The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Since Oladipo came to the Trail Blazers and won the right to be the core of the outside line, he felt like a fish in water, and his statistics have also increased. After the All-Star, his average statistics have also risen to 21 points and 4.7 assists. He also took on duties on the outside that far surpassed the Bucks period, and his data has also increased slightly, averaging 18.2 points per game, which is very stable. This season, because the team has not run in enough, the playoffs may not do anything, but the future of this team is bright, and it will not be slumped because of the departure of the head star Durant.

From fifth to eighth in the West are the Thunder, Mavericks, Grizzlies and Jazz.

It is worth mentioning that the Lakers, although they got Butler, the team record is not ideal, only won 30 wins and 52 losses throughout the season.

But all Lakers games have basically become Kobe's personal exhibition tour. The greatest shooting guard after Jordan has a full lineup in the last season of his career. There are flowers and applause everywhere.

In the last game of the regular season, Kobe scored 60 points crazily, making his career a perfect curtain call, and the 38-year-old scored 60 points also shocked the league.

Bryant's retirement represents the end of an era, but it also represents the beginning of a new era.

On the scoring list in the regular season, it is very rare that two players with an average of more than 30 points per game appeared at the same time.

Kevin Durant ranked first in scoring with 31.2 points per game, and James Harden ranked second with 30.5 points per game.

Durant's high score was mainly achieved when he was in the Trail Blazers. At that time, the Trail Blazers only had Aldridge as a strong scoring point besides Durant, which made Durant's average number of shots per game reach 22 times!

After coming to the Bucks, Durant's average number of shots per game dropped to about 17, but because Thompson, Antetokounmpo and others shared the offensive pressure, his shooting percentage increased instead, and his scoring did not decline significantly.

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There are two players averaging more than 30 points per game in a single season. This is already a very rare situation in the league. If you want to go back to the last time, you have to go back ten years ago, that is, the 05-06 season.

There were three players who averaged 30+ points per game at the same time that season, Kobe with 35.4 points, Iverson with 33 points and James with 31.4 points.

It's not that the players at that time were more capable of scoring than they are now, but that basketball has become more mature with the development of the times. On the court, it is difficult for a single star to make a difference.

If you want to win the championship, the Big Three combination is only standard. Teams like the Bucks and Wizards all have more than three stars in the team with an average score of 20+ per game. When the ball is shared, the individual score will naturally decrease. .

Even Harden in the Kings, there are also players like Cousins ​​in the team to share the ball.

After the two 30+ points, Curry scored 28.9 points and Westbrook scored 27.4 points.

And ranked fifth in the scoring list is Antetokounmpo, who everyone can't think of.

Antetokounmpo averaged 26.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game throughout the season! The Bucks can lead the league's top spot, he has contributed a lot!

Playing under Wang Xiao, almost everyone can see that Antetokounmpo has a bright future, but such a fast growth rate is still unexpected by many people. Just looking at this season's performance, Antetokounmpo is completely an MVP-level player!

James' 25.9 points, Lillard's 25.1 points, George's 24.8 points, Davis' 24.3 points and Leonard's 23.5 points ranked sixth to tenth on the scoring list.

The rebounding list remains the same as before, with Drummond, Jordan Jr. and Whiteside monopolizing the top three, and even Howard can only rank fourth.

In terms of assists this season, the competition is fierce. There are 6 players averaging double figures in assists per game. Among them, Jeremy Lin regained the title of assist king with an average of 12.3 assists per game. Rondo ranked second with 11.7 assists per game. Westbrook Ranked third with an average of 10.4, while Wall's 10.2 assists and Paul's 10 assists followed closely behind in fourth and fifth.

It is worth mentioning that although no player in the Bucks averaged more than 7 assists per game this season, there were four players in the team averaging more than 4 assists per game, and the team ranked first in the league in assists per game third.

Antetokounmpo averaged 5.5 assists per game, Durant averaged 4.6 assists per game, Thompson averaged 4.2 per game, and Jokic averaged 6.1 per game!

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The end of the regular season also means the start of the playoffs.

On April 13, the Bucks ended their last regular season game, and on April 17, the first round of the playoffs officially started.

The Bucks' opponent in the first round was the eighth-ranked Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference, the team of Wang Meng, Wang Xiao's disciple.

For this team, what people are most impressed with is the 2003-04 season that shattered the Lakers Big Four's dream of winning the championship and indirectly caused the OK combination to part ways.

Of course, the five Pistons are all old now. The new Pistons, the core of the main team is the rebounding idiot Andre Drummond, who averaged 16.6 points and 14.8 rebounds per game in the regular season. Unqualified, but impeccable as a blue-collar rebounder.

The starting lineup for the Pistons is Reggie Jackson, Tobias Harris, Caldwell Pope and Chinese player Wang Meng, the third pick in the first round this year.

Relying on the fairly good defensive ability of this lineup, the Pistons defeated the Pacers and Magic and successfully entered the playoffs.

It's a pity that they will face Wang Xiao and his Bucks in the first round.

Before the two teams started the game, the media's game predictions were all one-sided. Almost everyone believed that the Bucks could easily defeat or even directly sweep the Pistons.

The Pistons' defensive ability can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. Obviously, they can't prevent the Bucks' sharp offense at all, and when facing the Bucks' much stronger defense than them, they can't find anyone who can break the deadlock in terms of offense. point.

The first game of the two teams perfectly demonstrated these existing problems.

Antetokounmpo is completely unstoppable on the offensive end, especially when Jokic also pulls out of the inside, forcing Drummond to also stay away from the three-second zone, no one can really stop Antetokounmpo .

Wang Meng may be able to do it, but his main task in this game is to defend Durant. After all, there is a consensus in the entire league on how much threat Durant is on the offensive end.

However, Wang Meng's defensive effect on Durant is not particularly good. Using Artest's growth template card, he is suitable for defending forwards like James, Antetokounmpo and Leonard who use their bodies to attack the inside line, rather than A player like Durant who is good at shooting.