Beijing time on April 16, the NBA playoffs finally came to an end, the much-anticipated playoffs are finally about to begin, the east and west quarterfinals are ready to meet new challenges, from the surface, the western side does not have much suspense, the teams in the upper half of the region basically grasp the absolute initiative, but the eastern side is full of too many uncertainties, whether it is the Hawks, nets or Raptors, they all have the ability to play the following gram, in the end who can kill in the first round, let us wait and see, But George's absence also sounded a wake-up call to everyone, perhaps the playoffs really don't just look at the strength of the team.
After the Clippers lost to the Timberwolves, they were forced to compete with the Pelicans for the last playoff spot, on the surface, the Clippers not only have the advantage of the home court, but they are also a favored party, and finally because George triggered the health and safety agreement, and finally missed the key battle, resulting in the Clippers being reversed by the Pelicans, and finally missing the playoffs, from the surface, the Clippers' loss is largely attributed to George's absence, but through the essence of the problem, in fact, the epidemic has always been close to us. This makes other teams have to pay attention to it, every game in the playoffs is very important, if you can't control your own trajectory well, don't have enough control, maybe it's difficult to decide.
As we all know, the epidemic situation is not optimistic, although the NBA is trying to deal with the epidemic prevention and control work, but from the performance of the past two years, the NBA teams have been more or less hit, although in recent times there has been no players who have been absent because of the trigger of health and safety agreements, but George's stroke actually made many people suddenly wake up, the team that can enter the playoffs does not have a weak team, if it is really missing the playoffs for this reason, whether it is for any team, It was all a fatal blow.
Strength is very important, but in this critical time, in fact, more test of the players' self-control, who can withstand loneliness, who is the final winner, injuries may be inevitable, but to control their unnecessary travel in fact, everyone can do it, the next competition is not only the strength between the teams, to some extent, more test the psychological defense of the players.
The top eight seeded teams in the East and West have been determined, followed by a wonderful playoff showdown, it can be said that every game is crucial, the Suns vs. Pelicans, although the suspense is not big, but the Pelicans have shown resilience in the last two games deserve our respect; the showdown between the timberwolves and the Grizzlies, two young teams, is full of passionate collisions; the collision of the warriors and the Nuggets, an old strong team, is full of great uncertainties; the final game between the Jazz and the Lone Rangers, whether Doncic can return, Let the suspense of the game soar.
Compared with the West, the competition in the East is a little more fierce, the collision between the Heat and the Eagles is destined to be not ordinary, last season's runner-up in the East let us see the depth of the Hawks' lineup, Trae Young's growth is even more surprising to us; the Bucks and bulls' regular season feud will continue to play out in the playoffs; the grudge between the 76ers and the Raptors makes us look forward to how far the combination of Harden and Embiid can go; what form the new hatred and old hatred of the Nets and Celtics will end. All in all, there are too many uncertainties and there are so many wonderful games for us to look forward to.
Since last season, all the teams have been freed from the shackles of the quarantine park, but this has further aggravated the supervision of the epidemic, we hope to see a fair and just game, not because of the epidemic to greatly reduce the strength of the team, and then see if the teams can continue to persevere. Today's topic is here, the above views are only Xiao Feng's personal views, please forgive me for the deficiencies.