The NBA's recent games have been very exciting, and after the mid-season trade, several teams that have received important players have almost all strengthened their combat effectiveness, and some have even directly jumped to the championship-winning powerhouse. Harden left the Nets to join the 76ers, winning all five games so far, his arrival has made Embiid play more easily, Maxi played more freely, and Niang and Sable completely found a presence on the offensive end, and the 76ers successfully transformed into a championship team.
Another Pelicans team that has changed a lot, before the trade, although the team has young talents such as Ingram and Zion, Zion has been absent for a long time, resulting in the team can only be supported by Ingram. And McCollum's arrival has given the team a second stable point besides Ingram, and his arrival has also given the team a real core guard, McCollum has a certain organizational ability, but in the Blazers era was covered up by the more outstanding Lillard, so the current Pelicans are fully equipped to impact the playoffs. Unfortunately, with the current roster struggling to make a difference in the playoffs, McCollum's natural defensive holes are fatal.
Today will continue to bring two NBA previews, the first game is a top dark horse battle, the two sides are the Grizzlies and the Pelicans already mentioned above, this game if put before the transaction is almost no suspense, but now it is different. Pelicans, although the previous game was not played very well, but after the All-Star Game, the Pelicans achieved a record of 4 wins and 1 loss, McCollum has shown a role after a short run-in, although McCollum can not withstand Harden's role, but for the Pelicans and Ingram, he is a weakened version of Harden, his arrival eased the defensive pressure faced by Ingram, so in the last 5 games, Ingram averaged more than 30 points per game, so playing, the Pelicans have great hopes of entering the playoffs. The dark horse on the road to the playoffs has been hammered.
In contrast, their opponents, the Grizzlies, this season's Grizzlies have completed their transformation under the leadership of core Morant, and what is even more terrifying is that the core lineup of the Grizzlies is very young, and the future is afraid to belong to the Grizzlies. Morant has completely completed the transformation this season, averaging 33.3 minutes per game, can get 27.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists, shooting 49.4% from the field and 34.3% from three-point range. The team's inner core Jackson Jr. has also improved significantly this season, averaging 16.3 points and 6 rebounds per game, and the improvement of glass attributes is obvious, and rookie Bane has also completely grown into the core number two of the team. One of the more worrying points is that the team's winning percentage at home and away is very different, typical of the home dragon away bug.
This battle between the two sides, both teams are the top dark horses of the season, the Grizzlies may be higher than the Pelicans, although after the All-Star game, the Pelicans' state is hot, but the Pelicans' weaknesses in this game will be infinitely magnified, McCollum Although the offensive end is obvious, but the defensive end of the natural loophole, and the opponent Grizzlies will be a strong scoring guard, so the Pelicans' guard line in this game is afraid to be exploded. On the inside, Varlaam and Adams are almost five or five, and the forward Ingram against Jackson Jr., although it has a certain advantage, is not enough to support the Pelicans to win, so on the whole, this game is more optimistic about the Grizzlies winning over the Pelicans.
The two sides of game two are the Warriors and Clippers. If there is a strong contender for the championship this season, it is undoubtedly the 76ers, and if there is anyone next season, then it is undoubtedly the Clippers. In the Clippers, in the absence of Ka Jr. and George this season, the Clippers, under the guidance of Ghost Talent Lu, achieved a record of 34 wins and 32 losses, ranking 8th in the West Division. In the absence of a double core, the team wins by relying on defense, through defense to lead the team to attack, this season's Clippers' ball is ugly, but it is very practical, the offensive end mainly relies on Reggie Jackson, and Kennard, Kofi, these characters who belong to the rotation, this season has played a famous, want to rely on such a lineup to win the championship is impossible, but for next season's game to accumulate experience, next season The Clippers' lineup depth will be the first in the league.
On the other hand, their opponents, the Warriors, from the current record, the Warriors have some high and low charm this season, of course, this has something to do with the dream Green long-term high hanging free card, but can one Green solve the problem? Obviously impossible. At the beginning of the season, Curry played well on the outside with Wiggins and Poole, while Green was responsible for guarding the inside line and planning the attack, with Green's strategy and Poole and Wiggins involved, So Curry played well. And with Thompson's return from injury, Poole was also beaten back to the bench, it is such a small change that makes the Warriors lost, after the comeback, Tang Shen's offensive end choice is debatable, the defensive end does not have the previous ability, and Poole returns to the bench and does not have the state of the beginning of the season, all the pressure is on Curry, Curry is also difficult to carry, so it has created the current situation, it is very difficult to win the championship.
The two teams have been in completely different shapes recently, the Clippers' 5-game winning streak has just been ended by the Knicks on the court, while the Warriors have suffered a 5-game losing streak, and the splash + Wiggins are all truces in the last game, but the tenacious Warriors still played themselves, which also gave Kerr some tips. And the three cores of this game are all back in this game, physical fitness is still guaranteed, and the Warriors during the losing streak urgently need a victory to stop the decline, so this game is full of war, the Warriors need to play their offensive rhythm, and the Clippers Will Covington will be truncated due to injury in this game, so in this game, it is more optimistic about the Warriors to win the Clippers.