83 points for 72! Just make an appointment with the teacher! Zubac only has 58.6 million in 3 years

The Clippers lost to the Nuggets 3-4 and stopped in the first round of the playoffs. After 7 games, when facing Zubac's defense, Teacher Yo made a total of 32 of 72 shots, including 11 of 23 three-pointers and 8 of 11 free throws, scoring a total of 83 points, 39 assists and 12 turnovers. In other words, Zubac prevented Teacher Yo to hit only 42.9% of his two-point shooting percentage.

As a comparison, this season's regular season, Jokic's two-point shooting percentage was as high as 62.6%. Although Zubac failed to completely lock Jokic, he has done it to the extreme. In fact, there is no inside line in the league today that can defend 1 and lock the teacher. After this series, Zubac's performance did not disappoint Clippers fans!

In the first round of this year's playoffs, Jokic averaged 40 minutes per game, scoring 24 points, 11.6 rebounds, 10.1 assists, 2.3 steals, 0.9 blocks, and 3.4 turnovers. The shooting percentage of three events: 50%, 45.2%, 70.3%. Scoring and shooting percentage per game were the lowest in the playoff career. Zubac's problem is that he cannot prevent it, and he has the second highest shooting percentage in his career.

Look at Zubac's data, he averaged 36.6 minutes in the first round of the playoffs, scored 17.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.7 steals, 1 block, 1.6 turnover, with a shooting percentage of 65.9%, and a free throw percentage of only 53.8%. Scoring, rebounds, assists, blocks and shooting percentage per game are all Zubac's career-highs in the playoffs.

NBA reporter Hardwood Paroxysm tweeted and praised: "Zubac performed incredible both in the regular season and in the playoffs this season, and he almost made thousands of small hooks. He is definitely the top 5-10 big center in the league." Compared with the regular season, Zuubac did not fail in the playoffs and was the most stable player in the Clippers.

This season's regular season, Zubac played 80 games, averaging 32.8 minutes per game, scoring 16.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 steals, 1.1 blocks and 1.6 turnovers. The shooting percentage is 62.8% and the free throw percentage is 66.1%. In the fastest-progressive player selection, Zubac received 23 first votes, second only to Daniels (44).

As a comparison, in the 2023-24 season, Zubac played 68 regular season games, averaging 26.4 minutes per game, scoring 11.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocks, shooting percentage of 64.9% and free throw percentage of 72.3%. This season, his average score increased by 5.1 points, average rebounds increased by 3.4, and average assists increased by 1.3.

On August 31, 2024, Zubac and the Clippers reached a three-year, $58.6 million early contract renewal. Effective from the 2025-26 season, the contract expires in the summer of 2028, with an average annual salary of less than US$20 million. Comparing the big contracts of other players, Zubac is one of the most cost-effective players in the league!

Zubac was born on March 18, 1997, at the age of 28, in his year of fighting. By the time the contract expires, he is only 31 years old. Every time Zubac breaks out, it is necessary to mention the Lakers' deal that year: In February 2019, the Lakers sent Zubac and Beasley to the Clippers in exchange for Muscala. The latter only played 17 games with the Lakers!

Zubac said: "Our goal is the championship, but it was eliminated in the first round!" How do you think the Clippers should strengthen during the offseason?