Easy sweep 4-0, 3-3! The favorite to win the championship is overrated, you really don t have any championship appearance

In this year's NBA playoffs, many favorites in the championship were eliminated early. Neither of the Lakers and Clippers' Western Conference giants survived the first round, and the Warriors failed to stick to the final dawn of the traffic team. Perhaps the most unexpected thing was the Celtics and the Cavaliers. Both teams maintained absolute dominance during the regular season. Among them, the Celtics are the defending champion, with a solid lineup and everyone has the ability to attack independently. White continued to evolve this season, and Prichard on the bench also grew rapidly. He was elected the sixth man of the year. The Celtics scored 61 wins and 21 losses in the regular season. Logically speaking, there is definitely a chance to defend the title. However, in the playoffs, the Celtics seemed too underestimated the enemy, and they were reversed by their opponents twice. Coupled with Tatum's injury, they missed the title. In contrast, the Cavaliers' regular season state is even more terrifying. They started with a record-breaking 16 consecutive victories, and scored another 12 consecutive victories + 15 consecutive victories in the middle of the season, firmly ranking first in the Eastern Conference and are bound to make a breakthrough in the playoffs. Unexpectedly, the Cavaliers became the biggest pseudo-strong team in the playoffs this year. On the one hand, the team's injury risks are too great to withstand the confrontation. On the other hand, there are several core players who are exposed and cannot play high-intensity games. For example, although Allen, the inside player is an All-Star, he has a blue-collar playing style after all, and his role is single, and he does not have an advantage in the center. Like Garland on the outside, he has poor static talent and athletic ability. He is defeated as soon as he arrives in the playoffs. The only real All-Star Mitchell is hard to support himself. The Cavaliers lineup is not high after all.

In addition to the Cavaliers and the Celtics, there is also a team with a 60-win regular season team that did not play as expected in the playoffs, that is, the Thunder. The Thunder's regular season performance is indeed eye-opening. They have won 68 wins and 14 losses, breaking the team history record. There are only 7 teams in NBA history and have won at least 68 wins in a single season. This season, the Thunder's total net win of 1084 points and average net win of 12.87 points per game, ranking first in history. They completed a sweep against 21 teams, with the most in history. This season, the Thunder won by double-digit score difference in 54 games, the first in history. The record of 29 wins and 1 loss against the Eastern Conference team is also the first in history. Judging from the data, this Thunder is no less than the top teams in NBA history, such as the Bulls in the 1995-96 season and the Warriors in the 15-16 season.

But putting aside the data, from other aspects, this Thunder is obviously still almost the same. On the one hand, they are relatively young and have no strong team cultural heritage and playoff experience. On the other hand, the Thunder's starting lineup has very average books. In addition to Alexander's active MVP level, there is also Jaylen Williams, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time this year, and there are no other star-level players. In the past NBA championship team, which one is not three or four All-Star players in hand? Otherwise, it was like the Lakers in 2020, with James and Davis, but both of them were top-notch, and you, Alexander + Javier, wouldn't look so outstanding. In the playoffs, the Thunder did lose the chain and swept the Grizzlies 4-0 in the first round, but in fact, it was not easy to win.

and Grizzlies' G3, the Thunder once lagged behind their opponents 29 points to win, relying on malicious fouls, which injured their opponent's star Morant. In the G4 with the Grizzlies, the Thunder played very hard against the Grizzlies in the remnant formation and only won two points in the end. To put it bluntly, if Morant was not injured, the final result of this round of series was hard to say. In the second round, facing the Nuggets, the Thunder were dragged into the tiebreak by their opponents, and they also failed to show their strength as the league's number one. You should know that the Nuggets experienced turmoil at the end of the season. The head coach and general manager suddenly got out of class. They fought with the Clippers for seven more games in the first round, and their physical fitness was almost exhausted. The Thunder team had been resting for so long, and it was still so hard for the Nuggets. Compared with the regular season, Alexander's efficiency has declined seriously. Alexander can only be said to be a regular season MVP. He is not the highest-level star in the playoffs, and his performance is not as good as Mitchell, Brunson, Antetokounmpo and others.

And the Thunder's All-Star Jewish has even made a cliff-like retreat in the playoffs and has become an ordinary star. According to statistics, Jewish has hit less than 36% in four games in the series against the Nuggets, and has made 3 of 16, 5 of 14 and 2 of 13 respectively in the past 3 games. The third young master of Thunder is indeed too young. Compared with the third young master of Thunder, the young Westbrook + Durant + Harden, the gap is too big. Easy sweep 4-0, and a 4-3 fight! The favorites to win the championship are overrated, and you really don’t have a championship appearance. Even if the Thunder enters the Western Conference Finals and encounters the Timberwolves, they basically cannot beat it. The Timberwolves obviously have to be more powerful. Their team boss Edwards is still more superstar than Alexander. The Timberwolves is the biggest contender for this year's championship. What do you think?