Upset 33 points rout! The original form of the NBA Big Four, no championship life!
Halfway through the NBA season, the East and West rankings have also entered a white-hot stage, and the three teams in the West have also entered the competition of four teams, of which the Clippers have won 22 in 26 rounds, and they are only a stone's throw away from the top of the West. Harden has put everyone in their place, and Leonard is the team's best scorer and best defender, and no one can beat him in one-on-one situations. Harden has a talent for shooting, George's shooting, a Wei Shao's offense and defense, and if they can all keep their bodies, then they will be strong contenders for the championship, a strong contender for the championship! With the exception of the Clippers, all Western Conference teams have had problems of one kind or another: Golden State is restricting young players, the Lakers are struggling to get rid of Russell, and the Suns, who have lost confidence, are missing an important role.
Like the Thunder, who are second in the West, and the Timberwolves, despite their great results during the season, they are a blank slate in the playoffs. In the West, perhaps only the Nuggets can cause some problems for the Clippers. In recent times, there have been three teams going on in the entire Eastern Conference: the Celtics, Bucks, 76ers; In this game, there are only three opponents: Miami, Celtics, and Bucks. In short, the 76ers have no ceiling in the playoffs because of Embiid's qualities; And Miami, limited by Butler's age, they are in the playoffs for the last game. At the end of the season, two strong Eastern teams, the Bucks, added Lillard, but their defense was broken; The Celtics rearranged Tatum, Brown, Holiday and Paul, and it was a team formed for the playoffs, but in terms of actual performance, they were not weak.
Since the start of the game, they have won 35 games, 11 games, their win rate is 80%, their offense and defense are the third in the league, and their rebounding, shooting and three-point shooting percentage are among the best in the league! The Celtics' four cores, plus White, average 98 points per game, and it's hard to see their shortcomings from those numbers. However, the two of them, one is Tatum and the other is Jaylen Brown, they have reached the Eastern Conference Finals four times in 7 years, entered the NBA once, and lost to the Warriors, and it is clear that they have no limits! Is it okay to sign a Boshen and a Holiday job? First, let's take a look: Of course not! You can't expect both Gunners to concede the ball at the moment of a high-level matchup, that's simply not possible! 33 points, 19 points, the four most powerful people in the NBA, finally showing their true colors!
The Celtics are characterized by change, and in 24 years, they lost to the Bucks by 33 points in the playoffs, lost to the Nuggets at home, lost to the Clippers at home, and lost to the Clippers by 19 points. When the Celtics faced the Bucks in the half, Brown shot 5 of 14 and Tatum made 2 of 6, leading the Bucks to fall behind 75-38 in the first half, and the angry Mazzulla conceded defeat on the spot! Another example is the game with the Clippers, the Clippers did not get any respite from the three superstars in a row, and the Celtics only supported the first quarter, and in the second quarter, their defense began to become tougher, in the sixth quarter, their defense began to become tougher, and in the sixth quarter, they already had a 21-0 mini-climax, expanding the score to 36 points.
The biggest problem for the Celtics is their two top picks. Tatum has always been the NBA's most desired star and a strong contender for MVP, but after a few years in the NBA, Tatum's strength is not too strong. Edwards, Alexander, Doncic, all their juniors! In this case, Tatum's performance is not very good, but in the West, Tatum can't play a single one, especially against other opponents. As for Brown, it's even more troublesome, he's just a middling player with a 3-of-13 shooting percentage, while Leonard is off the bench.
Durant, James and others didn't dare to make a move, let alone Jaylen Brown. When the Nuggets were 19-6, when Gordon and Porter showed up, all he could do was shoot from beyond the three-point line; Even if he fought with the Thunder, he shot 4 out of 18, but he was suppressed by Dort, which is a performance that does not know the height of the sky, and does not know the thickness of the sky! In a high-level game, the duo is the most important opponent, Tatum will not force the attack, and Brown will not do too much damage, which is even more unlikely. If he only relied on Boogie and Holiday to rely on him, he might be better than Smart and Horford, but his limits are limited.
Even if the Celtics play in the Eastern Conference, they won't be able to beat any other opponent. Not to mention the Clippers"The Big Three"and Nuggets'"Five Tigers", each of them has their own role to play. However, the Celtics were once again frozen! They prescribed five years for Brown 30.4 billion dollars in contracts, and this summer, they will definitely offer Tatum a five-year 3A sky-high contract of 38 million, but for them, this is simply impossible. These two years are their best chance, after all, the draft picks for these two years are binding, Boshen and White, and Holiday don't want to stay! The Celtics are no longer expected to win the championship, and looking at the performance of those two scouts, you know that their end is already doomed.