Generally speaking, it is the superstars who affect the pattern of the playoff series, and the superstars determine the trend of the series! However, in the case of equal superstars, role players become more important, and a good role player can be the X factor that affects the course of the series! For example, Holliday last year, Pope in the 19-20 season, Van Jordan in the 18-19 season. In this year's playoff trend, in fact, Doncic's injury will not have much impact on the Western pattern, and the Jazz's strength is to beat the Lone Ranger. In the East, the appearance of one person determines the ceiling of this team.
The 76ers in the fourth place in the East and the Raptors in the fifth place in the East will have a fierce battle between the two sides. According to the strength, everyone may think that the 76ers will advance, but the author is more optimistic about the Raptors.
There are three specific reasons:
1, Harden may have hamstring problems.
2. The Raptors' forward group can encircle Embiid.
3, Danny Green aging problem.
The author feels that the impact of the third article is not even to lose the first two, Danny Green is now 34 years old, and this season's average is only 6+2.5+1 data, which is not a small gap from his peak of 10+4+2. Although Danny Green won the championship at the Spurs, the Raptors, and the Lakers, he became a championship-winning koi. But you may not know that after the Lakers won the championship, they traded Danny Green. The reason is simple, a vacant three-point no-score makes Danny Green controversial!
Therefore, Sable is very important, but Sable also has its own problems, mainly vaccination problems! According to Canada's epidemic prevention policy, Sable can only play home games and cannot play away games. Despite the 76ers' home-court advantage, the 76ers are in jeopardy once they lose a home game! The author feels that Sebel's performance in the first two games will affect the series pattern, and without Sable, it will affect the series pattern!
Sebel is the first round of the No. 20 show in 19 years, and since the start of his rookie season, Sebel has become the team's starting player with defense, and also has a three-point shooting rate of more than 30%, which is an excellent 3D! Today's Sebel is 1.98 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.08 meters, and Sable can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position, and the main defense and auxiliary defense are very good. The Raptors' Van Jordan and Trent are both excellent shooters, Maxi is just a normal-level defensive player, and Harden is very slow, once these two people can't defend, the 76ers will inevitably be bloodied, or even swept! So, that's how important Sable is!
The Raptors' forward groups Siakam, Scotty Barnes, Anunoby, and Achua can wheel war Embiid and consume Embiid, and there are strong men like Boucher on the inside. Obviously, the Raptors are not afraid of the 76ers' inside line, and this is also the biggest advantage of the 76ers! And the Raptors' forward 76ers want to restrain, relying on the 34-year-old Danny Green, relying on the offensive and defensive Harris is obviously not enough, which also shows the importance of Sable!
If you pass the Raptors level, Sebel can play away games! Whether facing the Heat or the Nets, Sable's importance is self-evident. Lock up Hiro, lock up Little Curry, and we can almost see the dawn of victory! I think the 76ers with Sable could beat the Heat or nets 4-2. And without Sable's 76ers, there is a high probability that they will be swept by gentlemen 1-4!
In the Eastern Final, the author feels that the Bucks may have waited for the 76ers early, and the importance of Sebel is also self-evident, preventing the death of Middleton, the Bucks' combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, and the Bucks are really not the same as being able to go out of the East. And the Bucks, as the defending champion, are also quite powerful! Whether facing the sun, or the young Grizzlies, or the Golden State bandits, the Bucks have a huge alphabet brother advantage. And once the 76ers pass the Bucks level, it may really be different! It can be said that because Sebel alone, he has influenced the league structure. And this year's Sebel, the annual salary is only 2.84 million, less than 3 million annual salary is appropriate for a role player, but he is enough to affect a lot of things!