The season that belongs to the ball brother is over.
One day later, the Bulls officially announced that team guard Lonzo Ball was officially absent from the rest of the season and that he would continue his daily recovery program to prepare for next season and would not play in the following playoffs.
Brother Ball's injury occurred in January this year, because of a slight tear in the meniscus of his left knee, Brother Ball had to undergo arthroscopic surgery, the news at the time was that Brother Ball may be absent for 6 to 8 weeks, but after the comeback time, when the Bull tried to make Brother Ball gradually recover, he found that his knee injury feedback was not good.
Until a few days ago, Bulls coach Billidonovan revealed that the ball brother suffered discomfort during the recovery of his left knee injury, and then, the news of the season reimbursement.
It's a pity, a real pity.
This season, He has played in 35 games for the Bulls, averaging 34.6 minutes per game, scoring 13.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 steals, shooting 42.3%/42.3%/75.0% of the three shots, and shooting 57.5% from the true range, his scoring is the second highest in his career, and his steals, shooting percentage, three-point shooting rate, and true shooting rate are career highest.
The early shooting of the ball brother was not good, and the first two seasons did not even shoot more than 50% of the free throws, but in the past two years, his projection ability has continued to improve, the free throw shooting rate has exceeded 75%, and in terms of three points, this season's ball brother has even become an elite level three-pointer.
The data can also intuitively see the progress of the ball brother in the three points:
- 2017-18 season, 5.7 shots, shooting 30.5%
—— 2018-19 season, 4.9 shots, shooting 32.9%
- 2019-20 season, 6.3 shots, shooting 37.5%
- 2020-21 season, 8.3 shots, shooting 37.8%
- 2021-22, 7.4 shots, shooting 42.3%
So although the ball brother's ball holding attack and basket ending are still not good, at the offensive end, the ball brother has gradually found his own position, and now he is no longer the original self who is negative as long as he falls into the position.
What's even better is probably the defense, which is also reflected in the data:
- This season, the bulls conceded 107.0 points per 100 rounds, outscoring 3.1 points against their opponents
- This season, the ball brother is not there, the Bulls conceded 114.6 points per 100 rounds, and the net loss to the opponent is 2.0 points
The Bulls are not a team with excellent defense, the three core DeRozan, Ravin and Vucevic are not good at defending, the ball brother and Caruso are the outside defense guarantee of this team, and the Hall of Famers and historic magicians praise the ball brother: "Langzobauer is one of the best defenders I have ever seen in defense. ”
The impact of the missing ball brother on the Bulls is huge, and the record can be directly reflected:
In the 35 games in which The Ball Brother played, the Bulls won 22 and lost 13
In the 45 games that The ball brother missed, the Bulls won 23 and lost 22
The Bulls have barely won against the top three teams in the East and West this season, and if the ball brother is not injured, maybe this team can have more capital to compete with the strong team, DeRozan said of the ball brother: "When he is on the court, he brings us a different momentum, his passing, his basketball IQ, his shooting, he will change the whole game." ”
Back to Brother Ball, we don't want to use "glass man" to describe him, but Brother Ball's health is really worrying.
Since entering the league, Brother Ball has played a total of 252 games, with an average of nearly 30 games missed every year, for comparison, Tatum of the same year has played a total of 364 games, more than 110 games than Brother Ball, and even the first 5 seasons of his career have played 80 more games than Brother Ball - it is said that Thick Brow is brittle, and Ball Brother has a lower attendance rate than Thick Brow.
It was supposed to be a season of continued improvement, but it was a pity that it ended less than half of the game, and I hope that the ball brother can heal the injury and return with a stronger state of health next season.