2007 PLAYOFFS UPDATE
Denver Nuggets won the championship against Miami Heat
Regular Season Personal Awards


Kevin Garnett got the MVP title as it was predicted. He also got the best defensive player award, as he was unstoppable in blocks and steals. Chris Paul surprisingly won the Most improved player award and brought ir to New orleans. Rookie of the year became the Grizzlie Rudy Gay. He helped Grizzlies to reach the playoffs and even more. Sam Cassell got the award as the best 6th player.
Regular Season Team Awards



Kevin Garnett led the All NBA 1st team along with Yao Ming, Manu Ginobili, Andrei Kirilenko and Gilbert Arenas. Hornet Peja Stojakovic made the All NBA 2nd team along with Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Zach Randolph and Pau Gasol. Kevin Garnett made it to the All Defensive team as the best defensive player. Dwight Howard, Gerald Wallace, Andre Iguodala and Allen Iverson joined him. The 2nd Defensive team consisted of Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Andrei Kirilenko, Tracy McGrady and Jason Kidd. The rookie of the year Rudy Gay leads all the rookies in the 1st rookie team. Randy Foye, Brandon Roy, Adam Morrison and fellow grizzlieman Andrea Bargnani also made it here. The rookie from Hornets Hilton Armstrong was appreciated and made it to the 2nd rookie team, along with Tyrus Thomas, Jorge Garbajosa, Leon Powe and Rodney Carney.
Coach of the Year
Miami Heat coach Pat Riley was announced as the best coach of the 2006-2007 season. His team managed to win 70 games in this season and were 1 step short to the 2nd consecutive NBA champions.
Playoff Tree


The 1st round had no such important surprises. Spurs, Heat, Nets and Pistons won the series 4:0. Denver lost one time, and in other 3 series there were 7 games. Memphis escaped from Houston, Phoenix won the series after losing it 1:3 and Toronto with newly acquired Iguodala and Swift managed to upset Chicago. The 2nd round was more intense, as Spurs had a lot of difficulties with Grizzlies and Suns fell against Nuggets. Heat got the easy series against Nets, while Raptors got the 2nd surprise as they won against Pistons. In the conference finals Raptors were too weak against Heat, while Nuggets in the West upset Spurs and reached the final. The final between Nuggets and Heat was beautiful. Heat started the series with victory at home, but then lost next two and were losing 1:2. But that was not over. Two consecutive victories and Heat is ahead by 3:2. Nuggets surprised with the victory at Miami and tied the series 3:3. The last game was the instant classic. The spectators didn't see their team's joy, when the Nuggets managed to run in the final minutes 9:2 and got their 4th, decisive victory, which led Allen Iverson to get his 1st ring.
Champions

Allen Iverson was the Finals MVP as he averaged 25.9 PPG and 8.5 APG. The team played the last game even without Carmelo and still managed to make that incredible victory. Congratulations to them!