Annual salary of 29.7 million per game! It is obvious who should the Celtics give up this summer, the Glass Man is still very soft

On May 8, the NBA playoffs continued. In a game that just ended, the Knicks defeated the Celtics 91-90. The score between the two sides reached 2-0. The Celtics lost to their opponents at home. It is estimated that this is a result that 99% of fans have not guessed. After all, the Celtics are the defending champions and they still retain the core lineup. Why are they so passive when facing the Knicks? And they once led by 20 points in this game.

We won't talk about the specific process of this game. We mainly talk about the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Knicks fell 12 points behind. Porzingis helped the team expand the lead to 15 points. After that, Bridges started his personal mode and made consecutive singles, scoring 14 points in a row. After that, Brunson and Towns also scored one after another. In the last 2 minutes, the Knicks overtook 1 point. In the next round, Brunson broke through and killed, and the Knicks led by 3 points in the last 56 seconds.

Tatum made a foul through the breakthrough, and hit the free throw and only 1 point away. Brunson missed a three-pointer in the next round. Mazula suspended the tactics. The Celtics relied on excellent tactical arrangements and directly got an opportunity to open the spot. Tatum made a dunk and overtook 1 point. Brunson made a foul for Holiday and made both free throws to overtake 1 point. Tatum wanted to make a fake shot and pass the game in the next round. Bridges completed a fatal steal and killed the suspense of the game.

Although Bridges did not perform well in the first three quarters in this game, he supported the team in the fourth quarter not only completed the steals that killed the game, but also scored 14 points and 3 rebounds in a single quarter. Towns played his dominance on both offense and defense in this game, scoring 21 points and 17 rebounds in the whole game. Although Brunson did not perform well in the first three quarters, he stood up in the fourth quarter, scored 9 points in a single quarter, and made 6 of 19 shots in the game, scoring 17 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

When he was once leading by 20 points in the third quarter, he thought the Celtics could win. After all, Thibodeau was dead on their core, but the Celtics relied on their resilience to win. There are three main reasons for the Celtics to lose in this game: the first is Tatum's offensive stability. As the boss of the team, he made 5 of 19 shots in the game, 1 of 5 three-pointers, scored 13 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. His offensive efficiency was too poor when facing the top defense, no wonder he could not get FMVP.

The second problem is that the team relies too much on three-pointers. After leading by 20 points, the Celtics did not suppress the rhythm and threw three-pointers wildly, which allowed the opponent to seize the opportunity to catch up with the score difference. The Magic Ball system can indeed allow the team to easily catch up with the score difference or expand their advantages, but the disadvantages are also very obvious. If the three-point shooting rate drops, their offensive endurance will have problems. The team clearly has many opportunities to attack the inside, but the result is still choosing to throw three-pointers. The team made 10 of 40 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of 25%, which is too eye-catching.

The third problem is that they have poor protection for the inside. In the first quarter, the Celtics only scored 13 points when defending their opponents. This is the level of the Celtics last season, but Horford is 38 years old. You can't expect him to play such strength in all four quarters. His physical decline also made Towns do whatever he wants in the inside. When they see this, some fans may say: Don’t they still have Porzingis? Posses are really unreliable in the playoffs. He withdrew early due to illness in the last game. Because he was not good at defending this game, Mazula directly asked him to play the sixth man.

In this game, Bo Shen made 3 of 5 shots in the game, 1 of 1 of 3-pointers and scored 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block. The efficiency was good alone, but he had a plus-minus value of -9 on the court. The team lost 9 points in 13 minutes on the court, and Mazula didn't dare to use him. He averaged 9.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 1.3 steals in the entire playoffs, with a shooting percentage of only 35%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 16.7%. You should know that his annual salary this season is as high as 29.7 million, which is too premium.

Previously, the Celtics executives had revealed that the team would reduce the pressure on salary during the offseason, while the US media said that insiders of the Celtics revealed that they would try to send away one of Holiday or Porzingis. Holiday did not perform well this season, but in comparison, it was obvious that Porzingis should be sent away more. After all, his performance was too bad. In fact, the Celtics won the championship last season, Porzingis did not have much effect and missed most of the playoffs. Last season, he played only 6 games in the playoffs.

He is a glass man, and his ability to fight in the inside is limited and he can't defend himself. He is very soft. He is indeed in line with the five foreign system, but it is not practical in the playoffs. Last season, he was considered a champion. The team's number one hero in the inside is actually Old Horford. Poor is too glassy, ​​and keeping him is not really helpful to the team. He has played in a total of 42 games this season. If the Celtics still want to win the championship in the future, keeping Porzingis will only have a side effect like now, so giving up on him is a wise choice.

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