From 4-1 in the first round to being on the verge of elimination! The defending champion fell and the boss was overrated, you don t have a championship.

This season, there are only three most dominant teams in the NBA, including the Western Conference Thunder, the Eastern Conference Cavaliers and the Celtics, and only three of them have a winning rate of more than 70%. Among them, the Thunder are based on defense, and all the players are thieves, and the experts are cut off, and the confrontation they give is also very strong. In the regular season, they averaged 12.87 points per game, ranking first in history in this data. The Cavaliers' style is exactly the opposite of the Thunder. They have very strong offensive firepower and all of them have stable shooting. This season, the Cavaliers have won 16 consecutive victories, and it is hard to lose if they are in good condition. In comparison, the Celtics are more balanced and have both offense and defense. As the defending champion last season, the Celtics have richer playoff experience, which is logically one of the biggest favorites to win this year.

However, it was only the second round of the playoffs. It seemed that the three teams were in their own difficulties. Among them, the Thunder lag behind the Nuggets 1-2, the Cavaliers lag behind the Pacers 1-2, and the Celtics lag behind the Knicks 0-2, and lost two home courts in a row. The Thunder is strong, but the Nuggets on the other side are also at the level of a great devil after all. The championship two years ago is indeed crushed in terms of experience. The Cavaliers are behind because of injuries. The star core was absent in the first two games, and it is difficult to support the team alone by Mitchell. The Celtics couldn't say that they had a complete lineup and had an absolute advantage over their opponents in rotation. They also had no loss in the regular season record and swept 4-0 against the Knicks. However, as soon as the playoffs arrived, the Celtics revealed their true colors and were defeated by their opponents first, and they were on the verge of elimination.

In fact, the Celtics did not fail to beat the first two games, but they could take the initiative for most of the time. With such a data, the two games totaled 96 minutes, the Celtics led the Knicks for as many as 81 minutes, and the Knicks led the Celtics for only 12 minutes. In both games, the Celtics once led the Knicks by as much as 20 points, and both were tragically reversed at the last moment, which also shows some problems. On the one hand, the Celtics underestimated the enemy too much, and started to fight randomly when they took the lead and did not take the opponent seriously. As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and the Knicks on the opposite side are indeed very tenacious and can always survive in desperate situations. In the words of head coach Thibodeau, habits become natural. Our players train very hard and play a lot of time in each game for several starters, which creates their tenacious spirit.

On the other hand, the Celtics performed too poorly at the critical moment, and every game was reversed in the final stage, and the core players could not stand up and turn the situation around. G1 and G2 lost exactly the same, with Brown in G1's last attack being stolen and Tatum in G2's last attack being stolen and Tatum in stealing. As the second leader of the Celtics, Brown has never been able to change his old habits. His offensive skills are too rough, and his ball-holding and organizational skills are not good. He often plays butterflies in the game. This is why Brown won the FMVP last year, but his team status still cannot surpass Tatum. To be honest, Tatum does have a superstar style sometimes. As the boss of the team, he can undertake all kinds of dirty and tiring work, which is better than many stars. In the first round of the playoffs, Tatum's performance was perfect, averaging 31.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and defeated the Magic 4-1 to advance.

And Tatum has not really risen to the super level and has not reached the personal dominance of Jokic and Antetokounmpo. The reason is that his game is very unstable, he often has one game after another, and his personal ability is worrying at critical moments. He often has bad offensive choices at the winning moment, without a big heart. In the first two games with the Knicks, Tatum averaged only 18 points per game, with a sharp drop in shooting percentage, shooting percentage of 28.6% and 3-point shooting percentage of 25%. Tatum made a total of 12 shots in the fourth quarter of the two games. On the contrary, Brunson, the star of the Knicks, is the most critical figure of the year this season, how tough is he performing at critical moments? StatMuse shared that this year's playoffs Brunson averaged 10.8 points per game, shooting 50.8% from the field and 41.2% from three-point shooting percentage, totaling 86 points in the final quarter, and no one else exceeded 50 points.

From 4-1 to close to exit! The defending champion fell, the boss was overrated, you have no championship appearance. Compared with last year's championship, the Celtics have two points of regression this year. One is that their breakthrough and finishing ability has declined. Due to the large number of three-pointers, they rely too much on the shooting feel, which has weakened their defense ability in the penalty area. If they want to try to attack the inside, they can't attack, but they are just shooting outside. Second, Porzingis was weakened, and Possus was at least an All-Star insider. He averaged 20 points per game during the regular season, while this year's playoffs averaged only 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. As a professional athlete, Boss is so fragile. According to Shams, Bosss has been infected with an unknown virus since March and has left sequelae, which makes him very weak. The Celtics' other centers have limited abilities, and it is difficult to limit the opponent's Knicks. It seems that the Celtics may be about to stop in the second round of the playoffs. What do you think?