The award for Best Sixth Person was awarded from the season. For more than 30 years, only McHale, Harden, Walton, Ginobili and others have been awarded the superstars.

Among them, McHale and Harden acted as substitutes early in their careers. When they grew into superstars, they rarely became the sixth person.

On the contrary, Walton became the sixth player in the late stage of his career and used his remaining energy.

Ginobili is quite special. He said he is a superstar and his data accumulation seems to be insufficient. He said he is not, and his performance in the playoffs is absolutely superstar level.

But Li Liang is different. He is a real first-line superstar. His current honor is enough to be with those superstars in history.

He won the best sixth man, and he can only say that this guy is so shameless. He doesn't mind at all if he says he is a substitute.

After flying to New York to receive the award for the best sixth man, Li Liang's mission [Bench Life] was considered to be completed. The system gave him a reward prop called [Arnold's Victory Cigar], but the system did not explain what it was, which made Li Liang feel very strange.

After receiving the award for the best sixth man, the Thunder took a two-day break.

When they arrived, the Thunder took the lead to Memphis and started two away games.

For the Thunder, it would be better to be able to get rid of the Grizzlies in four games.

The Grizzlies who returned to their home court still had to struggle, after all, they were at home.

As a result, they just struggled for half the game.

The Grizzlies and the Thunder played evenly in the first half, mainly because the Grizzlies' three-point shooting percentage from the outside was quite high.

The Grizzlies also led the lead and entered the second half.

But after the third quarter began, Li Liang made a starter directly - the best sixth man who was agreed to be the starting player after winning the award?

However, this was originally the plan of the Thunder coaching staff, so Li Liang was just a fake substitute, had a short rest at the beginning of the first quarter, and started directly in the second half.

In the difficult game to play later, Donovan will probably let Li Liang start directly.

After all, the best sixth man is just a regular season award and the playoffs is not in charge.

The three giants appeared at the same time and their power was indeed extraordinary. The Grizzlies quickly surrendered.

The significance of Li Liang's starting lineup is not just a powerful firepower point, but the benefits he brings on the defensive end are also very considerable.

Randolph scored in the inside in the first half, and Li Liang began to defend Randolph in the second half, and the Black Bear became a blind bear.

Sudden shots missed.

Li Liang started to instigate the team's counterattack from the backcourt rebound, and a wave of offensive shock waves laid the advantage.

After that, the Thunder did not give the Grizzlies another chance, and maintained a double-digit lead until the end of the game.

:, Thunders score: leads the Grizzlies and sweeps in sight.

For the Grizzlies, entering the playoffs is just a formality.

The Thunder also hopes to give them some fun, otherwise they will have to go back to Ok City and continue to be beaten. It would be better to let them go home for a holiday early to fish. Anyway, there will be no more money to play one more game.

After a day off, we arrived at the number and the fourth battle between the two sides.

This game was even more suspenseful, and the Thunder led the double digits since the first quarter.

If Gasol Jr. is there, with some shortcomings in the Thunder's inside defense, the Grizzlies can still play.

But without the core Gasol Jr. and the main point guard Mike Conley was also reimbursed for injury, the Grizzlies were really helpless.

The Thunder defeated the Grizzlies with a huge advantage of points in the fourth game and swept the opponent out.

The Thunder also became the first team in the West to advance to the semi-finals.

In summary, this round of series is not sweating.

The intensity and intensity of the game did not reach the playoff level at all.

On the one hand, the Thunder is too strong, and on the other hand, the Grizzlies are hurt too much.

This is not necessarily a good thing for Thunder.

Because the opponent in the semi-finals, whether it is the Lakers or the Rockets, will never be as easy as playing against the Grizzlies.

The first round is too easy and it is often difficult to get out of shape in the semi-finals.

Of course, the Lakers and Rockets also have their troubles, that is, playing too long in the series will consume too much physical energy.

After the Thunder and the Grizzlies decided the winner, the Warriors soon sent the Portland Trail Blazers away with one.

Stephen Curry missed two games due to a sprained ankle.

But the Warriors who lack Curry are still in a strong momentum and have not given their opponent Trail Blazers any chance: lead by a big score.

In the fourth game, Curry returned, like the Thunder, swept the Trail Blazers out and successfully advanced to the next round.

Two super strong teams in the West advanced early.

Will the Rockets Lakers and Clippers and Spurs have a result in the series?

Looking to the east, the Cavaliers are still the ones who are ahead of their own, and the first round is also the same: eliminating their opponents into the semi-finals.

The other three groups of duels were all in a tough battle, and the croaker pecked at each other often extremely fiercely.

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Among all the matchups in the first round, the most eye-catching and intense one is the Rockets against the Lakers.

The last time the two teams met in the playoffs was in the year, in the Western Conference semifinals.

The Rockets, who own Yao Ming and Artest, met the Lakers who won and lost the regular season. With Yao Ming being reimbursed in advance, the Rockets and Lakers won and lost the victory in the seventh game.

That was also the most intense round of the Lakers' playoffs that year.

The Rockets may not be the strongest, but they did cause enough trouble for the Lakers.

The two teams met again this year. Yao Ming had already retired and returned to be his boss, and Kobe also ushered in the last playoffs of his career.

In the first four games, the two sides reached a draw, and the Lakers won two consecutive games at home.

After returning to Houston, the Rockets broke out, defeating the Lakers in the third game, and in the fourth game Harden took a mid-range step back and jumped to the final score, equalizing the big score.

In the fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Lakers did not give the Rockets a chance.

As soon as the Rockets arrived, they were indeed not good at playing ball, and the whole team made crazy mistakes and made irons.

The Lakers beat the Rockets with one-point victory and won the match point.

In the sixth game, Howard, who had been silent for several games, suddenly showed his power and scored points at the Toyota Center, helping the Rockets narrowly defeat the Lakers by points, and also brought the series into the seventh tiebreak battle, which was exactly the same as the scene in the year.

As the Thunder team waiting for the results of the two teams, it can be said that they were a little impatient when waiting.

In the sixth game, Li Liang invited Durant, Westbrook and other Thunder teammates to watch the game together at home.

When Kobe missed two three-pointers in the end and lost the opportunity to equalize the score, the whole team sighed.

", I need to rest for two more days!" Li Liang was very dissatisfied with the result and wanted to call Kobe immediately and ask why he was so unsatisfactory!

In fact, in terms of strength, the Lakers have to surpass the Rockets in lineup, but they can't hold back at the critical moment.

At the last moment, Kobe could pass the ball to Leonard to complete a fatal blow, but unfortunately, Lao Ke is Lao Ke, and he just wants to shoot by himself.

If you can't make a shot at one time, you still have to shoot if you grab the frontcourt rebound from the inside.

Leonard also showed his weakness in ball-holding offense.

Under the intensity of the playoffs, his ball-holding attack still cannot be a final result, and it still needs to be improved.

Love's ability to attack is also a problem, so sometimes he still has to rely on Kobe.

There is also the problem of the Lakers' substitute, and the substitutes they lost were beaten up.

The Thunder generals watched the performances of the two teams and felt that no matter who they beat in the second round, they should be very easy to play.

Durant and Westbrook both hope to play in the Rockets in the second round so that they can get along with the third brother and educate him.

Li Liang still hopes to play in the semi-finals with the Lakers because he wants to go to Los Angeles to accompany his girlfriend.

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The schedule did not make the Thunder players wait too long, and the seventh game started soon in Stamps.

The plot is exactly the same as in the year. The Lakers did not give the Rockets any chance at home.

He has been pressing the Rockets since the first quarter. Leonard led Harden in the whole game, allowing Harden to only score points in the whole game.

Without Harden, the strongest engine, the Rockets' offense will be completely stopped.

In the whole game, the Lakers won the tiebreak with a big victory and sent the Rockets back to their hometown in Texas.

Seeing this result, Li Liang felt good and could go back to Los Angeles for two days.
Chapter completed!