nba regular season has come to an end, the play-offs are about to begin, and the playoffs are about to begin! Among the 4 confirmed matchups, Mavericks vs Clippers , Suns vs Timberwolves , Bucks vs Pacers , Cavaliers vs Magic team , Mavericks and Clippers. This powerful showdown has attracted much attention! On the one hand, this matchup brings together six future Hall of Fame superstars, Doncic, Irving, Kawhi, George, Harden, and Westbrook, and is full of excitement; on the other hand, these two teams have played against each other in the past five years. The Clippers won both times, and the Mavericks were eager for revenge. The Los Angeles Clippers have created a four-giant combination of Kawhi, George, Harden, and Westbrook. If they don't compete for the championship, they will fail. In the first round, they will have to beat the Mavericks, who are led by the Eastern European combination, and there is no room for any mistakes! For the Clippers, Kawhi's injury is a huge hidden danger, and it directly determines the fate of the Clippers.
html With 198 million US dollars in 204, Kawhi Kawhi is carrying a heavy load
Kawhi Kawhi is the most alternative super giant of this era. He has no scoring champion and no mvp, but he is the word-of-mouth dynasty terminator - in 2014, he led the Spurs to kill The Heat's dynasty has a dream of three consecutive championships. In 2019, he led the Raptors and prevented the Warriors dynasty from winning three consecutive championships. Two golden championship trophies and two FMVP trophies are the best footnotes to Kawhi's brilliant career. Since Kawhi and George joined the Clippers in 2019, the Clippers have been carrying the championship dream of the richest owner Ballmer. However, due to injuries and many other uncertain factors, they have been reduced to offseason champions time and time again. Kawhi has also Questioned!
Until the beginning of this season, the Clippers introduced Harden to assist the Kajiao combination. This Western giant team once again ignited the championship dream. Boss Bao was rich and willful, and once again gave Xiaoka a value for 3 years. The early renewal contract of US$152 million, including Kawhi's salary of US$45.64 million this season, Kawhi will receive a salary of US$198 million from the Clippers in the next four years! For Kawhi, who is over 32 years old, this early contract extension is the Clippers' recognition of him, as well as the Clippers' encouragement and expectations for him - Boss Bao needs Kawhi to put aside his worries and go all out to lead the team to attack. To win the championship, Kawhi also needs to shoulder a heavy burden and regain his style as a dynasty terminator to silence the doubters.
No. 1 in the league, dynasty terminator's injury exposed
In the new season, the Clippers achieved a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference. In the words of Clippers coach Tyronn Lue, it is not easy to gain home court advantage in such a fiercely competitive Western Conference ranking 4th, and it also means that the players and coaching staff have paid a lot! In this process, Westbrook made sacrifices, Harden put away his edge, George did the dirty work, everyone of the Clippers generals worked for me and everyone, and Kawhi also played the best performance of his Clippers career. A great season! Kawhi played a total of 68 games for the Clippers (a career high for the Clippers), averaging 23.7 points + 6.1 rebounds + 3.6 assists + 1.6 steals + 2.1 three-pointers per game. His shooting percentage was as high as 52.5% (a career high). The shooting percentage on point shots is as high as 41.7%, the free throw percentage is 88.5%, and the true shooting percentage is 62.6%.
With Harden adding fuel to the fire, Kawhi can focus on finishing and hard solutions, becoming more and more efficient! According to statistics from the NBA official website, among all players who have scored more than 200 points in singles in the new season, Kawhi can score 1.2 points per single, ranking first in the league, beating Harden (1.13 points) and Alexander (1.11 points). , DeRozan (1.11 points), Murray (1.1 points), Doncic (1.09 points) and Irving (1.08 points). There is no doubt that Kawhi is the Clippers' strongest ace. However, at the end of the regular season, injury problems came to Kawhi again. Kawhi missed the last 8 games of the regular season due to a knee injury! Just today, Xiaoka's injury was exposed! According to NBA legend Wo Shen, Kawhi has inflammation in his knee.At the same time, NBA celebrity Chris followed up the report. Sources revealed that Kawhi’s knee was very swollen, and the Clippers were worried about it!
Confidential Card If you don’t fight an unprepared battle, it’s hard for the Western giants to do anything.
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said bluntly when talking about Kawhi’s injury: Of course we hope that Kawhi can play in the first round of the playoffs G1, but, even if Things seem to be moving in the right direction at the moment, but we still can't guarantee that Xiaoka will be ready to come back for G1 in the first round of the playoffs. The implication: Xiaoka's injury has once again become a worldwide mystery, and all rights of interpretation and decision-making belong to Xiaoka! In the words of fans, this is the confidentiality card that we are familiar with and complained about. The confidentiality work is done very well! From the time Kawhi was exempted from playing until the first round of the playoffs, Kawhi will be out for 21 consecutive days. This is enough to explain two things: first, the Clippers know how important Kawhi's health is, and they cannot act too hastily and are unwilling to take risks; Second, Xiaoka's injury may not be as simple as inflammation. Xiaoka is unwilling and will not fight an unprepared battle!
With healthy Kawhi, the Clippers are the favorites to compete for the championship. They are not afraid of the Mavericks, led by the Eastern European combination; without healthy Kawhi, whether the Clippers can overcome the Mavericks will be a big challenge. question mark! I don’t know if Kawhi can return healthily in time, and I don’t know if Kawhi can regain his dominance like a robot war god by directly playing in the high-intensity playoffs after being away from the team for a long time, but one thing is for sure, the dynasty terminator’s Glory belongs to the past, and Kawhi needs to return healthily to lead the Clippers to create a brilliant future! If Kawhi's knee cannot return to its pre-injury level, it will be difficult for this Western Conference giant team to do anything! Fans and friends, what do you think of this? Come and leave me a comment to discuss.
