The Celtics suffered a shock 105-114 loss at home to the Lakers, who did not have James, and this game also made the Celtics wake up to the gap between the teams.
Tatum played 36 minutes, 22 of 8 three-pointers, 5 of 10, 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Brown played 27 minutes, 12 shots of 4, including 3 of 3 points, 0 of which got 8 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, the two of them combined to score 31 points, not as tall as Reaves of 18 of 10, from this game, the double tanhua combination is in vain and cannot win for the team.
Today, the NBA announced that Brown was selected to the All-Star bench lineup, and with Tatum, who had previously started, the Celtics duo were all selected as All-Stars this season.
Tatum can sign a contract extension with the team this summer, and with the capital of an All-Star starter, he can negotiate with the team for 5 years and 3With a contract of 3.4 billion, Tatum is a top 10 player in the league, and the Celtics will happily renew his contract.
23 years in the summer of the Green Army 5 years 30.4 billion and Brown renewed his contract ahead of schedule, Brown's new contract will be fulfilled in 24, and his starting salary is as high as 52.37 million.
Tatum and Brown are both super contracts, Tatum 5 years 33.4 billion Brown 5 years 30.4 billion The total contract amount of the two reached 63.8 billion, which is also the most expensive duo in the league.
Tatum and Brown will earn a combined 11.8 billion, while the luxury tax threshold for next season is 17.2 billion, which means that the Celtics will undoubtedly trigger the luxury tax cap, and the Celtics will have to pay a high luxury tax if they want to maintain the double probe lineup.
In the history of the NBA, no team has ever had two core salaries of more than $50 million, and the Celtics have set a precedent, which has also made the Celtics have a hard time.
Today's game between the Celtics and the Lakers may completely wake up the Celtics, and their highly-anticipated double tanhua combination is not compatible and cannot produce a one-plus-one greater than two effect, the Celtics' past playoff experience proves this, and future games will prove it.
The reason for this is that both of them play at the forward position, which makes it difficult to coexist on the court, and Brown has averaged 33 per game this season2 minutes 175 votes 86 of 5 of 3 of them2-of-8 shots to get 223 points 54 rebounds 37 assists and 49 two-point shooting1%, 34 three-point shooting85, Tatum averaged 35 games per game8 minutes 192 votes 91 of 8 of the 3 points26 on 3-of-2 shooting8 points 84 rebounds 44 assists and 47 two-point shooting1% three-point shooting percentage of 367%。
The problem of the Celtics is that the interior strength is not good, their interior shooting percentage and interior scoring rank first in the league and third from the bottom in the league respectively, which means that the Celtics' offensive means are too simple, and they can only rely on outside scoring without interior scoring strength. Tatum and Brown are strong, but they are not players who can break through to the interior and create opponent kills, they like to float on the outside away from the paint, so the Celtics' interior offensive ability is very weak.
Because they couldn't score inside, the Celtics could only settle the battle by shooting three-pointers, and the Celtics averaged 42 per gameSeven shots is the highest in the league, and while the Celtics' three-point shooting percentage is not bad, when it comes to the defensive intensity of the playoffs, the three-point shooting percentage drops sharply, and what does the Celtics rely on to score at that time.
The Celtics came off the bench to score 28Sitting fourth from bottom in the league with four points, it also means that the Celtics are under-benched and the team relies too much on the starting five.
The Celtics' dilemma today is that the team's resource allocation is wrong, the team spends the most money on the forward line to raise Tatum and Brown, so the team's interior line is very weak, and once Boshen is injured, the interior line will be unavailable.
Brown and Tatum are incompatible and also have the highest salary on the team, the next 6The salary of 3.8 billion is even more league-topping, unless the Celtics boss has a mine at home, he will spend so much money to raise Shuangtanhua.
In Brown and Tatum are still on rookie contracts or Brown is still performing 4 years of 1The 0.4 billion contract is the best time for the Celtics to win the championship, but unfortunately by chance, the Celtics and the championship passed by, and the Celtics have missed the best championship window, and the team reorganization is imperative.
This year is Brown 4 years 1In the final year of his 0.4 billion contract, he will fulfill his super big contract next year, when the Celtics will no longer have a salary to maintain the current luxury roster.
Therefore, this season is the last chance for the Celtics to win the championship, but the problem of the Celtics is also very obvious, the loss today, the weakness of the Celtics was fully exposed, the Lakers have height and athleticism, they can limit the Celtics' shooting percentage, once the Celtics players can't find their touches, such as Brown lost on the court, the Celtics upset loss to the Lakers without Zhan Mei is also reasonable.
I believe that other teams in the NBA will also see the weakness of the Celtics, and they will prescribe the right medicine to give the Celtics a fatal blow, they can station troops on the inside to prevent the Celtics from scoring inside, so that the Celtics can only rely on the three-point feel, if the Celtics are not allowed to lose for sure, the Celtics have no inside line and can only walk on the outside on one leg, and this way of playing is destined to not go far in the playoffs.
If the Celtics can't win the championship, the team will definitely be dismantled this summer, Brown will be traded by the Celtics to reduce the team's salary burden, and the Celtics' hope of winning the championship in the future will become more and more slim. Fans, what do you think about this? Leave me a review**.