The five players who were selected to the best three teams were the Nets' Carrey. Owen, Paul. George, Sir Rudy. Goebel and Donovan. Mitchell, as well as Anthony of the Pelicans. Davis.

The Nets and Jazz are the top of the East and West records respectively, the Nets are a little better, and there is a second-team Durant in the team, while the Jazz won 60+ wins in the regular season, but in the end, only two people were selected for the best three teams, which is more or less not very good-looking, especially the Clippers with a far inferior record to them have two selected for the best team.

But considering that the Jazz are not as tied together as the entire Jazz fan base, there is no way around this.

And it's already good to be selected for the best team, and there are many top players who are embarrassed to not even mix in a three-lineup.

This includes James, who was still in the season last season. Harden.

After Harden was traded to the 76ers this season, his tactical position declined, averaging 25 points, 7.8 rebounds and 10.1 assists per game at the end of the regular season.

In fact, this data is already quite good, not inferior to any player in the second or third formation.

But for Harden, who averaged 30+10 per game in previous seasons, it is obviously a regression, whether it is because of the decline in his personal competitive level or because of the change in the team's tactical position, the decline in personal data has directly led to Harden missing the best team.

Harden's former partner, Russell. Westbrook was also not selected to the All-Star team, but compared to Harden, Westbrook's personal data declined more seriously, averaging only 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game, shooting more than 40% from the field, and averaging more than 4 turnovers per game.

It is now widely believed that Westbrook is the main reason why the Clippers will fall to sixth place in the West.

The Clippers sent the best sixth man to get Westbrook, Luis Brown. Williams and Harrell and other capable players, while the bench strength has shrunk seriously, Westbrook's arrival has also affected the offensive tactics of the Clippers' starting lineup, James and Leonard have to give the ball to Westbrook, after all, Westbrook will only be weaker without basketball in hand.

It was also thanks to the second half of the regular season that Clippers head coach Docs Rivers decisively adjusted the tactical system, re-let James control the ball, and let Westbrook play without the ball, although it directly led to the further shrinkage of Westbrook's personal data, but it successfully restored the Clippers to a certain degree of competitiveness, which finally achieved the sixth record in the West.

It's a pity that Lakers forward Ingram also missed the best team.

He had the best season of his career, averaging 24.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, and he did a great job of taking on the team's second-place offensive scoring point when Butler was unable to play due to injury.

At least the Lakers management is very satisfied, and it was really a wise decision to re-sign Ingram with the maximum salary last summer.

You must know that Ingram is only 24 years old now, and he can already contribute 25+6+5 data steadily, and his future is very promising!

Unlike the All-Defensive Team, which has been subject to various controversies, the announcement of the All-Defensive Team is not that controversial, because the blue-collar award itself has less attention than the All-NBA Team, and there are only a few defensive players in the league, and there will not be much change back and forth.

The five players in the best defensive team are Wang Feng, Ben. Simmons, Drummond. Green, alphabet brother Giannis. Antetokounmpo and Rudy. Goebel.

The five players in the best defensive second team are Zhu. Holiday W. Paul. George, Kawai. Leonard, Bam. Adebayo and Joel. Embiid.

Wang Feng's defensive efficiency this season has actually declined significantly.

It's normal to put more energy into the offense and the defensive intensity to drop.

However, due to the characteristics of the two purple defensive badges of defensive perpetual motion and defensive shock, it is destined that even if he focuses more on the offensive end, Wang Feng's defense will not be weak.

This season, Wang Feng averaged 2.2 steals per game, which is a significant decline from previous seasons, but he is still the league's steal king, and his average blocks per game are 1.1.

As strong as Antetokounmpo, steals and blocks are only 1.2.

Of course, defensive ability cannot be judged purely by steals and blocks, but Wang Feng is also not bad at this point.

The Purple Hall of Fame-level Defensive Deterrence Badge directly determines that Wang Feng can effectively reduce the opponent's shooting percentage even if he just defends with his eyes, how can the defensive effect be poor?

Therefore, Wang Feng's defensive ability has declined, just relatively speaking, looking at the defensive players in the entire league, Wang Feng is still the most outstanding one.

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April 29, 2021.

The second round of the playoffs, the series of the divisional semifinals, has officially begun.

At the Utah Jazz's home stadium, the Utah Jazz's home stadium, the fans cheered loudly and unsparingly, welcoming their home team's stars to the stage.

The Lakers players on the other side got a burst of boos.

It's normal to be booed by your home fans on the road, but anyone who has played a few seasons in the NBA, especially the playoffs, will be familiar with the situation.

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But the Lakers players will still feel a little bit out of place.

It was the first time in nearly three years that the Lakers had lost their opening home-court advantage in a playoff matchup.

The Lakers, who had the best record in the league in the previous two seasons, even during the Western Conference Finals and the Finals, had home-court advantage because of their superior record.

But this season is different, the Lakers, who are only fourth in the West, can only play on the road against the Jazz, who have the first record in the West.

Of course, this is just a trivial matter that doesn't matter.

Whether it is home or away, the only thing that will be affected is the noise of the fans and the fatigue of the long journey.

How the game should be played or how it will continue to be played.

There is no change in the Lakers' starting five, which is still point guard Wang Feng and scoring guard Jordan. Poole, small forward Brandon. Ingram, power forward Kyle. Kuzma with center Brooke. Lopez.

The Utah Jazz's starting lineup is point guard Mike Brown. Conley, shooting guard Donovan. Mitchell, small forward Bojan. Bogdanovic, power forward Royins. O'Neal, center Rudy. Goebel.

Compared to the Lakers, the Jazz's starting lineup is mediocre, but the strength of the team itself is its excellent role players and rotation roster.

The Jazz's bench is home to a number of outstanding role players, such as Joe J. Brown. Ingalls and Jordan, who was still playing for the Lakers last season. Clarkson.

Clarkson is a pretty good role player who has consistently contributed more than double-digit points during several seasons with the Lakers.

But with the end of last season and the expiration of Clarkson's contract, the Lakers had to give up on renewing Clarkson's contract due to the pressure of salary space brought by the average salary of the Big Three of 30 million.

The Jazz took the opportunity to sign Jordan with a 4-year, $60 million contract. Clarkson.

Clarkson, a two-time NBA champion veteran, still played a role player off the bench when he came to the Jazz, but his playing time and ball possession have improved significantly, which also allowed Clarkson to play the best performance of his career.

This season with the Jazz, Jordan. Clarkson played in 74 games, averaging 18.4 points, 4 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 26.7 minutes per game, ranking second on the team in scoring, even higher than Bogdanovic's points per game, and second only to Mitchell, who averaged 26 points per game.

To put it bluntly, the reason why the Jazz were able to pass all the way through the regular season and get the first record in the West, Jordan. Clarkson's consistent scoring contributions off the bench were crucial.

Wang Feng is also very aware of this.

In another time and space, Jordan. Clarkson's experience was completely different from here, but the results were strikingly similar.

As early as the 17-18 season, he should have been traded by the Lakers to the Cavaliers in exchange for Thomas Jr. and others, and after two seasons with the Cavaliers, Clarkson would be traded to the Jazz in the 19-20 season and signed a contract extension with the Jazz after one season.

In the 20-21 season, which is the current season, Clarkson will also play super performances, helping the Jazz to win the first place in the West and be voted Sixth Man of the season.

It's a pity that while knowing Jordan. Clarkson is very good, but Wang Feng can only watch the Lakers let go of this excellent player.

The pressure on the salary space created by the contract extension for Ingram and the Lakers is simply too great.

The original annual salary of 7 million suddenly became 28 million, which is not a joke.

What's more, at the end of this season, Wang Feng's contract is about to expire, and renewing Wang Feng's contract will be the most important task for the Lakers, and giving up a role player for this is not an unacceptable thing in the eyes of the Lakers.

And at that time, the Lakers didn't expect Butler to be injured, so they felt that even if Clarkson left, the impact on the Lakers would not be very great.

It's too late to say anything.

Clarkson, who left the team, is now an enemy and the most important opponent for the Lakers in this series.

The offensive core of the Jazz team is Mitchell, this is not a problem, although Mitchell is a very good player, last season's playoffs and the Nuggets' Murray staged a scoring battle, but in front of Wang Feng is still too tender, he is not Durant after all, James, the league's top scorer, with Wang Feng's top defensive ability, can completely limit his play.

Same as the entire Lakers team thinks.

The game started and Gobert won the scrum.

After Conley held the ball past half court, he immediately directed his teammates to run and execute the tactics.

Mitchell found Wang Feng following him at the first time, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

Wang Feng, who served as a point guard, did not defend Conley in the same position, but targeted him, and it was the Lakers' scoring guard Jordan who defended Conley. Poole.

Obviously, the Lakers are planning to let Wang Feng, who has the strongest defense on the outside, target Mitchell.

Once Mitchell, the team's top scorer, is restricted, the Jazz's offensive rhythm is bound to be problematic.

Of course, the Jazz expected that.

After all, Wang Feng has been selected as the best defensive team for many years, and in his early years, he was famous for defending top scorers such as James, Durant, and Harden.

Mitchell doesn't think he has what it takes to score efficiently in front of Wang, especially in the first game of the series G1, and it's better to get to the bottom first.

Mitchell ran without the ball, but after a run without the ball, he did not catch the ball, but came to the bottom corner of the three-point line to stand and take Wang Feng away from the basket.

On the other side, Bogdanovic cut to the basket with the help of his teammate's off-ball screen, received a pass from Conley and scored a layup.

The ball is converted, and the offensive routine on the Lakers' side is not as complicated as the Jazz's side.

The basketball was directly handed over to Wang Feng's hands.

The Jazz player in charge of defending Wang Feng is Royins. O'neill.

Luo Yinsi. O'Neal is 1.98 meters tall, weighs 103 kilograms, is physically strong, tough against opponents, and is the best defensive player in the Jazz forward position, which is why his offensive ability is obviously not as good as Jordan. Clarkson & Joe. Ingles, in the case, could represent the reason why the Jazz started the game.

Of course, compared with Wang Feng, Luo Yinsi. O'Neill's so-called confrontational toughness is less tough.

With the power of 88 and the blessing of badges such as the powerful terminator, Wang Feng's physical confrontation ability is the top in the league, and he can compete with James, Antetokounmpo and Zion. Williams, these devils, muscles, and people fight hand-to-hand.

In order to limit Wang Feng, Luo Yinsi. O'Neal is just the Jazz's first barrier, and they still have Rudy on the inside. Gobert, ready to help.

The defensive prowess of the two-time Defensive Player of the Year is definitely not to be underestimated.

Wang Feng calmly looked at Luo Yinsi in front of him. O'Neal's defensive position, raising eyebrows slightly.

"Is it so close?"

Obviously, Royins. O'Neal, like the vast majority of players who defend him, follows the attitude of shooting but not shooting.

You can hit the basket with the ball, and Gobert is protecting the rim under the basket anyway, but you can't make an easy shot from the outside.

Wang Feng is a three-point shooter who is even more threatening than Curry, and if he is allowed to fire from beyond the three-point line, the results will be disastrous.

"In that case, then as you wish."

Wang Feng paused slightly with the ball, and the next moment suddenly turned into an afterimage, heading straight for Luo Yinsi. O'Neill breaks through on the right side!

Fast! It's so fast!

The first step is to activate the master badge, and Wang Feng can easily pass Luo Yinsi in one step. O'Neal, rushing to the basket with great speed.