The Thunder 8 players rotated too extravagantly, the Nuggets 6 players rotated too weird

In this game between the Thunder and the Nuggets, the Nuggets collapsed in the fourth quarter and finally lost to the Thunder with 5 points with 87:92. Unexpectedly, the Thunder, who was the worst at playing in the fourth quarter, won the Nuggets today! And the league's number one player, Jokic, was invisible again at a critical moment! This is his third game and he has performed poorly. So what exactly is the problem that leads to Jokic's lack of succession?

In fact, although the Nuggets currently draw 2:2 with the Thunder, the Nuggets' playing process is not as optimistic as the result. In these 4 games, the Nuggets relied on one final draw, one draw, and won 2 wins. Moreover, the people who stood up at critical moments were Gordon. In a sense, the Nuggets are really lucky. If it weren't for Gordon, the Nuggets might have been eliminated with 4:0 at present!

And Jokic's recent performance is hard to describe. He scored 17 points, 20 points and 27 points in the last three games, with a shooting percentage of 37.5%, 32%, and 31.8%, respectively. Seeing this data, how is this the data of a center? How could this be the number one player in the league? It is obvious that getting a teacher is getting worse and worse!

So what is the reason? To put it bluntly, it's too tiring. Jokic has basically been playing games without stopping from the regular season to the playoffs. Moreover, the Nuggets usually have to play until the fourth quarter before the winner is decided. In the playoffs, Jokic's playing time has reached 40 minutes!

Of course, the Nuggets have no choice. The team is basically playing 6 players now. Look at the team's playing time, there is only Westbrook on the bench. If Westbrook hadn't joined the Nuggets with a salary of $4 million in the offseason, what would the Nuggets play? He can't play at all and can't even make it into the playoffs. Today, Jokic fought with the opponent for 42 minutes in the whole game.

Looking at the Thunder's personnel rotation, it can only be said that it is too luxurious. The 8-player rotation, except for Alexander who played for 38 minutes in the entire game, no other player had more than 35 minutes. How is this called playing a game? It’s obviously about comparing physical strength and endurance.

In fact, the Nuggets are not ruthless, the Lakers are the real ruthless. In the series against the Timberwolves, the Lakers once used 5-man rotation. Looking at this game, James played 46 minutes in the whole game and Doncic played 46 minutes. Although it seems to be 6 people on the surface, Hayes only played 4 minutes, which can be ignored, so it is actually a 5-man rotation.

At that time, the Lakers were not good at every fourth quarter. In fact, in the game, the Lakers were leading by more than 10 points, but every time after the fourth quarter, James could not make a shot, and Doncic could not make a shot. As Redick said, he couldn't even make some layups!

You should know that James is already 40 years old, and his things are also a fat man with a weight of more than 200 pounds. He has not recovered completely yet. How can he fight? Since Jokic will be tired, won’t 40-year-old James be tired?

But the Nuggets are different from the Lakers. The Nuggets are really unavailable, there is no way! But the Lakers actually have some choices on the bench, including Hayes, Vanderbilt, Vincent, Kneckett, and Milton, which can be used, but Redick just doesn't. Compared with the head coaches of other teams, Redick is doing too badly!

Compared with the Warriors, Rooney played a lot, Santos also got a chance to play, and Davis, who had not used it for a long time, also played. No matter what, Hayes is not worse than Davis, the Nuggets also played Watson and others, and Kneckett is not worse than Watson!

Take the Knicks who have been teasing for fans as a typical main player of death. They also used 7-man rotation in the playoffs. In the regular season, Knicks players who often play for 40 minutes have games in the playoffs, and the players' playing time does not exceed 40 minutes!

So, when playing in the playoffs, not only the main players must be strong, but also the substitutes must be strong. The most important thing is that the head coach must be strong, and none of them are indispensable. Some teams are forced to use them. There are only so many people who can use them. Some teams have obviously many people who can use them, but they lack trust in other players. Like the Lakers, who play 5-man rotation in the playoffs, and are not eliminated early, that would be strange. In the final analysis, Redick is almost intriguing, and I have to say that he is so weird. The job of an excellent coach is not to send the strongest players on the court, but to make those role players shine. This is the key point.

So, in this round of series between the Nuggets and the Thunder, the Thunder is likely to advance. Even if the Nuggets finally advance, in terms of physical strength, they will never be able to reach the finals.

It is not possible to fight the main force! The rotation of the Thunder 8 players is too luxurious, the Nuggets 6 players is too weird, the rotation of the Lakers 5 players is too weird