Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 199 199. Brush and DPOY
On May 5, local time in the United States, as the Denver Nuggets defeated the Suns in two consecutive games, the Nuggets rewritten the big score to 3:4, and eliminated the Suns with difficulty to advance to the semifinals.

This also means that the Nuggets will compete with the defending champion Timberwolves in the semifinals. The first match between the two sides in the semifinals will officially start on May 5.

The Nuggets were able to eliminate the Suns in the first round. In addition to the outstanding performance of the head star "Little Melon" Anthony, they also benefited from the stable performance of other players.

At first glance, the Nuggets don't seem to have a few stars. Except for Carmelo Anthony, no other players can reach the level of stars.

But the Nuggets led by George Karl also have many stable players such as Andre Miller, Nehbar, Nene, Marcus Camby, and Blake.

Especially Andrea Miller and Nene, these two people are simply synonymous with stable old dogs.

Whether the team loses or wins, the two can always hand over a good personal data.

As for center Marcus Camby, although he is a data brush, his defensive efficiency is far from being as good as people see.

However, Camby's excellent height and wingspan can still cause problems for breakthrough players.

This season, Marcus Camby averaged 3.3 blocks per game and ranked first in the league. This is also the second consecutive year that Camby was elected as the league's block leader.

If it weren't for the amazing defensive efficiency of the Timberwolves, Camby is likely to deceive everyone and win DPOY this season.

As for why he deceived everyone, because Marcus Camby is a proper data brush. Typical defensive data is better than defensive efficiency, which visually gives people the illusion of excellent defense.

The normal historical trajectory Marcus Camby won the best defensive player this season, and with the precipitation of time, Marcus Camby was evaluated as the worst DPOY in NBA history.

A set of data can prove how broken Marcus Camby's real defense is. This season, the Nuggets rank eighth in the league's blocked shots and are a team in the upper reaches of the league.

But the Denver Nuggets' defensive efficiency is only ranked fourth from the bottom in the league, with an average of 104 points lost per game, which is only a little higher than the pure offensive teams of the Warriors, Wizards and Bucks.

From the data point of view, it is not difficult to find that although Marcus Camby's blocking data is very luxurious, he has made very little defensive contribution to the team.

In many defensive rounds, Marcus Camby will deliberately let the opposing player in in order to get the block data, and then use a gambling method to send out the block, which is a bit similar to the "big white edge" Whiteside in the later Heat era.

Camby can't give defensive pressure at all on the defensive end, let alone frequent physical confrontation.

In order to get blocks, Marcus Camby can be described as frantic. If it weren't for the average 12 rebounds per game to ensure the offensive and defensive operations of the Nuggets, head coach George Karl would have kicked Marcus Camby into the trash can.

Because Marcus Camby, who has a height of [-] meters, is not only not as good as people see in his defensive efficiency, but even his offensive efficiency is appallingly low.

In the first round of the playoffs, Marcus Camby's shooting percentage was only 37.8%, the lowest among all players taller than [-] meters in the playoffs.

Nuggets inside player Kenyon Martin was reimbursed for the season after only playing three games in the regular season. Martin's season reimbursement greatly reduced the Nuggets' fairly good inside depth.

At the same time, head coach George Karl has to use Marcus Camby more. After all, apart from Marcus Camby and Nene, the performance of other inside players is even more difficult to describe.

In the first round of the playoffs, George Karl used only seven players in the regular rotation, of which Anthony and Nehbar both played more than 40 minutes.

Anthony even reached a terrifying 44 minutes, averaging only about 3 minutes of rest per game.

In fact, the depth of the Nuggets' lineup this season is not bad, but George Karl does not trust those rookies who have not yet proved themselves.

Even JR Smith, who averaged 13 points per game in the regular season, played less than 12 minutes.

It is worth mentioning that JR Smith's performance in the playoffs was indeed struggling. After six games, JR Smith's shooting percentage was only 26.3%, while his three-point shooting percentage was 0%.

That's right, JR Smith didn't even make a single three-pointer when he averaged more than three three-pointers per game.

The 18-for-0 three-point shooting in the first round of the playoffs not only turned George Karl's face black, but even JR Smith himself looked helpless.

Fortunately, the stable performance of other Nuggets players helped the team win this round of the series, otherwise JR Smith will definitely be sprayed into depression by the fans.

In stark contrast is the head star Carmelo Anthony.

Anthony still shot 48% of his efficient shots even when he was targeted by the Suns' defense, and he also had a 3.6% three-point shooting rate when he averaged 50 three-pointers per game.

This offensive efficiency is much higher than that of Anthony during the regular season. The average data of 27 points and 9 rebounds in the first round made Anthony's reputation burst, and he vaguely meant to become the leader of the [-] generation.

After all, Anthony not only performed well in the first round of the playoffs, but also ranked third in the league with an average of 28.9 points per game in the regular season, second only to Iverson and Kobe Bryant. He is one of the most powerful scoring players in the active league.

When it was learned that the semifinals would face the Denver Nuggets, the coaching staff led by Luke immediately made a plan for the Nuggets.

The two teams have played against each other three times in the regular season, and the Timberwolves have won two of them.

From the perspective of the lineup, there are many points between the two teams that will form a pair.

Payton vs. Andre Miller, Iverson vs. Nehbar, Anthony vs. Gerald Wallace, Nene vs. Artest, and the last two blue-collar centers Marcus Camby vs. Counterpoint to Ben Wallace.

Among them, Marcus Camby and Ben Wallace are also contenders for the best defensive player of the year.

However, due to the high defensive efficiency of the Timberwolves, Marcus Camby is destined not to be Ben Wallace's opponent.

At that time, many industry experts complained about Marcus Camby's loss, thinking that Camby, who averaged 3.3 blocks per game, would lose the DPOY. This is really absurd and ironic.

Faced with such a brain-dead and provocative topic, Luke didn't even bother to respond positively.

Whether it is a mule or a horse, you can tell as soon as you lead it out. Although Marcus Camby's statistics are much better than Ben Wallace's, the real defensive efficiency of the two is very different.

Ben Wallace is a player who can truly improve the team's defense on his own, while Marcus Camby is a player who can only work hard for the block leader in any team.

Luke can't help but want to see how many people will feel embarrassed by Marcus Camby's performance when these two players compete in the playoffs!
(End of this chapter)