playoffs, Paul was portrayed as a tragic hero, and in the final game, he bravely scored 41 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists, so that even if the Warriors advanced, the media focused on Paul at that time.

Of course, Paul has also attracted the attention of a large number of teams, such as the Knicks, and the New York media has come up with the posture of touting James last summer, and various ways to build momentum for Paul to join the Knicks.

Magic fans who also need a super point guard are also looking forward to him, and the Orlando All-Star even photographed a photo of Paul panting for the Magic No. 3 jersey to pass the ball to the Monster, with the title "We are waiting" to report the news about the team's pursuit of Paul.

Paul's departure from the Hornets is a foregone conclusion.

Even if he played so well, he was swept out by the Warriors this season, which is too chilling. Unless the Hornets make a strong enough reinforcement in the summer, Paul won't be able to stay here anyway.

What was once a beloved place has now become a place of Paul's heartache.

Considering that the league hosts the Hornets, and the league is definitely going to send the highest-paid Paul away in order to reduce the Hornets' expenses, other teams are now eyeing Paul.

After the Warriors qualified, the playoffs are still underway, and at the same time, there are a series of awards.

Next came the Most Improved Player award, and the Timberwolves finally came to an end, and the award was taken away by Kevin Love.

The results were voted on by a total of 116 sports journalists, editors and commentators across the United States and Canada. A total of 66 people voted for Kevin Love first, and he won the Most Improved Player of the Season award with an absolute margin of 400 points.

In second place is Aldridge of the Trail Blazers, who scored 157 points. West is in third place with 124 points, followed by the Bulls' Rose and the Nets' Humphries in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

Love was named to the All-Star Game for the first time in his career this season, and the Timberwolves averaged 15 per game in the regular season. He won the rebounding title this season with two rebounds, and he also recorded a total of 64 double-doubles, averaging 20 per game. 2 points, 2. He shot 47 percent from the field and 41 from three-point range. 7%, and the free throw shooting rate is 85%, all of which are career highs for Love.

Love started all 73 games in the regular season this season, compared to just 22 of his 60 appearances in 2009-10. Compared to last season, Love has increased his scoring average by 44% and rebounds per game by 38%.

Towards the end of the first round of the playoffs, on April 27, the league issued the Best Defensive Player award, which was for Chamberlain without any doubt.

In fact, in the past, these awards were the first to come out with the Best Defensive Player award, and the reason why this season came out so late is because the league is debating whether this honor is still necessary.

The honor is stored in order to motivate the players to compete, and the best defensive player award can no one shake Chamberlain's status at all, and the "Philadelphia Sentinel" called for the league to get a 'second defensive player award', and others to compete for this award is more interesting than watching Chamberlain win the best defensive player award every year for the next ten years.

Since entering the league's first season, Chamberlain has been the permanent holder of this award, in fact, to be honest, Chamberlain himself is a little tired, but other people's defense is too weak, and his defense is so perverted, so it is impossible not to give him this honor.

So, near the end of the first round of the playoffs, now that the qualifiers have been decided, fans are talking about the reform of the best defensive player award.