The NBA playoffs are still in full swing, there are many strong teams in the league this season, most of the teams have playoff level strength, but there are only a few teams that really have the strength to win the championship, some teams' hard power is overestimated, the regular season is vigorous, and the playoffs will be exposed, and some teams just look at the lineup is very luxurious, the strength on paper is full, and the playoffs are also revealed, showing their flashy side. For example, the Los Angeles Lakers, as a traffic team, are very popular, they won the regular season mid-season championship, compared with last year, the Lakers also made many adjustments to the lineup, optimized the roster structure, introduced some forward players, and enhanced the team's average height and overall defensive ability.
Even so, the Lakers still can't escape the fate of a round of tours, and there is a high probability that they will be swept by the Nuggets, and their playoff performance is disappointing. There is also the Phoenix Suns, whose fate is the same as that of the Lakers, and they are also the Western giants and popular teams. Last offseason, the Suns broke the boat, sent away Paul and Ayton, overhauled the core roster, and brought in Beal to form the luxury triumvirate, but with little success. In the regular season, the Suns struggled and have been ranked in the middle of the West, and in the playoffs, they are even more declining, and even the dark horse Timberwolves can't beat them, and they are currently 0-2 behind their opponents, and it is difficult to complete the comeback. Like the Lakers and Suns, there are still many teams that have disappointed in the playoffs, such as the 76ers with Embiid, who were also suppressed by the Knicks in the first round, and the Celtics, who ranked first in the league in the regular season.
The Celtics can be said to have the right time and place this season, and they have an absolute advantage. Also last summer, they adjusted the lineup, in order to raise the team's ceiling, brought in Porzingis and Holiday to create the league's most powerful starting lineup, starting Tatum, Brown, Porzingis, Holiday , including the fifth man White, all All-Star level players. Although Derrick White has not yet been an All-Star, his individual ability is at the level of an All-Star, he can attack and defend, and he has saved the Lord in key moments of the game many times, and he also had the highlight of the final game in the playoffs last season. In the case of improving the core of the combat power, the Green Army can also maintain the depth of the bench lineup, in the bench Pritchard, Horford and Hauser, all have good scoring explosiveness, this season has many single-game scoring 20+.
The Celtics in the regular season are also as fierce as tigers, playing a phenomenal dominance, with a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, ranking first in the league, 7 wins ahead of the Thunder, the first in the West, and 14 wins ahead of the Knicks, who are second in the East. There is no doubt that the Celtics are the strongest team this season, during the regular season, and before the playoffs, the Green Army is also considered one of the biggest favorites to win the championship this season. However, when it came to the playoffs, the Green Army also showed their stuff, facing the Miami Heat, whose star Butler was not there, they actually lost the opponent by 10 points in G2, creating a super upset.
Although the Green Army has carried out a comprehensive sublimation in the starting lineup, they have never solved a problem, that is, the team boss has always been almost meaningful, and the star Tatum is really lacking, and he is several grades behind Jokic, Brother Alphabet, or James, Durant, and Curry at their peak. Tatum's shortcomings are also very obvious, his state is very unstable, he lacks effective offensive means to make a final decision, and his key ball ability is extremely poor, which is a very fatal problem among the leading stars. There is such a data, so far in 2020 (regular season + playoffs), Tatum has only shot 39.3% from the field and 25.7% from three-point range in key moments (within 5 points in the last 5 minutes). It was the lowest shooting percentage of any of the league's top 25 scorers in crunch time during the same period.
Including the G2 game, Tatum also made all kinds of turnaround jumpers at critical moments, and the scoring all depended on the empty cut layups that anyone could have, and his offensive skill package had no weapons. In this way, the Celtics' ability to keep the lower limit is really strong, but it is difficult to break through the ceiling, in fact, the Green Army has been like this in the past few years, and they can break into the playoffs every year, and they can't win the championship every year. The main reason is that Tatum and Brown have never achieved qualitative improvement, Brown is very embarrassed as the second leader, compared to the upper than the second, his ability is stronger than most of the second leaders in NBA history, but his attributes determine that he cannot be the team leader. Losing by 10 points in an upset, the league's No. 1 collapsed! The NBA's overrated team, the championship is no longer in suspense. If the playoffs are still the same and Tatum can't wake up from his slumber, then this year's championship is probably no longer in suspense, and the Denver Nuggets won, the Nuggets are indeed too strong.