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4:05pm, 15 May 2025【Basketball】

In the NBA regular season this season, the Thunder, Cavaliers and Celtics are the three most dominant teams, each succeeding in different styles. The Thunder have strong defense, the Cavaliers are known for their fierce attacks, and the Celtics have both offense and defense. The Thunder performed well on the defensive end, and the team's defensive strategy focused on limiting opponents' scoring, especially in the outside defense. The team uses the defensive intentions of all players to strengthen on-field pressure, causing the opponent to make mistakes and inefficiency in offense. The Thunder's defensive style is extremely aggressive and often generates scoring opportunities through counterattacks, which provides the team with a stable advantage. In terms of offense, the Thunder's playing style is relatively simple, mainly relying on individual players' breakthrough ability and teamwork to create scoring opportunities.

Cavaliers rely on a fast and fierce offensive system and use the strategy of all members participating in the offensive, especially in fast attack and outside projection, to show strong offensive firepower. The Cavaliers' tactics pay great attention to the cooperation between players, especially through quick passes and cutting points to disrupt the opponent's defensive deployment. The team's core players' performance on the offensive end allows the Cavaliers to maintain high scoring efficiency in the game. The Cavaliers have a fast offensive rhythm and high explosive power. They can quickly convert defense into offense and suppress their opponent's defensive formation through high-intensity offense.

Celtics showed their qualities of both offense and defense in the regular season. Their overall style of play focuses on both defense and offense. The Celtics’ defensive strength is equally impressive, with the team limiting the opponent’s offensive opportunities through close marking and quick response. In terms of offense, the Celtics brought huge pressure to the opponent's defense through multiple blooming methods. The team's offensive combination is flexible and varied, and the Celtics can make quick adjustments whether it is outside shooting or inside attack. However, such diversified playing style also requires players to have good cooperation and tacit understanding on the field in order to fully exert the tactical effect in different situations.

However, in the playoffs, all three favorites in the championship encountered difficulties. In the series between the Thunder and the Nuggets, the Thunder's defense showed a certain lag when facing the Nuggets' strong offensive firepower. The Nuggets' offensive combination and the cooperation of players exposed some details on the Thunder's defense, especially when defending Jokic, the Thunder failed to effectively limit his performance. Although the Thunder has an advantage in defense, the Thunder's defensive system has encountered unprecedented challenges in the face of the Nuggets' all-round attack. At this time, the Thunder must pay more attention to the speed and accuracy of defensive counterattacks in the next game to catch up with the situation where they are lagging behind.

The Cavaliers' offensive intensity this season originally brought a great advantage to the team, but when playing against the Pacers, the team's main players had injuries, which greatly affected their offensive end. The Pacers seized this and made the Cavaliers' offensive firepower drop significantly through more stable offensive and defensive transitions and stronger inside defense. Although the Cavaliers performed well in the regular season, at a critical moment in the playoffs, injuries caused the team's tactical system to be unable to fully play out, thus facing a 1-2 backward situation.

Celtics swept the Knicks in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the Celtics failed to continue their regular season advantage. The Celtics failed to stabilize the situation when they led, especially at critical moments, when the team made frequent mistakes. Brown and Tatum's performance at critical moments put the team in a passive situation. Tatum's unstable form was unable to show his due leadership skills in the game, and Tatum failed to respond effectively at critical moments. At the same time, Brown's efficiency on the offensive end is not high, which makes it impossible for the offensive end to effectively break through the Knicks' defense line at critical moments while the Celtics leads the score. Instead, he was overtaken by the Knicks in two games leading the score! The Celtics' inside and breakthrough offense also exposed the problems. Although they have certain advantages on the offensive end, their attack power in the inside has significantly decreased, and the lack of breakthrough players puts them at a disadvantage when facing the Knicks' defense. Porzingis' decline in form had a significant impact on the Celtics. His scoring ability and rebounding control ability failed to reach the level at the beginning of the season, resulting in the team's offense and defense in the interior being restricted. The Celtics need to adjust their strategies as soon as possible, improve their inside offense, and allow players to take more responsibilities at critical moments to meet the challenges of the playoffs.