0 wins and 5 losses, per game, 41 minutes per game, the hardest MVP in the playoffs! Maybe you should leave too

The playoffs this season have started for almost two weeks, and the teams that have advanced to the second round, including the Thunder, the Cavaliers, the Pacers, the Celtics, the Timberwolves and the Knicks, especially the Thunder. After sweeping the Grizzlies 4-0 in the first round, they have been resting for 5 days, but their opponents in the second round are still not sure. The biggest feeling this year's playoffs is that the gap between strength and weakness is too big. No team in the East can achieve the following. The Western Lakers are the No. 3 seed in the regular season, but the huge shortcomings in the inside lead to them not being able to fight back in front of the sixth place Timberwolves. In essence, the Timberwolves should be a stronger team. The most intense set of duels naturally came from the Clippers and the Nuggets. In Jokic's words, if you are not a pseudo-fan, you should enjoy this series. As the team with the best performance in the final stage of the regular season (18 wins in the last 21 games), when Harden opened fire with all his energy + found his status + all his players performed their duties, he was invincible. But encountering the Nuggets does put the Clippers in trouble, because the Nuggets are too capable of snatching, and there is also a Murray who may explode at any time. After Harden's G5 was completely lost, G6 ushered in a bottoming rebound, leading the team to a tiebreak with 28 points and 8 assists. Both sides returned to the same starting line, but it was increasingly unfavorable for the Nuggets. In the words of Denver team reporters, the Nuggets' team looks exhausted, especially Jokic, and it is hard to imagine that he will have to go through so long in hand-to-hand combat in every game. In this series, Jokic averaged 41 minutes per game, setting a new high in playing time in his playoff career.

starts with a set of data. Although Jokic led the Nuggets to win the championship in 23 years, in his playoff career, he faced a team with 50+ wins in the regular season, 0 wins and 5 losses (19 years of the Trail Blazers, 20 years of the Lakers, 21 years of the Suns, 22 years of the Warriors, and last season's Timberwolves). By chance, the Clippers' regular season record this season is 50 wins and 32 losses. It can be said that there is some luck in winning the championship in 23 years, but is it because Jokic is strong in his encounter, or is the Nuggets team lacking a ceiling? Since winning the championship in the summer of 23, the Nuggets have bid farewell to important players such as Jeff Green, Bruce Brown, Pope, and Reggie. Only Westbrook can be used on the bench this season. As a result, his ex-Marron was fired by the team because he gave Westbrook too much time. In the series between

and the Clippers, the Nuggets performed 6-man rotations, Jokic averaged 41.3 minutes per game, Murray averaged 42.2 minutes per game, Gordon averaged 40 minutes per game, Brian averaged 39.6 minutes per game, Porter averaged 33 minutes per game, and Westbrook averaged 25 minutes per game! Jokic has no substitute. Although he can still contribute a triple-double average of 25.3 points, 12 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game, his score is the lowest value in the past five seasons. Jokic is really too tired! To give an example, in the G6 game, when Zubac defended Jokic, Jokic made 5 of 14 shots in the game and 1 of 8 shots in the second half, especially missed a layup at the last moment, resulting in the team losing to the Clippers. In the words of US media, looking back at the NBA's past decades of history, there is still no MVP as tired as Jokic.

When Jokic is on the court in the playoffs, the Nuggets can beat the Clippers 1.3 points in a hundred rounds; when Jokic is away, the Nuggets lose 38.8 points in a hundred rounds! It cannot be said that Jokic has no helper. Murray scored 43 points in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain to lead the team to defeat the Clippers. Gordon of G4 made a tip-in at the last moment and narrowly defeated the Clippers. But for the entire series, Jokic must work hard to ensure everyone's ball rights. Even if Pickett comes up to hold the ball, Jokic must work diligently in pick-and-roll; his teammates are in a scoring drought, and Jokic must do it himself. He does not take advantage of the centers with a flesh-shield type like Zubac and Horford, and his physical energy consumption is extremely high, and he also needs to take on the offense and defense. If Murray breaks out, is it worth an average salary of 50 million? Porter Jr. is the average 10 points per game enough? Both Gordon and Westbrook are injured!

Even if we enter the second round, in the words of US media, the Nuggets are also cannon fodder. The Thunder have at least 9 days off, and the Nuggets have up to 2 days, not to mention that they may not be able to defeat the Clippers in tiebreak! After all, Booth, the former general manager of the Nuggets, has changed its strategic policy since winning the championship and hopes that the winning framework will lead the direction of young people's growth, which is unreliable. The young people who have played in the playoffs are not trustworthy at all. After training for the past three years, Brian has played, and he must be with Jokic on the court! For this reason, Malone and Booth had an internal strife and confrontation, and both were dismissed. But this Nuggets will be locked in the future! The team has no tradable first-round picks in the next seven years: the first-round pick in 25 years belongs to the Magic, and the first-round in 27 years belongs to the Thunder.

The Nuggets still have 4 first-round picks, but only 31 years of first-round swap rights can be traded! In addition, Murray's 212 million super maximum salary in four years has not yet taken effect, and it will definitely become a burden in the future. It does not mean that Murray's 1-2 games in the playoffs means he is worth the money! Jokic has expressed dissatisfaction with the team many times this season, including the frustration after the game. Indeed, the Nuggets are wasting and squandering Jokic's peak. In ESPN's words, perhaps the big fish in the trading market this summer are not just Durant and Antetokounmpo, but Jokic should also leave.