By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-04-19 19:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
今天季后赛揭幕战的第二场比赛是两支战绩相同的球队之间的较量
这个系列赛可能会非常胶着。快船和掘金都以 50胜32负 的战绩结束了本赛季。在今年的直接对抗中，他们以2-2战平。快船通过总得分赢得决胜优势，他们的胜利总共得到了 45 分，而掘金的胜利总共只有 9 分。
快船也拥有势头，因为他们赢得了最近的两场比赛。也就是说，自一月初以来，他们就再也没有碰面了。
从马刺队的角度来看，快船队有三名前马刺球员——科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard)，德鲁·尤班克斯(Drew Eubanks)和帕蒂·米尔斯(Patty Mills)。根据你个人的不满程度，这可能是一个公平的交换。
掘金队在本赛季结束前解雇了迈克尔·马龙(Michael Malone)教练，他曾在他们夺冠的那一年执教过他们。
在一个充满超级球星的世界里，我仍然会支持尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)而不是科怀·伦纳德，但原因并非首先想到的那样。约基奇仍然是联盟中最好的球员之一，他的数据和排名都证明了这一点。
正如斯蒂芬·A·史密斯(Stephen A. Smith)所说，伦纳德是“任何运动历史上最差的超级巨星”。他要么根本没有，要么没有能力以必要的水平为他的球队挺身而出，从而将伟大转化为冠军。
他在马刺队的冠军是由一支最伟大的支持阵容推动的，其中包括三位名人堂球员的鼎力支持。
他的第二个总冠军包括在NBA 季后赛历史上，第七场比赛中第一个在蜂鸣器响起时投进的制胜球。 幸运是幸运，但并非决定性的。猛龙队在总决赛中的胜利是以凯文·杜兰特(Kevin Durant)的跟腱断裂和克莱·汤普森(Klay Thompson)的前交叉韧带撕裂为代价的。如果这两个人保持健康，猛龙队获得总冠军的可能性不大。
快船队在本赛季结束时赢得了十分之九的比赛，为激烈的战斗做好了准备。
预测：快船队以 6 场比赛获胜。
我支持谁：掘金队。
原因：只是一支由我想和他们一起共进晚餐的球员组成的球队。对于詹姆斯·哈登(James Harden)、本·西蒙斯(Ben Simmons)和上述的伦纳德，我不能这么说。
你呢？你支持谁？
点击查看原文：Open Thread: A Spurs perspective on the Clippers vs. Nuggets playoff series
Open Thread: A Spurs perspective on the Clippers vs. Nuggets playoff series
The second game of today’s playoff launch pits two teams with identical records
This series might be one of the tightest. The Clippers and Nuggets both ended the season with 50-32 records. In head-to-head competition this year, they split the series 2-2. The Clippers win the tie-breaker by points. Their victories came with a combined 45 points where the Nuggets victories were by 9 total.
The Clippers also have the momentum having won the two latter. That said, they haven’t met up since early January.
From a Spurs perspective, the Clippers sport three former Spurs- Kawhi Leonard, Drew Eubanks, and Patty Mills. Depending on your personal resentments, this could be a wash.
The Nuggets fired coach Michael Malone just before the end of the season, who coached them in their Championship year.
In a world of superstar players, I’m still going to root for Nikola Juice over Kawhi Leonard, but not because for the reason that first comes to mind. Jokic is still one of the best players in the league with numbers and rankings to back it up.
Leonard, as best said by Stephen A. Smith, is “the worst superstar in the history of any sport.” He simply either doesn’t or isn’t able to show up for his team at the level necessary to bridge greatness to a title.
His title with the Spurs was fueled by one of the greatest supporting casts including the shoulders of three first ballot hall of fame players.
His second title included the first game-winning field goal at the buzzer in a Game 7 in NBA Playoffs history. Lucky, yes, but not definitive. Toronto’s Finals victory came at the expense of Kevin Durant’s ruptured Achilles tendon and Klay Thompson’s torn ACL. Had those two stayed healthy, the Raptors securing a ring does not sound likely.
The Clippers ended the season winning nine of ten preparing them for intense battle.
Prediction: Clippers in 6.
Who am I rooting for: Nuggets.
Reason: Just a team full of guys I’d want to have dinner with. Can’t say that about Harden, Simmons, and the aforementioned Leonard.
How about you? Who you rooting for?
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock