On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today, the league arranged 4 groups of showdowns. In addition to the game, the league has several other important news out, below, the author for everyone to take stock of the introduction. First, the NBA's best rookie was released, and the Raptors' Scotty Barnes was elected, showing superstar potential. Second, Rivers is leading 3-1 again, Embiid is still injured, Harden is helpless, is it going to be overturned again this time? Third, the Jazz's Gobert was on a shootout.
First, the NBA's best rookie is out: Scotty Barnes is elected
Just today, the NBA officially announced the first award of the 21-22 season, and the rookie of the year was confirmed. Not the Cavaliers' Mobley, but the Raptors' Scotty Barnes, who were the main contenders for the best rookie, and in the end, Barnes narrowly won by 15 points.
Barnes received 48 first-place votes, 43 second-place votes and nine third-place votes with 378 points, cavaliers Tanhua Mobley received 43 first-place votes, 46 second-hand votes, and 10 third-place votes, for a total of 363 points, ranking second; Pistons Champion Cunningham (153 points) ranked third. Other votes were Rockets leader Jaylen Green (3 points), Wagner (2 points) and Herbert Jones (1 point).
Scotty Barnes is young and already an all-around striker, with a chance to become a superstar. In the 21-22 season, Barnes averaged 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.07 steals per game, shooting more than 49% from the field. At present, the overall quality of this rookie in 2021 is very good, in addition to Barnes, like Cunningham, Jaylen Green and Mobley, etc., also have the hope of becoming All-Star players.
Two, Rivers' 76ers led the Raptors 3-1, with a familiar taste
In today's game, the 76ers failed to complete the sweep against the Raptors, losing 102-110 to the opponent and making it 3-1. Embiid scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Harden 22 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and the performances of the two superstars were relatively average. The Raptors Siakam scored 34 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Trent 24 points, and Anunoby had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Overall, the Raptors played their best performance in the series so far.
It is worth mentioning that Coach Rivers has come to the familiar 1-3, in his coaching career, his team has repeatedly led 3-1, was reversed by the opponent to advance, and is also the king of the active coaches. Coached the Magic in 2003, led 3-1 and won three consecutive games, coached the Clippers in 2015, led the Rockets 3-1 and was reversed, coached the Clippers in 2020, and led the Nuggets 3-1. Will the 76ers be reversed by the Raptors this year?
To the 76ers' detriment, Embiid suffered a serious injury to his finger, possibly with a torn ligament. However, Embiid has already spoken, he will not rest, continue to play with injuries, really tough guys. But Embiid's dominance has declined, his shooting has become more difficult, and his injury may also be a turning point in the series, and the Raptors have a chance to win the series in one fell swoop, depending on Harden's play, and the bearded man proves that the time has come.
Third, Gobert was killed
In the game between the Jazz and the Lone Rangers, the Jazz fought back, and if they lost, they would fall behind 1-3, and the hope of reaching the semifinals was basically dashed. And this game, the Jazz did not perform very well, the Lone Ranger Doncic returned, dominating. In the final moments of the game, Doncic hit 3 points and the Lone Ranger took a 4-point lead, looking like they were about to win, and then the Jazz scored consecutive points while Mitchell wore gobert an aerial relay to complete the quasi-kill. Time was running out, and the Lone Rangers ultimately failed to hit and regrettably lost.
This round of the series is quite exciting, it has been 2-2, and the next three sets are two wins, depending on who can qualify. In fact, judging from the situation of the two teams, the Lone Ranger is much better than the Jazz, and in Doncic's absence, the Lone Ranger can still take a 2-1 lead, but missed the key goal in G4. And the Jazz's Gobert seems to be isolated, the first three games, without too many shooting opportunities, became a blue-collar player. However, after Gobert receives a dunk, perhaps the Jazz's situation will change.
The winners of the Jazz and Mavericks will play the Pelicans or the Suns in the second round, and because the Suns' Booker is injured, he doesn't know when to return, so whether it's the Jazz or the Lone Rangers, as long as they pass the first round, they have a good chance of reaching the Western Conference Finals.