Watch the NBA | By Murray Mamba-style match, two things come to mind

Murray scored in extra time against the Celtics. It was the second time the Eagles have beaten the Green Army in four days.

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For the Greens, this is not a big deal. In the regular season, the Green Army has no desire, and even if they continue to rotate until the start of the playoffs, it will not have any impact on the prospects of the playoffs. Mazzulla still let the main players play normally, in addition to locking in the home advantage of the western team, it is too early, there is no way to lie down now, the state of the players needs to continue the game, and all aspects of broadcasting, awards, and data also need game support.

But the lack of stress leads to the inevitable relaxation of the mind, which should be certain. At least you don't see too many shrink swipes from the Green Army in the game, and the Eagles want to play one by one, so let them play well. As for the aggressiveness of rebounding protection — which Mazzulla usually emphasizes — the Green Army is basically nothing, and the Hawks fight hard.

The Greens can forget what happened in the past four days. It's just that shortly before the start of the playoffs, consecutive losses to potential first-round opponents have at least added weight to the confidence of the opposite side. The Hawks are currently in 10th place in the East, five games behind the 76ers in 8th place in the East, and there is about no hope of catching up. Bite tight with the 9th bull. The best scenario is for the Bulls to play the playoffs and then go to the road to win another game so they can meet the Celtics.

If you can choose, which one do the Green Army want to play in the first round?

The first recommendation is, of course, the Bulls. You can't imagine the Bulls upsetting the Green Army, and there is not even much hope of dragging it to 2-4. The mobility of the Bulls' center position dictates that they can't defend the five, and you naturally can't expect the Bulls to rely on a lack of space and mid-range to crush the Green Army's good basket guards and individual defenses. On one side is the iron horse galloping with thousands of arrows, and on the other side is the sword and axe hand who runs all by legs, this is not a dimensional contest;

What about the secondary choice?

The second choice is really hard to choose.

The Greens won't want to beat the Heat. While no one knows if the Heat's playoff saga has been renewed, you can be sure that the Spo Collection has a top-up link to purchase the service.

What about walkers?

This season, counting the championship, the two teams have played 5 times, and the Green Army has a 3-2 record. But the Green Army, which has only lost 17 games in the whole season, can lose to the Pacers twice, and there is a knockout game that is still more important than the average regular season, so the Pacers are probably a nasty character for the Green Army.

The Pacers are second in the league in offensive efficiency, and Harry's magic has cooled down slightly, and the team's ability to dominate the ball, projection, fast break and divergence of multi-line offense are still unstoppable. The Pacers aren't good at defense, but they don't put up threes much either, which is in line with the Green Army's habit of simply covering up and creating small open threes. Getting Sika on deadline also boosts the alignment of the front line, which may be seen in the playoffs.

The characteristics of the Pacers have a chance to cause a little trouble for the Green Army.

Then choose the 76ers, this group of CPs who played conditioned reflexes has made it difficult to imagine different results. Playing this old opponent, the Green Army has a huge psychological advantage. Embiid returned at the end of the season, and it is unknown what his status is.

However, the Green Army also needs to note that the 76ers' forward defense has improved. I'm not sure how much of a difference this will play against the Celtics, depending on how they use them at the time, given that Batum and Oubre have their own shortcomings in terms of overall ability, while the other two strong signings, Hield and Lowry, are both short.

But Nurse may come up with a crazier defensive strategy, and the 76ers' aggression may be crazier than in previous versions. This change certainly doesn't necessarily work, and it's up to the eye if Embiid can outperform the Green Army's shifting ball at the three-point line in the rotation, but you won't like an old opponent with an added unknown variable.

Or, to put it more bluntly, if Embiid hadn't just played half a season, they wouldn't have been eighth in the East. It was supposed to be a second-round or even a third-round matchup.

So, what about the Eagles, who have recently won them twice in the Green Army?

First of all, the last two times the Green Army have played against the Eagles, which is certainly not the best level. Let's assume that the Greens only put on a serious face 80%, which is fine;

Second, the expected playoff match between the two teams will not change much in terms of game format compared to today. First, both sides of the guard retreated, and the ball was thrown by the block. After they couldn't bear it anymore, they began to increase the change of defense and fight one by one.

After the playoffs increase the intensity, will the difficulty still be such a "neat" script?

At least last year, the two teams met in the first round, and that's roughly the script. Mazzulla retreated most of the time and changed guards a little time. Snyder knew where the weakness of the Green Army was in this defense, so the team pulled out the execution of the ball shot. With six games in the series, the Green Army didn't have much risk of a rollover, but it was a bit of a surprise that they didn't knock the Hawks down. The Hawks are a pick-and-roll team with the ball in the backcourt and a point guard-driven team, which is a little annoying for the Green Army, which is dominated by retreat defense.

This season, the Hawks are No. 1 in the league in effective shooting percentage with the ball and No. 6 in the league in shots per game. When it comes to military training centers, the Eagles are a ruthless player in the East.

"Good guy, what do you mean, author? The Green Army, which has a far lead record and a net win of 11.3 points in 100 rounds, is it possible that it will be unstable in the first round?"

No, no, no, no matter who the Green Army plays in the first round, they have a big advantage. However, compared to previous years, in the first round of the playoffs of a team with a net score of more than 10 over 100 rounds, no matter which 8th place is played, a 4-0 preset is the most reasonable result. And whether it will be so crushed now, to be honest, I don't know.

What does this mean when you think of a similar situation in the West and the overturn of teams in the first half of last year's playoffs?

We can think of many explanations, such as the play-off rules intensifying the competition in the fringe areas of the playoffs, the number of superstars in the same three generations of strong teams, and the inflated net score of the strong teams in the three-point era. But whatever the reason, the current situation of the alliance shows that:

Volumes are real volumes;

In the playoffs, everyone still played a maximum of 4 opponents, and due to the volume, there were more strong teams, which made it more difficult for teams in the first half to advance than in the past.

The second half is discouraged, and the upper half is not stable.

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Young has been out for more than a month, during which time the Hawks are 10-7, a slight improvement over their season win percentage. The Hawks ranked 16th in the league in defensive efficiency over the same period, while they ranked 26th in defensive efficiency all season. Although there may be the impact of encountering different opponents and adjusting the scale of blowing penalties, without Young, the Eagles' defensive improvement does not need to be carefully considered.

What's really interesting is that the Eagles didn't attack during this period, whether it was ranking or absolute data, it was no worse than before Yang's injury.

This doesn't seem to be difficult to explain, the Hawks do have a way to initiate other than Young, today against the Celtics, Murray ate 42.9% of the round possession, and played a Kobe-style game - three consecutive military training in overtime, Boshen's mid-range shooting is too explosive - Murray alone has averaged 26.5 points + 9 assists per game in the past 1 month or so, which is already the production of a standard league's first-line main attacker, but the efficiency has not collapsed. In addition to Murray, the Hawks also have Bogdan in the backcourt, and Hunter, Jalen Johnson, and Bey on the front line (although Double J and Bey have their own injuries during this period), etc., can carry a little output.

Everyone divided one point and made up for Yang's share.

So, Is Yang useless against the Eagles?

It can't be said so absolutely. If the Hawks' main offensive resources were really full, Murray wouldn't have made 44 shots in a game. Without Young, the Hawks had a record, but on a season-scale basis, you can't afford to make Murray carry such a heavy burden forever.

So, will it be better to find a cheaper option with better defense than Yang ......

I don't know~

But when the Hawks first got Murray, there was a discussion about his compatibility with Young. Let's assume that a team is running normally and needs 100 points of ball-holding resources, then Yang + Murray + others must have about 180 points, and take Young's half of the country, and there are 90 points left. Let's increase the intensity a little and make up for the lack of 10 points, and 100 points are enough.

Is the 80 points of investment that are usually extra wasted?

This is one of the most interesting discussions about teaming. In the cooperation of golf stars, the phenomenon of overflow is bound to exist, and there are also their own ways to deal with it. Young and Murray are both point guards, with serious functional overlap, and they both have to start, this problem is relatively difficult to deal with, and it is not easy to achieve 1+1 equals 2.

So, shouldn't it be time to overflow and hoard ball-holding resources?

Not necessarily.

If the Lakers hadn't stocked up on a few more guards who could shoot and play in addition to James, they probably wouldn't have been so comfortable in James' absence recently. The Lakers have a need to prevent a veteran star from shutting down, and this kind of preparation becomes even more valuable. The Warriors' constipation in Curry's absence is a good control. The Nuggets had just enough resources to start with, and they didn't have any surplus — even though they won the Clippers in the second game.

Each situation is different and cannot be generalized.

In general, when there is a shortage of people, other people can share the responsibilities, and people can do some other work after giving up possession of the ball all the time, so that there is some flexibility in the resources of holding the ball, which may be the most ideal state.