Beijing time on April 15, tomorrow's NBA playoffs will enter the scramble for eight, the Eastern side has the Cavaliers and the Eagles competing, while the Western side is the Clippers and Pelicans, in the previous play-off game, the Cavaliers lost to the Nets, the Eagles defeated the Hornets, the Western side is the Clippers lost to the Timberwolves, the Pelicans defeated the Spurs, even if tomorrow's scramble for eight, no matter which team wins, I think there is still no black eight strength in the end.
This season's Spurs are a windfall, they accumulated in the second half, the team squeezed out the Lakers to the top ten in the West, to be honest, the Spurs' current talent, even if they play in the playoffs, there is no future, it is better to mess up at the beginning, but this seems to be inconsistent with the character of the Spurs, and now the team These young people inherit the traditions of the older generation and will not admit defeat until the last moment.
Although it was a losing season, Popovich was a success, and he managed to become the most winning manager in history this season. Coupled with the Lakers, who lost early, this season became the first time in NBA history that the Spurs and Lakers did not reach the playoffs since the merger of the ABA and the NBA, and it was also the first time since 1976 that the Lakers and Spurs did not appear on the playoff stage.
In fact, from here can also see the long history and culture of the two teams, the Lakers are historical giants, from the George McCann period, they have been the protagonists of the NBA, the history of the team has emerged too many superstars, and George McCann is considered to be the first superstar in the history of the NBA, after the Jerry West period although the Lakers did not achieve too many big honors, but the perennial finals is also so that the Lakers have been in the list of strong teams, and then entered the Jabbar and Magic period, the Lakers are still very outstanding, During this time they won 5 championships.
After the OK combination era, the Lakers won three more championships, but also the perennial playoffs, after the Kobe era, the Lakers won two championships, and then the Lakers entered a period of silence, but the Spurs in this period are very outstanding, they have competed with the Heat for the championship for two consecutive years, has been one of the best teams in the league, and then James came to the Lakers to help the Lakers win a championship again.
Spurs in the George Gervin period has attracted much attention, but the Spurs in that period is not a championship-level team, until the arrival of the Admiral, although the Spurs are not the best team, but also very strong, the General has been a playoff team during the team, and then Duncan's arrival allowed the Spurs to enter the peak, Duncan helped the Spurs win the championship in the second year of his career, and then in 2003, Duncan did a single core to lead the team to win the championship.
Then in 2005, 07 Spurs won two championships, although they did not achieve three consecutive championships, but every odd number of years to win the championship also let everyone see the horror of the Spurs, during Duncan's leadership, the stability of the Spurs was even worse than the general of the year, they won the championship again in 14 years, but after Duncan retired, the Spurs did not have the stability of the year, Leonard although good, but did not have the heart to play for here, which is the key to the spurs' final fall.
And the key to the Lakers' fall, I think is Pelinka's random operation, after they won the championship in 20 years, generally speaking, the team that won the championship will maintain the original lineup, but the Lakers did not do this, Pelinka sent away Danny Green, gave up Howard, Rondo and other high-quality veterans, in exchange for Harrell, Schroeder, these obvious flaws players, the ability to operate can be said to be worse and worse year by year, next season won The Westbrook, sent away good blue-collar workers such as Pop and Kuzma.
Spurs are destroyed by the inheritance, they could have continued the inheritance of the Duncan period under the leadership of Leonard, but Leonard left, the future Spurs road is not bright, Popovich may face the possibility of retirement, then the Spurs' winning culture also has no inheritance, plus it is a small ball city, the future want to rise can only depend on luck, and the Lakers, although they are historical giants, but if they have been letting Jenny Bass and Pelinka play like this, their future is also the upper limit, it is estimated that they will become the worst management, In the past, the Lakers dared to spend money on the introduction of luxury, and now not taking luxury taxes has become their bottom line.
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