The NBA playoffs finally officially started today, compared to the long regular season, the playoffs can test the real strength of a team, in the playoffs the intensity of the confrontation is greater, the blowing scale has become looser, and the teams do not dare to release water, which can also increase the intensity of the game, in the regular season to get good results in the team, in the playoffs may not be able to go far, like the Jazz last season to achieve the league's first record, they were eliminated by the Clippers in the division semifinals.
In the history of the NBA, there have been black eight miracles, although the black eight miracles look at the entire history only a few times, but this also confirms the sentence: competitive sports everything can happen, if you encounter a team that is born to restrain yourself, it can only be admitted, in history there are a total of 5 black eights, namely:
In 1994, the Nuggets 3-2 supersonic, the core of the team Uncle Mu
The 99 Knicks 3-2 Heat, the core is Ewing and Alan Houston
2007 Warriors 4-2 Lone Rangers, core Barron Davis
11 year Grizzlies 4-2 Spurs, core black and white double Bears
12 years 76ers 4-2 Bulls, core Iguodala
As far as this season seems, there may be a team that is expected to complete the black eight, and there are 3 teams in the league that are expected to complete the next gram, who are they? Let's take a look.
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The Jazz are fifth in the West this season, their first-round opponent is the fourth-place Lone Ranger in the division, and although the series G1 between the two sides is played in Dallas, the Jazz have already won their first win, and the opponent is the main one. In terms of lineup thickness, the Jazz are undoubtedly better, with two All-Stars Gobert and Mitchell, as well as top blue-collar Conley and Bogdan Novitzki, and super sixth man Clarkson.
Although the Lone Ranger has a more powerful star Doncic, but now the biggest problem of the team is that Doncic is injured, because of the calf strain, Doncic is absent from G1, and according to US media reports, Doncic's absence from G2 is very likely, and now the Lone Ranger is worried about whether Doncic can play in G2, if there is no Doncic, then the two cores of the Lone Ranger are Dinwiddie and Brunson.
Both are also top blue-collar level, the heights that can be led to the team are really limited, if it is against a team with poor defense, there may be opportunities for the Lone Rangers, but the Jazz's defensive ability is the top level of the league, they have three best defensive players Gobert, under his leadership this season, the Jazz defensive efficiency is 110th in the league.
During the regular season, the Lone Rangers have a better defensive performance than the Jazz, and the defensive efficiency is 109.1 The seventh in the league, but the main problem now is that the Lone Rangers' ball-holding core is injured, and maybe after two series, Doncic will choose to come back, but if he loses two games, even if Doncic returns, it is estimated that the Lone Ranger will not escape the ascension.
In my opinion, if Doncic can't come back in G2, then the Lone Ranger should not force it, in 19 years Durant did not dare to come back because of a leg strain, after the comeback of the Finals, the result directly suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon, Doncic has a future, the Lone Ranger does not have to gamble on Doncic's future for a season that does not have the strength to compete for the championship, the Lone Ranger without Doncic can be said to be the weakest team in the playoffs, and the loss is also reasonable.
Timberwolves
The Timberwolves went through the playoffs to reach the playoffs with a seventh-place finish in the West, and they faced the second-place Grizzlies in the West in the first round. To be honest, I think it is very unfair for the Timberwolves to participate in the playoffs, they have won more than a dozen games in the regular season than the Spurs, and they have to play play-offs with teams like them, if they lose, who doesn't think the Timberwolves will be more wronged? Fortunately, the Timberwolves managed to qualify.
In the first game between the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies, the Timberwolves lightly won the opponent, although the Grizzlies were the second in the division during the regular season, but in terms of talent, the Timberwolves were no less than the Grizzlies, and even the Timberwolves had more talent, they had two titles and a list eye, while the Grizzlies only had one leader and a No. 4 show, although Morant was excellent, but the opponent's Edwards was also the master who could not be balanced.
In the playoffs and playoffs, Edwards scored 66 points in both games, which was a great title, but it never got the attention it deserved. The two young teams fight for talent, in this regard, the Timberwolves do not lose, and the Timberwolves' offensive firepower is very fierce, they are sixth in the league with an offensive efficiency of 113.8 this season, and the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency is also great 114.3 The league is third, but there will be more position battles in the playoffs, which the Grizzlies are not good at, while the Timberwolves have Downs.
Although the Grizzlies are the second in the division, they have no advantage over the Timberwolves, Morant and Edwards are equivalent to the pair, it is really not possible to add a russell, but who can match down the firepower of Downs? In the first game between the two sides, Towns exploded Adams, Adams could not keep up with the speed, replaced by Jalen Jackson, his speed was enough, but the squat position was not good, was ravaged by Towns in the interior line, the lineup is not better than the opponent, and if it is not good, it will overturn the ship.
Nets
Although the Celtics are in second place in the division, it is estimated that no 20% of fans will be optimistic that the Celtics can beat the seventh in the division of the Nets, the Nets this ranking is honestly a lot of moisture, if it is not the All-Star before and after, the team star is injured, so that the Nets fell from the top two in the division to the play-off team, if they remain healthy, they may still be the top three teams in the division, and the current Nets can be said to be sitting on the time, location and people.
Irving was able to play at home, they have the best singles ability in the league in the two positions, although they went to Harden, but they ushered in Chuang Shen and Cescuri to fill the thickness of the team's lineup, the most important thing is that according to the US media, Simmons may return in the first round, a top gate that can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, and Simmons does not have to consider the problem of the offensive end, if he can return to Durant, it is like a tiger.
The Celtics have played the league's top defense this season, with Smart on the outside, Lowe on the inside, two Tanhuas responsible for sweeping defense, and this year's Celtics have 18 years of Green Army style, they played the league's best defensive efficiency of 106.2, which is why the Celtics can kill the second place in the division outside of the playoffs, but now the main problem is Thatway is injured.
And considering the quality of the stars, Durant and Irving's personal ability is obviously better than Tatum and Brown, last season's Celtics lost to the Nets, although Tatum and Brown have grown another year, but they have not yet reached the peak, did not reach the level of Durant and Irving, in fact, not only us, many celebrities are more optimistic about the Nets can qualify.
eagle
Seeing the eagle's name, many fans and friends may say that I don't understand the ball, "A team that played two rounds of play-offs to reach the playoffs with the eighth place in the East, can it still be black eight?" "I think there's a real chance, first of all, let's talk about the reasons why the Hawks didn't play well in the regular season, because Collins, who signed a big contract in the offseason, wanted the ball, which also led to Two excellent blue-collar workers, Bogdan and Hurth, who didn't have the ball from last season, and made the team struggle on the offensive end.
It wasn't until Collins was injured that Gallinari came up, which made the Hawks change, Gallinari can attack with the ball and attack without the ball, his ball-holding offensive stability is not available to Collins, and Hurther and Bogdan also get the opportunity to fully live, last season's Eagles were able to reach the division finals, on the one hand, Trae Young's superstar-level performance, on the other hand, Hurther, Borgdan, players who can handle the ball tore apart the opponent's defensive formation.
The Heat this season are really great, their lineup thickness is enviable, the regular season average of 7 people can score in double figures, but they don't have a star who can match Trae Young, Lowry is old, Hiro is not stable, and Butler's three-point ability is now equivalent to a loss, only 23% of the three-point shooting rate this season, and by the time of the Hawks and Heat's playoffs, Butler may be targeted outside the three-point line.
15 years of the Hawks played a 60-22 loss in the East First record, they played excellent team basketball this season, with excellent performance, the team 4 people were selected as All-Stars, the result of the playoffs was single-core James to sweep out, a super giant for the team is more than the role of multiple All-Stars, although Trae Young did not reach the superstar level, but his current ball holding threat is indeed better than Butler, if the Heat's role players in the playoffs do not have a stable performance, then the Eagles are very promising to complete the black eight.
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