NBA peak

Chapter 323
The situation in the west is more severe than in the east.

The combination of Leonard and Paul George is far less strong than fans imagined.

The backcourt combination of Lillard and CJ McCollum can also do as well as the Clippers' frontcourt.

The East and West semifinals seem to be at least a week away. Before that, Nurse called all the Raptors together for training.

Although it is a good thing for the Raptors to have sufficient rest time before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, Nas did not dare to let the players completely relax.

If players are allowed to relax for a week, those with weak self-control may really ruin themselves.

On May 5, US time, the fifth game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Trail Blazers was played at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The entire Raptors team got together and watched the live broadcast of the game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers.

In this night's game, Harkless of the Trail Blazers became the key "X factor" in determining the outcome of the game.

This is Harkless's seventh season in the NBA, but now Harkless is only 25 years old.

In his career, Harkless averaged 7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 0.9 assists and 0.6 blocks per game. His average shooting percentage was 47.4% from the field and 3% from the 33.0-point range.

At 6-foot-9 and 215 pounds, Harkless has the talent and strength to be the top small forward in NBA history.

If anyone in the Trail Blazers can give the Clippers a heavy blow, I think the best answer is not Lillard, nor CJ McCollum, but this "seventh-year rookie", Harkless.

Harkless's performance tonight can be compared with the Clippers' Leonard with a $1.42 million contract. Tonight's Harkless played exactly the same super giant level as the super giant Leonard.

25分11个篮板8次助攻，另外还有2次抢断和2次封盖，这就是今晚哈克利斯面对莱昂纳德交出来的成绩单。

Harkless's outburst completely interrupted the Clippers' plan.Leonard's point was offset by the role of Harkless, and the Clippers played very tangled as a whole. In the end, they had no choice but to lose to the Blazers by a big score of 83 to 97, rewriting the big score to 2 to 3.

When the dust settled, the entire Raptors shouted wonder.

Harkless became the most powerful vanguard for the Blazers to kill the Clippers.

The Trail Blazers pulled back a game, indicating that the semifinals will be dragged on for a longer period of time. The Raptors have enough time to investigate the information of the opponents they are most likely to encounter next.

On May 5, the Eastern Conference semifinals that the Raptors are most concerned about will come to an end.

The Raptors' next opponent is officially determined, and they are the Bucks from Milwaukee.

The Bucks have fallen at the feet of the Raptors for two consecutive years.

A victory over the Raptors means the same to the Bucks as the Raptors' desperate attempt to beat the Cavaliers last season.

It is absolutely disgraceful for a team to be eliminated by the same team in the playoffs for three consecutive years.

Similar to the situation of the "Trash Brothers", if the Bucks led by Antetokounmpo cannot break free from the mouth of the Raptors this year, the one who welcomes Antetokounmpo will suffer the same fate as the "Trash Brothers".

The Bucks must win the Raptors.

The Bucks players are clamoring everywhere on the Internet. Even if the Bucks fall on the stage of the finals, they will not fall in front of the Raptors.

This is an interesting phenomenon.

Fans of the Raptors may not have imagined that the "cute dragon" they sprayed out of the sieve was actually the shadow of the new MVP and Antetokounmpo.

Before the Bucks advanced, the Raptors coaching staff had already worked hard on the Bucks.

In the last game between the Bucks and the Celtics, all Raptors players must watch unconditionally and write a report to the coaching staff.

The coaching staff wants to hear what the players mean.

Ge Feng wrote in the report: The new MVP Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo at position 3 is more difficult to limit than in any previous season.

Outside players have a lot of room to move, and ordinary double-teams can't help Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo has worked hard to break double teams in the past few seasons.

It can be seen from the last game between the Bucks and the Celtics that it is unrealistic for the Celtics to think that double-teaming can limit Antetokounmpo.

The Raptors must use BOX tactics to limit Antetokounmpo as a super giant of Durant's level, and then attack the Bucks' other two guns, Bledsoe and Middleton, so that they can never shoot at the place with the highest shooting percentage.

Ge Feng's opinion was very pertinent, and the team's assistant coach Adrian was full of praise after reading it.

Ge Feng does have the potential to become a head coach in the future.

Ge Feng's strategy is a result, but the coaching staff is discussing the cause of this result.

It can be said that Ge Feng's opinion virtually helped the coaching staff solve a big problem.

The opinions of the coaching staff are not unified, and now the core of the team has proposed the tactics of regional double-teaming, which is a big boost for the coaching staff.

On May 5, US time, the sixth game between the Lakers and the Warriors was also held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Two games in a row are home to the Los Angeles team, which is very busy for the stadium staff.

The staff almost kept changing all the facilities in the stadium overnight.

A city with two championship-level teams is indeed a major challenge for the arena staff.

Fortunately, the staff is very nimble, and the arena has just been paved 5 hours before the game between the Lakers and the Warriors.

When the fans entered the arena, there was still a strong smell after construction.

But the fans are very enthusiastic, and they don't care about the bad smell at all.

After the Warriors players came to the Staples Arena, they frowned.

This smell is too heavy.

The Golden State Warriors, who have won three championships in five years, have not played under such difficult conditions for a long time.

The Clippers seem to want to move their home court away from Staples, but this will not happen overnight. Before the Clippers officially move out of Staples, the Lakers and Clippers still have to rotate a stadium.

Under the interference of strong odor, the respected Warriors' performance was disturbed.

Stephen Curry only hit two three-pointers in the game, and Thompson only hit one three-pointer.

The Splash Brothers made at least 12 three-pointers this time, but they only hit 3 goals, which is really unreasonable.

Rondo of the Lakers hit two three-pointers.

In the end, the game ended, and the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 111 to 103 at home, dragging the series between the two sides into the tiebreaker.

The Game [-] will be played at the Warriors' Oracle Arena.

After the game, the Lakers' second-in-command Nongmei seems to be suffering from injuries. Whether Nongmei can play in the next game is a suspense.

(End of this chapter)