Chapter 1730 Thunder three dog-headed giants are giants
Then let’s give it a try. The battle between the two sides is about to break out. Compared with the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference has too many things to watch. Except for the Warriors, who are basically in a paradise, the other teams are fighting like crazy. Look at the current situation,
From the fourth to the 11th place in the Western Conference, there is only a 2-game difference in wins, and from the top 6 to the 10th place, there is only one win. There are also small points and draws. It is really extremely fierce. The Lakers
Basically they are firmly in the third place. But they and the Rockets are very attentive.
Why? Why do you think it is? Isn’t it for the damn regular season MVP? Who said there are so many fake fans and cloud fans now, they only look at the data but not the game. So they have no choice. The environment forces them
ah.
In this game, the Rockets did not feel at all that they were number one in the Western Conference or the league. Instead, they were ready to go. When they saw the Celtics, they felt as if they were going to play in the playoffs. Harden's nightclub motivation method still seems to have some effect.
The Yankee athletes are indeed in the same situation whether it is football, ice hockey or baseball. There is not much difference. Basketball cannot be excluded. Even the Lakers are a lot of people who go to nightclubs, but Tang
Qian made it very clear every time. After the All-Star game, no one was allowed to go to the nightclub. Otherwise, he would let him walk out of the training ground on his stomach. Don’t even think about playing for a minute in the playoffs. Don’t doubt Tang Qian.
The cohesion and prestige in this team are basically due to his alliance status and force value. No one wants to offend him. Besides, they also gave a time line. After the All-Star Game, as we all know, after the All-Star Game
When each team is preparing for the playoffs and preparing for the playoffs, Tang Qian is very accurate at this time. So you will see that in recent years, a certain period before the Lakers All-Star Game
The time and winning rate are very bad, and even fluctuate greatly. Tang Qian doesn't want to delve into the reason, because to deal with this group of hormonal guys, you completely restrict them from going to nightclubs for the entire season.
This is unrealistic. He can only turn a blind eye for the sake of the playoffs. After all, the national situation in the United States is like this. You are over-squeezing it and it is not a good thing.
Compared with the Rockets, the Lakers' last opponent in the regular season is not a bad team. They are the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder are also drunk this year, and running-in has always been a problem. After acquiring the Big Three, they originally imagined that they would be in the Western Conference.
They were planning to make a big event. What was the result? The big thing didn't happen, and it was almost a big joke. Now they are fourth in the Western Conference, just behind the Lakers, but the win difference between them and the Lakers is very different.
, it is impossible to catch up. What they need to pay more attention to now is how to keep the playoff spot in this upper-tier area. Why do you say that? Because they will lose this game, although they will not fall out.
The playoffs are just outside the door, but there is a very bad outcome that could happen. What?
That is...if the Jazz and Timberwolves both win, they are likely to have the same record and be squeezed out by their opponents using regular season matchups and small points. If this continues, it will not be fun.
It is very likely that they will fall to sixth place. And what is sixth place? That means that they will face the defending champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, in the first round of the playoffs.
Even though the Lakers are in third place, considering the team's configuration and mutual restraint, the Thunder actually don't want to encounter them. Because the Thunder's inside advantage is really not enough, and now they
Andre Robertson, a sharp-shooting perimeter defensive player who was selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team last year, was injured and had surgery to repair a torn patellar ligament in his left leg, so he was directly reimbursed for the season. Otherwise, if he were here, the Thunder's perimeter defense would
The defense will be much better. The perimeter defense gate formed by him and George will also make many teams' perimeter heads excited. If he is here, Anthony's defense will be much less hindered. Unfortunately, he is not here, so
, they are having a tough time this season, otherwise they can easily secure at least the fourth place in the playoff rankings, not to mention threatening the Lakers' position.
However, injuries are part of the game, and since you want to play professional basketball, it is impossible not to include them.
And compared to injuries, who can beat the Los Angeles Lakers this year? But no matter what, the Thunder really don’t want to face the Lakers in the first round. Because their Big Three lineup has not yet been adjusted in the playoffs.
It has been tested, so head coach Billy Donovan is eager to play a weaker team in the first round, and just compete with a low-level opponent to practice his skills, and then compete with the other strong players in the West.
Decide in the playoffs. This is a very safe approach. It is true that the playoffs are different from the regular season. Every fool knows this. Donovan just wants to give his Big Three lineup a little more season.
The adjustment and running-in in the post-game will allow the team to reach its maximum strength before challenging the strong teams in the West. Therefore, to do this now, he needs to keep his position as the top dog in the upper zone of the team, otherwise, he will have to
Finished.
If it really doesn't work out, it's okay to fall to fifth place, but that leaves the decision-making power to other opponents.
Donovan doesn't want this. He's not used to relying on others to decide his team's playoff fate. Therefore, he still demands that this game be won as much as possible. Otherwise, he may play the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.
Team, he asked who was willing. No one said a word, even Carmelo Anthony, my brother in society, said nothing. At this time, of course, we must stabilize the team's record. This record is not
I'm talking about the regular season, but the playoffs. If it reaches the second round, then the team management and fans will at least have a minimum tolerance and tolerance for this Big Three combination. If they are directly eliminated in the first round, come on
After a first-round trip, do you know how much luxury tax the Thunder will have to pay to keep them all next season?
It is still possible to fight for a championship or a chance to play in the finals, and the fight is worthwhile, but if you do it for a first-round team, it is really not worth it. No one will agree. Fans
They will also completely lose confidence in the Big Three of this team. In this case, the best result is not to meet the Rockets, Warriors, and Lakers in the first round. The fourth and fifth places are actually acceptable.
The Thunder, a team with the Big Three, was an ambitious and ambitious team at the beginning of the season, claiming to be a team that could compete with the Universe. But what happened...
Let alone the Universe Yong, even if they are other strong teams in the Western Conference, they may not be able to compete with them.
You can say that they injured Robertson, the great outside defender, but other teams have no injuries? This year's injury wave has swept the entire NBA. Basically no team can avoid it, so it is a loss.
It's just a difference in size.
So tonight, the Thunder plan to fight well. In order to have a better ranking in the Western Conference playoffs, it is necessary to play well in this last regular season game. They were originally asking for and hoping for the Los Angeles Lakers
Now that they have stabilized the third place in the Western Conference, they can rest a few more people. It would be best to rest No. 29 of the Lakers. But after the Staples Center in the evening, their hopes were dashed. The Lakers
Except for resting Gasol and Rondo, there haven't been many changes to the rest of the team.
Mainly because of No. 29, he still appears in tonight's starting lineup as always.
Well, there is no choice. For the sake of their own playoff ranking, the Thunder can only give up and fight.
After Tang Qian saw the Big Three of the Thunder, he smiled and said: What, why are you three so serious? Judging from the cards, I think you are the one with the star advantage, right? What the hell are you doing?
I don’t know what expressions to give you. You’ve stolen our emoticons.
Although Tang Qian is joking, it is not completely unreasonable. It is true that the value of the Lakers' stars is not as good as that of their opponents tonight. Look, without Butler, Rondo and Gasol are on a truce. Now it can be said that
The only star player is Thomas. The rest cannot be called stars, or they are very old veterans. Deron was also an All-Star before, but how old is he now? He is already 34 years old, okay?
The key is that he suffered several serious injuries. Unlike Anthony, at least he has never been knocked down by a serious injury. The most important thing is, who would regard Deron Williams as a giant now? Anthony comes to the Thunder.
When we were in the team, they were directly known as the Big Three.
After all, in the season before he came, Anthony was still a star player and was selected into the All-Star team. If you want to recruit, you must look at the performance of the previous season. Otherwise, you cannot open your eyes. In reality, no one really
There is a God's perspective. Since Anthony was still a solid All-Star lineup when he was introduced, there is nothing wrong with calling him the Big Three. There is nothing wrong with him at all. And George and Westbrook, let alone George and Westbrook, are all worthy of being beaten.
star player of the year.
In addition, there is the best rebounding partner Neptune Adams, and the bench gangsters such as Brewer and Jerami Grant on the bench. It should be said that the strength is pretty good. If Robertson is not injured, the paper strength is really good. However, Tang
Qian is not afraid at all. Because this team has once again proved that the accumulation of stars, simply the accumulation of stars, if they are not all in their peak period, grouping together at the peak of 25 or 26 years old, and combining them casually may not necessarily be able to achieve the desired effect.
The effect of 1+1+13. In fact, 1+1+1=3 is probably difficult to achieve. Because Anthony... doesn't match the team's giant lineup.
He is still a typical person who is unwilling to sacrifice. If he is asked to be a substitute, just like Ray Allen, he can lead the team's second lineup. This can also separate the ball rights between him and Westbrook George, allowing a ball
It was enough for so many people to play with. Unfortunately, Anthony was not willing and refused immediately.
He's okay on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, he can give you as many points as you want him to give up.
When he was young, Anthony relied on his physical fitness to avoid being a defensive black hole. He was still capable when he was serious. The scene of his physical fight with Kobe in the Western Conference finals was regarded as a classic by countless people. But that is the past tense. Now he is
A complete "fat melon". He can still score 13~16 points in the NBA but is ignored. Logically speaking, this should be impossible. How can he be an ordinary starter or a third-stringer?
Six people are okay. As a result, no one wants it. Because the defense is too bad or too lazy, and it has become a habit and cannot be changed even if you want to. Plus
His ability to fight hard has declined sharply, and his value has suddenly disappeared.
One statistic is indelible: when he was on the court, the team's overall defense dropped points like crazy.
Don’t believe it? Let’s not talk about the Thunder, let’s talk about the Rockets coming off the bench, and they are still a super black hole. When he is on the court, do you know how many points the Houston Rockets lose per 100 possessions? It’s as high as 114.1 points. Just talking about this point loss on the court, you may not believe it.
It's not intuitive enough, so look at the points the team loses when he is not on the court. Oh, all of a sudden there are only 104.5 points left. Look, 10 points less per game. How scary this is!!! Think about it
Look, if keeping such people is not a disaster, what is it?
And there's more, that's Carmelo Anthony, he doesn't like to play without the ball??? A shooting master, who claims to be a scorer who only wants jump shots, actually doesn't like to play without the ball or...can't do it at all
Integrating without the ball? Do you think it's nonsense? Let's talk about the data. Until Anthony went to the Rockets, you know, it was one of the last opportunities in his career. There may not even be a need for this one.
In 10 games, what did he deliver? Putting aside the basic data, his ball holding rate, you know, is a terrifying 20.4%!!! What is the concept? He is only second to Chris Paul.
%!!!
And you have to know that Harden and Paul are the dual core of the Rockets. At least this is the news to the outside world. Anthony, a non-starting player, actually has such a high ball possession rate!!! This is simply a very abnormal thing. Simple.
To put it simply... once the ball reaches his hands, it cannot come out. Unlike Harden and Paul, he can pass the ball and connect the team. This is something Anthony has never practiced in his life.
And his own attack ability is not as good as before, so... what is the use of such a person?
It will be cut immediately.
So don’t look at the fact that the Thunder are claiming to have three All-Star players, but in Tang Qian’s eyes, they really are a 1+1+13 or even a 1+1+12 combination.
None of the Jazz teams made it past the first round, which shows their strength. But this year, the Jazz were just a team in the Western Conference in the original time and space. They were easily eliminated by the Rockets in a 4-1 gentleman sweep. And they were defeated by the Jazz 4-4.
As for the Thunder team that was eliminated by -2, yes, it was even more soy sauce than soy sauce.
Sure enough, Anthony couldn't help it anymore. He opened his mouth first and said: Tyrant, don't be too crazy. Do you really think you can fight one against three?
Seeing Anthony speak, Westbrook, as the team leader, had to step forward and help: Tyrant, do you think you will win?
Seeing that both celebrities had said it, George could only say: I think they are right.
These words really have no momentum and no offensive power at all. It seems that George has no choice but to say it so bravely. If he could, he really didn’t want to say a word to the Lakers’ No. 29, so as not to get burned later.
Ah. He still remembers No. 29 from Angel City. If he can avoid provoking him, he doesn’t want to provoke him at all.
Why don't you play hard, I say? Do you have to talk harshly to such a strong man? If you want to show off, don't drag me down.
When Tang Qian heard this, he immediately responded:
I'm not crazy, I'm just telling the truth, and I think I'm just... one versus two. Because in my eyes, you're not even a star player. You're just a substitute.
Yes, I think so, why, don’t you think so?
George, George, you have to have some opinions. It's hard for you to achieve anything like this.
He defeated three people in a row by himself, and he also had the upper hand. This was mainly because his strength and alliance status were too overwhelming. Otherwise, he would not have such a strong deterrent effect. Seeing No. 29 walking away with a smile, I was stuck
Melo Anthony looked at his back and said with itching teeth: Give me more penalties later and I will beat him!!!
Um, what about this, Carmelo, uh, why don't you come off the field and take a drink of water first and help check if the water dispenser is okay.
Westbrook and George looked at each other and saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes.