Only one night!NBA Eastern dark horse big core will be reimbursed for the season, 2 major All-Star players may miss the Olympics, and the Lakers ushered in good news!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
The NBA playoffs are in full swing, with all eight games of the first round of G1 being played and the top 16 teams in the league already on display. Among them, the home team won all of them, and there was no team under the gram in eight games, with the Celtics, Nuggets and Clippers getting off to a good start, and the 76ers, Lakers and Suns temporarily trailing 0-1.
However, the intensity of the transition from the regular season to the playoffs, there are many players who are not adapting, and injuries have begun to appear one after another, and the American media clutchpoints has also sorted out the injury lineup of the East and West teams so far this season, with All-Star players such as Antetokounmpo, Butler, Embiid, Zion and Leonard on the list.
According to the latest report by American media ESPN reporter Shams, after an MRI confirmation, Butler's right knee medial collateral ligament sprain is very serious, after the careful evaluation of the Heat medical team, Butler needs at least 1-2 months to recover, not only the first-round series, even if the Heat once again upset and rush to the stage of the Finals, it is difficult for Butler to come back before the Finals, which also means that the big core of the biggest dark horse in the East is equivalent to announcing the season reimbursement in advance.
This is really a huge blow to the Heat, you know, last year, the Heat team was able to create the 'Black Eight Miracle' one after another, the biggest reliance is Butler, in the first round of last year's series against the first Bucks in the East, Butler single-handedly sent the Bucks out, in this round of the series, Butler can average 37.6 points per game, and has a super performance of 56 points per game. And now, without Butler's Heat, who are still in eighth place in the East this season, can they pull off another miracle?
At the same time, the US media also updated Leonard's injury situation. According to the latest report from reporter Vardon, a team insider revealed that Leonard's knee did not have a structural injury, and in the recent period, Xiaoka has received multiple knee injections to relieve the local inflammation in the knee. According to Shams' report, Leonard tried to make a comeback before G1, but failed to do so, and the Clippers stood up in the absence of Leonard, Harden and many other players stepped up and defeated the Mavericks by a large score, leading 1-0.
So far, Leonard has been able to shoot and has participated in more matchup drills, but has not yet participated in five-on-five team practice, according to Vardon. According to the analysis of many experts, Leonard's knee injury this time is likely to be the same as the previous 21 and 23 years, which is not good news for the Clippers.
In addition to Leonard, Embiid also suffered a knee injury midway through the season, but after missing more than two consecutive games, Embiid chose to return early at the end of the season. And this also has another problem, Embiid's knee has not healed, in the first half of the first round of G1, Embiid fell directly in pain after the dunk landed, but fortunately, after the half-time inspection, there was no major problem. However, this still caught the attention of the U.S. men's basketball team.
According to Vardon, Hill (general manager of the U.S. men's basketball team) is already aware of Leonard and Embiid's situation, and is currently urgently working on a contingency plan for the Olympic roster, and if Leonard and Embiid do not make it to the Olympics in the end, Banchero, George, Bridges and Brunson will be used as alternatives to replace the two All-Star players.
At the same time, there is good news for the Lakers. According to the latest report from Lakers reporter Jovan Buha, the team's defensive titan Vanderbilt has taken off his protective boots and participated in the Lakers' recent team training, and has been able to shoot and defendy-related training. Although there is no specific time for the return at the moment, it is undoubtedly a very positive sign that I can now participate in the team's training and take off the protective boots.
Stats show that so far this season, Vanderbilt has only played in 29 games, averaging 5.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and his last appearance was in February of this year. Vanderbilt's absence is really a big impact on the Lakers' frontcourt defense. Now, his recovery is progressing well, and if he can usher in a comeback in the first round, it will be a big positive for the Nuggets backcourt Murray to restrict.
For the Lakers, it is indeed a great challenge to meet the Nuggets in the first round, through the performance of the first round of G1, the Nuggets are still difficult to cross, I don't know how the Lakers will face such a passive situation next, everyone says, do the Lakers have a good chance of revenge this year?