One Night Only: Season Reimbursement? The Knicks were hit hard, the Timberwolves were a big success, and the Pelicans infighting was exposed

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2024-05-08 08:57Published in Shandong

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and injuries are inevitable for teams still in contention for the playoffs, and how to maintain that integrity to a greater extent is one of the important factors in their ability to go further. On the other hand, the results of the major awards in the regular season have also been released, and the results of the DPOY selection were released earlier, and the Timberwolves became the biggest winner this season. The teams that were eliminated from the tournament were constantly coming out with various news, including the signing of the Lakers, the 76ers' reinforcement target, and the Pelicans as the dark horse team, which exposed the infighting problems that existed in the early days of the team. NBA: Season reimbursement, Knicks hit hard, Timberwolves were hugely successful, Pelicans infighting exposed.

First of all, let's talk about the injury situation of the playoff team, for the Knicks, they can advance to the second round this season is somewhat unexpected, the team has done the ultimate in the lineup rotation, basically the game is 8 people in rotation, the starters can be said to play the top in the league, statistics show that the average playing time of players who are playing in the playoffs, the Knicks occupy three of the top four, namely Hart 46.6 minutes, Brunson 43.7 minutes, Anunoby 41.7 minutes, and the other is Doncic. This has left the outside world skeptical about the Knicks' fitness and health.

Not surprisingly, the Knicks' injury situation came, but it was not the main player who was injured, but an important rotation player. After Randle and Bojan were reimbursed for the season, another rotation player in the team, Miro, was injured. According to Shams, Miro suffered a stress injury to his right ankle and will be re-evaluated in 6~8 weeks. After the playoffs this season, Mitchell Robinson played in 6 games, averaging 2.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 19.2 minutes per game, although his performance was average in terms of statistics, but he played an average of 19 minutes per game, which can be said to be one of the important rotation players in the team. 6~8 weeks of re-evaluation, which most likely means season reimbursement.

It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming suffered this injury in the 09 playoffs and was finally reimbursed for the season. For the Knicks, how to avoid more injuries in the upcoming schedule and how to make up for the impact of Mitchell's absence among other players will be key. In the current game against the Pacers, they lead the series 1-0.

Earlier, the DPOY selection had a final result, according to the NBA's official social media announcement, Timberwolves player Gobert won the Defensive Player of the Year this season, Gobert played 34.1 minutes this season and averaged 14 points, 12.9 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, this is the fourth time Gobert has won the Defensive Player of the Year in his career, after he won the award three times when he played for the Jazz. It is worth mentioning that Gobert received a total of 72 votes, with a total score of 433 points for the first vote, and Wembanyama received 19 votes, with a total score of 245 points for the first vote, and Gobert won the selection of the best defensive player by a landslide. Only Gobert has not made it to the Finals three or more DOYs in history, the others are Mutomboburn, Wallace, and Howard.

This season has been a fruitful season for the Timberwolves, who have won many awards, including Gobert for the best defensive player, Naz Reid for the best sixth man, and Mike Conley for the best teammate. And with their current 2-0 lead in the series against the defending champion Nuggets, how far do you think the Timberwolves can go this season?

As a dark horse team in the previous standings, the Pelicans were swept out mainly because of the team's injury problems, Zion's absence had a great impact on the team's strength, and the team was also revealed to have further operations in the offseason, and Ingram may be abandoned by them by him. According to Shams, the Pelicans used to have infighting in the locker room. Ingram and coach Willie Green had a locker room conversation in Game 2 of the Modern Season, and Ingram hopes the coach can help him get more of the ball. Reporter Evan Sidery was able to break the news that the Pelicans don't plan to extend Ingram's contract in the offseason, and the team may use Ingram's contract to match draft assets in a trade, and other stars to partner with Zion.

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