Healthy cassettes cannot move the Clippers! Who should take the blame when they are eliminated? Harden s tough battle is not the culprit

On May 4, the NBA playoffs continued. Today, the Clippers and Nuggets tiebreakers and Nuggets became the game that basketball fans paid the most attention. I thought this tiebreak would be a even-match game, and the two sides would continue the rhythm of the past 6 games. At the end, the Clippers were defeated in half of the third quarter. They were once behind by 33 points. In the fourth quarter, the Clippers even made the main players early and chose to withdraw the troops. In the end, the team lost to their opponents 101-120. After losing, the Clippers completely missed the second round of the playoffs. Before the start of the playoffs, many fans were optimistic that the Clippers could win the championship. After all, they performed well at the end of the regular season, and the team's lineup was well configured. They had an excellent group of blue-collar workers, as well as two top five in the league at their peak, Harden and Leonard. At the end of the regular season, both of them also showed their dream return to their peak level, but were eliminated in the first round.

In this round of the series, Xiao Ka played the due performance. He averaged 25 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 53.7%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.5%. His opponents have been double-teaming him, so he has not got too many opportunities to make easy shots. He can play such data and efficiency. Xiao Ka proves himself. It can be said that Xiao Ka has given up chasing the honor of the regular season, recovered from his injury most of the time in the regular season, and revenges in the playoffs, and played his due performance, but failed.

Who should take the blame for the Clippers losing in this round of the series? Is it Harden? Harden's performance in two tough games was indeed unsatisfactory. He scored 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in the series G5, and in today's tiebreak, he scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals in 2 of 8 shots. In the past, everyone complained that Harden's tough battle ability was not good, but in this round of series, he did not disappoint those black fans, and he lost the maximum salary he could have obtained in the offseason.

However, I think Harden's performance was not good in these two games. First of all, the opponent kept hitting him in advance and letting him take the ball. In addition, he always wanted to make fouls, but he did not have a whistle at the home court. He also lost confidence on the offensive end. He would rarely use mobile phones and play timidly. Although he did not support the role of being a star in his personal offense, he did a good job in defensive end and connecting the team.

Harden averaged 18.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1 block in the entire playoffs, with a shooting percentage of 43.6%, a three-point shooting percentage of 36.4%, and averaging 2.3 three-pointers. As a second-in-command, it is good to play such data. Moreover, Harden's annual salary this season is only 33.65 million, not to mention that in today's tiebreak, Jokic only has 16 points. I'm not giving up Harden. He did not play a good game in the key battle, but he is not the one who should take the blame the most if he loses. I think Tyron Lue is the one who should take the blame the most.

Tyron Luk's stubborn rotation and rigid tactical system made the team suffer. He has been reusing Simmons in the early stage of the series. Now Simons is no longer as good as before. His athletic ability has declined, and his personal offense is useless. In one round of this series, he played Jokic on his back and then turned around and hooked. As a result, he didn't play like this. He shot such a ball in the three-second zone. It would be better if I asked me to play like this, right? He was abandoned afterwards, and the team won the G6.

He was confused by others in this game. The purpose of the opponent in this game is very clear, which is to attack Harden in advance and then defend the joint defense. One of the main reasons why Harden took fewer moves is that his opponent attacked him in advance, which resulted in him not having too many easy singles and opportunities to take action. Moreover, the Clippers have not yet been able to break through and tear the defense with the ball, which has made them unable to face the opponent's joint defense. The Clippers could have Zubac try to break the joint defense, but he did not do so.

The ability to adapt on the spot was pressed to the ground by the opponent. I think Tyron Lu's coaching ability was overly praised. Before this game, the other four coaching tiebreaks in his career, and the teams won all of them, but these four times were won by James, and the 2016 finals tiebreaks in the 2016 finals and the 2018 tiebreaks. If it weren't for James' God who came down to earth to lead him to win the championship, he would not have received so much attention and recognition.

Perhaps through this round of series, Powell and their management should also know what the team should do in the offseason. The Clippers may not need to change their core lineup during the offseason. The team's lineup configuration is already very good. What they need to do is to change a more suitable coach, and maybe there is no need to look around. The team's current assistant coach Van Gundy is a good choice. He has built a defensive system for the Clippers this season. The quad-core lineup they initially polished this season is effective. If they stick to it, their chemistry will be better. I think the Clippers are worth keeping the core for another year.

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