When it comes to NBA superstars, from the perspective of personal honors and achievements, James, Durant and Curry are undoubtedly within the range, and Leonard, although he is a late bloomer, he also has two championships and two FMVPs, second only to the existence of the three Giandukul. Harden, Wei Shao, Paul these players, although they have not won the championship, but their personal honors have indeed received a lot of money, Harden is a three-time scoring champion, Wei Shao is the historical triple-double king, Paul 5 steal kings + 6 assist kings, one of the historical-level point guards, it is not inappropriate to call them supergiants. Of course, these traditional stars are also older, and they are really not in their peak in terms of ability, and from the perspective of immediate combat power, they can hardly be regarded as active superstars.
In this year's playoffs, there are several stars who have played at superstar levels, such as Edwards of the Timberwolves and Brunson of the Knicks. So far in the playoffs, Edwards has averaged 30.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. Brunson averaged 33.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, leading the Knicks to become the big dark horse in the East, Brunson has scored 40+ points in a single game 5 times this playoffs, no one has done it in the past 5 years, and the last one to do it was the 18-year Cavaliers James. In terms of overall performance in the playoffs, Edwards and Brunson can definitely be included in the category of supergiants, but from the perspective of instant power, after all, the two have just made a name for themselves, and they still need to prove themselves through more games.
And the player with the strongest combat power in the current team, the first person in the league, has to be Jokic, who has won three MVPs in the past four seasons, which is a real deal. In fact, in the past few years, there have been people challenging for the title of the first person in the Teacher League, such as Brother Alphabet, Embiid, and Alexander this season. Brother Alphabet's personal dominance has declined significantly in recent times, and he dropped the chain as soon as he arrived in the playoffs, and led the team to a round for two consecutive years, which is indeed a bit unreasonable. And Embiid has full personal data in the regular season, super explosive scoring, and is also dumb as soon as he arrives in the playoffs, Brother Alphabet has won the championship, but Embiid has never proven himself in the playoffs, and he can't even see the taillights of Mr. Yoo. Alexander is the second on this year's MVP list, but his ability is still a lot worse than Jokic, and the MVP first vote is only one-fifth of Jokic's.
In fact, in this year's playoffs, Jokic seems to have a bit of a "collapsed house", and it is not easy to lead the team to win the Lakers in the first round, and every game has to fall behind in the first half. In the second round of the series, he faced the big dark horse Timberwolves, led the team to lose two games in a row at home, and was once pushed to the edge of the cliff. Compared with last year's championship season, Jokic's offensive efficiency has also declined to a certain extent. After falling behind 0-2, the vast majority of fans, NBA commentators, and some NBA celebrities were not optimistic about the Nuggets and Jokic, O'Neal directly said that Alexander was more worthy of MVP, and Jokic did not perform as well as him. General Arenas also said: "Jokic has to rely on Murray at critical moments, and I don't understand what the MVP means. From this time on, Jokic completely broke out, and then led the team to three consecutive cities, pulling the big score from 0-2 to 3-2.
Among them, G3 Jokic led the team to a 27-point away victory, scoring 24 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in a single game. G4 Jokic blasted 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, reaching a number of milestones and becoming the steal king in the history of the Nuggets, with a total score of 5 players in the playoffs, including Gasol, Antetokounmpo, Iverson, Jaylen Brown and Hornacek. G5 Jokic had a showdown, with 40 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists and 0 turnovers, 40+5+10 and 0 turnovers in the playoffs, the first person after Paul. In the playoffs, a single game of points + assists totaled 70 points and 0 turnovers, the first in NBA history. In those three games, Jokic shot 16-of-16 from the basket on a three-foot shot.
Jokic has always been seen by many as lazy and lazy, paddling when he can in the game, but when the team is in adversity, he can also step up and explode wildly, playing with the offensive aggression of a superstar. Especially in the third quarter of Tianwang Mountain, Jokic took the ball and wanted to do it himself, and he named Gobert, the best defensive player, in a row, which was dumbfounded. Easy 27 points to win, 15 points to win! The NBA's most championship-looking team, the league's first person is really hammered. When Jokic goes into full swing mode and the Nuggets as a whole quickly adjusts to their condition, they become very difficult to beat. In fact, this year's Nuggets don't look as strong as last year, a big reason is that the three-point shots of the role players are collectively inaccurate, but their role players all have strong shooting ability, are also very confident in shooting, and there is always a time to rebound. Do you think the Timberwolves still have a chance to drag the series into a tiebreaker?