Chapter 949 [Easy First Round, Crazy Lag Back]

There was no suspense in the Suns' first-round matchup, and they swept the Grizzlies with ease.

The Grizzlies' wing defense was too poor, Guo Xu didn't make much effort, and passed the ball after half court to help his teammates find confidence, which was a preseason-style play.

Guo Xu needed someone to stand up and hold the ball after reducing his shots, and Roy exploded in the second game, scoring a new playoff career high of 43 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting more than 70% from the field and 7 of 14 three-pointers.

The Grizzlies' starting point guard is Ronnie Brewer, a 201CM tall swingman who weighs 100 kilograms, and was beaten up by Roy.

Brewer played hard, starting two seasons with the Jazz, and then he slipped away from the Jazz and slowed down. One of his fatal heels is his shooting position, as a child he broke his arm in a terrible car accident, and now his right elbow is still not fully extended, so the shooting position is odd.

Roy had an absolute advantage at No. 2, averaging 27 points per game in the series, and Brewer couldn't adapt to his rhythm, and James Posey, who came off the bench, was even worse defensively.

Pau Gasol was the only player from the Grizzlies who played well, averaging 19.5 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Randolph was greatly reduced by the efficiency of Mark Gasol's defense, shooting just 41.7 percent from the field.

In the last game, Randolph almost wanted to put a watermelon knife on the neck of Big Gasol, and shouted to the opposite side: "If you defend me again, I will kill your brother with one sword." ”

Randolph's main way of scoring is to play in the low post, and the mid-range shot is just average, and Gasol Jr. is the best at defending the low post.

He defended Randolph without jumping, dominated the confrontation, and constantly interfered with the shot with his long arms, which gave Randolph more headaches than blocks.

Defend the important attack point on the inside, Guo Xu locks up Mike Conley's breakthrough again, and the Grizzlies tactics are only left with Pau Gasol's inside strategy. Pau Gasol beat Ibaka but couldn't lead the team to win, losing by an average of 22 points per game.

At the end of this season, the Grizzlies are ready to rebuild, the "Double Bears" can't lead the team to win championships, and their form will gradually decline as they get older, so it is better to trade them back to young and potential players.

After a few days of rest, the Suns waited for their opponent in the second round.

What is surprising is that it is not the Warriors who have a better regular season record and home court advantage who advance, but the Lakers.

Looking at the player's fame, the Warriors undoubtedly win, and Kobe Bryant and Bynum were both selected as Western Conference All-Star starters this year. However, the Warriors did not cooperate well in the game, with multiple players overlapping positions, and only Curry was the starter who could contribute three-point firepower stably.

The Lakers used man-to-man defense, resolutely single-defense, Ellis pestered Curry on the perimeter to interfere with his three-point shot, Battier against Kobe, Joe Johnson defended Rohr Deng, and Bosh against Brand.

Bogut is recognized as an excellent meat shield, and he doesn't dare to say that he is a man in the penalty area, and 90% of the center forwards are not good at playing him alone.

Bynum's good stats in the Lakers this year are directly related to his teammates' attraction to defense, he generally faces single defense, relying on physical fitness, and back-to-back skills have played beautiful statistics. It was not easy to play against Bogut Bynum, and he couldn't easily squeeze into the penalty area to shoot by relying on his strength. When he is in a more external position, his teammates rarely pass the ball to him.

Bynum can't, backup center Greg Monroe can't play stronger, he is not strong and inexperienced, playing an average of 16 minutes per game, with 6.8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The Warriors are also a single-defense tactic, and the "little general" Johnson will play alone and single-defense, and the game has become a competition between the two sides for scoring efficiency.

Bryant averaged 39 minutes per game in the series, shooting 44.6% from the field, 28.3% from three-point range, and averaged 30 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.4 steals on 25 shots per game, leading the Warriors out of the first round 2-4.

Although Bryant's shooting percentage was good, his three-point shooting rate lowered the overall shooting rate, and he averaged only 1.4 goals in 5 shots per game.

Battier pestered Bryant on the outside to seal his eyes, and when Bryant broke through, the Warriors players would wrap around the box and put a shot from someone with a poor shot. Battier was blown up, and Bryant scored two points but it wasn't enough to lead the team to victory.

Curry is actively running, but he often runs out of position by covering but can't pass it, Kobe Bryant is confident that he will clean up Battier with a mid-range shot, and he won't pass if the opponent doesn't come to wrap him.

On the Internet, Comy also continued to put psychological pressure on the sophomore Curry, saying that he was a defensive black hole, and he was almost stupid.

After the Warriors were eliminated, Comey's argument was simple, it was Curry's fault for losing, and he was a defensive black hole. Kobe Bryant tried his best, he forced a shot under the 2 or 3 people and averaged 30 points per game, and his personal ability was not black.

The 33-year-old Kobe Bryant is still full of physical strength and can continue to play for a long time, but his performance in the last quarter is always not as good as the first three quarters. 1-of-4 shooting, 2-of-6 shooting, 3-of-7 shooting...... When the Lakers need their stars to step up and score in the final quarter, he basically performs like that.

In Guo Xu's previous life, in the Lakers VS Mavericks series, Kobe Bryant's single veteran Kidd also had a 45% shooting rate and a 53% true shooting rate, which was similar to now, and the Lakers were swept out by the Mavericks.

Just looking at the scoring efficiency and true shooting percentage, Kobe Bryant and Ellis are not much different, Ellis can also average 20.3 points and 3 assists per game in the series, shooting 43.6%. His three-point shooting percentage of 32.1% is better than Kobe's, averaging 1.4 shots per game.

The key to the Lakers' victory was the mid-range shot of Little Prince Bosh, who had the upper hand against Brand, pulling out to cover and then catching the ball and shooting accurately. He has a lot of range defensively, and likes to block and pick and roll to force opposing guards on the perimeter, limiting the breakthrough of Warriors players.

A team with four players on the court who play on low post and mid-range shooting, and only one three-point point, the lineup flaws are too obvious, and Curry is the one who can't be missing. But some Comies can firmly believe that Curry is a wastewood, and he dragged Kobe Bryant back and caused the Warriors to lose.

Curry finished the series with 14.7 points and five assists, shooting 49 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from three-point range, averaging 2.1 three-pointers per game and a true shooting percentage of 60.5 percent.

However, Coremi said that Curry could not help Kobe bear the offensive pressure at critical moments, and he was invisible most of the time and did not dare to shoot, averaging only 11.4 shots per game in the series. To make matters worse, Curry, as a guard, barely holds the ball and breaks through, and doesn't break through the ball.

Coremi, who feels that he knows how to play well, suggested that the Warriors trade Curry in the summer in exchange for the Thunder's Westbrook, so that the team's breakthrough will become very sharp, and they can break fast and positional battles, and all the problems are solved, and the Warriors will definitely be able to impact the championship.

If it is really such a trade, the five starting shooting hot spots are concentrated in the low post and under the basket, and the opponent who can definitely be frightened will tremble, and they will all shrink into the restricted area and dare not come out.

Comey wanted the Warriors to die, and management certainly wouldn't listen to them do such stupid things.

Even the heavily overrated Coach Johnson knew that the Warriors couldn't do without three points, so he reduced Rohrdden's playing time and put Redick, Curry, and Kobe Bryant on the floor for a certain period. When the three of them play together, the team has the highest scoring efficiency.

After entering the playoffs, Redick improved his playing time to 26 minutes, averaging 10 points and 1.7 assists per game, shooting 39.7% from three-point range and shooting 1.5 shots.

The shortcomings of this play are also obvious, and Redick can't guard against Joe Johnson. Bryant had to limit Battier and couldn't help Redick defend, so he had to focus on the offensive end.

The media generally gave Lakers players and coach Phil Jackson a high evaluation, believing that the "Zen Master" maximized the strengths of his disciples, and without Kobe, the Lakers could play a triangle offense.

ESPN's argument was the most controversial, as they suggested that the Warriors trade Kobe Bryant, saying that Bryant simply couldn't lead the team to win......