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The 2021-22 regular season is like a loud prelude to a new era, a majestic song of the old time.
Before the start of the season, the Nets, Lakers and Warriors were in the top three on the championship odds list.
When the regular season came to an end, I looked back and realized that this odds list was like a mouthful of poisoned milk.
The Warriors are the best of the three teams, they once occupied the first place in the record list, the opening of 18 wins and 2 losses awakened the memory of the old dynasty, but began in the middle of February, the last 28 games of the season 12 wins and 16 losses, the reality of being surpassed by the Suns and the Grizzlies, pulling them back to the "surface of the earth", the third ranking in the West is not low, but it seems to have a distance from the imaginary strength crushing.
At the very least, the Warriors' top half of the zone went straight to the playoffs, and the Nets, who were recognized as the first day of the East before the start of the season, could only gain a sense of presence in the playoffs, and the horror moments turned into awkward moments, saying that the horrors had left Brooklyn in exchange for Simmons stroking his sore back and fragile heart.
There are also Nets in the playoffs, but there are no Lakers. Looking at the paper, it's hard to imagine a team with four 75 superstars being shut out of the top ten in the West, but the cruelty of reality exceeds the imaginary boundaries, and the Lakers fell outside the playoffs, suddenly and sadly.
Behind the Warriors' high and low moves is Curry's early withdrawal from the regular season. On the side of the Nets struggling with the playoffs, it was Durant who missed 27 games. In the shadow of the Lakers' early holiday, it is James' 26-game watch.
James, Durant and Curry, they jointly created a basketball era, won 9 championships, 7 MVPs, 6 FMVP, they are the founders, but also the ruler, but this era seems to have come to an end, James found that four years ago single-handedly saved the team's combat power has gone away, Durant felt the helplessness of the team from the first place in the East to the play-offs, Curry looked at the second worst shooting rate of his career with a little confusion.
Is the basketball legend composed by the 00 generation draft elite represented by Janduku really like an expired magazine, which will be put into the old paper pile?
In the 2021-22 scoring table, Embiid and Alphabet Brother are at the top and second of the table. In the MVP competition list, Jokic, Alphabet Brother and Embiid, three from the 10s draft, is in the middle of the year of the game to dominate the list, they conform to the small ball era, add projection and organization skill packs for themselves, while subverting the small ball era, let the big man return to the core position of the team, and with MVP level performance, let basketball return to the tradition of one inch tall and one inch strong.
Alphabet Brother is the class of 2013, Jokic and Embiid are the class of 2014, they rebuilt the basketball hall of the inside line as king, the Downs of the class of 2015 added bricks and tiles with a 60-point battle, the class of 2017 Jarrett Allen and Markkanen, with the class of 2021 Mobley, with the icing on the cake with a three-high battle.
The strong rise of the Mesozoic and new generation of high-quality interior lines has become the protagonist of the basketball stage, making the sport return to the tall mode, and this is where the Lakers failed, the body type was their magic weapon to win the championship, but the management abandoned it, after some operations in the offseason, the Lakers became the shortest team in the league with the average height, which sowed the seeds of failure.
The lineup configuration mode of the game is changing, but the core of basketball has not changed, the combination of the individual combat strength of the star and the team attack and defense determines the upper and lower limits of the team, the Heat dominates the East, and the Sun sweeps the league is a display of comprehensive strength. Two years ago, the Heat were still the Lakers' defeats, the Suns were still stuck in the mud of not entering the playoffs for ten years, and the management's ability to build a team could really change the appearance of a team in a short period of time.
The Suns broke the team record with 64 wins, behind this achievement is the stability of the core lineup that rushed to the Finals last season, the high matching degree of the player and the coaching tactical system, the extremely mature chemical reaction between teammates, the offensive and defensive efficiency have entered the league's top five, their game guarantee level is extremely high, at the same time, Booker in the seventh year of his career, after experiencing the polishing of the Finals, grew into the true core of the championship team, bringing the Suns a star attack with a high ceiling. This is another classic of the Mesozoic star this season.
The sun responds to changes with invariance, and seeks progress in stability, which is in stark contrast with the Lakers who dismantle the team once a year. The Lakers' star battlefront has never formed a real synergy, like a literary work of gorgeous rhetoric, which cannot withstand the scrutiny of details, but is just a mess.
Star + team, basketball court unchanged success code. The Grizzlies tied the team record with 56 wins, winning the Southwest Division championship for the first time in team history, creating a 73-point bloodbath battle. With a brilliant and stunning waist, the 2019 draft leader led the league's strong youth storm, proving that "the Grizzlies selected Morante to represent the end of the reconstruction" is not an exaggeration.
However, the Grizzlies' success did not rely on Morant's single-handedness, and in the 25 games that Morant has missed this season, the Grizzlies have lost 20-5. With the joint efforts of the management led by Kleiman and the coaching staff led by Jenkins, the Grizzlies have created a tough, defensively fierce, and brutal basket lineup, and are full of vitality as the league's second youngest team. The Grizzlies are the league's first rebounds, steals and blocks per game, and their average penalty area and fast-break scores per game are also leading, this youth army is the upgraded version of the former Memphis basketball "grinding and strangling", depth, strength and speed are combined.
If the Grizzlies are the front of team basketball and the Nets are the opposite, this team's paper talent is enviable, but the regular season record is fixed on a play-off ticket, which is only better than the Lakers.
Injuries are the boulders that block the Nets, but not just because of injuries. Irving's refusal to vaccinate has a complex American social background, it is difficult to say right or wrong, but from a basketball point of view, Irving will put personality above the team, bringing not only the Damage to the Nets, but also the turmoil in the locker room, Harden insisted on leaving and has an inseparable relationship with this, the situation of the Big Three can not be fully integrated so that he can not see the hope of winning the championship, after all, only Harden did not get the ring in the Big Three.
The Nets sent Harden away for two of the three players with injuries, Seth Curry was plagued by ankle pain, and Ben Simmons, who suffered a back injury, was still waiting for his season debut. Despite New York's vaccine exemption and Irving's 60+ firepower in a single game, it was too late for him to return to full-time from the perspective of achieving a good result in the regular season. The Nets need to play playouts to make it to the playoffs, which is far from what they expected before the start of the season.
Harden achieved the 13th consecutive year of playoffs in Philadelphia, but that was only the most elementary goal for him. Harden, who is also from the class of 09 with Curry, swings between "superstars" and "ordinary stars" this season, in addition to the instability caused by physical factors, the league's adjustment of the blowing scale also affects Harden's offensive rhythm, but Doncic and Trae Young, who are also targeted by the new regulations, can still play the ball-holding core high-end game with an average of 28 points and 9 assists after a short period of adaptation.
Doncic and Trae Young in the class of 2018, Morant in the class of 2019, Ball who has worn the all-star shirt in the class of 2020, Edwards who has averaged 20+ per game in the "second year", Cunningham Who showed the potential of holding the ball in the class of 2021, Jaylen Green with explosive talent, and Josh Gidey, who broke the youngest triple-double record, together they constitute the highest youth monologue of the season.
Youth is bound to have unsatisfactory places, Zion's "third grade" was destroyed by injuries, did not get the opportunity to shine with Morant's 19th Twin Stars, and Wiseman failed to stand on the basketball battlefield with the same bauer and Edwards. Injuries are full coverage without age difference, Leonard, Lillard, Bill, Rubio, Joe Harris... this is a list filled with regret and helplessness.
Injuries are an abyss that tests bottoming out beliefs and actions. After 941 days of waiting, breaking through the haze of two serious injuries, Klay Thompson finally returned to the field, Cousins got 30+ again after 1502 days, not every time the scars can return to the king, but the persistence of the dream can be turned into a medal in the thorns.
With the strength to persevere, able to blossom with hope in the mud, Popovich became the most winning manager in his 26th season in charge. Durant averaged 29+ points per game for the first time since the 2013-14 season, the first time in the NBA career 3 games 50+, a single game of 55 points to break the career record, the "basketball death" scythe still shines sharply, that is the Nets' hope to split the haze.
Surpassing Ray Allen to become the all-time three-point king, becoming the first three-pointer to hit Mr. 3000+, extending his record of at least one consecutive three-point shooting to 189 games, creating all-Star Game all-time record single-quarter (6), half-time (8) and full-court (16) three-point shooting records to win the All-Star MVP, Curry's own basketball chapter is still magnificent.
The fifth season assist king of his career, breaking the all-time assist list surpassed Nash to the third place in the list, becoming the first in history to score assists 20,000+ 10,000, leading the Suns to dominate the regular season record list, 37-year-old Paul, or that Sao Paulo. If you judge Harden with 30+10 points and assists, you may be disappointed, but if you use 20+10 as the standard, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that he is the only one in the league to do it, just as only one person can do two consecutive whistle-blowing kills, that is, another veteran of the 09th class, DeRozan.
These old guys are still quite capable of fighting.
No one can beat time, but there are always people who try to race against time. Season average of 30+, the ninth All-Star ticket king tied Jordan, career 100 triple-doubles, the youngest 36,000 points, 37,000 points, the only 37,000 +10,000 + 10,000 in history, the oldest single season two games of 50+ players, the total regular season score surpassed Carl Malone to the second in history, the regular season + playoff total score exceeded The first in Abdul-Jabbar's history, James in the 19th season of his career, despite the trough in the team's record, still has that unique brilliance.
25 years ago, the 50th anniversary of the NBA, the new sharps represented by Kobe Bryant and Iverson opened the curtain of torch handover. 25 years have passed, the NBA has celebrated its 75th anniversary, the old time and the new era have collided fiercely, and the basketball jianghu we are familiar with is moving backwards, just like the jerseys of Nowitzki and Garnett hanging high in the dome of the stadium, slowly flowing into the long river of memory.
However, the twilight of the old generation of gods, not officially withdrawn, still sprinkled with the brilliance of illuminating the field, who can say that it will not be Durant who will finally climb to the top of the Eastern Mountains, and who can set Curry and Paul's battle for the Western throne as "impossible"?
Years, you don't urge, I don't push when it comes. Years, you don't urge, I don't chase away. One day, the old times will be covered by the new era, but until that moment comes, the battle will not stop, and no one will raise their hands and surrender.