The American media divided the strength of the 8 teams in the second round: the Mavericks are only in the fourth gear, the Nuggets are in the second gear, and the first team is in the first gear

Achenggao

2024-05-07 06:48Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

With the end of yesterday's seven-game between the Cavaliers and the Magic, the eight teams in the second round of the East and West are finally determined, the Pacers vs. the Knicks, the Cavaliers vs. the Celtics, the Mavericks vs. the Thunder, and the Timberwolves vs. the Nuggets.

Fifth gear

There are two teams in this bracket, they are the Pacers and the Cavaliers, the first reason why the Pacers are not favored is that they are too young, this team is a youth army that has just made the playoffs this season, and they are lacking in experience, and they can make it to the second round thanks to the injury of the Bucks, in the absence of Lillard and Brother Alphabet, the Pacers can lose one game to their opponents, and it can also be seen from here that the Pacers' instability problem, facing Brunson and his tough Knicks, the Pacers are indeed difficult to advance。

It's understandable that the Cavaliers are not favored, after all, they face the Magic and a playoff rookie need to hit a tie-break, and if it weren't for Mitchell's 89 points in the last two games, it might be their Cavaliers who were eliminated, although this team is nominally a Big Four, in fact, there is only one player who can beat Mitchell, Allen was injured, Mobley and Garland played very hot in the playoffs, and in the second round they faced the Green Army, the favorite to win the championship, and the strength shown by the Cavaliers in the first round, if they were not swept by the Green Army, they were very successful.

Fourth gear

There are two teams in this gear, the Knicks and the Mavericks, the Knicks defeated the 76ers in the first round, which many fans did not expect, after all, Randle, the core of the Knicks, was injured, and what people didn't expect was that Randle's injury helped the team, Brunson had unlimited fire rights to play better, and other players played very well on the offensive end, the team's offense and defense were very smooth, and this team played hard enough, they relied on their enthusiasm to defeat Embiid and Maxey, and the team was likely to reach the division finals。

The Mavericks are in this gear to be honest, I think they are underestimated, in the last two games of the series against the Clippers, the Mavericks proved how strong they are, in the absence of Leonard, they won both games, that is to say, even if there is a small card, the Mavericks are not afraid of them, with a serious defense of Doncic, their defense has been qualitatively improved, and the lethality of the dual core is very inexplicable, although the Mavericks have no advantage in the current top four in the West, but the other three teams do not seem to have an advantage in the face of them。

Third gear

There is only one team in this gear, that is, the Thunder, although it is a youth army, and most of the team's players are playing the playoffs for the first time, but the Thunder are extremely favored by the American media, and the reason why they are favored is because they are the first in the West, the team's roster strength has been proven in the regular season, and the team's three core SGAs, Chet and Jaeway are not afraid to play tough battles, which also allowed them to sweep the Pelicans in the first round to advance, and face the Mavericks in the second round, the two best players in the 18th class meet, and perhaps this round of the series will affect the MVP next season.

Second gear

There are two teams in this gear, they are the Nuggets and the Timberwolves, these two teams met in the second round of the playoffs, which means that if they can advance, then there is a high probability that they will be the favorite team for the Western Conference championship, the Nuggets are the defending champions, they have the league's first Jokic, and the starting lineup is still last season's lineup, but because of the departure of Bruce Brown, the thickness of their lineup has decreased significantly, and the Nuggets have a chance to win the championship this season, but it is much more difficult to win the championship than last season.

The Timberwolves may be the team with the best roster thickness among all teams in the playoffs, they have the perfect 8-man rotation team of interior and wing soldiers, the Timberwolves are not afraid of the Nuggets, because they have enough interior players to consume with Jokic, and they have super scorers like Edwards, which also gives the Timberwolves a stable scoring point, if the Timberwolves can cross the Nuggets, then they are indeed the most likely to get out of the division, this season's Timberwolves are very similar to the Heat in 06.

First gear

This level is a total of one team, he is the Celtics, maybe everyone is more optimistic about the Western team to win the championship, but if the Western team wants to kill out of the division, it is estimated that they will have to shed their skin, their physical fitness will be a test, and now the East looks like the world of the Green Army, as long as there is no big injury, they have no problem in killing the division, and the thickness of the Celtics' squad is second to none in the entire league, and this season is indeed the most promising season for the Green Army to win the championship.

Speaking of which, what do you have to say about this division? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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