The NBA playoffs have begun for a while, in the past period of time, the Nets, Eagles, Bulls and Nuggets have been eliminated, just now in the league there is hope to complete the next gram is the Raptors and Timberwolves, bucks, Warriors, Celtics and Heat can easily solve the opponent in 5 games rely on their stars to play well, in the playoffs is the star's stage, they are crucial to the impact of the game, may not mean which game will have a role player to play well, but the star is unstable, It's impossible to win a series.
Today we will take a look at the 5 stars who have played well in the playoffs so far, including 4 All-Stars, and the growth of a blue-collar worker is surprising.
The contemporary "Duncan" Curry
Curry has never been recognized as he deserves, 15 years of the team won the championship, even if he played well, but it was Iguodala who won the FMVP, just because he had a performance in the finals. After 17 years and 18 years Durant won the FMVP, Curry is only the champion hero, and Durant after leaving Curry, his performance has also been seen, the past two seasons have not led the team to play a decent result, without Curry to attract defense, Durant this year's playoffs played a disaster level shooting rate.
It is not an exaggeration to describe Curry in the contemporary Duncan, he can sacrifice statistics and team status in order to win, if the Warriors asked Cole for tactical status and ball rights in 5 years and 3 crowns, he could at least win an FMVP, and because he did not care about honor, he also created Durant and Iguodala. In order to win this season, Curry played the sixth man in four games in the playoffs.
A peak of the first fifteen players in history to play the sixth man, let anyone look strange, but even so, Curry did not complain, he still played a great performance on the bench, so far in the series Curry averaged only 28 minutes per game to score 28 points, and 3.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.6 steals, shooting 50% from the field, 40.4% from three-point range, and averaging the first points and steals per game.
Conventional data shows that Curry's horror, so far in the playoffs, his offensive efficiency is as high as 132.6 the second place in the league, the net efficiency is 19.4 The league is 9th, the team wins 19.4 points in the 100 rounds, and the average of 4.5 minutes per game at key moments can score 6 points, such performance is estimated that no one will say that Curry is not supergiant, and from Durant's performance, we can also see how much Curry has a bonus for a team and a player.
Alphabet brothers who gradually become Zhan
Since the Bucks won the championship last season, Alphabet Brother completed the transformation in the series of games to beat the Nets, he could not play the Heat, the Raptors because of his lack of confidence in his outside shots, when the team needs to score, he has become a blocking, no-ball blue-collar worker, not at all like a leader, and after beating the Nets last season, Alphabet Brother confidence soared, the three-point line and mid-range also dared to take responsibility, he was also officially promoted to super giant.
And in this season's playoffs, alphabet brother is obviously a lot more mature, against bulls Middleton injured, the two sides played 1-1, the result after the Bucks won three consecutive games to eliminate the opponent, there is no suspense, alphabet brother is relying on their own firepower to defeat the Bulls, so far in the playoffs alphabet brother averaged 28.6 points, 13.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists 1.4 blocks, 4 statistics are the league's top ten! Shooting 56.8% from the field was very efficient.
Now the alphabet brother is gradually Jamesized, we can talk about it through the fifth game of the series, this game the first quarter of the alphabet brother alone scored 15 points, the Bulls team only 18 points, under his leadership the Bucks led by 16 points in the first quarter, the second quarter of the alphabet cut 8 points and 2 assists, the third quarter and 9 points, the third quarter of the Bucks led by 23 points The game also lost suspense. Because of the alphabet brother, the Bucks' weak bench was also played, and this time Connaughton scored 20 points and Grayson Allen scored 13 points.
Alphabet Brother gradually became more reflected in his control of the form of the game, leading the team to establish an advantage from the beginning, so that role players can play more easily and confidently, and Alphabet Brother will stand up again when the team needs to score. In '15 and '18, James reached the Finals with such a poor lineup, by what? It is his control of the form of the game, the fight, the pass, which not only guarantees the lower limit for the team but also determines the upper limit for the team.
Tatum, a well-stocked arsenal of weapons
Before the Celtics and Nets series began, the number of fans who believed that the Green Army could sweep the Nets was at most 1%, and even after the Green Army led 2-0, few fans thought they could sweep the Nets, but the Green Army finally did it with their tactical execution and defense, and the main reason for this was that the team had an offensive firepower that could match Durant- Jason Tatum.
Tatum has shown a very good star temperament from the first time he entered the league, but the young man likes to spend time, loves to imitate Kobe Bryant to play some difficult mid-range shots, after the magic ball prevailed, mid-range became the most effective way of attacking, and Tatum is still so iron, so he has also been questioned a lot, but the Green Army has never questioned their core, because they know that now Tatum has a very rich arsenal of weapons, as long as it can be mastered, the future is the next Kobe.
As a result, Tatum has done it this season, his offensive skills are pure, the defensive end is also exceptional, even in the face of Durant, he can also do it, averaging 29.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.8 blocks, shooting 45.6%, three-point shooting rate of 42%, both data and efficiency are crushing Durant, and he is only 24 years old, with Tatum, the Green Army is back in the championship is sooner or later, maybe this season there is hope to rush to the championship.
The next round of Tatum will be against the alphabet brother, and everyone's unfulfilled wish - 23 to 24 may be staged in another form at this moment, one is the ultimate talent, one is the absolute technology, the alphabet brother is obviously more mature, and Tatum is not supergiant, but his technology also allows him to have the ability to break the wrist with the letter, and he has a group of iron gates around him, this round of series will be very exciting.
Regular season pretending to be dead Butler
On the regular season to pretend to die, the playoffs broke out of the players, I think Butler and Duncan are the only one, Duncan is the regular season can score less than one more force, Butler is in the regular season to play the title of iron hand, the regular season during the butler three-point shooting rate is only 23.3%, the average hit is only 0.5 three-pointers per game, after the start of the series against the Hawks, the Hawks also deliberately emptied Butler a few outside lines, let him empty three points.
As a result, it was pitted, and butler averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game so far in the playoffs, shooting 43.8% from three-point range, which is very good. In 20 years, Butler led the team to the Finals, he also proved that he has the strength of a league superstar, but because he likes to play team basketball in the regular season, Butler is also questioned that he does not have the strength of a superstar, and as a result, in the playoffs this season, Butler used his performance to prove how hard he is.
Averaging 30.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 2.8 steals, shooting percentage of up to 54.3%, scoring, steals, assists are the first in the team, and the average per game can also grab 2 frontcourt rebounds, offensive and defensive grabs, his strength is definitely the league superstar level, as for Trae Young, who has not convinced anyone before, this round of the series is also subdued by the Heat's defense, averaging only 15.4 points per game, shooting 32%.
Butler set an example for the Heat with his toughness, that is, a real leader, leading by example, probably because of talent, Butler can not reach the level of super-giant level, but a first-round No. 30 show can play to today's height is also commendable, if the second round Lowry and Butler can come back, then the Heat have the strength to rush to the championship.
Brunson, who evolved into a star
Brunson's appearance on the list may surprise many people, after all, he is not a big star, and he is still an 18-year second-round show, shouldn't Jokic and Doncic be more suitable than him? Next, you listen to me slowly, Brunson is indeed worthy of the list, everyone knows that in the first three games of the series against the Jazz, Doncic was absent due to injury, but Brunson led the team to play a big score of 2-1, and the opponent was two All-Stars.
After Doncic's return, Brunson also has an excellent performance, he has cut 20+ in 5 consecutive games, and has a single game of 41 points performance, so far in the playoffs, Brunson can average 28.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting 47.7%, three-point shooting rate of 34.5%, which is like a role player to play the data, his performance can be comparable to the alphabet brother, Curry and other super giants.
Although Doncic is better, averaging 31.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1 steal so far in the playoffs, but only playing two games is still too small, and Doncic's career playoffs average 33+9+8, he plays such a performance seems reasonable, and Jokic lost the series, although the data is good, but there is no win or say, they are far less than the shock of Brunson's outbreak.
Brunson's annual salary this season is only 2.8 million, and brunson did not get an early renewal contract in the offseason last season, when the team only needed to give him a 4-year 55 million renewal contract, and now it is estimated that an early renewal contract with an average annual salary of 20 million is not willing to be signed, and It is not good that Cuban will have to send the maximum salary, but considering that the team has found a second big core with the ball, it is still acceptable.
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