basketball pope

Chapter 873 [Award again, smash the signboard]

The strongest outside three-point firepower and the strongest rebounding efficiency, these two points together make the Clippers invincible this season.

The Clippers also lost only two games in the second half, the Spurs on the road and the Grizzlies at home.

The Grizzlies are a playoff team. Lillard and McClum have two shots on the outside, and the Clippers have the upper hand with three-pointers. Lillard made 9 three-pointers and scored 51 points. 7 Assists and 6 steals, setting a career scoring record.

Lillard said after the game that he respects Curry a lot, but he doesn't like being told he looks like Curry. "His performance is amazing, but I am who I am, so don't say I'm imitating him, you're disrespecting me by saying that."

In fact, their play styles are really very similar, except that Lillard is not as accurate as Curry.

On April 4, the Clippers played their final away game against the Suns, who missed the playoffs. The lions fought the rabbits. They also tried their best to win 13 to 115. The final record was fixed at 94 wins and 78 losses, and the regular season record was improved by one. field.

No player in the Clippers suffered serious injuries throughout the season. Whiteside and Gasol each took a break for 10 games. Jokic and David West are not weak and can top them. Draymond Green can also make a cameo. Center; outside Devin Booker missed 6 games with a sprained ankle, and Middleton missed 11 games with a shoulder injury, none of which was serious.

The Clippers have averaged 118.5 points per game this season and only conceded 102.7 points. They have performed amazingly on both ends of the offense and defense. They seem to lose a lot of points. In fact, their defense is not inferior to last season, but the pace has accelerated.

With "Huanzhugege", Middleton, Antetokounmpo, Whiteside and others around, the Clippers really want to focus on defense, and it is entirely possible to limit the opponent's score to less than 90 points in a single season.

The second-ranked Spurs in the Western Conference were not bad either, with 63 wins, and no other team had 60+ wins.

The Rockets only ranked eighth in the West, which is a very shameful statistic as a Big Three team.In addition to the problems of Harden and Howard, the third boss Bosh was reimbursed for the season because of thrombosis in the middle.

Before the All-Star break last season, Bosh missed many games with a blood clot.He participated in the 2015 New York All-Star Game and played 11 minutes, scoring 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.After the game, Bosh suddenly felt short of breath and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Doctors conducted a thorough examination and found that Bosh's blood clot had metastasized from the calf to the lungs, a rare disease.

Bosh's disease relapsed this year. If it wasn't for Bosh's wife insisting that he go to the hospital for examination, if it wasn't discovered early, Bosh would most likely die in the game.So since February, Bosh has been sidelined.

They met the Clippers in the first round, and the Rockets have gone through the playoffs this year.

Unsurprisingly, the bottom team in the Western Conference was the Lakers again. "The Great" Embiid was reimbursed again. The Lakers had no one available inside except Hibbert. They only won 15 games in the season, setting a new loss record.Kobe Bryant retired in the applause of Los Angeles fans, no one listed the data, everyone is not black.

The Eastern Wizards ranked first with 59 wins, the Cavaliers had an excellent record in the second half, and ranked second with 53 wins. After that, no team could achieve 50+ wins, and the 7th and 8th winning percentages were less than half.

The Bucks are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 61 losses.

Adam Silva continued to have a headache.Why most NBA stars are reluctant to play in the East has been debated from the 20th century to the 21st century, and there is still no clear statement until today.But here's the thing, even though many cities in the East have lower taxes and stars can make more money, they just don't want to join.

The data king came out, Curry averaged 34 minutes, scored 30.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.1 steals, won the scoring and steals king.

In addition, he shot 50.4% from the field, 45.4% from three-point range, 90.8% from the free throw line, and entered the 180 club for the first time in his career.His efficiency rating is as high as 31.5, and he averages 5.1 three-pointers per game, which is also the first in the league.

With terrifying data, there is no suspense for Curry to win the regular season MVP this season. If Silva dares to award this award to others, this award can also be cancelled next year.

Pistons center Andre Drummond led the league in rebounding at 14.8 per game.

The Thunder's Russell Westbrook leads his career in assists for the first time, averaging 10.4 per game.

The block leader is Jazz center Rudy Gobert, averaging 2.7 per game.

The team rested for two days, and Clippers veteran Andre Miller and teenager Norman Powell did not make the 13-man roster for the playoffs.

Compared with Powell, who is very unstable, Yang Rui believes more in Richard Jefferson's experience.As for Miller, he was a back-playing coach in the Clippers and barely played.

There was no suspense in the first round, and the Clippers easily swept the Rockets with an uneven lineup 4-0.

Harden's performance was extremely poor, shooting 41% from the field and 31% from three-point range. He averaged 20 shots per game and could only get 26.5 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.Looking at the data, he seems to be a star, but in fact, such a low hit rate is an undercover.

Howard's performance is worse than Harden's, averaging 13 points and 14 rebounds per game, and the free throw percentage is only 36.8%. Howard will definitely leave Houston in the summer, and he is no longer popular here.

The Rockets' third scoring point in the playoffs turned out to be Michael Beasley, who joined freely in the mid-term, with 10.4 points.With such a lineup, it's not surprising that the Clippers lost an average of 28 points per game.

The second round was equally simple, the Clippers swept the Grizzlies 4-0.

The Grizzlies eliminated the Warriors and advanced to the second round. The weakness is obvious. The offense mainly relies on double guns from the outside, and there is almost no offensive power on the inside.Jordan's offense is impossible to practice, the opponent can defend as long as he fouls and sends him free throws.

What shocked the fans was that Curry sprained his knee in the second game of the series, was helped off the court by his teammates, and immediately went to the hospital.

If Curry is reimbursed for the playoffs, the Clippers will lack the number one star, and the difficulty of defending the title will definitely increase.Fortunately, his MRI was negative, and he suffered a first-degree sprain and is expected to miss two weeks.

Yang Rui told Curry to recuperate from his injury and not rush to come back. He just took this opportunity to train the rookie.With less player rotation in the playoffs and Curry not playing, Booker can get more minutes.

Relying on the performance of Antetokounmpo, Gasol, Whiteside, LaVine and others, the Clippers won two more victories away.

Grizzlies fans thought the home team had a chance. The Clippers would be weaker without MVP. The Clippers would indeed be weaker without Curry, but the lineup is not comparable to the Grizzlies.

After waiting for a few days, another round of the Western Conference series was decided, and the Thunder eliminated the very promising Spurs 4-2.

The Spurs players cooperate very well, but they are no match for talent crushing.

The regular season awards have been announced. Yang Rui and Curry won the awards, and they were unanimously elected as the best coach and MVP.

Whiteside unexpectedly won the Best Sixth Man Award. He averaged a double-double per game and was able to play on both ends of the floor with high efficiency.Competing with him is the Pacers sixth man Jamal Crawford, averaging 14.2 points and 2.3 assists.

The best rookie was won by Towns of the Timberwolves. In his rookie season, he could score a double-double of 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2 assists.Booker played few minutes, averaging 10.6 points per game, and was selected to the rookie second team.

The best defensive player was won by Kawhi Leonard of the Spurs. There is no controversy. The Spurs are among the best in all defensive statistics, averaging only 92.9 points per game.Draymond Green also gained, once again making the All-Defensive First Team.

Curry led the All-NBA first team, and Draymond and Gasol were selected for the third team together.

The Clippers have a bumper harvest of honors, and some people are very disappointed.

Griffin, who joined the Heat, only played 48 games all season, and he didn't even make it to the third team. The Heat were eliminated in the first round. "Golden Operator" Pat Riley's signboard is completely smashed.

(End of this chapter)