The Suns and Mavericks were tied, a situation that may not quite match expectations, but that's the way it is. Through the game, we saw some changes in the situation between the two teams.
The Lone Ranger's flanks and ball-carrying singles are getting better.
This is the most important change, and this change has led to an increase in their winning field.
We had always thought of the Mavericks as a single-core team, with Doncic having absolutely authoritative leadership over others and their lineup structure less complete than the Suns. However, the single-core team is not necessarily weaker than the team with a more complete lineup structure in terms of output, and the output effect depends on the actual offensive and defensive efficiency of each part.
The advantage of the lone ranger is that the efficiency of the shooter group is improving, and it is very obviously improving.
Crebert in particular is exciting.
His three-point shooting percentage has improved from 32.5 percent in the regular season to 49 percent in the playoffs, and the improvement is too obvious. His progress has given the Lone Ranger more room, a significant increase in deterrence, and Kleber is no longer the kind of dispensable pitcher in the regular season.
We also saw his flexibility on the defensive end and under the basket, which was a lot better than before.
In addition to Kleber, Finney Smith and Bertans hit eight and four three-pointers, respectively, in game four, shooting very high. Dinwiddie also hit a three-pointer while the Suns were chasing points, very timely. The efficient performance of these guys shows that they, as Doncic's wing deputies, are increasing their influence in the game.
When the shooters on the flanks improve their attack efficiency, when the team's big core of the ball is Doncic, the old fritter, the Lone Ranger's lead is normal.
Through the observation of these games, we also feel that these shooters will only be better in the future games, not worse, so the competitiveness of the Lone Ranger is actually more improved than the first round.
This creates a phenomenon: Doncic does not play well, the Lone Ranger is better, and if Doncic's personal data explodes, the overall effect of the team is not good. This is because Doncic's decentralization has increased the vitality of the whole team, and the whole team has also significantly improved its state to adapt to such decentralization.
Then Doncic's decentralization is a positive process. The Lone Ranger will no longer be caught up in the vortex of letting Doncic single.
Facts have proved that in the playoff stage, the ball holding core, shooter group, singles and other parts can not pull the crotch, once a link has a problem, the other parts will have to be functional compensation, the integrity will be destroyed. Strong integrity requires that every structural part of the team must be efficient and stable, which is what the championship winning team looks like.
The Suns turned out to be such a team, and as we said before, the Suns are more perfect than the Lone Rangers' lineup structure, because they have one more singles Booker. Booker decisively stepped forward when Paul was plagued by a foul in game four, playing a strong role in chasing points, but still lost to the efficiency of the Lone Rangers' entire team.
However, from the fourth game, the Lone Ranger was obviously favored by the league, and many minor physical contacts in the game were all awarded to the Lone Ranger in favor, which made the Sun unable to fully exert its strength.
The scale of this game is probably the most controversial since the start of the playoffs.
Paul's several fouls can not be blown, and as a result, Paul 6 committed a graduation, and there is a feeling of not being able to exert himself. If Paul had gone into the fourth quarter without being bothered by fouls, they would have recovered the score with the Suns' first-place key-moment possession, and by the end of the third quarter, the Suns had already chased single-digit points.
It is certainly better to have Paul, there is no doubt about it.
As we have analyzed earlier, suppressing Paul is the way to restrain the sun. These two games Paul was suppressed badly, and the atmosphere of confrontation between the two teams was also filled, and it was foreseeable that the sparks of the two teams of Tenno Mountain would collide, and perhaps this was what the league liked to see.
This season, the strength between the teams is more balanced, and the room for adjustment is larger, which means that the viewing is greater. This year's playoffs are better than those warriors' peak years, and it's a blessing for fans.