22 points + 24 points! The first shooting percentage in the league, the Clippers sharpshooter was born, and Harden benefited you the most

The 23-24 season has come to an end, and the situation in the West is relatively clear, with the Timberwolves, Thunder, Clippers and Nuggets having close records and will continue to compete for the top spot. Looking at the play-off area, the Warriors are making efforts in the future, and the winning rate is rising, as a comparison, the Jazz and the Rockets are gradually falling behind, so basically the Warriors have a very high probability of entering the play-offs, and further forward, the Lakers have no problem, of course, the Jazz and the Rockets are not completely out of chance, but it is too difficult, unless they can usher in a wave of consecutive wins, the Jazz are currently 2.5 wins behind the Warriors, and they can't catch up in a short period of time, and the Rockets have little hope.

After all, the regular season is a marathon, the Rockets played well at the beginning of the season, and were once ranked in the top 5 in the West, but unfortunately they continued to decline as the season progressed, and the reasons for this were that the Rockets were too young, Jalen Green's stability was too poor, and Shen Jing's defense was terrible, and they did not have the temperament to become team leaders. Secondly, Van Vliet was embarrassed by the task, and with a salary of 40 million, he could only play 20 million data. Thirdly, Udoka has problems with tactics and personnel, such as Holiday is obviously not good in attack and defense, but he is often reused, while Amen has excellent defense and does not have much playing time. To sum up, the prospects for the Rockets are quite unoptimistic, and this season is basically out of play.

Unlike the Rockets, the Clippers are a typical representative of this season's counterattack, looking back at when Harden just joined, the Clippers were really a mess, the team had no system, and there was no chemistry between the Big Four. The turning point came when Wei Shao applied to play as a substitute, but the Clippers suddenly opened up, Harden was in charge of organization, Leonard focused on scoring, George did a good job of catching the ball and shooting or participating in defense, Wei Shao came off the bench to fight rebounds, or play counterattacks, the Clippers found a way to win, and since then they have been out of control, they have topped the official power rankings many times, and now they are undoubtedly the favorites for the championship.

The Clippers now have a record of 36-17, ranked 3rd in the West, 2.0 wins behind the Timberwolves, the Clippers are strong, Harden is indispensable, the beard is the most selfless star in the league, he can do without statistics, without the ball, and there are even reports that he will take a pay cut to renew the Clippers, as long as he can win, Harden can sacrifice everything, and in most cases he will focus on passing. The second big contributor is Leonard, the small card attack is quite stable, and when you rarely pull your hips, you can rest assured that you can give the ball to Leonard. The third major contributor is Wei Shao, and it is precisely because he took the initiative to substitute that the Clippers will rise. And then there's George, although unpredictable, but there are times when he erupts. In addition to the Big Four, the Clippers have one more person to mention, and he is Powell.

Let's go directly to the data, according to statistics, Powell is the strongest offensive point on the Clippers bench, averaging 13.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, and Wei Shao averages 11.4 points per game, which is lower than Powell. And Powell is not only strong in scoring, but more importantly, his efficiency is too high, averaging 45% three-point shooting per game this season, as a guard, it is quite good to have such a projection performance. Or to put it another way, Powell's three-point shooting rate in the final quarter was as high as 55%, which is the first in the league, yes, Powell is the sharpshooter of the Clippers, but I didn't expect that in addition to the Big Four, Powell is also an existence that cannot be ignored, and at the same time, Powell is also a strong contender for the best sixth man this season.

If the opponent dares to ignore Powell, then it will pay a heavy price, so far this season, Powell has had a lot of amazing performances, such as the Clippers defeated the Warriors some time ago, Powell was a god in the last quarter, and hit 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, becoming the biggest contributor to the Clippers' reversal, and his data in the game was 21 points and 2 rebounds. Another example is the loss to the Timberwolves, Powell contributed 24 points and hit six three-pointers, which is the only fig leaf for the Clippers. There was also a big win over the Heat, Powell scored 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 4 of 5 three-pointers, which was extremely efficient. scored 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists against the Mavericks, and 20 points against the Pelicans, Jazz and Grizzlies, which shows that as long as the ball is enough, Powell has the ability to cut 20+.

In the 20-21 season, when he was still playing for the Raptors, Powell averaged 19.6 points per game throughout the season, and he averaged 18.7 points per game in the 21-22 season when he came to the Trail Blazers, and he averaged 17.0 points per game last season without Harden, which shows that Powell himself has good scoring ability. After coming to this season, because of the addition of Harden, Powell has become the biggest beneficiary, he can easily receive the pass from the beard, there are a lot of vacant opportunities, some time ago in an interview, Powell also personally thanked Harden, he said: "It's a pleasure to play with Harden, Harden makes my game much easier, this feeling is great." ”