The award for Best Sixth Person was awarded since the 1982-1983 season. For more than 30 years, only McHale, Harden, Walton, Ginobili and others have been called 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.

On the 21st, the Thunder headed to Memphis with a 2:0 lead 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 by 1 point 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 12 points in the inside in the first half. In the second half, Li Liang began to defend Randolph, 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 11-0 offensive shock wave 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.

99:87, the Thunder led the Grizzlies with a score of 3:0 and swept to the eye.

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, on the 23rd, 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.

11995, the Thunder defeated the Grizzlies by a huge advantage of 24 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 a 4-0 .

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, leading by 3:0.

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 vs. Lakers and Clippers vs. Spurs have a result in the series.

Looking to the east, the Cavaliers are still the ones who are ahead of their ranks. The first round was also eliminated by 4:0 to enter 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 2009, in the Western Conference semi-finals.

The Rockets, who own Yao Ming and Artest, met the Lakers, who had 65 wins and 17 losses in the regular season. With Yao Ming being reimbursed in advance, the Rockets and Lakers won't be decided until 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 2-2 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 a 15-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 30 points at the Toyota Center, helping the Rockets narrowly defeat the Lakers by 5 points, and also brought the series into the seventh tiebreak battle, which was exactly the same as the situation in 2009.

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.
Chapter completed!