Chapter 1010 [A good father, enter the finals again]
The playoffs continued, with the Suns winning one more game on the road, leading the Spurs 3-0.
In the fourth game at home, the Spurs finally avoided the embarrassment of being swept by winning one game as a whole, and the players worked both ends of the floor.
The most eye-catching performance was sophomore rookie Kawhi Leonard, who scored just four points on 2-of-12 shooting from Roy.
The stats don't lie, Leonard's single defense ability is outstanding, with a height of 201CM and an arm span of 221CM. He also has a pair of large hands, which are up to 29.21cm long when the palm is fully open, and the malleability is extremely good, which can interfere well with shots.
Now many people say that he is like Pippen, Leonard is still very calm, rarely shows his emotions on the court, whether he is successful in scoring goals or blocking opponents, he is expressionless.
Another contributor was backup point guard Derrick Fisher, who hit four three-pointers and scored 16 points in the game.
Fisher, who entered the playoffs, averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game, shooting 43.9 percent from the field, and scored 8.7 points in 23 minutes. With his eye-catching performance in the playoffs, he should be able to continue to mix in the NBA next season, as long as he doesn't want to retire and other teams don't care about his character.
On the defensive end, Fisher was completely out of action, and could only play a cameo role as a point guard, and was casually passed by Thomas Jr. as a point guard. He is also not in charge of organization, averaging 0.7 assists per game in the playoffs.
Fisher's journey to join the Spurs was very tortuous and caused a lot of controversy, as he joined the Mavericks first.
Lao Yu used to be a controversial player, playing the Jazz and the Rockets, and this season he started to show off again.
After the end of his contract in 2012, Lao Yu became a free agent, and he worked for a season with the Knicks, and he was on the fringes of the Knicks, and no one cared about him in the free market, so he chose to contact the Mavericks and expressed his desire to join.
With 15 players on the Mavericks' roster already on guaranteed contracts, management would need to cut one player to make room for Fisher. At that time, Cuban was very enthusiastic about Fisher and thought he could help the team.
However, after only playing 9 games for the Mavericks, Fisher was injured, which was not very serious, but he did not want to come back. He told Cuban that he would spend more time with his family while he was recuperating from his injuries, so the bold Cuban happily laid him off.
After the layoff, Fisher said: "Cuban was very supportive of me, and he agreed to my request. I can't put into words how good they have been to me. I want to sincerely thank Mark, the coaching staff and the Mavericks players for the opportunity I have given. ”
"I've decided to give up money and opportunity, and I'm going to make another decision. For me, family comes first, and I chose family. I'm not going to completely cut off the possibility of coming back again, but for now, the most important thing is my family and staying close to them. ”
What a good dad this is, this is the second time he has been laid off with his daughter.
However, Fisher returned two months later, and instead of returning to the Mavericks, he joined the Spurs, who looked to have championship hopes.
So, the calf fryer.
In fact, there are some details of labor rules involved here. Fisher wasn't bought out at the Mavericks like he didn't go to the Rockets report, but he was cut. The difference between the two is that the former will generally get less money for the agreement between the two parties. The latter is how much money the contract stipulates, and Fisher will get as much as he wants.
Moreover, once the contract is reduced and the player is bought out, the original parent team cannot re-sign the player.
Fisher had planned it from the start, and it was unclear what ecstasy soup he had poured into Cuban to convince Cuban that he might return to the Mavericks next season. If he knew that Fisher was gone or even jumped to the Spurs in the same district, Cuban would definitely choose to buy him out in a money-saving way.
That's a scam. Fisher took the full buyout money and turned around to join the Spurs without notifying Mavericks management in advance. This habitual operation is really unattainable, and he left the Jazz like this back then, turned around and joined the Lakers.
An angry Cuban said in an interview: "Life was far more important to Fisher than basketball at that time, and the playoffs were about to start, and life was not important again. ”
It's hard to find someone more scum than Fisher in the NBA throughout NBA history.
The Spurs' character was ruined by Fisher and it was impossible to win the championship. In Game 5, the Suns won by 14 points at home and advanced 4-1.
In another series in the West, the Warriors eliminated the Thunder 4-2.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Westbrook was reimbursed by the Rockets' "mad dog" Beverley in the first round of this year's playoffs. Now Westbrook is jumping around, but the Thunder are not much stronger, and they can't break the Warriors' defense.
The Warriors are four people huddled near the restricted area for 122 joint defense, and let the Thunder players shoot from a long distance. It's impossible for the Thunder to score easily in the restricted area, and the Warriors have three big men in the starting lineup, with Rohr Dundum all 206CM.
The Thunder manager is responsible for the loss, and every year the team is eliminated for a lack of three-point points, he just doesn't bring in a three-point shooter.
This season, the Thunder only have two three-point shooting points, Durant and Kevin Martin, shooting less than 40 percent, and Sefrosa can barely shoot three-pointers, averaging 1.1 goals per game and shooting 31.6 percent.
The Thunder and Wei Shao dare to shoot outside the three-point line, he averaged 5.3 shots per game in the playoffs, second only to Durant with 6.4 shots, and can hit 1.5 shots, a shooting rate of 28%.
This year, Wei Shao also dared to take responsibility as in previous years, shooting 41.5% from the field and averaging 20.9 throws per game, 26 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7 assists, as well as a team-high 4.5 turnovers.
Durant shot slightly less than Wei and was not blocked. Al Horford was really defended, and his stable mid-range shooting and passability could not be played, averaging only 8.6 shots per game, scoring 13.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 0.8 blocks.
Horford, who shot 59.2 percent from the field in the playoffs, averaged 8.6 shots per game, and the Thunder coaching staff didn't even consider changing their tactics to let Horford shoot more singles. Coach Scott Brooks has been questioned by many basketball pundits and is going to leave class in the summer.
The Knicks eliminated the 76ers 4-1 in the East, and the Cavaliers eliminated the Heat 4-2.
Although Odom is not as depraved as he was after joining the Mavericks, he has become a veteran at the age of 34, and his form has inevitably begun to decline.
Granger, who missed 27 games this season due to injury, has been in a slump since his return, shooting just 41 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range for 11.2 points in the playoffs. He gets the annual salary of a star, and only plays the role of a role player.
There was no suspense in the Western Conference finals, the Suns easily eliminated the Warriors 4-1, and the same style of play as in the regular season, the interior players pulled out non-stop cover, Guo Xu received the ball and singled on the weak side, or attracted the bag to share the ball.
Luo Erdeng can limit Roy's play, but there is no way to take Guo Xu.
The biggest advantage of the Suns is that Guo Xu can single-handedly pick up all the outside players of the Warriors and maintain a super high scoring efficiency. If he doesn't get a bag, he can hit more than 60%, and he can't play at all.
As soon as the Warriors were clamped, Guo Xu took advantage of the situation to divide Thompson and the center, Gortat was not as good as Gasol Jr. in defense, but he couldn't let him go in the low post. He can hook his hands on both sides, and if he catches the ball, he can dunk in one step.
In the playoffs, Gortat averaged 13 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in just 30 minutes per game, shooting 63% from the field.
Whiteside, who came off the bench, also played on the court, and his statistics were very beautiful, averaging 6.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 12 minutes per game, shooting 67.2% from the field.
It's not surprising that the Suns center is efficient, hitting the basket when he catches the ball and shooting from close range, and as long as there is a person standing in front of them, they will pass the ball, regardless of the mid-range shot.