Chapter 1159 1158. MVP Is Hot!

The 115th VP is hot!

So stable!

Even the Suns, a favorite team to win the championship, came to the Philips Arena to watch the game between the Hawks and the 76ers on the evening of April 6th, and felt a little scared of the Hawks' effortless suppression.

The stability of the Hawks' bullying is even better than that of the Spurs!

After the game with the Knicks on the 5th, the Suns came to Atlanta a day in advance on the 6th to watch the Hawks' live game, and then saw that the 76ers were suppressed by the Hawks throughout the whole process. It seems that the 12-point difference is not big, and the Hawks' 109 points are also much lower than their average score of 116.7 points per game this season, but the feeling that the 76ers have no power to resist makes Nash, Dio and others who came to watch the game feel very depressed.

At the end of the season, the Hawks did not feel relaxed at all. The rotation brought the Hawks not only physical protection, but also because some players played fewer regular season games, so they were more willing to fight at the end of the season.

Moreover, the Hawks players are now trying their best to break the historical record and play harder!

Just watching the opponent's game, Nash felt an unmatched feeling!

This season's Hawks are stronger than last season!

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On April 8, after a day of rest, the Hawks ushered in the second match of the season with the Suns.

The Suns are now 52 wins and 23, with seven games left to play, ranking fifth in the West. In terms of record, they are only second to the Spurs, Lakers, and Mavericks in the West. Because the Supersonics are the first in the division, they can only rank fifth.

The last time they played against the Suns, the Hawks had a very stable strength advantage. With Stoudemire's absence, it seems that Dio's outstanding performance has prevented the Suns' strength from declining too much. However, if Dio could make up for Stoudemire's absence, the Suns would not have renewed Stoudemire with a maximum salary of 75 million for 5 years when Stoudemire had been reimbursed for the season.

With the experience of defeating the Suns last time, the Hawks played more easily this time, and the high-speed rotation defense was more targeted.

As the playoffs progressed, the Hawks' players played better and better, and they had the feeling of the playoffs. What was more favorable to the Hawks and unfavorable to the Suns was the referee's whistle scale, which gradually became looser. It was mainly for the confrontation between playoff teams. The whistle scale began to relax, allowing the players of these playoff teams to start adapting to the playoff whistle scale in advance.

This had a great impact on the Suns' competition with the Mavericks for the third place in the West at the end of the season!

The Hawks, who were in high spirits, did not give the Suns a chance, and maintained high-intensity defense throughout the whole process, limiting the Suns to only 99 points, 11 points lower than the Suns' average of 110 points per game this season. Although the Hawks only scored 107 points, the opponent's score did not exceed 100, and their own score exceeded 100, then they won!

Facing the high-speed rotation defense of the Hawks, the Suns seemed to be playing against the Mavericks. The pass was cut off, and Nash's score soared, scoring 41 points and 5 assists. But for the Suns, Nash's 11 points and 15 assists are much more important than Nash's 41 points and 5 assists. Although Nash's 10 more assists cannot guarantee 30 points with 10 assists, it can make the Suns' offense active.

But now, the Suns' offense can only rely on singles to score. Marion, who relies on running to score, only scored 13 points today. Although he grabbed 14 rebounds, it was of no avail.

Facing Liu Mang's performance of 22 points, 13 assists and 6 rebounds with 8 of 17 shots, Nash felt very frustrated. The opponent organized the offense too easily, and their Suns' defense was too poor to limit Liu Mang's passing at all.

Nash missed the defense during the Mavericks period.

Liu Mang now averages 11.8 assists per game, firmly suppressing Nash who averages 11.2 assists per game. The Hawks have 5 games left, and the Suns have 6 games left. Unless Nash has 20+ assists in each of the remaining 6 games, there is not much chance to surpass Liu Mang!

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70 wins and 7 losses!

The Hawks tied their own second-highest winning record in history!

Steadily won eight consecutive victories, and the Mavericks, Spurs, and Suns were all defeated by the Hawks.

After playing the Suns, the Hawks have 5 games in the last 8 days, playing the Lakers on the 11th, and 4 games in 7 days in the last week, one away game back-to-back, and the last two consecutive home games as the curtain call.

The only team that can pose a threat to the Hawks is the Lakers.

The remaining four opponents seem unable to stop the Hawks who are in good shape now.

The day after the easy win over the Suns, the Hawks had no training plan. They played the Lakers on the 11th, and the Hawks coaching staff gave the players a day off on the 9th.

Liu Mang practiced shooting at home and did not go out. After the crazy schedule in January, February, and March, Liu Mang spent all his time at home in April playing with his little girl and daughter, practicing shooting, watching TV, and relaxing. The pressure was too great before.

Now we have 70 wins, and there are still five games. From the previous 10 games, we need to win 8 games, and now we only need to win 3 games in 5 games. The pressure is much less, and we can finally relax a little.

At this time, the predictions of the regular season awards by major media have come out. After lunch, before taking a nap, Liu Mang went online to check the award predictions of major media.

MVP! Liu Mang regretted losing the MVP last season, and he is very obsessed with it this season.

It doesn't matter what you say, but every top player cannot not want to win the MVP when the team performs well and he performs well.

Except for the first month, Liu Mang has ranked first in the MVP rankings 12 times in 13 weeks since December. Only Elton Brand of the Clippers has led the team in a 7-day event. In a crazy week when he won 5 games in a row and averaged 37+15 per game, he took the first place in the MVP rankings once. In the other 12 weeks, Liu Mang ranked first.

In the MVP prediction, Liu Mang has a 90% chance of winning first place, Nash has an 8% chance, Duncan and Kobe have a 1% chance each, except for the Suns when Stoudemire is absent. Nash, whose strength has not declined significantly, is a little bit of a threat to Liu Mang. No one else can threaten Liu Mang's MVP this season!

And Nash is only a little bit of a threat, with a chance of only 10% rounded off.

Seeing the predicted probability of MVP, and his unbeatable first place, Liu Mang snorted: "I have expected it a long time ago, isn't he just an MVP..."

After speaking, Liu Mang looked around and saw no one, which was a bit regretful. He felt that the tone he spoke just now was so cool, but it was a pity that no one saw it.

Among the major awards, the most suspenseful one is the Best Sixth Man. Because Jason Terry went to the bench to bring excellent help to the Hawks, many teams began to learn to do this, so that this There have been as many as nine Best Sixth Man candidates this season, all with similar statistics, ranging from 14 to 19 points.

The biggest favorites for the Sixth Man of the Year award are Jason Terry, Manu Ginobili, and Jamal Crawford.

As for whether Jason Terry can win the Sixth Man of the Year for three consecutive years, the major media are very vague.

The Hawks have won 70 games again. It’s unreasonable not to award Jason Terry the Sixth Man of the Year Award. Although he only averaged 14.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game, and often scored in single digits, Jason Terry was the best player most of the time. When he plays against weak teams, he has no intention of gaining points, and his performance is wasteful. However, when he plays against strong teams, he breaks out and scores 20+ points on strong teams many times.

The best coach, Coach Kruger ranked first. Last year, Mike D'Antoni stole the spotlight, but this season people can see that D'Antoni seems to have only one trick. Apart from eight-man rotation and running and gunning, there seems to be nothing. Another thing worthy of praise is that there is a feeling that Guizhou donkey has no skills. Whether it is against the Spurs, the Mavericks or the Lakers, they are all beaten. The top five in the Western Conference, the Suns can only suppress the SuperSonics.

Liu Mang saw that D'Antoni was still ranked fourth on the best coach prediction list, second only to Coach Kruger, Coach Popovich, and Coach Byron Scott, and felt that Stoudemire was absent. It can be regarded as D'Antoni's last fig leaf.

In terms of the best defensive player, Liu Mang doesn’t know whether it was his own influence or other factors. Andrei Kirilenko was not reimbursed for the season as he originally was in time and space. Although he also suffered from constant injuries, he is a A player with a high propensity for injuries, Kirilenko played 68 games this season, averaging 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.5 steals and 3.5 blocks per game. He ranked first in the league in blocks and his 5.9 defensive efficiency was second only to Kevin -Garnett's defensive efficiency is 6.1, but in terms of defensive win shares, Kirilenko is much higher than Garnett.

In the prediction of the best defensive player, Kirilenko has a 60% chance of winning the best defensive player.

Ranked second is Artest, who has a 20% chance of winning the Defensive Player of the Year award. Ben Wallace is a bit miserable. The team is about to collapse. He is also very good at rebounding, blocking shots, etc. The steals have made a big noise, with only 1.1 steals and 1.9 blocks. It is predicted that there is only a 3% chance of winning the best defensive player. Marcus Camby has a higher chance than Ben Wallace, reaching 100%. Five.

Others who may be upset are Kwame Brown, Garnett, Duncan, O'Neal...and the strange appearance of Mourning, Tracy McGrady, and Iguodala, all of which are 0.1%. The chance is between 1% and 100%...

Liu Mang feels that these media, if they don’t include the names of his team’s players in every list, it seems that they can’t explain their records. It’s like the All-Stars. Those coaches don’t choose two more Eagles players to save their own face. It's hard to get through.

It's just... Liu Mang was a little unhappy, why his name was not included in the prediction of the best defensive player!

Even 0.1% is fine!

On the contrary, in the Most Improved Award, Liu Mang saw the same thing as last year when Tracy McGrady was about to win the assists title.

Liu Mang saw that he had a 5% chance of winning the Most Improved Award...