NBA peak

Chapter 703 Playoff Situation

After all, Nash is not a tactically rigid bishop, he will not use Durant to death.

After Durant's comeback, as long as he can maintain [-]% of his peak state, the overall offensive fluency of the Nets will go a step further.

The Raptors, ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, look extremely sad.

As the most powerful opponent at the peak of the Warriors dynasty, after the Raptors abandoned Ge Feng in exchange for the league's No. 1 Durant, they completely missed the finals.

On the contrary, Ge Feng, who left the Lakers, won another championship trophy with the Lakers.

Moreover, last season, Ge Feng once brought the Lakers to the Western Conference Finals when James left and Davis was injured.

You said Ge Feng's strength crushed Durant, right?
That's absolutely hilarious.

But the fact is so weird. After the Raptors joined Durant, the Raptors' paper strength seemed to have improved a lot, but the result would always be terminated in the Eastern Conference semifinals due to various accidents.

Especially this year, the Raptors' Van Vleet, Siakam, and Anunoby all ushered in the peak performance of their careers, but the team's core Durant ruptured his Achilles tendon and was unable to play in the playoffs.

The Raptors' management began to be disappointed with Durant. This can be seen from Ujiri's acceptance of the Nets' negotiation.

Ujiri became the NBA's best general manager of the year because he selected Ge Feng and traded DeRozan for Leonard.

Now, because he gave up Ge Feng and recruited Durant at a sky-high price, he was slandered by the fans.

Therefore, Bole is really just a reputation gained by good luck for a while.

Everyone misses sometimes.

At that time, Riley, the magician who had exhausted all the organs (the general manager of the Heat, once brought together James, Wade, and Bosh to form the Big Three of the Heat), did not expect that James would put him together and return to the Cavaliers.Bosh directly announced his retirement due to a serious illness.The Heat dynasty, which was extremely popular for a while, suddenly fell from the peak to the trough. Because of James' betrayal and Bosh's illness, Riley was so angry that he went crazy. Riley even sold Wade, the team soul of the Heat, to the Bulls.This incident did not give Riley less trouble.

As for the Pacers and 76ers, who are ranked fifth and sixth in the East, the lineups of these two teams have not changed much, and there is no extra news overall.

They are in the East and have always been a very stable playoff team.

The Pacers Trident, Sabonis, Brogdon, and Oladipo are the Pacers Big Three that fans are very familiar with.

Oladipo is an old acquaintance of everyone and a frequent visitor to the All-Stars in recent years.He was the bargaining chip for the Pacers and Thunder to trade George in 2018. He averaged 20.4 points, 6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in his career.

Sabonis, 25 years old, 2.10 meters tall and 108 kilograms in weight, was selected by the Magic with the 2016th pick in the first round of 1, and then traded to the Thunder. In 11, he was traded to the Pacers together with Oladipo. This season, he averaged 2018 points, 20.8 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game. He is the inside pillar of the Pacers.

Brogdon, 28 years old, 1.95 meters tall and 103 kilograms, is a tall point guard. He participated in the second round of the draft in 2016 and was selected by the Bucks at No. 2. He was traded to the Pacers in July 36.Brogdon is very inspirational. Although he is a second-round pick, he has firmly established his starting position in the Pacers through his own efforts. This season, he has handed over gorgeous data of 2019 points, 7 rebounds and 20.4 assists.

The Pacers hired Raptors assistant Nate Yorklen as the team's new head coach after firing head coach McMillan last season.

Yorklen was personally taught by the Raptors championship coach Nurse, advocating the balance of offense and defense, and digging deep into the inner potential.

With Oladipo, Sabonis, and Brogdon as the main body, and Warren and Turner as the assistants, Yorklen has built an excellent team.

The Pacers' star popularity may not be as dazzling as other giants, but the Pacers win with stability and go far. One day, they may not be unable to win a place in the league.

The 76ers, the last retro team in the small ball era that is still sticking to the traditional style of play.

Embiid, the core of the 76ers' team building, has nothing to do with the fast, accurate, and small requirements of the small ball era.

When Embiid is on the court, the 76ers are a typical positional team.

And when Simmons is on the court, the 76ers have to start to accelerate again, constantly adapting to the rhythm of the small ball.

The record of the 76ers this season has begun to decline. The biggest reason is that Simmons, who wants the 76ers to play small balls, and the retro player Embiid have begun to have conflicts.

Perhaps, the good brothers Simmons and Embiid will not have any dissatisfaction with each other.

But the hesitation of the management and the mutual struggle between the two fans make it difficult for Simmons and Embiid to share their hatred as they did five years ago.

Simmons and Embiid are likely to leave one next season.

According to media speculation, it will be Simmons who will leave the team with a high probability.

Because Embiid is the core of the 76ers, leaving the team will have a huge impact on the team.

The last team in the East that still plays in the playoffs is the much-watched Cleveland Cavaliers.

A team like the Cavaliers in a remote area can get such a huge amount of exposure in the NBA, not because the Cavaliers have a historical superstar, LeBron James.

This is the first year that LeBron has entered the playoffs.

It seems that since LeBron entered the NBA in his third year, he has not missed a playoff game.

Except for James' groin strain in 2019 and Davis' reimbursement for the season, which caused the Lakers to miss the playoffs, LeBron has at least made the playoffs in other seasons.

James' nine-year compulsory education in the East seems to have not yet come to an end.

The opponent the Cavaliers will face in the first round is the Miami Heat in the East.

In the two years, James was still with the Lakers and defeated the Heat in the Finals.

The relationship between James and the Heat has a very deep origin.

In 2011, when James first arrived in the Heat, he swore to the Heat fans that he would bring...at least...one...two...three championships for the Heat.

However, James ended up only bringing two championships to the Heat.

Two years ago, when the Lakers VS the Heat, many fans of the Heat still remember what James said back then and set the Flag.

As the saying goes, a man, a real man, should keep his word.

Heat fans booed on the Internet, saying that the Lakers VS Heat, this is the time for James to fulfill his promise.

Who would have imagined that James didn't hold back at all in the finals, and he played harder and harder, directly extinguishing the Heat 4-2, won the finals MVP, and made Ge Feng and Davis his assistants.

This wave of operations really made Heat fans itch with hatred.

League No.1!
You don't count your words!

(End of this chapter)