The NBA has only nine teams in history, including the Rockets in the first round of this year.

This is so scary that the success rate is low, not to mention that the experienced Spurs are still on the other side.

Although the series has not been finished, the fans' judgment is not wrong.

The Pelicans have stepped out of the cliff with one foot, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.

But it is comforting that even if the Pelicans are eliminated in the next game, they will not be the first to be eliminated in the district semi-finals.^_^

In the other three groups of games, the Bulls 3-1 Hawks and the Cavaliers 2-2 Knicks, all of them still play.

But the Warriors' game ended again.

The Rockets did not cause any trouble to the Warriors and were directly swept out 0-4.

Not only the Clippers next door, but this Rockets have also missed the Western Conference Finals for many years.

With three dark horse teams, the Pelicans and Hawks are now behind their opponents 1-3, but the Warriors showed dominance and swept through the Western Conference Finals in two rounds.

Before the start of the season, fans and media believed that after James returned home, he would achieve two consecutive championships with his talents.

Even before the playoffs began, they felt that the Cavaliers, who had a complete running-in relationship, were the most popular to win the championship.

But now it seems that the Warriors are the more competitive team in the playoffs.

The fifth game between the Pelicans and the Spurs will be played in three days, and the Pelicans will return to New Orleans the day after the fourth game.

Although the situation is bad, the good news is that they have enough time to adjust and the next game is also played at their home court.

At this moment, the league announced the second batch of season awards.

In the Fastest Progress Award, Jimmy Butler was elected with an absolute advantage of 50% of the votes with an absolute advantage of Draymond Green (17%) and Whiteside (16%), with averaging 22.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists.

In the selection of Best Defensive Player, Kawhi Leonard received 30% of the votes with an average of 2.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, as well as his excellent defensive ability, surpassing Draymond Green (26%) and Jordan Jr. (20%) to be elected.

With his hard work, Leonard finally won the first prize in his career with high value.

After the award was announced, Tang Tian immediately sent a congratulatory text message to Leonard.

Leonard also responded immediately.

"Thank you for your guidance and help, remember it for your life."

Although Tang Tian has been away from the Spurs for two years, Leonard is very aware that his growth cannot be separated from Tang Tian's help.

Although he is now an opponent, he still respects Tang Tian very much.

If there is a sixth game in the series, Leonard's award ceremony will be held in the sixth game.

If not, the award ceremony will be held in the next round of the opening match against the Warriors.

But no matter when it is, the morale of the Spurs will be a big bonus.

After winning the award, Leonard was still as low-key as before, and did not post on social media or accept interviews with reporters.

However, the Spurs management seems to be a little unsatisfied.

Not long after the results came out, the team's official Twitter posted a message.

"It's time for us to get back what we lost last season @Kaywe Leonard."

This lost thing obviously refers to the team's dynasty and championship last season.

This time the Spurs are unprecedentedly high-profile.

However, considering the doubts they suffered after their failed defending last year and the instructions given by team boss Holt, it seems that it is not difficult to understand.

It's just a little embarrassing that although Leonard had launched social media at the beginning of last season, he has not posted a single state so far.

And he did not respond to this Spurs official Ait.

But it doesn't seem to matter, because the purpose of the Spurs' tweet is to tell everyone that they have the next core.

Such a high-profile approach naturally attracted the attention of the media and fans.

At this moment, a reporter from Fox Sports came to Spurs boss Holt for an exclusive interview.

There are many questions mentioned here, including Leonard's election as the best defensive player, and the official Twitter just posted. It even mentioned for the first time that sensitive topics such as whether he regrets letting Tang Tian go.

Holt answered all these questions one by one.

"Do you regret letting Don go? He has now become the top five superstar in the league."

"No, no regrets, we have never regretted it after we made that decision."

In the interview, Holt made a clear reply to this question for the first time.

"You said he was a superstar, that's now, but at that time he was just a role player in the team. No one could have expected that he would grow so quickly, so looking back at the decision at that time with the current situation is wrong."

"But he had become the Most Valuable Player in the Finals at the time."

The reporter reminded.

"Yes, he is."

Holt laughed as he said this.

"But you also know that that might be the most unconvincing FMVP, I'm not derogatory about Don, but because we are absolutely team basketball, that's a fact that has to be admitted."

"Even if he is already a superstar now, don't he regret it?"

The reporter asked again.

Halle nodded.

"Like I said just now, no one would have expected him to grow so fast, and the reason why he grows so fast has a lot to do with the Pelicans giving him a lot of shots. It is difficult for the Spurs to achieve this. Popovich would not allow that, and that is not our style.

As everyone knows, we have a system where we are a team, and Tim is excellent enough, but if you only look at his data, you would think he is just an ordinary All-Star player.”

"You mentioned Tim, and there are rumors that he may retire this season? Will this system continue to exist after he retires?"

The reporter continued to ask.

"Of course, Popovich is here, it's right there, and we've found a new successor, Kawhi, who is as good as Don, who just won the best defensive player, he did what Don did, and did better.

You see now we have the opportunity to hit the third championship in four years, and it's very hopeful, really, it has something to do with our decision, we let Don go, and then we have room to sign Paul Gasol, and then we are now leading the Pelicans 3-1."

Holt's confidence could not be hidden between his eyebrows.

From this passage, it can also be seen that Holt chose to accept an exclusive interview at this time and publish these long-term discussions.

Since Tang Tian finished his first game with the Pelicans, the Spurs have been at the forefront and have become the target of criticism from the outside world.
Chapter completed!