No surprises in this year's NBA, it's all business as usual! The regular season major award winners are worthy of the name, the MVP winner is still the unstoppable Jokic, the DPOY winner is the best defensive Smart in this year's defender, the scoring king winner is the emperor of King's Landing, etc...
And the playoffs are also not upset, the first round is all better records to advance, ranking after all are eliminated, this is the cruel playoffs, completely different from the regular season, many players in the regular season in order to save physical strength will not move the real, and when the playoffs will play full aggressiveness, they are too clever in disguise
Take stock of the top 5 players of this season's "Regular Season Bugs, Playoff Dragons".
DeAndre. Aton
Regular Season: 17.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, shooting 63.4 percent
Playoffs: 21.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 68% shooting percentage
Maximum salary! Maximum salary! Maximum salary! data! data! Data; these are two "goals" that Ayton must meet this year
Because since last year's same year with Ayton, Doncic, Trae Young, Alexander and other players have signed high salaries
Only he has not been able to receive a contract that matches his status
It was really embarrassing for him to be landless, and at the same time, there was no way, all he had to do was to play better than last season this year to prove himself
Although the owner Savour is short-sighted, he thinks that Ayton does not have good data and feels that he is not worthy of the top salary
But Ayton is also a bit uncontroversial, and last year's data was mediocre, and this year's data has not changed much
• Last season: 14.4 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists
• Season: 17.2 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists
Or maybe Ayton wants to prove himself in the playoffs, and by the playoffs, he averaged 21.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game
Aside from the fact that there was little change in rebounding, both scoring and shooting percentages went up
In the scoring piece, although it only improved by 4 points, but don't underestimate this small 4 points, first of all, it has broken through 20, which has a "visual effect" in his request for the maximum salary.
Secondly, most of Ayton's scores are taken at key moments
In terms of shooting percentage, Ayton has played a total of 7 playoff games so far
Shooting as high as 68 percent, higher than gobert, the king of regular season shooting percentages, at 63.6 percent
In the fourth and seventh games against the Pelicans, he shot 78.6% and 83.3% of the super high shooting rate, respectively
In the shooting percentage of this piece of Ayton is the only existence, in the penalty area to cut points is really like into no man's land
Thanks to his efficient play in the penalty area, the sun can cross the pelican's "big mountain" so smoothly.
In the first game of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Lone Rangers, Ayton scored a team-high 25 points and 8 rebounds, shooting 60% from the field.
And in that game, Ayton completely broke through the Lone Ranger's interior line in the penalty area, and there was nothing he could do about Ayton
If Ayton, who performs so well, can't get a top salary, then Savoor is really "short-sighted."
DeAndre. Hunter
13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds in the regular season, shooting 44.2 percent.
Playoffs 21.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, shooting 55.7 percent
Perhaps many people are not familiar with Hunter, he is the same as Morant's No. 4 show, the Eagles' main player Xiaoqian, is the Eagles' front guard swing man, is Trae Young's "left and right protector"
The third scorer in the regular season after Trae Young and Bogdan
Hunter is 203cm tall, athletic, can score in multiple positions, and "almost attacks without dead ends"
Can play low singles, can make a sharp stop in the middle of the shot, can break through, can shoot three points
One of the most powerful feats is his "singles and three points"
Facing a defensive team like the Heat in the playoffs, when the star Trae Young was completely defended, even the whole team could not open the situation
It was Hunter who stood up against the Heat's Butler, Tucker and others, and he broke through the inside line again and again to create damage, and repeatedly stopped shooting and three-point shooting to give the Heat a strong response
In particular, his ultra-high three-point shooting rate of 46.2% and the collapse of the Heat's psychological defense line that once shot
In the crucial 5th game, Trae Young, Hult, Collins and other main players scored only 12 points, and Hunter stood up and cut the game-high 35 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, becoming the only bright spot for the Hawks
It is the so-called playoffs that reflect the true value of a player.
Hunter has proven himself, averaging 21.2 points per game in five series, shooting 55.7 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from three-point range.
After the series with the Heat, executives from several teams in the league saw Hunter's performance and said they wanted to poach the scoring-savvy Xiaoqian with an annual salary of $15 million
And next year is his contract year, in today's NBA full of money, Hunter is expected to be worth at least 15 million, if next year's performance is better, rising to 20 million is not a problem
Jimmy. Butler
Regular season 21.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists
Playoffs 27.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists
If any of the most obscure "superstars" of this year's regular season are, who are they? Non-Butler Mo genus
Not only is the regular season decent data, but it also helps the Heat to win the first place in the East, nor does It see Butler ranked on the MVP list, and the major awards have nothing to do with him
Is it that Butler doesn't have this ability? Of course not, it's that Butler doesn't want to waste more energy on these awards that are "pointless" to him
After years of hard work, he only thinks of the "championship"
So in the playoffs, it was time for Butler to use the real knife and real gun, and it was time to start to move the real thing
Compared to the regular season, his points and rebounds have improved a lot
In particular, his scoring at key moments is even more murderous, playing a central role of "more MVP than the regular season MVP candidate"
Looking back at this series, although the Heat swept the Eagles 4-1, the process was not easy
At the critical moment, the Eagles chased points many times, and it was Butler who stood up and made a breakthrough and a long-range shot to make the game suspenseful
In particular, the second game was an all-round and eye-catching stat that cut 45 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals
Among them, the shooting rate is as high as 60%, and the three-point shooting rate is as high as 57.1%.
He averaged 27.4 points, 8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.6 steals (topping the playoffs) in the entire series, shooting 50.5 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range, and a plus-minus of 12.2 percent for the league's sixth place
Helped the Heat take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the 76ers
Although Butler was mediocre in both games, with only 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, 22 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals
But he can help the team with defense when the offense is not smooth, make the 76ers' front line almost all dumb, and can use the pass to drive the whole team, Butler's role is not reflected in the data
Attacking and defending well, leading the team to win at key moments, this is Butler's role in the playoffs, really hidden deep enough
Jay. Brunson
Regular season 16.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists
Playoffs 25.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4 assists
Pheasant becomes phoenix, this sentence describes this season's Brunson is more suitable!
For Brunson's outbreak in the regular season is something that many people did not expect, and for his outbreak in the playoffs, many people did not expect
Although there are scoring masters like Doncic in the regular season, Brunson is not behind, averaging 16.3 points per game as the team's second scorer
In the playoffs, when Doncic is absent, it can better reflect Brunson's power
After six games in the series, he averaged 25.7 points per game, and in the crucial second game, he cut a career-high 41 points, plus 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, shooting and shooting 60% of the three-point shooting rate.
Brunson scored no less than 20 points in the entire series, of which his career has never scored 20+ in three consecutive games, and this year's playoffs he is all "one pot end"
It is precisely because of his sudden and powerful performance that he was able to stalemate with the Jazz with a complete lineup in the first three games
It is precisely because of his strong performance that Doncic is no longer alone and helps the Lone Ranger successfully break through the second round.
More because of his outstanding performance, his value must soar at the end of this season, as for how much? His annual salary this season is 1.8 million, and by the end of the season, it is expected to be between 15-20 million
Chris. Paul
Regular season 14.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 10.8 assists
Playoffs 21.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 10.1 assists
Among the active players, the 37-year-old is still at the peak, except for James, only Paul
Whether it was in the original Hornets, or the Clippers, rockets, Thunder, and now the sun
Paul can still maintain the "immortal stats" of averaging 18.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game
But the teams Paul led for most of his career didn't make it back in the playoffs because the previous system and team weren't a good fit for Paul
Now that he has turned to the last stop of his career, Paul has finally met the Maxima to help the sun take off
Although the Pelicans were forced to nearly get off the cliff in the first round of the playoffs, the family has an old treasure
In the first game, he scored 30 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals with a super high shooting rate of 75%.
In a game in which Booker was sidelined due to injury, Paul stepped forward to contribute 28 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists, 22 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals
The sun struggled to avoid not being black eight
In the Western Conference semi-final against the Lone Ranger, Paul had only 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists despite his mediocre performance
But he is more of a worse, icing on the cake, all of which are scored at key moments, as well as the role of the whole team, which cannot be reflected by the data
Today, Paul is an iron tree blossoming, returning to the second spring