The 5 veterans who played the best in the playoffs: Durant is still glorious despite defeat, and Harden has a second spring?

Achenggao

2024-04-30 07:14Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

So far in the NBA playoffs, many young players have played an excellent performance, such as Edwards, he let everyone see the shadow of Jordan in him, he is only 22 years old and has the opportunity to become a player at the face level of the league in the future, and Jokic and Embiid, who are in their playing years, also have a stable performance, in the high-intensity game of the playoffs, to be honest, the most surprising thing is some veterans, they played a veteran immortal performance, which is respectable.

Durant

Although Durant was swept out, but his performance is okay, in the case of a major injury and now 35 years old, to be honest, everyone expected Durant to show deficiencies in the playoffs, but his shortcomings are only physical, in terms of personal attack, it can be said that he is still the most stable scorer in the league with physical fitness, and the strength of the Suns this season is more a problem of deformity of the team's lineup, not Durant's problem.

Durant averaged 26.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game in the playoffs, shooting 55% from the field and 41.7% from three-point range.

James

James played a performance that was not inferior to Durant at the age of 39, and even better than Durant, I have to admire James's talent, although his speed, explosiveness and physical fitness have seriously declined as he grows older, but James's strength and his healthy body are still there, coupled with his enough self-discipline and scientific training and maintenance, it is also for Lao Zhan to play at the age of 39, or play the top ten level in the league.

But everyone is equal in the face of time, maybe James is longer than the peak of others, but he will eventually grow old, maybe Lao Zhan will play for another 2-3 years, and his games are getting less and less. James has averaged 27.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in the playoffs so far.

Harden

Although Harden is not as old as the two, but now Harden is also 34 years old, and in the past two years, due to the reduction of ball ownership and injury troubles, Harden has been considered to have lost his peak, and the Clippers traded him to send two second-round picks and two first-round picks were questioned by the outside world as worthless, but Harden proved himself after coming to the Clippers, especially after the playoffs.

Harden with the ball is also one of the best engines in the league, he played better than Doncic in the series against the Mavericks, his excellent offensive and defensive ability makes the Mavericks helpless, and now Harden gives people a feeling of rejuvenating the second spring, averaging 26 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1.3 blocks per game in the playoffs so far, with a three-point shooting rate of 50% and an average of 4.3 three-pointers per game, which is too incomprehensible.

Da Luo

Although the Bucks are now 1-3 behind the Pacers, their role players have done their best, especially Da Luo, who really didn't have the ability to fight the Pacers in the absence of Antetokounmpo and Lillard, but Da Luo held on to their last dignity. In the offseason, the outside world also questioned that Da Luo won a 2-year 48 million contract too premium, but after the start of the playoffs, Da Luo, who got the ball, proved how good his offensive ability is.

So far in the playoffs, Da Luo has averaged 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, with a shooting rate of 60.4%, and the outside world has previously questioned that the Bucks' defensive system collapsed because of Da Luo's problem, and it is estimated that they should have found out by now that the team's defensive system collapsed is not Da Luo's problem, but Lillard and Beasley's backcourt is not strong, and now as long as Da Luo is off the court, the Bucks' defense will be worse, and Da Luo is now 36 years old.

Conley

Is the rise of the Timberwolves this season because of Edwards? Or Gobert? I think both of them are important, and the second most important thing besides the two is Conley, Conley connected the team very well in the regular season, helping the team to reach the top three in the division, and after the start of the playoffs, Conley also relied on his experience and control to help the team sweep the Suns, and having a qualified point guard is too obvious for a team to improve.

Conley has averaged 11.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1 steal per game in the playoffs so far, and you may feel that the performance is not very good just by looking at the data?

Speaking of which, what do you have to say about these five players?

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