#头条创作挑战赛#
In the finals, they lost two games in a row 0:2, and they were all defeated by a large score. The traditional pattern of the NBA being strong in the West and weak in the East was shattered by the Celtics and Mavericks this season.
At the beginning, the Wild West heroes rose together, and it seemed that they would have the strength to compete for the championship if they took out any of them: the Clippers with the Big Four, the Timberwolves and Thunder, the defending champion Nuggets, the "Eastern European combination" Mavericks, the three-headed monster Suns with super offensive power, and the Lakers and Warriors of the former giants. And the East is weaker, except for the Celtics, the only ones who can be called are the Bucks and the 76ers.
Who knew that the playoffs were surging, and it was the Mavericks and Celtics who stood at the top of the East and West after the big waves. It stands to reason that the Mavericks have overcome obstacles all the way, and the opponents they eliminated, the Clippers, the Thunder, and the Timberwolves, are all famous, and their strength has been tested for a long time. But the Mavericks' performance in the Finals seemed to be vulnerable, and they couldn't parry the Celtics' mercury-like offense.
The reason for this is the Mavericks' own reasons, and their performance is like a team with the Timberwolves led by Huazi. The first to bear the brunt is the lone ranger's second master, Owen, who has degenerated from the omnipotent Ou Immortal to an ordinary mortal. In the first two games of the finals, both offensive and defensive ends were lost at the same time, and the defense could not be prevented, and the offense could not be attacked.
The North Shore Garden Arena, the home of the Celtics, is a sad place for Irving, where he not only lost the position of the team's leader, but also continued his 0-12 losing streak. This kind of inexplicable and inexplicable spell-like law is the most terrifying, in fact, it is Owen's own demons.
But the Mavericks lost two games in a row and fell into a desperate situation, which is certainly not the reason why Irving is alone. If Irving's malfunction on the Celtics' home court is understandable, there's no way to explain the sluggish form of the rest of the Mavericks. It can be said that the entire Mavericks have no players who play well except for Doncic.
Attentive fans found that the Mavericks' sharpest weapon, the three-point shot, was completely out of order in the first two innings of the Finals. According to official statistics, players other than Mavericks Doncic made 3 of 31 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of only 9.7%; PJ Washington, Irving, and Jones Jr. made even more miserable three-pointers, making a total of 21 three-pointers before hitting a pitiful two, with a shooting rate of only 9.5%. Doncic, on the other hand, made 8-of-21 three-pointers and shot 38.1 percent from the field.
In this way, the Mavericks have truly become Doncic's "Mavericks" alone. That's the real reason the Mavericks lost.
Fortunately, Owen woke up in time. He said after training that it was his fault that he was 2-0 down and that now that he was back at home, he had to improve his performance to the next level. And Owen, who is a regular visitor to the finals, said that the 2016 finals were successfully turned around after falling behind 0-2.