Chapter 1422 1421. Two Consecutive MVPs! (Asking for Monthly Votes)

On April 27, the league officially announced that Sam Mitchell won the best coach award of the season.

Coach Sam Mitchell helped the Raptors to buck the trend this season and achieve the best ranking in team history. His playoff performance was also good, and he tied with the Magic 2-2.

Although it is a regular season award, the performance in the playoffs will more or less affect the voters' intuitive feelings.

Sam Mitchell won the best coach of the 06-07 season with 39% of the votes, beating Avery Johnson, who won 35% of the votes.

The Mavericks just returned to Dallas to prepare for the sixth game.

If they lose, they will go fishing. If they win... there is not much hope of winning three games in a row.

At this time, the best coach was announced, and it was not the young general Johnson who was unanimously determined at the end of the regular season. This was a big blow to the Mavericks.

When the media flocked to Dallas, the Mavericks banned the entire team from accepting interviews and announced to the public that they were closed to think about how to turn the tables.

Whether it is the record or the awards, the Mavericks really don't have the face to accept interviews.

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The best coach is Sam Mitchell...

This surprised Liu Mang.

Seeing the news that the Mavericks refused to accept any interviews, Liu Mang felt that his revenge was avenged!

This season, the Hawks and the other 28 teams at least had wins and losses, and only the Mavericks swept them.

The Bulls and the Nets played 3 to 1. For the Wizards, they knew the weaknesses of the Cavaliers, but they couldn't take advantage of them, but the Nets with Kidd and Carter could still take advantage of them. After all, the Bulls' offensive problems are indeed a bit big.

Although it was not a surprise counterattack, after being beaten 3 to 0, the Nets struggled for a while and dragged it to the fifth game.

The Nets won a game against the Bulls, giving the Hawks a lot of "materials" to learn and study.

The Raptors and Magic are going to play the decisive battle, so they have to play at least six games, that is, the two teams must play on the 27th and 29th. In this way, the series between the Hawks and the Bulls will not start until April 30th at the earliest, and it is possible that it will not start until May 2nd.

Since the league adjusted the playoff system, so that the start time of all the matches in each round of the series cannot exceed two days, the playoff schedule has become much healthier, but there will still be occasional situations where a team has to wait for six or seven days, but at least there is no extreme situation like when the Lakers had 15 wins and 1 loss and the Hawks had 16 wins and 1 loss, where the previous round was finished, the opponent played a tiebreak in the next round, and waited ten days for the next round.

The Rockets are really resilient. On April 27, they tied the Lakers 2 to 3 and dragged the game back to Houston, which made Alexander very happy.

In the game against the Lakers, the Rockets' home ticket price ranked the highest among all the series in the first round... In the first round, the average price of the Lakers' home tickets was 361 US dollars, and the cheapest ticket was 150 US dollars. The average ticket price of the Hawks' home tickets was 330 US dollars, and the lowest ticket price was 106 US dollars. The Rockets sold an average ticket price of 365 US dollars. Although the Rockets did not have many high-priced tickets, and the starting price of the Hawks and Lakers' courtside tickets was 20,000 US dollars, the lowest ticket price was 200 US dollars...

The Rockets' lowest ticket price was higher than the average price of the Magic and Raptors.

There is no need to pay salaries in the playoffs. Although according to the new labor-management agreement that started this season, the league will divide 25% to 45% of the playoff tickets. Those below the luxury tax threshold will be divided into 25%, and those above will be divided into 45%. Those who rent the stadium, such as the Lakers, will also be divided into Staples Center.

But the stadium was built with funds from Toyota and the Houston government, and belongs to the Rockets. They don't have to share this part of the money, let alone the luxury tax. Moreover, the Rockets' salary is far below the salary cap. The combined salary of their core three players is less than 10 million. In the playoffs against the Lakers, the Rockets can make a net profit of several million US dollars by playing one more home game. They are very happy.

Just relying on the afterglow left by Yao Ming, the Rockets dare to make money like this. The Rockets, who originally had Yao Ming for eight years, can make Alexander soar from the last in the league's owner value to the top few in a few years. Yao Ming's commercial value is too terrifying.

However, what is more terrifying is the Hawks. Although they are not as stingy as Alexander, the Hawks also make a lot of money.

This makes Liu Mang a little annoyed recently...

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"Ace, look, this is the design drawing for the renovation of our stadium in the summer. Do you think there is anything you are not satisfied with? I will ask the designer to change it immediately..." Price took a large design drawing and spread it on the writing board next to him for Liu Mang to see.

I returned to Atlanta in the early morning yesterday. I slept in during the day. In the afternoon, I hugged Little Lolita and Avril and watched cartoons for the whole afternoon to rest. Today, early in the morning of April 28, Liu Mang received a call from his boss, inviting Liu Mang and his family to attend their family lunch.

Liu Mang was of course very happy. The team will have training tomorrow. The program and other things have been recorded before. Now there is no more "material". The teammates also need to rest and conserve their energy for the second round of the series with the Bulls. Liu Mang has nothing else to do except training. Coach Kruger also asked Little Lolita to keep pestering Liu Mang, so that Liu Mang can train less and avoid injuries at the critical moment of the playoffs.

At this time, Price invited his family to lunch, and Liu Mang naturally thought that the coaching staff wanted him to train less.

Liu Mang was also happy to eat at a big table.

It's just... it seems to be different from what I imagined.

Price's new girlfriend gave the three girls a lot of jewelry, and Dina, a 12-year-old girl, has them...

On Liu Mang's side, Price asked indirectly about the contract renewal.

But he didn't force it. Price is a businessman. He naturally knows that the league has relied on Liu Mang and Yao Ming. Since the 2002-2003 season, the salary cap has been growing significantly in the past four years. Although it has entered a bottleneck period of growth since last year, Price himself has also felt that this year's ticket prices and advertising fees can no longer increase. It has touched the limit of fans and sponsors at this stage. The subprime mortgage crisis is spreading. It is thankful to keep last year's income from declining, but Price knows very well what the salary cap has increased by 16 million in four years.

With such a large sum of money, with Price's understanding of Liu Mang, Liu Mang will definitely not give up, even for one year.

But Price is not worried about money. He accepts things that can be solved with money. With Liu Mang, making money is not a problem.

He just wanted to give Liu Mang a better impression, and it would be best if Liu Mang promised to renew the contract.

Liu Mang asked why the servant brought a writing board when lunch was almost over. It turned out that he wanted to show the design drawings.

Liu Mang swallowed the food in his mouth, drank a mouthful of soup, rinsed his mouth, and spit it into the container brought by the servant in time.

In the boss's luxurious villa, you still have to maintain etiquette, otherwise the little brother will not be able to find the nest when he returns, and the two girls will complain about him.

Pretending to take a look, Liu Mang said in Price's expectant eyes: "Is the stadium going to be renovated? Great, um, the designer hired by the boss is great!"

And Liu Mang's inner thoughts were... "I can't understand a hammer!"

Price himself couldn't understand it. His university was almost the same as the one he bought. He spent millions to sponsor a library to study at Georgetown University. He thought that Liu Mang, who was regarded as the smartest player in the NBA, should be able to understand it.

Seeing Liu Mang's satisfied expression, Price felt very good.

The gifts were given and the dinner was invited. The other party was very satisfied with the team's future plans. Price, who has been learning the Chinese way of getting along with others in recent years, feels that everything is moving in a good direction.

As long as Liu Mang agrees to renew his contract, even if it is a 4+1+1 contract, the Hawks will have Liu Mang at least until 2012.

The Bulls had Jordan for only 11 years, and by 2012, the Hawks will have Liu Mang for 11 years.

And by then Liu Mang will be exactly 30 years old, and Liu Mang probably won't have the intention to leave.

This is the conclusion that Price has drawn from studying the psychology and ways of getting along with Chinese people.

But Liu Mang will naturally not make promises easily.

The management cannot be left in a comfortable state. Liu Mang wants a positive team and a positive management to enable him to realize his ultimate dream.

After three consecutive championships, Liu Mang did not choose to retire and enjoy life, for the sake of the dream that seems unrealistic now.

At the boss's house, they had a sumptuous lunch, afternoon tea, and chatted about life. They avoided talking about the contract renewal, but Liu Mang also gave a positive signal.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang had just returned home when he received a call from Price. Liu Mang didn't know what the boss was going to do again, so he answered the phone speechlessly.

Unexpectedly, he heard an unexpected news...

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"Congratulations, Ace. This is your third MVP trophy... No, it should be six, seven, or eight. I forgot that you also have the Finals MVP and the All-Star MVP." Adam Silva shook Liu Mang's hand and said.

"Thank you."

After shaking hands, Liu Mang took the trophy handed over by Adam Silva. The two held the MVP trophy together and took a photo with a smile in front of the photographer sent by the league.

After taking the photo, Adam Silva went to chat with Price.

Looking at the future league president who thought he was very humorous with his beautiful hair, Liu Mang was very curious. Why hasn't this guy's hair gone bald yet? Could it be that he has been waiting for David Stern to retire until he is 72 years old and his hair has gone out?

Liu Mang came to the stadium immediately after receiving the call as soon as he got home in the afternoon.

MVP!

The league will announce it tomorrow, and the Hawks will hold a press conference tomorrow, but the trophies are delivered a day in advance. This afternoon, Vice President Adam Silva delivered the MVP trophy!

Liu Mang did not have any extravagant expectations for the MVP this season. Although he won 11 Player of the Week this season, more than the 7 Player of the Week last season, he only won the Player of the Month once this season, and only won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in January. The other months were taken by Garnett, James, and Rahim.

Nowitzki has always been the top favorite for MVP. Even though Liu Mang ranked first in the MVP rankings for more than a dozen weeks this season, in the predictions before the start of the playoffs, the major media predicted that Nowitzki's chances of winning the MVP were all above 60%, with Sports Illustrated giving the highest 90%, and ESPN also gave Nowitzki a 60% prediction.

Liu Mang's prediction probability is only 20% to 30%, while the prediction probability of others such as James, Garnett, Kobe, Duncan, etc. is less than 10%.

Holding the MVP trophy, Liu Mang feels incredible!

Liu Mang won the first MVP and the second MVP with absolute advantage.

In the 04-05 season, Liu Mang was also a favorite, but was snatched away by Nash.

This is the first time Liu Mang won the MVP when he was at a disadvantage!

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After chatting with the vice president, Liu Mang returned home.

The trophy was not brought back. Tomorrow's press conference, the first game of the second round, needs to be shown to the media and fans. There will also be an awards ceremony on site.

As soon as she got home, the little girl came up to her and asked, "Uncle, why are you running out in such a hurry? What happened to your boss?"

Seeing the little Loli who was very happy because she swept her opponent in the first round and got a lot of beautiful jewelry at noon, Liu Mang wanted to tease her, made a sad look, and sighed: "Alas..."

Seeing Liu Mang like this, little Loli's heart skipped a beat and she quickly asked: "What's wrong, uncle? What happened?"

"Dina, I'm sorry for you..." Liu Mang looked very sad.

"I'm sorry Dinah?" Little Loli was worried and confused, "What happened?"

"Alas..." Liu Mang sighed again and said, "Dina, I have to trouble you to write an introduction card again. Your uncle won another MVP. What should I do? The exhibition cabinet can no longer fit in it! "

"Write a card and get another MVP, that's too bad," the little Loli subconsciously responded in a regretful tone, then suddenly realized, her eyes widened: "Uncle, you got the MVP, you bribed the alliance Yet?"

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On April 29, 2007, the league announced three major awards: Best Manager, Best Rookie and Regular Season MVP.

Former Hawks player and current Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry won the manager of the season by winning Peja and Chandler in the summer.

Brandon Roy, who averaged 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, won the Rookie of the Season award without any suspense.

Liu Mang, who averaged 32.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game, led the team to 61 wins. He had 20 40+ times in a single season, including 9 50+ times, 2 60+ times, and 1 70+ times. Regular season MVP.

Not only Liu Mang and Little Loli were surprised, Liu Mang won the MVP, which caused a greater sensation than Nash won the MVP the year before!

In the original time and space, after playing so badly in the first round, Nowitzki still got 33% of the votes, beating Nash who got 30% and 15% of the votes. Kobe won the regular season MVP at a high rate, mainly because in the original time and space, except for Nash and Kobe, no one else was qualified to compete with Nowitzki for MVP this season. Nash had already won two consecutive MVPs at the time. His data performance and The team's performance is not at the level of three consecutive MVPs. Kobe's statistics are too bad and he just made the playoffs. But even if Nash is so unqualified for three consecutive MVPs, he still almost takes away the MVP.

In this time and space, Liu Mang had regretfully missed out on three consecutive MVP awards once before. Liu Mang's personal performance was already extremely outstanding. The Eagles' 60 wins were almost entirely due to Liu Mang's performance in late January and the first half of February. Crazy performance, otherwise the Eagles would have hit 55 wins at most.

Winning the MVP was unexpected, but 55 first-place votes were given to Liu Mang, allowing Liu Mang to win 35% of the vote, beating Nowitzki and 29% of the vote. After James won the MVP with 21% of the vote, the media posted the reasons for their votes on social media. Many fans were surprised and accepted the reasons given by the media.

Liu Mang received half of the 110 first-place votes this year, which means half of the mainstream media supported Liu Mang in winning the MVP. Public opinion prevailed. Although it was surprising that Liu Mang won the MVP, many fans did not find it surprising.

Lost the best coach, lost the regular season MVP, and may be blackballed in the first round...

The extremely miserable Mavericks have become the focus of fans and the media. The Mavericks, who just defeated the Warriors 118-115 at home last night with Monta Ellis' three-pointer and overtime, have become the focus of the media again. The object of their pursuit and interception.

However, this time the Mavericks' head coach, General Johnson, has a little more confidence. After 2 to 3, there is still hope. When he was interviewed, he said: "Isn't Dirk the MVP? I think this is not a good MVP selection. We Factors outside of the game or the regular season should not be taken into account in basketball.”

When young general Johnson was asked if Nowitzki didn't win the MVP because of his poor performance in the playoffs, he didn't answer about the playoffs, but expressed his thoughts on the MVP selection from another angle. dissatisfied.

At the same time, this is also the first interview given by Junior General Johnson after the announcement of the Best Coach Award.

The factors outside the regular season that Johnson was talking about were their performance in the playoffs and factors outside of the game. The media reports gave Liu Mang his improved status in basketball history off the court.

Liu Mang's MVP award cannot be said to have nothing to do with "Snake Science". After all, about 70% of the votes were cast by the media, and experts, commentators, and announcers only accounted for about 30% of the votes.

As soon as this argument came out, it gave those media who did not give Liu Mang the first vote an opportunity to express themselves.

Public opinion was also influenced by Junior General Johnson.

Not everyone wants Liu Mang to win the MVP. On the contrary, most fans don't want Liu Mang to win the MVP. It's just that Nowitzki's performance in the playoffs is really unworthy of the MVP.

But now the Mavericks are 2-3. If the Mavericks finally succeed in turning the tables, then no matter how much they were ridiculed before, they will not be remembered by people. The winner is the king, and there will be a lot of controversy about the result of this MVP.

However, because the winner is the king, Liu Mang doesn't care about negative public opinion at all. MVP is MVP. What you get is always better than "almost getting it"!

Last year, after Liu Mang won the second MVP and won three consecutive championships, many fans criticized the league at that time. If the MVP of the 04-05 season was given to Liu Mang, Liu Mang would have become an unprecedented three-time double MVP. Now, not many people still remember that incident.

Only when you get it, you really get the award. If you don't get it, you don't get it.

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On April 30, when the Hawks were in the second training day, the first round of the series between the Mavericks and the Warriors came to an end…

On April 30, 2007, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks again at home with a score difference of 115 to 89, 26 points, and easily eliminated the Mavericks 4 to 2, becoming the fourth black eight team in NBA history!

Why is 4 to 2 an easy elimination?

It's very simple. The Warriors won 14 points per game in six games, and none of the games they won had a score difference of less than 10 points. In the games they lost, they lost 5 points in one game and 3 points in another. The Warriors lost because the Mavericks had an unexpected explosion in the game. In addition, if Monta Ellis hadn't been a few tenths of a second late in the fifth game and entered overtime, the Mavericks might not have lasted until the sixth game.

The Mavericks seemed to have no power to fight back in the entire series. There was nothing wrong with the media using the adjective "easily eliminated".

Johnson, who just responded to the fans yesterday and looked like his team was about to turn the tables and slap the media and experts in the face, lost his temper at the press conference after being eliminated in the first round...

"This is the revenge of the Hawks! They are targeting us and giving the Warriors advice. It's not that the Warriors are so strong, but they have the Hawks behind them. The bald coach of the Hawks has no sportsmanship. He is afraid of us, afraid that we will lose to us if we enter the finals..."

The mad scientist sitting next to him was speechless...Aren't you also bald?

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