The Clippers are dragged into the tiebreak and are good. The opponent s third leader is trapped and injured. It is difficult to turn around with only 6 players.
1:15pm, 9 May 2025Basketball
There are currently 6 teams, and they are confirmed to enter the second round of the NBA playoffs. Of course, the most exciting matchup should be the Clippers and Nuggets. When returning to home court, the Clippers defeated the Nuggets with 6 points, retaining the suspense of the series, and both sides will enter the tiebreak battle.
The Clippers are in a tough battle, but the rotation players have performed well. After the Clippers dragged into the tiebreak, they also received good news, that is, the Nuggets have run out of ammunition and food, and seem to have no combat power left. Especially the opponent's third striker, Michael Porter, was trapped in this game and only played for 24 minutes. Whether in terms of salary or on-field role, Michael Porter is second only to Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray in the Nuggets, but now due to injuries, even if Michael Porter persists, it probably won't be able to play a big role. The more fatal problem of the Nuggets is probably because the operations in the past few years are poor and the lineup depth is completely overdrawn. If Michael Porter, who was injured and Jordan Jr., only played for three minutes, it would be difficult to turn around in this game. Although Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon's trio still have a brave performance, young player Christian Brown and bench Russell Westbrook also provide support, but as a playoff-level team, there are too few people who can use the Nuggets.
, especially Nikola Jokic, whoever gets off the field, is in a vacuum. You can say that Nikola Jokic is very powerful and his importance is naturally irreplaceable. But as long as Nikola Jokic comes out, the Nuggets will collapse directly on both ends of the offense and defense of the inside, and they can hardly do anything. Not to mention the playoff teams, even many weak teams in the lottery are not that outrageous. Even during the regular season, Jordan averaged only 3.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, but the Nuggets still bit the bullet and let him be the substitute center, which shows that other players are even more outrageous.
Because it is a small market team, the Nuggets' lineup has fallen apart since winning the championship in 2023, and even some role players who stay in the team have a premium salary. In the Nuggets' substitute lineup, players like Zike Najib and Dario Sharic are typical, and they basically get paid for their wages when they sit on the bench. It is very difficult for a team that only relies on the main players to go far in the playoffs, not to mention that the Nuggets' main players' physical strength seems to be on a red light, and there is no reason to lose in the next tiebreak battle.
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