Thunder hated defeat? Alexander's ability to hold the ball is completely inferior to Doncic, so he must lose?
The fundamental reason for winning or losing this round of the series is that the SGA ball holding level is not as good as 077, how can these two compare, one with the ball and one with a classical scoring guard, 077's three-point passing level with the ball is stronger than Lao Zhan in the same period. Wei Shao and Harden were fierce enough back then, and their teammates had to go if they couldn't stand up. Curry's three-point shooting is accurate enough, and if his teammates can't shoot, it's not a break. Booker is more accurate than SGA's three-point accuracy, Booker is out, so is Huazi, isn't the total number of three-pointers in his career surpassing Curry also in a desperate situation, the success of players should not only be about winning or losing, so what is the point of comparing these, this is just a round series, and Dongzi and SGA still have a long way to go
These two rounds of the playoffs have fully illustrated the importance of role players, and the Mavericks Thunder said that the Thunder's first game of role players played well, and the team won easily. The role players in the next few games were completely dumb, Hardaway and Washington Jones on the Mavericks' side had highlight performances, and the Mavericks completely suppressed the Thunder. The same can be said for the Timberwolves-Nuggets series, and in this space-critical era, where role players can take one or two open shots, the game can change dramatically
In fact, the role players of the Mavericks do play extraordinarily, of course, these are also driven by the core players, in fact, the key to the Thunder is the positional battle, the 3 points are too bad, the Mavericks and the Thunder strategy are the same, I will give it to you, and the result is that the opposite role player 3 points soared, but the Thunder vacancy is difficult to hit. Who would have thought that PJ, which used to be less than 3, is now 50%. It's acceptable to break out in one game, and a few outbursts have already forced the opponent to change their defensive strategy.
In fact, the basic game of the Mavericks has not changed, and the offense is still Eastern Europe being pinched out of the opportunity for role players to play, but the role players have developed the operation of dribbling a few more steps to attack the frame, in essence, it is still mainly based on catching and shooting, I have always felt that the individual singles in Eastern Europe are actually not the biggest advantage of the Mavericks' offense, because there are many players who are powerful in singles, and there are not so many opportunities for singles in the playoffs, and the biggest advantage of the Mavericks is that the singles in Eastern Europe are strong enough for the opponent to be sandwiched
Compared with the Thunder, it is obvious that the Thunder's last four offenses have been strangled to death, not because Yali is not as good as Eastern Europe's singles ability, but because his ability to find vacancies in the face of the pinch ball is still a little weaker, and most of his teammates still shoot at the top of the ball, and the defensive gap encountered in the regular season is too big, so naturally he can't shoot.
The defense is also the implementation of the team-building idea since the trade, strengthening the rebounding and near-mid-range rim protection, appropriately emptying non-space points, and playing teams with strong singles on the pinch plus strengthening the defensive rotation, of course, the improvement of rotation speed and defensive quality is largely due to the fact that the defensive intensity of Doncic and Irving in the playoffs completely matches the team's defensive level.