1. The one who ended the hand-to-hand combat between the Grizzlies and the Bucks was Ezroko
Any team trying to make some noise in the playoffs can go and see the Grizzlies and bucks and get some idea of what they can do at this level of confrontation. While I don't think the level of the showdown is the highest level of the season — the Grizzlies are missing too many players, and although this team lacks any one of them, it doesn't mean that it lacks Bane, Dillon, Jones, and Sledgehammer at the same time — the intensity of the muscle collision is probably the most ferocious of the season.
The most enthusiastic is the second verse. These 12 minutes of the game, condensed the hardest part of the game, can be roughly summarized into two things:
The first thing, Morant tries to make another big news in the same way as a brother riding a buckle;
The second thing, Alphabet Brother tries to steal Adams' title as the strongest man in the league in a head-on collision.
As a result, neither of them succeeded.
Alphabet brother is really not used to Morant, so the latter's only sports goal in the second quarter was a super three-pointer. Adams also proved the strength of his family's genes, becoming a wall of flesh in front of the letters. Alphabet had a hard time putting Adams on top of him and attacking fouls.
Tough and hard, very unintelligent.
Here's the interesting part – there are tough muscle collisions everywhere, but the really effective attack is still rational choice and Ejørkegang.
After Morant was frustrated in the second quarter, the second half fully turned into a reasonable mode, accurately giving the ball to the inside line, with a one-handed throw, responding to the Bucks defense. Aside from him, the Grizzlies' most effective means is Jarren Jr.'s impact, but Jarren Jr.'s punch is not the letters, but Middleton's players who are thinner than him. The coolest thing about the letter rushing up is also to find the reverse block of the defender.
Middleton's shining race in alphabet and Morant can be roughly called the best of the game. This is probably because he is one of the rare players on the field who does not solve problems by hard-hitting. Roll call misalignment, too big, throw small, turn around and pinch the experience and physique of Zaire, in a muscle game to play a flowing body. It's like a World of Warcraft rating battlefield, where two teams of kitchen knives meet and slash fiercely, only to find that no one cares about the fire method of the super explosive technique silently reading in the corner.
Giannis gave the showdown a perfect finish, and the way he killed the match was a back-up jump shot in response to the meat wall.
When the alphabet brother begins to be rigid and soft, the game will be difficult to suspense.
2. The Emperor is close to the ultimate form
Whether it's looking at the cards or the results, the 76ers' match against the Magic doesn't seem to have any suspense. With the emperor's angry 50 points of post-match data, it is also possible to make up for the brutal picture.
In fact, this game has some twists and turns. The Magic is more tenacious than imagined, no matter how the disparity in strength, the weaker side can shoot 51.4% three-point shooting rate, that is quite a scary firepower output. In the first half, the Magic led by 10 points, and when Embiid was not on the court, Chuang Shen played a few times. If it weren't for too many monsters today, Bamba's career night — 7+3 blocks on 8-of-3 3-of-3 3 points , an extremely rare combination of stats — might have been more complimented. Auggie also shot six three-pointers, under the threat of outside fire, the 76ers' defense was greatly expanded, Embiid delayed beyond the three-point line, and a large number of people stayed in the high position to follow Bamba, which also led to the Magic have a lot of opportunities to cut the back door.
Then, if you think about it, the Magic's defensively poor season doesn't seem contradictory to their inside line. Bamba and Lopez Jr. worked seamlessly, always maintaining enough height and arm span interference in front of Embiid, which is rare.
I mean, Embiid's massacre wasn't a simple abuse. In fact, in the third quarter, before he decided to take over the game, the Magic was the more imposing side, after which Embiid did two things:
Relying on its huge size, the magic's internal and external connections were cut off, and the magic's offensive flame was half extinguished;
A tribute to the great backslider god in NBA history — you just care about it.
such:
Or something like this:
Embiid used Kobe bryant and Nowitzki's posture to make Bamba and Xiao Luo think of the idiom "whip long beyond reach".
So 17 free throws are just an illusion, 17 penalties can only score fifteen points instead of fifty points, this is not a Godzilla and King Kong hard-fought showdown, more like a martial arts film flying on the bamboo tip. Bamba floated 24 feet away to fire the throwing knife, 7 of 8, 6 of 7 with teammates, this deadly crosshair can usually only be reduced to the three words "how to lose", left in the post-game fan comments, but they encountered embiid.
Picking leaves and flowers, grass and trees hurt people, huge bodies, but only a wave of the sleeve. Embiid possessed the flesh and blood of a barbarian, but he had developed the most literary skills.
Embiid's soaring mid-range last season is hopefully stabilized after this wave of highlights. We mention Embiid's weaknesses, most often referring to the ball when breaking the clip. In fact, in addition, Embiid, as a low-level center, inevitably has the problem of low-level receiving costs and how to maintain efficiency in high-prolific and low-post attacks. If the opponent's meat shield is reliable enough for Embiid to get a lot of free throws, or if he goes around the front to cooperate with the overall defense to block his catch, how can the 76ers' offense unfold smoothly?
This is of course an eternal problem, but Embiid's talent tree last season added a little direction to basically solve these two problems:
He can catch a large number of balls in very close positions, unfold mid-range basket singles like a forward player, and maintain the production effect of the historical mid-level shooting god, such Embiid, it is difficult to limit. The final question is, can this crosshair be sustained? And, the opponent eats the environment of the 76ers, adding troops to him in advance, how will Embiid solve it?
Now look, both of these issues are moving in the direction of Embiid' favor. His silky jump shots continued, and his passing improved a lot — embiid, who had the most assists and the fewest turnovers, was able to penetrate the defence with the ball.
There are fewer and fewer things that can stop Embiid, except for attendance.
And such Embiid did not even get the best of the day.
3. Jokic with countless tricks
"Grab the MVP, and now I don't even give the best of the day?"
This is the funniest comment I've seen today. This comment is true and helpless, because jokic, Embiid's performance last season, can only enter the second team, and this situation is likely to continue. This alliance of giant beasts, which had originally withered away, actually began to roll up after these monsters grew up.
Let's look at a set of data first:
In Curry's presence, the Warriors won a combined 423 points and lost 66 when not on the floor;
Jokic won 262 points when jokic was on the floor and 217 points in the absence.
When Curry is not on the floor, the warriors' offensive constipation picture is already very uncomfortable, and the overall defense of the good substitute is OK, not only the starting savings. Nuggets, Jokic rest time, substitute defeat is not a new thing, bad heart index is about 3 times the Warriors bench, you think about, Nuggets fans what is the experience of watching the ball?
The Nuggets went from a team with good depth to a team that relied entirely on the start, and luck is on the one hand — Murray and Porter Jr. injuries — in a sense, it is also an inevitable result of the deepening of the team's construction cycle. The inflated salary of core players, accompanied by luxury tax control, will inevitably require the team to give up some relatively overflowing talents, then, even if the team has a strong ability to tap potential, it is difficult to have depth while having head resources. At this time, the head of several stars out of the situation, the blow to the team will be very large, about the teacher can leave the Nuggets in the top 6 in the West, it is not easy.
Of course, the Clippers on the other side are even more difficult, no cards and no peppers, Maurice Batum has poor attendance, and there is still playoff hope, which is remarkable. Such a team that has been completely hollowed out by injury can rely on the connection section to dry through the Nuggets' bench, and it is not known whether to say that the Clippers are deeply exploded, or that the Nuggets are really no one.
Similar to the 76ers' match against the Magic, Jokic also had a center opposite him who won his career night - Zubac scored 15 or 32 points on the 19th, the hook broke out, accompanied by the superposition of Reggie Dasheng and the Monkeys pointing to the positive pole, with a strong middle block to break the problem for Joshua. From the fourth quarter to overtime, the Nuggets' confrontation with the Clippers became a confrontation between Reggie and Zubac and Jokic, and the duo repeatedly cracked the Nuggets' defensive strategy:
Jokic squatted to avoid Zubac eating the pie, and the Nuggets closed the weak side 45° to make up Reggie's block to break the ball shot. So the Clippers cleared the block and dismantled the side, so that Reggie had no obstacles after covering;
Jokic changed his defense to Mann, dodging Reggie and Zubac blocking, eating Mann's inaccurate shots, and Mann did have two brain congestion rounds to give the Nuggets an advantage;
So the Clippers immediately changed to Zubac's low-post play jeff Green, making Zubac's explosive hooker state as a body punishment.
Reggie and Zubac are in hot form, and the Clippers' strategy has always been able to keep pace with the Nuggets' adjustments. On such a night, it is said that the Nuggets have been difficult to take down - this is also the Nuggets' dead hole, and there is not much room for adjustment when they encounter the ball carrier and the coverer who both storm.
The Nuggets were able to win in the end, just as they fell behind the Jazz 1-3, relying on the opponent's insoluble game to become a more unsolvable existence - Jokic cracked everything:
The Clippers did not dare to add troops to Jokic, because Jokic's ability to break the clip was not just as simple as having excellent vision and passing accurately, he was silky with the ball, and this rate of air did not give defenders time at all;
Then, of course, Zubac could not defend Jokic alone. As Zubac himself said, Jokic has too many tricks, long-range and close-range shots, three slow steps, turn jump shots, give and go empty cuts, low turn throws, he has all the freestyles that centers should or shouldn't have, and even after the ball is out, the Clippers have to be wary of this guy's point board. Jokic has the organizational skills of a small defender, the singles skills of a forward player, but he is a fat man of more than 200 pounds. Malone says jokic can beat opponents with passing, shooting, and rebounding, a description that sounds like he's well-rounded, but once you pick up the details of Jokic's game — not to mention his last-minute, assisting Gordon's killer three-point line and pinching diagonal pass — you'll find him horribly horrible:
At the end of the fourth quarter, Jokic assisted Barton to equalize the score, which seemed to be an ordinary hand-to-hand hand, but Barton was able to form a get rid of it because About Teacher came to a "ball leader" who did not leave the ball, and everyone was too late to react;
Jokic assisted Gordon and caused an opponent foul in the fast attack, which made the Clippers who retreated back with 4 people helpless;
Why is Jokic still a good defender despite his defensive limitations? Look at this rebounding card, he returned from the upper line like a big loach, grabbed Zubac in front of him, this tonnage player, can be so flexible.
Jokic is one of the best players on the planet, and it may only take one championship trip to remove the word "one." At a time when MVP contenders are generally out of the question, the likelihood that he will defend the award is growing.