After the start of the NBA playoffs this season, a lot of interesting situations have emerged. For example, during the regular season, the Eastern Celtics dominated the family, but in the playoffs, everyone was half-hearted, and the Celtics could also be defeated by the Heat at home, and the Bucks were even more injured in Brother Alphabet and Lillard, and the big score was still behind the Pacers, and the situation was very critical. However, overall, as long as the Celtics don't make consecutive mistakes, they have already entered the Finals with one foot, and it is difficult for teams such as the Knicks and Cavaliers to create pressure on them. And the West is a different situation, Curry and his Warriors can't even make the playoffs, but the Lakers and Suns who have made the playoffs are on the verge of being out again. Including the Clippers, the configuration of the Big Four is not as good as Doncic and Irving's double partners, and it is supported by Harden. One thing is for sure, this season is destined to be a turning one.
James, Durant, and Curry, who have dominated the league for more than a decade, have slowly lost their competitiveness. These three teams are also divided into three grades, the Warriors are an internal friction team, the contradiction between young people and meritorious, the management and coaching staff have been unable to make decisions for a long time; the Suns are a team with its own phenotype, everyone can play the big three downwind, and the headwind ball will only sigh and sigh, and find various reasons after the game; and the Lakers are different, from the perspective of the regular season, the Lakers may be able to break through the first round in the playoffs regardless of the Thunder, Timberwolves, and Clippers, but they can't beat the Nuggets. The Nuggets are above the Lakers in terms of roster structure, offensive level, and efficiency at the end of the game. The team that leads 3-0 in the playoffs in NBA history has a 100% chance of making the final cut!
Let's start with three statistics. According to American media statistics, James can average 33.6 points per game in the playoffs when facing a life-and-death battle in the playoffs, and he has scored 30+ 19 times, the first in NBA history! In addition, James averaged 7.2 points per game in the last quarter of his career, which is also the first in NBA history! The last data is even more exaggerated, in the playoffs this season, James averaged 10 points per game in the final quarter, the first in the league! What do these three data mean? As the defending champions, the Nuggets have played the role of the Lakers' nemesis since last season, and the Nuggets' warm boiled frog style of play has greatly challenged James and the entire Lakers. In the Nuggets and Lakers series, G2 battle, the Lakers once unexpectedly led the Nuggets by 20 points, and began to collapse in the second half of the third quarter; G4 battle, played in the second half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers led by 19 points, avoiding the embarrassment of being swept by the Nuggets. Could James have done better?
After winning the championship in the bubble park in 20 years, James has said more than once that he hopes to hand over the team's banner to the thick eyebrows, but in the past few years, the thick eyebrows have been plagued by injuries and James can't hand them over, so he can only sacrifice the energy on the defensive end and maximize the value of the offensive end, at the age of 39, his physical fitness slot may only be 60%-70% of that when he was 33 years old But the terrible thing is that James averaged 27.3 points, 8.3 assists and 2 steals per game this season, which is close to the data of the championship-winning season (27.6 points, 8.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game), and the true shooting percentage is even higher! Bosh has long lived a retirement and leisure life, accompanying his wife and children, traveling all over the world, James still sticks to the basketball court day after day, coming to the arena 3-4 hours in advance for each game to start training, in addition to describing it with love and perseverance, the key is that he still maintains the highest level.
After the Lakers won the championship in the bubble park, Pelinka directly dismantled the championship framework in order to reduce the salary cap, and they have already said goodbye to the championship. After that, it was a mistake to trade Wei Shao, James and Thick Eyebrows do need a third big man and stable scoring points, but Wei Shao is not, and Russell will be downgraded in the playoffs. But let's be realistic, the Lakers live on the luxury tax line every year, and they are a big step slower than others at the starting line. James has thick eyebrows, and all they can do is not be afraid of any team in the league, including the defending champion Nuggets, when they are physically fit, and as Jokic said, the game against the Lakers is always getting harder and harder, and they are playing too tenacious. But as the game deepens, after the physical fitness is gradually overdrawn, James is really powerless, and he may be able to be 5 years younger!
What if the Lakers are eliminated? From the time the Lakers actively chose the Nuggets in the play-offs, they may have locked in the outcome of the Lakers' elimination. The new signings brought in last offseason were nothing but Prince. James lacked a second point of possession, Reaves was kicked off the shelf, Russell was downshifted in the playoffs, and with the two defensive ends being sieve attributes, James has done it to the extreme. James has a 21-year career, and he did have a huddle, but the premise is that the Cavaliers have nothing in 7 years and lacks enough help, and the huddle style was not initiated by James, but was forced to that point by the Celtics Big Three. In addition, I can't find any shortcomings in James, and the relationship with his wife Savannah has been the same for decades, without any off-court scandals, he has been the best model and idol in the NBA in the past 20 years.
And this summer, Bronny will not be too surprised to enter the league, and James will also achieve the goal of father and son competing on the same court, and achieve a career story. Looking back at this season's playoffs and the Nuggets series, James has no regrets about being out, he and this Lakers team, which is not an elite level, have done it all. Including the 411 milestone that went down in history, it is impossible for future generations to surpass! In James' own words, this is just basketball, in the final analysis, it is just basketball. When one day he really can't play anymore and really has to say goodbye to the stage of his career, I don't know who can replace his position in the hearts of fans, or no one will ever surpass him!