Chapter 335: The Playoffs Scuffle
And the Lakers, who have undergone a big change, also taught the Trail Blazers a good lesson, and after relentlessly replacing a few players who interfered with the atmosphere in the locker room, the Lakers seem to have found their sense of victory again.
Now the Lakers have clear responsibilities, Camby and Carman should take turns as starters for the opposing team, and the sister-in-law can return to her most comfortable high and low position to respond and play back, Ma Dashao is full-time defensive, and at the same time, he can hold the ball and attack a few on the offensive end when Kobe is trapped, which has become the team's third firepower point reliably, Fisher has re-become the team's starting point battery, and Kobe has become the freewheeling and free Peter Pan again, Whether it's playing alone or organizing the team's offense, he can switch modes at will.
This kind of Kobe is the most terrifying, he can play his biggest threat, the volute is not that he can't pass the ball, it's just that many times Kobe doesn't want to pass the ball, others can't force him to make any changes, the pressure from the outside world will only cause him to resist more vigorously, but if you let him play by himself, then Kobe will be different, when you think he will pass the ball, Kobe will attack, and when you think Kobe is going to attack, he suddenly splits the ball, this kind of spiritual Kobe is the nightmare of all teams, And if the Lakers equip him with a few more role players with obvious functions and single roles, then the Lakers' grand plan to regain dominance in the league will no longer be a water moon mirror.
Another familiar 4:1, for the Trail Blazers who have been aiming to produce results in recent seasons is an extremely heavy blow, they selected Oden the Great through the draft, selected Huang Mambarroy, and selected Aldridge, who is very All-Star power forward, based on these three young talents, they are also equipped with Rudy Fernandez, Redick, Bartom and other young players, their team is definitely not lacking in talent, nor lack of experience and vitality, if it is the cliché playoff experience, last year by the Rockets 4:1 The experience of sweeping also made them pay a good amount of tuition, and it stands to reason that this year is the time for them to make a big move.
But the devil knows that it was another 4:1, and the one that won was the one that was suspended because of Kobe Bryant's food poisoning, and when the other Lakers were on the court, the Trail Blazers lost about 15 points per game on average, which is simply a two-grade team.
And in a series with the Lakers, the Trail Blazers' problems were all exposed.
Roy is indeed a star-level scoring guard, but in the confrontation with the Black Mamba, the problem of "mediocrity" of the yellow mamba's physical fitness is also revealed, Roy is a model of playing with his brain and rhythm, and his physical fitness can be called a pervert in front of ordinary people, but if you want to ask Roy from the perspective of a star player, his physical fitness is a little insufficient.
The problem exposed by Aldridge is the lack of ability to fight hard, perhaps in those regular season or the first few minutes of the playoffs when the intensity is not very high, Black Ade can always play a dazzling performance, back play, turn jumper, off-ball air cut is proficient, but once it is the time of life and death, Aldridge's performance is too disappointing for the Portlanders.
ESPN has made statistics, in the last five minutes of the game, when the difference between the two teams is no more than 5 points, Aldridge's shooting rate is less than 30%, and the mistakes are as high as 2.21 times, every time it comes to the critical moment, Ade does not dare to shoot, even if the ball is in his hands, Aldridge is not thinking about how to show himself, but thinking about how to throw this hot potato out, just holding the idea of escaping, how can he become the team's hero at the last moment?
As for Oden, the champion who was blown to the sky when he entered the league, a rookie who was considered by the media to be the pinnacle as soon as he entered the league and could replicate James's trajectory, after almost three seasons of baptism, finally let people see the essence of his unbearable responsibility.
The invincible interior body of the giant in the university has no place in the NBA, let alone let Oden go to the top of Yao Ming or Howard, even if it is an ordinary blue-collar center with a little tonnage, he can't solve it, and he is constantly blown up in offensive and defensive rebounds, and the emperor who came to the NBA does not have his dominance in the NCAA period at all, some people say that his serious injury in the first year ruined his terrible talent, which is indeed not unreasonable, but for three years in the NBA, For a player who hasn't practiced his back-to-back foot, hook shot, mid-to-long range shooting, or even free throws, I'm afraid he can't always use an injury as an excuse for his failure.
Which player is injury-free? But some players are getting stronger and stronger, and God has taken away how much athleticism he has, and he uses his sweat to make up for it, while some players are slumped and lost to everyone, which is already very telling.
Compared to the simplicity of most games in the west, the fight in the east is a stalemate.
James, who was in the final year of his contract in Cleveland, played a phenomenal performance, averaging 32+14+8 per game can be said to have crushed all the player performances at this time, but the Cavaliers could not be as smooth as the great performance of the little emperor, and the series with the Bulls became a fierce battle, and Rose, who was nicknamed the "parallel import" champion last year, played the best season of his career in the Windy City this year, and the average of 26+8+7 data per game made everyone who mocked him shut their mouths.
Rose's rookie season was not strong, but Totoro, who was the seventh pick, was too rebellious, winning the championship and FMVP in his rookie season, which overshadowed Rose, who played 20+3+5 in his debut season.
But potential superstars are always potential superstars, just like Jordan and Olajuwon back then, some people will feel sorry for the helper is not the champion, but no one will dare to stand up and say that Olajuwon is not worthy of the champion, Ross thinks that although he can't stop the greatness of Totoro, as long as he makes himself equally good, then he will naturally receive a lot less criticism in the future.
Cleveland Cavaliers 3:2 Chicago Bulls
Boston Celtics 3:2 Miami Heat
Orlando Magic 3:2 Toronto Raptors
Atlanta Hawks 3:2 Milwaukee Bucks