What a team is most afraid of is naturally injuries, especially injuries in key games. You can look at Leonard, who has been recuperating from injuries since he played the Hornets at the beginning of the month. Fortunately, the rest of the Clippers stabilized their record, took the fourth place in the West, and retained the first-round home advantage. Leonard's injury came at an inopportune time, and it is still unknown whether he will play the first playoff game next, and the Clippers are playing dumb riddles. Then there's Thick Eyebrow, who has been healthy all season, with injuries at the end of the season, especially in key games. Fortunately, the main rivals gave them a chance, and the Lakers also firmly grasped the opportunity, and finally advanced to the top half of the play-offs, and finally rushed to the playoffs.
There may have been a lot of people who couldn't understand the saying that injuries are part of the game before, so in the Pelicans and Lakers play-off game, this is a good interpretation. Before Zion didn't retire from injury, he went crazy directly, blew up the Lakers' interior line, and scored 40 points. Even at this time, the team is on momentum and has a tendency to win. It can't be helped, sometimes it's just so dramatic. Maybe this is also a creation to make people, and in the end you can only swallow the bitter fruit. However, it was the sudden injury that brought Zion to an abrupt halt and made the Pelicans completely lose hope. So the question is, what is the injury situation of Zion? Judging from the relevant information, Zion suffered a left hamstring injury.
Regarding the hamstring injury, Harden also had that injury during his time with the Nets, which also became a turning point for Harden. Since that hamstring injury, Harden's breakthrough has clearly not been as sharp and consistent as before. So if you look at Harden now, it's very difficult to score 20+, and the bigger role is in passing. For a player like Zion, who weighs more and relies more on the impact of the basket, a hamstring injury will be more troublesome. Now the Pelicans have also announced the next situation in Zion. That is to miss the play-offs and to be assessed for the next few weeks. In other words, Zion is saying goodbye to the play-offs, and everyone is saying goodbye to the super-striker.
It is foreseeable that in the next play-offs, the Pelicans will be really difficult. The Pelicans don't have Zion, and Ingram has a playing time limit again. Even if it entered the playoffs, it was given to the Thunder for nothing. Of course, for Zion, this season has been a great one. First, the number of appearances reached 70, a new career high. Many people thought that in the regular season this season, Zion would lie down again, but the attendance rate was quite high. Second, he averaged 22.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game, of which assists were career highs. This can also see that Zion has a new growth point, and he is doing some transformation. Of course, the play-off game made the world remember Zion again and get to know this champion again.
In the offseason, the champion had a very poor reputation, but the guy used practical actions to regain the rating, and also established his position as the leader of the team. For the Pelicans, it's time to reevaluate the roster and make some changes this offseason. To put it bluntly, they are just a little unlucky, and their overall strength can reach the playoff level. It can only be said that the time is also fate, and the game is always full of drama.