Today is the final battle of the season's regular season, and most teams are like the workers on the day before the holiday, either taking leave early or have no intention of working.
With most teams choosing to rest the main force, today is a day of data explosion.
For example, the Lakers' Reeves played 41 minutes today, scoring a large triple-double of 31 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals on 7-of-17 shooting.
According to the data, Reeves is the fourth rookie player in NBA history to cut at least 30 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in a single game, the top three are Oscar Robertson (5 times), Jerry West, and Blake Griffin.
In an interview after the game, Reeves said: "Although the game didn't make much sense, it was also an opportunity to show himself. ”
And the Cavaliers' Lefour, who also felt hot today, played only 14 minutes and 43 seconds, but cut 32 points and 10 rebounds, including 8 of 11 three-pointers.
At this point, Love has also become the first player in NBA history to cut 30+ and shoot at least 6 three-pointers without playing less than 20 minutes.
On the day of the data explosion, the game between heat and magic is not only a typical data war, but also a story of the return of heroes.
Among them, Fultz on the Magic side played 29 minutes, shot 5 of 12, 3 of 3 three-pointers, scored 10 points and 2 rebounds, and sent a career-high 15 assists.
And Oladipo, who is in his place, is in the 35 minutes of playing time, 13 of 22 shooting, 5 of 11 three-pointers, 9 of 11 free throws, and 40 points, 10 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals.
Although today is a brush point battle, the two players who have suffered serious injuries can play such a performance in the game, which is enough to applaud them.
For example, Oladipo, in the case of the Heat's main rotation, the scores, rebounds and assists of this game all set a new season high.
In fact, after half-time, Oladipo has set a new scoring season high, shooting 9 of 13 from the field and 4 of 7 from three points, scoring 25 points. In the end, this statistic was fixed at 40 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
Oladipo also became the first player in Heat history to cut at least 40 points and 10 boards in a single game since Wade in 2011.
For him, the last time he cut 40+ had to go back to the distant December 10, 2017, a full 1583 days. In that game against the Nuggets, he scored a career-high 47 points.
Oladipo has been 4 years away from the best version of himself.
After the match, Oladipo said: "I just play and when my number is read, I'll be ready. ”
In fact, before this game, Oladipo fell out of the team rotation at one point. At the beginning of the comeback, Coach Spaugh still let him play to find the form, but recently it was almost after a two- or three-game break that he would be called by his name. He also played only 8 games throughout the season.
When he talked about his current situation, Oladipo said: "That's what you see, at the end of the day, the team is bigger than me personally. ”
"So I have to keep being strong, doing what I can do, always ready." I don't know, I can only take one step at a time. If you or anyone have any suggestions, please let me know. ”
You're going to say Oladipo isn't capable, but he scored 40 points today, and you're going to say Oladipo's back to the top, that's not realistic.
After all, the comeback was only made in the middle of the season, and the physical reserves and the feeling of the game needed to be constantly polished.
But for Oladipo, the season's finale was more than just a matter of brushing up on the data.
First of all, as Oladipo said, the team is larger than his individual. Then for the team, this 40-point game may bring Oladipo back to Spoo's vision.
The Heat are a team with a strong defense and a weak attack, and their offensive weakness is not only a problem of weak individual ability, but a single model, and once Hiro on the bench is strangled, the Heat offense is in trouble.
So Spoo let Audi play this game, but also let him find some confidence. After all, the Heat want to go further and need a PlanB too much.
And for Oladipo, today proved that as long as 98 gasoline is full, he is still the four-wheel drive Audi.
Of course, many people lamented that Oladipo had rejected the 10 million contract twice in a row, first rejecting the Pacers' 4-year, 80 million contract, and then rejecting the Rockets' 2-year, 45.2 million contract.
Or sigh or ridicule, but that was a year or two ago. Everyone talked about Oladipo's choice, and very few people really cared about the story of Oladipo's injury.
Oladipo suffered two right quadriceps tears, the first being in the Walkers, where he recuperated for 8 months from a right quadriceps tear and the second time in the Heat.
In the fourth quarter of the game between Oladipo and the Lakers, after an empty dunk, Oladipo realized that his quadriceps were wrong again.
The next day, Oladipo called Quinn Cook, who grew up in Maryland, and he cried bitterly on the phone. Cook's recollection goes like this: "I remember I broke down with him and we both cried. ”
During the second surgery, surgeon Jonathan Glashow said: "The quadriceps muscle was not really connected, it was torn and I reconnected it. ”
It turned out that the first repair surgery was not successful, which laid the hidden danger for Oladipo's second serious injury.
After his first surgery, Oladipo played a total of 56 games with the Pacers and Rockets, but he didn't feel like his former self anymore, not only slowing down, bouncing less high and shooting percentages down.
According to Oladipo, when he wakes up in the morning, it feels like a knife is stuck in his knee.
So the second time he underwent surgery, Oladipo was extra careful. Team doctor Stefan Valdés said that Oladipo even had to relearn how to walk.
But this time, Oladipo was more patient. He didn't start strength training in Miami until Dr. Glashow confirmed that the tendons were fully attached again.
For Oladipo, who is known as a bitter mamba, waiting is not simple.
Back then, tendon injuries were considered irreversible, but with today's medical methods, tendons can not only heal, but also become stronger and more resilient when trained at the right intensity. That said, Oladipo has a much better chance of returning to normal.
So today's Oladipo gives people the feeling of being a car whose parts are getting better and better, and a bit of the taste of the year after one foot of the throttle goes out.
But whether or not Oladipo can get back to the top, his love for basketball is pure.
It's like the Heat had a 6-1 record at the beginning of the season, but Oladipo couldn't play with the team. He texted his friend Cook, which read, "Bro, I miss basketball. ”
Oladipo says he hopes to be some of the best comeback stories in NBA history, but apparently not entirely successful yet, but he has also said, "When you're at a low point, you're trying to figure out what to do and then decide to face it, and that's pretty much what I can do." ”
"I think it makes him stronger," Cook said of Oladipo's experience, "and you can complain about the injustice of fate, 'Why am I hurt?'" Why am I being traded? He never did that. ”
So from this point of view, the 40 points of the season finale is not just a casual sentence of the season-ending brush data, but more like a praise from God for Oladipo's efforts.
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