这波特兰径丝滩赛现在已经玩了几个月的优秀篮球。自1月中旬以来,他们的纪录为24-7,在46-28次 - 西部大会的第三次最佳记录和NBA中最佳的第三次。本赛季的令人惊讶的令人惊讶的成功让人想知道波特兰是否是前五大团队。
Marc Stein的纽约时报在最近的时事通讯中解决了这个问题(你可以为他的新闻报名参加这里)。一个读者问他,“你认为西装外套是联盟中的五大球队以及你认为他们会在季后赛中做多少影响?”斯坦因承认这是一个粗暴的棘手问题:
On one hand, Portland has rightfully jumped into the top five of virtually everyone’s rankings out there on the strength of its 16-3 run since Feb. 5 The defense has picked up, Damian Lillard is on a mission and the West’s No. 3 seed is the Blazers’ to lose over the final 15 days of the regular season.
On the other hand, though, I’m going to have to risk the angry looks surely coming my way on my next visit to the Pine Street Market or Jake’s Famous Crawfish, because I don’t think I can bring myself to include the Blazers if you ask me to draw up a list of the top five teams with the best chance to win it all.
他继续列出金州,休斯顿,多伦多和克利夫兰,因为他们的伤害问题是波士顿的最有可能的标题竞争者。Stein在他的名单上没有波兰人,但是:
I also can’t seem to bring myself to back off of my seasonlong contention that Oklahoma City, for all its flaws, has the highest ceiling in the West outside of the Warriors or the Rockets, harsh as that might be on the Blazers after they just completed a 4-0 season sweep of the Thunder.
Blazers Fans可能不喜欢那种评估,但斯坦的结论是通过承认这取决于波特兰来证明他错了:
对你而言的好消息和所有其他的列拉姆尼亚人在那里:你只需要等待18天的季后赛来看看这个团队是否可以开始惩罚我的不尊重声明。
Lillard,C.J. McCollum,Blazers Coach Terry Stotts - 这三个Stalwarts不知何故被低估。但一如既往地与这种燃烧器的这种化身,很多都将取决于Jusuf Nurkic的比赛。当Nurkic被插入并在3月份看到的水平上(每场比赛仅24.3分钟),波特兰是一个不同的团队。
您如何看待Stein的分析?当他访问波特兰或者是公平的评估时,你会给他生气的外观吗?
你可以报名参加他的NBA时事通讯这里。
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