NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 115 Sweeping the Mavericks (Part [-])
In the opening game of the playoffs, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks in just three quarters and surrendered early.

115:82, 33 points difference!
库里拿下全场最高的28分，汤普森22分，而王峰则全场14投8中得到19分。

On the Mavericks side, Nowitzki scored 17 points on 9 of 21 shots and was the best player on the Mavericks team.

Harrison Barnes, the perimeter core that the Mavericks placed high hopes on, was completely blown away in the matchup with Wang Feng.

Facing Wang Feng's defense, Barnes couldn't maintain a normal offensive rhythm at all, and made frequent mistakes. He only hit 15 goals in 4 shots, scored 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and made 4 turnovers.

In the same 1-on-1 duel, Wang Feng scored 19 points on Barnes' head, while the latter only had 9 points.

The levels of the two seem to be completely different.

In fact it is.

Compared with the overall evaluation of ability value, after another season of training, Wang Feng has experienced a small increase in all ability values. In addition to the rewards he received during the All-Star, it has reached 80, which is almost the same as Barnes.

With similar ability values, Wang Feng, who has many high-level badges, is much stronger than Barnes in terms of strength!
What's more, although Wang Feng's general comment is similar to that of Barnes, the situation is completely different.

To put it simply, Barnes is like an all-round talent with comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physique, art and labor. While he has a certain foundation in all aspects, he has no absolutely outstanding characteristics or advantages in any aspect.

Wang Feng is a player who is seriously biased. Some abilities have almost reached the top level of the league, such as three-pointers, mid-range, perimeter defense, etc., but some abilities are seriously failing, such as dribbling, breakthroughs with the ball, pass assists, etc. Rebounding and interior defense.

It is difficult to determine which of the two development directions is stronger or weaker, but with an overall rated ability value of only 80, Wang Feng with outstanding characteristics can easily beat Barnes who has [-] martial arts skills.

On April 4, in the second game of the series, Barnes, who was unwilling to lose to Wang Feng, challenged the opponent again, but this time it was even worse. He made 18 of 11 shots and scored 1 points in the game only by free throws.

Before the first half of the game was over, Carlisle couldn't help the veins on his forehead popping up, and he pinned Barnes, who was playing like a pile of shit, to the bench.

Unfortunately, the problem of the Mavericks cannot be solved by replacing Barnes. The gap between the lineups of the two sides is too large, no matter how to adjust the lineup and change tactics, it will not help.

At 107:78, the Mavericks lost again by 29 points.

The total loss of 62 points in the two games allowed the entire league to see how strong this Warriors team really is.

The Mavericks, who returned home with two losses, did not perform any miracles.

121: 94.

99: 87.

Four games, a clean 4:0, the Warriors easily eliminated the Dallas Mavericks and entered the second round.

It is worth mentioning that in the last two games, Barnes seemed to give up.

He scored 15 for 4 once and 11 for 1 once, which seemed to make him completely realize that he was not Wang Feng's opponent, and he had no way to deal with Wang Feng's defense.

Wanting to understand this, Barnes no longer insisted on one-on-one duels against Wang Feng, but began to integrate into teamwork, using his teammates' pick-and-rolls to form misplaced one-on-ones to avoid Wang Feng's defense.

This behavior is undoubtedly correct, which also made his performance in the next two games much better. In the third game, he scored 16 points on 7 of 18 shots, and in the fourth game, he scored 58 points with a 26% shooting rate.

It's just that Barnes, who finally played at a certain level, didn't feel the slightest joy in his heart, not only because the Mavericks were swept by the Warriors, but also because of his complete failure in the duel with Wang Feng.

In the 4-game series, Wang Feng averaged 22 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game, and his shooting percentage was 47%. He was second only to Curry, who averaged 27 points per game. 18.4 points are higher.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the fourth game, Barnes looked at Wang Feng, who was calm and calm, and couldn't help clenching his fists.

At this moment, Barnes vaguely felt that the gap between him and Wang Feng might become wider and wider in the future.

……

After waiting for a few days for the Warriors who entered the second round first, all the first-round matchups of the playoffs finally had their results.

The four teams entering the second round in the East are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat, all of which are teams with records in the upper half.

As for the four upper-division teams in the west, one capsized in the gutter.

The Clippers, ranked fourth in the Western Conference, faced the fifth-ranked Trail Blazers in the first round.

The Clippers are obviously better than the Trail Blazers in terms of starting strength and lineup depth on paper, which can be seen from the regular season records of the two teams.

The Clippers won 53 games in the regular season, while the Trail Blazers only had 44 wins. The gap between the two sides is close to 10 games.

But in this case, the two teams met in the first round, but the Blazers eliminated the stronger Clippers 4:2.

I have to admit that Paul is really bad enough. He obviously has the top strength among point guards, but he always misses the floor of the Western Conference Finals. It was not until he joined the Rockets partner Harden that he finally broke the curse.

And then Paul, who has entered the twilight of his career, went all the way to the finals with the Suns, and was only short of winning his first championship in his career, greatly improving his historical status, but he met the peak Antetokounmpo , what a tragedy.

Paul's Clippers failed to enter the second round, and the Warriors' opponent in the second round became the Portland Trail Blazers.

This is completely consistent with another time and space.

The core player of the Blazers is Damian Lillard, a point guard with strong offensive ability. His partner with CJ McCollum can be regarded as the backcourt of the league after Curry Thompson Splash Brothers double gun.

The matchup between the Warriors and the Trail Blazers is basically a confrontation between these two backcourt combinations.

……

In fact, Lillard and McCollum have a little bit of the poor version of Curry and Thompson in terms of playing style and other aspects. They are really very similar.

Before the start of the regular season of the Portland Trail Blazers, Aldridge, the team's eldest brother, was bewitched by the Spurs and chose to leave the team. Lillard, who carried the team's offensive banner, soared in personal data, averaging 25.1 points per game in the regular season. 4 With 6.8 rebounds and 20 assists, CJ McCollum has also emerged, averaging 3.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and [-] assists per game, becoming Lillard's most powerful assistant.

The reason why the Blazers were able to eliminate the Clippers was due to the performance of the two backcourts.

In the first round of the 6-game series, Lillard averaged 22 points per game and McCollum averaged 19.7 points per game. The two worked together to kill Paul, who averaged 23.8 points and 7.3 assists per game.

(End of this chapter)