Three Consecutive MVPs! Super Grand Slam?

Overall, the selections for the All-NBA teams largely met the fans' expectations.

The only exception was Tracy McGrady being left out, which many fans found hard to accept.

After all, McGrady had been an Eastern Conference All-Star starter this season. Although his scoring average had dropped to 21.5 points per game in the latter half of the season due to age, stamina, and the Celtics' efforts to protect him, leaving him outside the top twenty scorers for the season, it still should not have been enough to keep him off even the All-NBA Third Team.

However, McGrady had truly matured. He publicly stated that while he was somewhat surprised to be left off the All-NBA teams, he was not upset about it.

He had only one goal this season: to win a championship ring for his career.

NBA 2009-2010 All-Defensive Teams:

[All-Defensive Second Team]:

Dwyane Wade, Thabo Sefolosha, Josh Smith, Tim Duncan, and Anderson Varejao.

Garnett was healthier this season than he had been at the same point in his previous life. Not only was he selected to the All-NBA Third Team, but he also missed out on the All-Defensive Second Team.

Although the Celtics ultimately finished only fourth in the Eastern Conference this season, their strength was still not to be underestimated. The pep-talk coach Rivers had been doing everything he could to give the aging Celtics rest, hoping they could preserve their energy for the playoffs, and that was also a major reason behind the Green's mediocre regular-season record.

After all...

Of the Lakers' six losses, one had come against the Celtics.

Quite a few media outlets predicted that the team to emerge from the East in this year's playoffs would still be—the Boston Celtics.

In his previous life, Josh Smith had missed out on the