Western Conference Semifinals G1, the Suns played at home against the Lone Rangers, and the Suns swept the Lone Rangers in the regular season, winning eight points on two of their three encounters, and seven at a time. But it's important to note that two of doncic didn't play, and the most recent meeting was on January 21, when Porzingis was still on the team and Dinwiddie hadn't joined the Mavericks. After the trade, the Lone Ranger had a very strong performance at the end of the season.
The Lone Rangers will be subject to a completely different team from the previous round, they use the auxiliary defense and small lineup against the Jazz to force the Jazz to shoot in the middle distance, which happens to be the weakness of the Jazz Magic Ball team building idea, Gobert as the core of the Jazz's defensive system, can not defend the outside, and the Jazz outside players are generally not strong in individual defense, which is also the main reason why the Lone Ranger can hit the Jazz with five small lineups.
In addition to Ayton sitting under the basket, Paul, Bridges, and Crowder are all good defensive players, Paul and Booker are mid-range gods, Ayton is under the basket, and the Lone Ranger has no suitable candidate to stop him. That's the gap in the lineup.
In the only game he played in three meetings this season, he contributed 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and the data was beautiful, but Doncic only shot 39.1% from the field and 22.2% from three points.
Of course, Doncic in playoff mode is a completely different level, shooting 49% in 16 playoff games so far in his career, averaging 32.7 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game. His average of points per game is only 33.4 points lower than Jordan's.
Some other notable data:
The two teams met, the Suns won nine times in a row, and the index was 7 wins and 2 losses.
The Lone Ranger's last 21 games against Western Conference teams with fewer than 103 points have resulted in an exponential win-loss of 19-2 in the following game. The more defense, the more confident you are.
The Suns' last game against the Pelicans brought their opponents to a 50.6 percent shooting percentage, while their next game after shooting more than half of their opponents in the past 21 games is 19-2. It means that the team has more emphasis on defense and more seriousness after the next game.
Summary: The index model has no overly obvious tendencies, both teams have pros and cons, the new version of the Lone Ranger is the first encounter for the Suns, Dinwiddie will be the X factor of the Lone Ranger, if Paul defends Brunson, Bridges vs. Doncic, Dinwiddie has a good chance of playing against Booker, who is relatively weak defensive, can get some points at this point and help Doncic reduce the pressure.
The X factor for the Suns is Ayton, the Lone Ranger has no suitable candidate for him, will Ayton be punished like Gobert, and whether the offense can respond.
Overall, G1 tends to...