As of now, the first round of the playoffs is nearing its end:
Warriors 3-1 Nuggets, Green played center death five, pinned down the most likely defending MVP about the teacher.
Jazz 2-3 Lone Rangers, Doncic before the return of the Jazz can not play, after the return of the fifth game directly 77-102 defeat.
Philadelphia 3-2 Raptors, who thought they could pass the game after taking a 3-0 lead. But he did not expect embiid to be beaten by the Raptors' "five-front team" after being injured.
The Grizzlies, 2-2 Timberwolves, Towns struggled with all but 33 points and 14 boards in his fourth game, and now the team is supported by Russell and Edwards.
This year's big players in the regular season have encountered a lot of trouble in the playoffs.
I. About Teacher - and the Warriors' "Roulette of Death"
In the last 39 seconds of the fourth game, the two teams drew 121-121. The Nuggets Morris held the ball outside the three-point line and asked the teacher to come up to cover. Looney's attention was always on Joe,and Poole was blocked and could only chase after him, who easily threw shots in front of Wiggins and Clay.
Then Porter made a mistake with a pass and was snatched by Rivers. After the suspension came back, it was Morris and Mr. Yoo who blocked the demolition, and this time he found the space to return to Mr. Yo.
Jokic took the ball straight to the basket and drew a three-man block from Wiggins, Curry and Poole. He decisively threw himself to Barton in the bottom corner and hit a three-point shot. 126-121, the Nuggets sealed the win.
The Warriors lost the game, and the score was pulled to 1-3, unable to be the first team to advance to the semifinals.
But in fact, strategically they still won, and at the critical moment, successfully forcing Mr. Jo to hand over the ball to Morris and Barton to decide life and death is already a strategic success for the Warriors.
In the face of a "super conductor" like Teacher Yo, the warriors most want to see the situation
Most of the game let him go head-to-head, even if scoring will consume him, but it will never let him lead his teammates.
But at the crucial moment, he had to find a way to pick the ball out of his hand, and the final shot was made by Barton, Morris, and Gordon, who were far less capable than him.
In this game, the teacher scored about 37 points, 8 boards and 6 assists, and the first 10 minutes exploded with 18 points, which was impeccable.
Even after four games, About Teacher 31.3 points was the first in the playoffs, and the shooting rate of 55.7% was the highest among the top ten scorers.
But this season, although he has lost weight, he is not a devil after all. After four games, the Warriors are waiting for the stage when his physical strength declines and his efficiency declines.
The first game opened the score with the Warriors' 9-0 wave before the end of the first half.
The second game was a wave of 44-30 punching out of work in the third quarter,
In the third game, the Warriors survived with the Nuggets on the road, and then Green ended the suspense with a steal.
So although no one will question Mr. Yo's performance in this round of playoffs, his plus-minus on the field is -19, -26, +3, -2 after four games.
The Warrior and The Teacher are like two gamblers playing "Russian roulette",
The Warriors bet that the offensive and defensive efficiency of the teacher will decrease after the physical strength decreases, and they can be rubbed at will by their own "death five small". Just hold on to the others and an mvp can't kill them.
And Mr. Yo gambles on the feel of his teammates, making the Warriors have to pinch while killing all sides, and then the teammates who get the empty seat have to throw the ball in.
In the fourth game, that's how they won.
No matter how you look at it, it is the Warriors' big wins.
But if there is a center in the world who can use his influence to restrain the "death five", it is probably Jokic.
If Murray had been there, the series would have looked much better.
Embiid – the greatest enemy is not injury, but Nas
You can always trust Coach Nas, who can always use his limited resources to create miracles and unleash the manager's influence on the game to the maximum.
In the 2019 finals, curry who fought alone with "Box-1" tactics trapped him,
The 2020 playoffs devised this killer for Anunoby, almost eliminating the Celtics.
This year, even after falling behind 3-0, he is still thinking about how to kill Embiid and Harden.
After winning the "face battle" at home to avoid sweeps, Nas began to tailor tactical lessons for Harden and Embiid after arriving in Philadelphia.
Against Harden, the "Box-1" tactic was once again sacrificed.
Not only did it cause Harden to make 5 mistakes in the whole game, but more importantly, it killed Harden's desire to attack personally.
Harden had only 11 shots in this game under the care of Barnes, Anunoby, Trent and VanVleet in turn. Most of the time he was more like the commander of the offensive positions like Kidd and Billups, rather than the "ball-holding attacker" who had once made opponents most fearful.
Abolish Harden, and then say Embiid.
If the "1" in "BOX-1" is to restrict Harden, then "BOX" is prepared for both him and Embiid at the same time.
After being wiped out by Embiid's three-pointer in the third game, and after he cut a total of 83 points and 40 rebounds in the first three losses, the Raptors began to pinch the Emperor.
Not only was it a pinch shot when he was holding the ball, but even before he could get in a good position, the defender came over.
This ball, Embiid held the ball, not only Bodge lowered the center of gravity to prevent him from breaking through, Scotty Barnes also got on the leg card position, and Trent, who was staring at Green, was also ready at any time.
Embiid scored 21 points and 10 free throws in 16 shots in this game, the lowest except for the first game, but in that game they were 131-111 winners who clocked in in the third quarter.
At the same time on the offensive end, the Raptors began to speed up infinitely and pull away space.
In the fourth game, they scored 24 points by fast attack, and after taking rebounds, they launched a fast attack at the first time, and it was impossible to beat Embiid with a whip.
Once in the position, it is the five outside positions, pulling the emperor out of the basket as much as possible, and minimizing his influence.
As the strongest center in the NBA at present, Embiid's strength has made the Raptors give up the frontal hard bar with him.
However, the Raptors have almost the strongest forward resources in the league, the same 2 meters 06 Boucher, Bouche, Siakam and Barnes, 2 meters 03 Anunoby, Achuva. Any three of them can form a defensive net that locks Yokogawa.
Coach Nass will even let the best rookie Barnes at 2.06 meters "torture" Harden and cut the connection between the two superstars at the source.
Nas, who has so many frontal resources, has sorted out a set of "flushes", and Rivers, who has two kings in his hand, has once again entered a state of confusion.
This round of the series, there are still fights.
Three, Downs - lost in the "giant spirit" of the Grizzly Bear
Embiid and Jokic are so good at data that even if they are eliminated, they can only blame their opponents for being too cunning. But the timber wolf old Datangs is now really in trouble.
They were the second-best Grizzlies in the regular season, and their opponents were the toughest teams in the league. The number of shots is the first in the league, the second in the hits, relying on the league's first frontcourt rebounds, and they are the first in steals and blocks.
But after being beaten by the Timberwolves in the first home upset, head coach Jenkins amplified the move. Remove the team's main center Adams, the strongest man in the league.
In the next three games, Adams played a total of 6 minutes.
Directly swinging the small ball, Jaren Jackson is on the fifth position, with "Sledgehammer" Anderson, Brooks, Morant and Bain.
This round of showdowns is the most intense collision since the start of the playoffs.
The Timberwolves averaged 24.3 free throws per game for first in the playoffs and the Grizzlies 24.0 second.
And the most bitter of these is Downs.
He scored 15 points seven times in Game 2 and 8 points four times in Game 3. He was completely submerged in the muscles of the Grizzlies.
Over the years, although Downs has excellent data, it has never been able to compare with the letters, thick eyebrows, about the teacher, embiid, in the final analysis, it is still a lack of confrontation.
He is more accustomed to face frame breaks and three-point shooting, and inside combat is not his forte. This season, it is precisely because head coach Finch put the "muscle monster" Vanderbilt into the starting lineup and strengthened the defensive hardness that Downs played like a fish.
In the small-ball era, the decline in the status of the center forward is ultimately due to the inability to keep up with the increasingly fast pace.
But the opening of space on the field is also conducive to the one-on-one confrontation of players.
When the big men can have enough technical ability and mobility, they can still dominate the stadium.
The thick eyebrows of the 2020 playoffs and last year's alphabet brothers all prove this.
More traditional centre-forwards like Embiid and Jokic have stronger backs than thick eyebrows and alphabet brothers, but their larger weight limits their flexibility and ability to hold the ball.
In the wider space of the regular season and the more relaxed play environment, they can dominate the ball at will and get better data.
However, in the more compact-paced and space-compressed playoffs and even the Finals, many times it becomes difficult to connect the ball and the key positions, which shows the limitations of the center.
So since the 21st century, the only serious center who has really won the MVP in the Finals is sharks and Duncan, two internal monsters.