NBA has now become a one-year, 24-hour uninterrupted sports event. But will a big show and overwhelming rumors be deceived by people's understanding of the players' performance on the court? Should we blame the playoffs year after year, long-lasting and frequent dramas?
Although you may not believe it, Nick Nas is walking on thin ice and frightened every day. Of course, he is not blamed. He is not the only one who has been plagued after the Eastern Conference Finals Bucks fight against the Raptors G1. In this fierce series that was supposed to be a fierce collision between the first and second in the East, Mars collided like a fierce collision between the first and second in the East, the Raptors suffered a crushing defeat in the first two games.
After being tragically ravaged by the Bucks, Nass was asked how to get the Raptors to rest in the offseason in order to fight again next year. He told ESPN reporter Tim Bontemps, "I don't care about this at all. I just want my players to fight for a game now, and this victory will change the trend of this round of the series." He finally got what he wanted, thanks to the heroic performance of "superhero" Kawhi Leonard, who dragged a wounded leg on the court for nearly an hour, and finally defeated the Bucks in double overtime. But even if the Raptors win G3, their chances of winning this series are still very slim. All teams in history who won two first wins have a chance of winning this series of 287 wins and 20 losses. In other words, the Raptors only have a 6.5% chance to defeat the Bucks to win this series. If we just push our vision a little forward and only look at the situation in the East and West Finals in the previous few years, the Raptors may have a higher chance. But their chances of winning are less than 10%.
Nass put forward an argument that the Raptors, who convinced everyone (maybe just convinced himself), can still defeat the Bucks, that is, the Thunder and Spurs series: The Thunder once had a tiger at the beginning, and they won two games first, but the Spurs made great efforts in the future and won the series for 4 consecutive games. But he ignored that this was a series that lasted seven years. And the ending of this big reversal is just a small accident under the big rules. The Raptors' head coach obviously didn't realize this, but maybe we need the appearance of a "Han-Soro" character like him now. (The main character in the main trilogy of the movie "Star Wars" has a arrogant personality. His humor is sarcastic, while his attitude is fearless) He is one of the few highlights in the now fragmented playoffs.
If I were to write about Zhou Tian (local time in the United States) that shocked the Raptors at night, who fought hard to win overtime and finally won, I would have to mention the G7 battle between the Raptors and the 76ers. I was on the scene in the G7 match of the Eastern Conference semi-finals, but I still have to say that Leonard's incredible and incredible winning goal was undoubtedly the best winning goal I have ever witnessed. The basketball bounced all over the basket, and the long time made me want to boldly predict that the game was about to enter overtime for my friend sitting next to me. And just a few hours ago, we witnessed the Trail Blazers , who was 17 points behind in the studio of Scotiabank Arena, turning the tide in the G7 battle with Nuggets , stepping on the Nuggets' body to enter the Western Conference Finals for the first time in nearly 20 years. Both games were full of drama and viewing experiences, and that day was probably the best day I’ve ever had in my life. The other playoffs this year will appear dull compared to these two games, which also reminds us how dull this year's playoffs are, and it's like going through the motions.
In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, Clippers won two victories from Warriors . The Clippers stood and fell in front of the Warriors after trying their best. The Spurs forced the Nuggets into the tiebreak in the first round, but the Spurs lost themselves in the G7 battle. When Durant left the game due to injury in the Western Conference semi-finals due to injury in the G5 battle of the Warriors, we thought Rockets finally had the opportunity to let the Warriors fall apart. However, as expected, the original Warriors returned to the world and directly beat the Rockets to vacation.That's all the highlights of this year's playoffs so far. On Monday evening (local time in the United States), the Warriors made the right words and proved with a sweep that the Trail Blazers were only third in the West, and the second team swept in this year's playoffs was also released. In other playoffs, one team beats another with an overwhelming advantage without any suspense, and the failed team can only win one victory. And except for the Trail Blazers' unexpected victory over the Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals, the rest of the playoffs are as expected - the top regular season teams won. This is certainly not the ending the Rockets want to see. It is precisely because of their awkward position in the regular season that they meet the Warriors in advance in the Western Conference semi-finals. For other teams with low rankings, their pain is inevitable but easy to understand. That is, their strict strength rankings prevent them from performing the "Black Eight Miracle" like before, but who doesn't want to have some unexpected surprises in the long playoffs?
This has been happening for more than a year or two. Three teams in the playoffs last season were swept (even including the Cavaliers who ended the finals with a slash). And 6 teams were eliminated after winning only one game. Let's not count the Cavaliers in the fourth place in the East led by LeBron. Only two teams achieved the following feats last season: the Jazz, ranked 5 in the West, defeated the Thunder, ranked 4th in the West, and the Pelicans, ranked 6th in the West, defeated the Trail Blazers in the third. Both games of "lower and upper" happened in the first round of the playoffs. In the 2017 playoffs, even five teams were swept. Three teams were eliminated after winning only 1 game. There are also two teams who have achieved the feat of "below and better". Although the victory of these two teams is somewhat lucky, they are: the Jazz, who is still ranked fifth in the West that year, defeated the Clippers, which ranked fourth, and the Clippers' general Black Griffin , missed this round of series for most of the time. The other is the Cavaliers, who ranked second in the Eastern Conference in the Eastern Conference Finals, defeated the Celtics in the Eastern Conference to advance to the finals. The Knight that year was a Knight with LeBron , which made it difficult for us to regard him as the unknown man with a low ranking. Not to mention that the Cavaliers started to take James , Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving off the rounds at the end of the regular season, and handed over the first place in the East to the Celtics.
Normally, we already know the result before the series starts. In 2016, the Golden State Warriors , which had a 3-1 lead, played 7 games in a row. LeBron and the Cavaliers led by him completed an almost impossible task in the finals - a shocking reversal. In this round of series, Draymond Green was also suspended for crossing James in the G5 game. This also made the finals of that year frequently have suspense, and the atmosphere was so tense that it was breathtaking. According to a Harvard University study, in a game where the winning and losing was not decided until Game 7, the top teams in the regular season had an 80% chance of winning, and losing seemed inevitable. However, in the five-inning three-win game, the teams ranked relatively low have a 25% chance of winning. So, this may not be a curse of the NBA, but something went wrong with the NBA itself.
Now the biggest ace in the NBA is that it has the highest traffic and the largest profit since the NBA was launched. Even so, the NBA now seems to be increasingly becoming more and more able to see through the final championship at a glance. Since ancient times, the NBA has been the birthplace of dynasties. The Celtics and Lakers in the 1980s, the Bulls in the 1990s, the Spurs at the beginning of this century and I am not sure whether the following performances played by the Pacers in or the Jazz will attract people's attention again. But the NBA has already lengthened its schedule and it will take nearly a year to decide the final victory or defeat. Now we are constantly absorbing the alliance's culture from on-field performance, off-field data and even endless gossip news. Steve Cole once pointed out keenly that they are now becoming more and more like a group of "actors living in soap operas". The problem is that the NBA has changed its quality now. We are more willing to care about other content in the league than the title. Compared to the fact that the championship will eventually fall, it seems less important.
The playoffs lasted for as long as two months. Last year, the playoffs ended in just 55 days, thanks to the Warriors sweeping the Cavaliers in the Finals. The NBA playoffs last longer than the MLB's playoffs, which is equivalent to one-third of the total time combined with the NFL's regular season and playoffs. The extension of time has not attracted praise from the public, because no matter how long the playoffs are, we could have predicted its results long before the start of the game. This is now like an NBA logo.
The first two weeks after the playoffs started, the ratings fell sharply, down 18 percentage points from last year. In the East and West Finals, even the number of clicks on the Internet fell sharply. Of course, part of the reason may be that LeBron and his Lakers missed the playoffs, but another important reason is that the game results have lost the unpredictable fun they used to be. The players are getting tired, and this is directly shown on the court. Although Leonard defeated all the people and even directed a double overtime battle that fans liked on Sunday night (although the Bucks and 76ers fans don't think so), this is also a little reward for fans who have been following the game, because they are tired of the ending they have already explained. Perhaps if Kevin Durant goes to Knicks , the situation will be better. Perhaps with this offseason, the departure of various stars including Durant, Irving, Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker will rekindle our enthusiasm for watching the game. I hope this becomes a reality. If this were the case, the NBA might really be completely renewed, even in the end it just looks like it seems. But fans are tired of the protracted game without any surprises.
"Our players are all big heroes!" Steve Cole praised his players crazily after the Warriors defeated the Rockets. He was right, even if Durant was absent, they were still unmatched. You can't blame them for being invincible in the playoffs because they are strong. This is what they exist - to completely smash the playoffs that are almost broken.
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