Los Angeles-Clippers, as a giant team with four stars gathered and a ghost talent Tyronn Lue guarding the town, can be said to be the biggest favorite in the West and even the league before the playoffs begin, and it was once hyped by major media, and even considered to be the only giant team in the West that can wrestle with Denver, and it is in the limelight for a while.
Even if the first round of the playoffs faced the Mavericks of the Eastern European combination, the popularity and winning rate of the Clippers were far ahead, and even in the uncertain stage of the return of the small card, the one-sided situation was extremely obvious, but after the playoffs opened, only three games, such a situation was completely overturned, and the four stars +Tyronn Lue's combination, in front of Eastern Europe and the Mavericks, has almost become the biggest joke, if G2 can still stalemate, G3 is completely controlled by the Mavericks, and the Eastern European combination has teamed up to defeat the invincible Los Angeles, so that their championship dreams are gradually shattered.
For the Clippers, when the team is 1-2 behind, no one can run away from the four stars + Tyronn Lue, and every core head coach and head coach should take the blame.
But this is slightly unfair to Wei Shao, although the Clippers are known as the Big Four, Wei Shao is indeed an MVP-level player, and he has been the boss of OKC for a few years, and the deeds of the triple-double king have made Wei Shao dominate the martial arts. But the young master only got an annual salary of 4 million this season, and his salary is not even as good as Powell and Zubac, for the current Wei Shao, the giant is just a gimmick, whether it is ability or salary, Wei Shao is just a blue-collar porter.
This is from the beginning of the season, Harden joined the team, and Wei Shao was rumored to take the initiative to ask Ying to return to the bench, whether Wei Shao himself wanted or not, but in this matter, Wei Shao has become a blue-collar player who needs to move wherever he wants, and has no autonomy. Therefore, when the team is beautiful, let Wei Shao sacrifice, and when the team is down, don't take Wei Shao to block the gun, so that there is no gentlemanly demeanor, and there is no reason at all, after all, let a pseudo-giant with an annual salary of 4 million, play an average of 22.5 minutes per game in the regular season, and 22.3 minutes per game in the playoffs, which is extremely unreasonable and unconvincing.
Even in the G3 game, Wei Shao was defending Doncic's round, because the team's score was behind, Wei Shao was a little out of control, looked extremely irrational, and was even expelled, once thought that it would affect the team's game trend, but at that time the team was already behind by a large score, almost powerless, and as a bench bandit, Wei Shao did not have such a big influence, a blue-collar player who played 22 minutes, how much ability to turn the tide, is just a gimmick that some people want to let the young master take the blame and deliberately create a gimmick, even if the team loses is everyone's responsibility, but for the young master who is waiting for an opportunity on the bench with an annual salary of 4 million, he is not even qualified as an accomplice, Therefore, letting Wei Shao bear the guilt of the main offender is obviously exaggerated, and it will be extremely unfair to Wei Shao.
James Harden, as a foreign monk, did have a very beautiful time in the Clippers, and the honeymoon period after December made the Clippers remember it vividly, but as the season deepened, Harden fluctuated again, which is Harden's current style and rhythm of the game, unable to continue the way of the game, from the second half of the Nets to Philadelphia, Harden's power outage mode has also become an important factor in the team's failure to win the championship.
As a superstar with an annual salary of 40 million, the team holds the ball at the core, and the team loses, Harden is duty-bound. After all, the absolute core play with the ball makes Harden pay the due price and glory for the team's win or loss. When everyone was silent in G1 Harden's dream of returning to Space City, they already had a premonition that G2 and G3 Harden were going to collapse, which is also the trajectory that Harden has been walking all these years.
Compared with the second brother Wei Shao who has an annual salary of 4 million on the bench, the starter status, the aura of a superstar, and the absolute ball-holding core, the team loses Harden and can't shake the pot. Even if Pepper didn't play the style of a superstar, this is not the responsibility that Harden should shirk, as a master controller, the brains of the team, Harden did not grasp his responsibilities, and even in the critical fourth quarter, Harden's loss, anger, fatal mistakes, and even more annoying. Compared with his former teammate Irving, at this stage of the series, after the two defended each other, from scoring ability to defensive performance, Irving obviously beat his former teammates, which also made Harden extremely embarrassed.
In addition to G1, Harden's G2 and G3 performances are not ideal, although G3 scored 21 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, 7 of 13 shots, and 5 of 8 three-point shots.
In this group of matchups, the Nets' former twin stars exploded into each other, but after three games, Irving completely has the upper hand, even on the defensive end, Irving's enthusiasm completely surpasses Harden, who is accustomed to not defending, which is also an important factor in the current tilt of this series.
To sum up, as the commander of the team, the absolute ball-holding core, in Tyronn Lue's great trust in him, compared to Rivers's more biased coaching, Harden has the power to dominate the ball in the Clippers, and unlimited shots, but Harden failed to bring victory to the team, so, as a superstar team behind the score, Harden is absolutely unforgivable, his value and the team's tactical position have determined the importance of Harden in this team, at such a critical moment, Harden can not respond, so that the team is in trouble, and may even lose the series, so that it fluctuates so much, according to the main offender, there will be no complaints and excuses。
As an All-Star star, George's importance to the Clippers is self-evident, but in the three games, in addition to G2's mediocre performance, cutting 22 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, 7 of 14 shots, 2 of 5 three-point shots, and maintaining a high shooting rate, the other two games, George completely stretched, and G1 was an embarrassing performance of 8 of 20 shots. This superstar, who has both offense and defense, did not play the performance that a star should have in this round of the series, and even sometimes, the performance of grabbing the ball directly sounded the death knell of the team's loss and became the culprit of the team's loss.
G3 series, George 11 shot 3, is completely lost, without any sense of existence, if G2 George still has the influence of the star, G3 has completely disappeared without a trace, it seems that there is no value and meaning to exist, the defensive end is useless, the offensive end is extremely hesitant and wandering, compared to Leonard has an excuse for a long time, George has no reason, his slump will be invisible, and let George perform like this, not only became the initiator of the team's loss, but also made his value plummet, and even the big contract will be completely lost。
Leonard's arrowhead as the team's arrowhead, Ballmer's last trump card in his hands, since signing the defending champion in 2019, Ballmer has been extremely favored and respected, even if Leonard's harsh injury management mechanism makes him extremely annoyed, but he still obeys his words, and even renews his contract in advance after Leonard improves his attendance this season, expressing his favor and recognition of Leonard's team leader. Let him sit firmly as the leader of the team, but Leonard's injury recovery in the second half of the regular season, as well as the continued misty management of injuries, continue to expose the superstar's harsh and mysterious ways and means of injury management.
After G2's comeback, the rust on the small card is extremely obvious, although the enthusiasm is still there, and at the critical moment, using the advantage of concentration and big hands, to grab the key frontcourt rebounds, but the end of the performance is not ideal, G2 small card cut 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, 17 shots 7 shots, 3 three-point shots 0 shots, the feel is not ideal, it is understandable that the battle formation has been absent for a long time.
But the G3 small card feeling has warmed up, but only 7 shots in the whole game, in the case of the team's big score behind, the performance of the small card, is indeed puzzling, after all, as the absolute leader of the team, this stage of the small card should have stepped forward, but the performance of stealth, also became an important factor in the team's loss, the small card only played 24 minutes.
After the game, the boat also spoke for it, thinking that the small card was injured and the team forced to make a comeback, the intention was extremely obvious, the poor state of the small card was precisely because of the result of the early comeback, and the small card G3 only played 24 minutes, there are only two explanations for all kinds of signs, 1, the small card injury is not optimistic, it is indeed affected by the injury, and the state is not good. 2. Xiaoka has no intention of fighting, and expresses dissatisfaction with the team's forcing him to come back, and G4 is even more likely to refuse to play in the game on the grounds of injury.
Despite the support of reporters, let Xiaoka's downturn find a hint of excuse, but as the leader of the team, played two games, let the opponent get two consecutive wins, such an embarrassing situation, obviously extremely dissatisfied, even if Xiaoka has injuries as an umbrella, but as the team's superstar, such an excuse seems to have no convincing power, and even can only make Xiaoka fall into a greater fog and can't extricate himself.
Tyronn Lue, as the head coach, after 3 games, in the contest with Kidd, is indeed at a disadvantage, especially G2 at the last moment of the crazy use of the death five, which undoubtedly became a watershed for the Mavericks to reverse the game, but also let the Mavericks G3 turn the momentum around, and even seize the initiative An important factor, although as a ghost, Tyronn Lue's prestige in the rivers and lakes is extremely high, but this time in the game, Tyronn Lue should be responsible, and even the series lost, under the experience of Brown's dismissal, Tyronn Lue's black hat is very likely to be in jeopardy。