Sure G1 is back! The NBA's strongest five giants are combined, and the Mavericks are hanging! The Green Army went for the championship

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2024-06-05 00:33Published in Chongqing

The NBA Finals will soon begin. It is also expected that the Celtics can win the Eastern Conference championship, after all, they have been firmly in first place in the East since the first half of the regular season, and their form is quite stable. And on the western side, the Lone Ranger can break out of the encirclement, which is unexpected. It's not that the Mavericks aren't strong, because there are too many top teams in the Western Conference, and among the strong teams in the Western playoffs, there are not only traditional giants such as the Lakers, Suns, and Clippers, but also the new generation of dark horses such as the Thunder and Timberwolves, as well as the defending champion Denver Nuggets. The Mavericks have become the most inconspicuous of them inside, although they also have the outside duo of Doncic and Irving, but last season, the two teamed up for the first time to lead the Mavericks to 11th place in the West and missed the playoffs.

And this season, as Doncic and Irving cooperate more and more tacitly, coupled with the team's optimization of the lineup structure, the introduction of two blue-collar interior lines, Lively and Gafford to make up for the shortcomings, and find PJ Washington who can share the pressure for the Eastern European combination, the Mavericks lineup is much more reasonable, and the dual cores are also at the peak, which is why they can rise strongly this year. In the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Mavericks defeated opponents who were not simple, defeating the league's most expensive team in the first round, the Los Angeles Clippers, eliminating the first youth storm Thunder in the West in the regular season in the second round, and the Timberwolves, the super dark horse, in the Western Finals. After the Timberwolves defeated the Big Demon Nuggets, they were once considered to have a stable championship, but they didn't expect the Mavericks to give them a slap in the face. No way, the Timberwolves are still too young and lack playoff experience.

For the Mavericks, they still want to go further, which is basically difficult, because the Mavericks' opponent in the finals, the Celtics, has a stronger overall strength, and this Green Army has a deep strong team culture, can attack and defend, and can't find any obvious shortcomings. Facing the duo of Doncic and Irving, the duo of Holiday + White will put a lot of pressure on them. Holiday has always been a defender known for his defense, and he once made a fatal steal in the final moments of the Eastern Conference G3 and relied on defense to end the game. And White's defensive ability is also the top among the outside players, the Eastern Conference G4 White contributed 5 steals and 3 blocks in a single game, and the last player to achieve this data in the division finals was Pippen next to Jordan. You might think that the Timberwolves aren't bad at outside defense.

After all, Timberwolves outside players Edwards and McDaniels have a very high level of defense, but for Edwards, his physical talent is really good and can support his defense to a certain ability, but his defensive awareness and habits are not good, and there is still a gap between him and the top defenders. And the combination of White and Holiday has such a statistic, so far in this year's playoffs, the two have limited the shooting percentage of opponent guards to 39.2%, which is a bit exaggerated. The Green Army's playoff journey this year has been easy enough, with the first two rounds of gentlemen sweeping the Heat and Cavaliers 4-1, and the Eastern Conference finals ruthlessly sweeping the league's No. 1 offensive team, the Pacers, without any threat at all, in fact, they even conceded a starting interior core Porzingis.

Boshen has been absent from G5 with the Heat due to a calf soleus muscle strain, and has not returned before the Finals, missing 10 consecutive playoff games. According to Shams, in the first game of the Finals, Porzingis is sure to make a comeback, which will pose a huge challenge for the Mavericks. Because Boshen's personal ability is very comprehensive, as a center can be inside and outside, he can open up space to the periphery for projection, and the Mavericks are both traditional centers and do not have the ability to project, so it will definitely not be easy for them to prevent Porzingis. In the words of Green legend Pierce: "His charm is that he doesn't need to be the best. As long as he's on the court, his height, his athleticism in blocks, can add points to the defensive end. There's also his projection ability to unlock more possibilities on the offensive end...... I know he's not going to be 100 per cent healthy, but his presence is crucial on both ends of the floor. ”

On the other hand, Porzingis' old club is the Mavericks, who have been teammates with Doncic for three years and know enough about the Mavericks to help the Celtics provide some combat experience. As soon as Bo Shen returns, the strongest five-man group in the league will officially merge, the Celtics' starting five-man group, all of them are All-Stars, and the most inconspicuous White is also a ruthless character, integrating offense and defense, and can also play key balls. The Green Army is also the only team in the league with five starters, all of whom have strong independent offensive ability, and everyone can be the savior of the team, and it is difficult for opponents to limit the Green Army's offense through defense. If the Mavericks want to win, they must first attack the explosive seed themselves, and at the same time pray that at least three of the five Celtics have a chance to win, what do you think?

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