The NBA playoff showdown is still in full swing, and some dark horses have indeed emerged this season, and they can also show super strength in the playoffs. Normally, dark horse teams are not favored until the playoffs because they lack playoff experience and don't have the kind of superstars who can make the difference between winning a game at a critical moment. Like the 21-year-old Utah Jazz, the winning rate of the regular season is as high as 7 percent, ranking first in the league, and the playoffs are hastily concluded in the second round. Like the 15-year-old Hawks, 60-22 in the regular season, the first in the East, the record is better than the Cavaliers led by the peak Lao Zhan, the real civilian God of War team, and it was like that in the playoffs, it was also eliminated in the semifinals. Including the Grizzlies in which Morant is in the past two years, the regular season win rate is very high.
When the Grizzlies reached the playoffs, they still couldn't win against the traffic team led by those old fritters, and were eliminated by the Warriors in 22, and stopped at the feet of the Lakers in the first round last year. This season, there are more dark horse teams, the Thunder and Timberwolves in the Western Division, the Pacers and Knicks in the East, are not very popular, and they have not achieved a breakthrough in the playoffs in recent years, like the Thunder and the Pacers, they have not played the playoffs for several years, but this season they can break through the first round and defeat teams with many old-school stars. Of course, after all, they have only broken through the first round, and there will be a bigger challenge after that, there is a defending champion Nuggets in the West, and it is not easy to break through the Nuggets, and there is a big devil-level team in the East.
That is the Boston Celtics, which can be called the most championship-looking team this year, and the probability of winning the championship is greater than that of the Nuggets, why do you say that? Because in the first round of the series, although the Nuggets eliminated the Lakers with a big score of 4-1, it was not easy for them to win 4 games, and they were behind the Lakers by double-digit scores in all 4 games, and two of them relied on the thrilling victory to win, and the Nuggets actually led the Lakers very little time in the entire series, accounting for only 30%. In fact, from the perspective of the lineup, the Nuggets are not as good as last year, they did not add much immediate combat power, and they also sent away two championship champions, very important rotation role players, one is Jeff Green, the other is Bruce Brown, Green is old and strong, and has rich playoff experience, while Brown is a master of chaos, the court is a jack-of-all-trades, and can do any job.
Contrary to the Nuggets, the Celtics not only improved their team's ability by signing in a trade last summer, but also won the first-round series with the Green Army quite easily, and the opponent did not put much pressure on them. The Heat is also a traditional playoff powerhouse, but it was swept by the Green Army gentlemen in the first round, except for G2 who relied on the team's three-point explosion to win one unexpectedly, the other three games were unsuspenseful defeats. The G1 Green Army won the Heat by 20 points, leading by 34 points during the period, the G3 Green Army won the Heat by 20 points, and at one point at the time, the G4 Green Army won the Heat by 15 points, leading by 28 points during the period, and the G5 finale Green Army had a direct showdown, winning by 34 points. After 5 games, the Celtics have limited opponents to less than 100 points in 4 games and 90 points in 3 games.
The audience of such a game dozed off when they saw it. Although the Heat does not have Butler, it is also a playoff-level team, and with such an excellent coach as Spo, he was completely crushed by the Celtics. The NBA's most championship-looking team, the league is about to come to an end, it seems that the Green Army is indeed the most promising team to win the championship this year, and the dominance is too strong, not only in the first round of the playoffs, but also in the regular season. During the regular season, the Green Army had a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, ranking first in the league, and the only team with more than 60 wins, averaging 120.6 points, 46.3 rebounds, 6.6 blocks, 16.5 three-point shooting, and 38.8% three-point shooting percentage, ranking among the top three in the league.
From the perspective of the lineup, this Celtics team is strong in their starting lineup, after the introduction of Porzingis and Holiday , the main five of the Green Army have All-Star strength, that is, the combat power is full. In this round of the series, White averaged 22.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, with a two-point shooting rate of 74.1%, a three-point shooting rate of 47.7%, and a free throw shooting rate of 90%, becoming the first player in playoff history to average 20 points per game in the first round and shoot 70%+ from two-point range, 40%+ from three-point range, and 90%+ from the free throw line. The most inconspicuous and powerful, this is the horror of the Celts, and the few that stand out have not yet exerted their strength. Of course, we have to find a shortcoming for the Green Army, that is, their absolute core double tanhua, who has never proven themselves in the playoffs, depends on whether they have a chance this year.