In-depth analysis: From the Warriors to the Celtics, the five small & Are the five foreign players really going to be eliminated by the times?

With the Celtics defeating the Knicks with a big score in G6, the East and West have produced three teams that have entered the finals: the Pacers, the Knicks and the Timberwolves, while the Nuggets and the Thunder will produce the last team to enter the division finals.

For the Celtics, their situation may be worse. Tatum has a ruptured Achilles tendon and is expected to return to the field in 18 months, and what about the other players? Horford is facing retirement, Porzingis is in a sluggish state, and Holiday is seriously deteriorating. The Celtics just won the championship last season and are facing the dilemma of breaking up the team this season.

This team reminds people of the Warriors in 2019. They are also the champion of last season and the main player suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. The Warriors began to lie dormant after 19 years. Although they won another championship with Curry's performance in 22 years, it was more like the afterglow of the dynasty. Now they only rely on Curry, Butler and Green to survive.

As the founder of the Five Primary School, the Celtics, as the founder of Five Foreign Languages, are facing their own problems now. Is Five Seconds really going to be eliminated by the times?

5 small & Introduction to the five foreign play methods

5 small fingers choose five small players with fast movement ability, outside shooting ability and defensive flexibility. For example, the Warriors' former "death five small" include Curry (1.91 meters), Thompson (2.01 meters), Iguodala (1.98 meters), Green (2.01 meters) and Durant (2.08 meters), with an average height of 2 meters but both speed and projection.

Tear the defense through quick conversion offense (running and bombing), off-ball screen and three-point shooting, and also requires players to have misaligned defense ability. Its essence is "sacrificing the height of the inside for offensive efficiency and defensive mobility."

The five outsiders refer to the five players' initial positions outside the three-point line, completely clearing the inside space, forming a "no-position basketball", using the outside space to create a breakthrough path, attracting assisted defense and passing the ball to the empty space.

5 small & Wuwei are all deformed basketballs in essence?

Carefully observe the lineup between the Warriors and the Celtics. Green's height of 2.01 plays the role of center, while Tatum's height of 2.03 is always at the No. 4 position of the Celtics. Green and Tatum have to fight with others in the inside line that is full of people all year round.

, coupled with modern basketball's promotion of speeding up and large-scale running, this will undoubtedly cause greater consumption to players, not to mention deformed teams like the Warriors and the Celtics.

In the end, Tatum fell; the Warriors were lucky. Green did not suffer any serious injuries in his career, but it is difficult for Curry to have a hamstring strain in the second round of the playoffs, so it is difficult for you to explain it by just being unlucky.

role players are degenerating, and the power of five foreign players is no longer

How were the Celtics and the Warriors eliminated this season? On the surface, the leading stars Tatum and Curry were injured, causing the team's combat power to collapse and they were eventually eliminated.

But if you carefully study the status of the role players after the injury of the star, you will find that even if all the players are healthy, it is difficult for them to become a strong contender for the championship.

On the Celtics, Holiday's offense and defense were seriously deteriorated; Porzingis failed to make three-pointers, and his defense was even seriously targeted; Horford was at the end of his strength and was facing retirement; even Xiaobai could not play in the highlights of the regular season after Tatum was injured.

And what about the Warriors? After Curry was injured, you can't even find a player who stands alone except Butler and Kumingga. What's ridiculous is that Kumingga, who was DNP because he was not compatible with the team, became the Warriors' savior after Curry was injured.

So, is it a problem with the team system? It is more about the role players' own problems, and it is hard for a good cook to cook without rice. If the Celtics and other players found their form last year, if the Warriors' role players were replaced by players in the same position in the 15/16 period, would they be so embarrassed now?

league returns to the era of big centers?

With the rise of Jokic and Antetokounmpo, the league teams are increasingly aware of the importance of centers. Watch several teams entering the division finals, whether it is Gobert of the Timberwolves, Downs of the Knicks, or Turner of the Pacers. Although they are all different types of centers, they are all standard center height and weight.

What you must admit is that the center has extremely strong strategic significance for a team. Although their ceiling is not high, they have extremely strong bottom-up ability. They can serve as regular lineups to help the team get through the long regular season with low power.

And at the critical moment of the playoffs, five small or five foreign players can be used as a backhand, becoming the team's key killer move and raising the team's upper limit.

Lakers are a typical negative textbook. Davis, who traded the team's center in the mid-season, changed to playing in the fifth junior, but was swept by the Timberwolves in the first round.

Center is a conventional weapon, while 5 small & and 5 foreigners are strategic weapons.

Summary

So, is the five small & Five foreign countries really going to be eliminated by the times? I think on the contrary, they still play a key role in certain moments of the game. However, if such a deformed lineup has been used in 82 games in the regular season, players cannot bear it.

The five small and five foreign players are essentially the response of modern basketball to the rules of efficiency first, but neither is a universal formula. Perhaps, the center will gradually return to the stage of the times, and the reappearance of the O'Neal-style dominant center will be rewritten again.