OKC's victory with SGA also completely shook! NBA's chances of winning the game in the middle. Defending champion Boston beats No. 1 with confidence
OKC's victory with SGA also completely shook! NBA's chances of winning the game in the middle. Defending champion Boston beats No. 1 with confidence
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The Boston Celtics are no longer the strongest. The NBA championship game has completely changed.
In an article titled "Is Boston still closer to winning than the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder?" on the 18th (Korea time), ESPN said, "Oklahoma City's winning dividend rate is better than Boston at this point. In other words, Oklahoma has a higher chance of winning. Boston is in second place, but it has to collide with the strong Cleveland Cavaliers to win the East, and if it survives, it has to face Oklahoma City."
At this point, Oklahoma City has the highest chance of winning the title. Boston ranked second and Cleveland ranked third.
It's completely different from what I expected before the season.
Defending champion of the last season. He displayed the highest winning rate in the regular season league and overwhelming performance in the playoffs. He showed perfect performance by winning 16 of 19 games.
Nothing has changed this season, either. The team has renewed its contracts with one-two punch players including Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown, while its main players including Kristaps Porzingis, Zru Holladay and Derrick White are still in good shape.
Additionally, key Sixmen, including Pritchard, developed their skills. Although there was no significant power reinforcement during the offseason, maintaining the core resources demonstrated that Boston was still a strong favorite. 메이저놀이터
However, the tide changes after the season begins.
Boston has performed worse than expected. Porzingis left the team early in the season due to an injury. However, his performance itself has fluctuated since he joined the team recently. He has lost six of his last 12 games.
ESPN reported, "Still, Boston's performance can go up, and it's right that he's the favorite. However, there are some warning signs for Boston. Last season, the team ranked first in the league with 123.3 points in its offensive rating (expected score per 100 shots). This season, the team has the third-best offense in the NBA with 119.7 points, but it is the only team in the NBA with 3-pointers (39.3%) ahead of 2-point shooting (41.6%). Their excessive dependence on 3-pointers is their weakness."
Boston has a 36.2 percent success rate for 3-point shooting. It ranks 15th in the league. It is a disappointing number for a favorite.
The media said, "The Cleveland Cavaliers have a 40.5% success rate of 3-point shots and 49.3% success rate of 2-point shots. All-star big men such as Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen, and all-star guards of Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland have a much more balanced attack than Boston, and the two-point shooting rate is 58.6% and the three-point shooting success rate is 39.9%, boasting the NBA's best accuracy."
"Boston has fallen from third in defensive ratings to seventh in the last season. Oklahoma, the strongest team in the West, is dominating the league in defense. It ranks first in the league with 103.6 points in defensive ratings. The number is seven fewer than that of Boston. Oklahoma remains the same even without Chet Homme Gren, the core of vertical defense," he said.