The Lakers reached the finals, Howard played a decisive role, his limitations for Jokic is very successful, five games, Jokic has three games are plagued by foul trouble. After taking the Western Conference championship, Howard said a lot of things that moved the fans, he said: ? The past few years ups and downs, I always tell myself not to give up, I promise myself, there is a chance to return to the finals, I will give it all I have, this season I completed the redemption, thanks to the support of the fans! I wish I had a good chat with Kobe, a lot of people said he was proud of me...? Above is the Howard interview, actually there is more than that, I picked out the main quotes.
This year is Howard's second Finals, and his first was in 2009, when he led the Magic to the Finals as the league's No. 1 center. After 11 years, Howard helped the Lakers reach the Finals as a blue-collar player, and that year the Lakers eliminated the Magic 4-0 to win the '09 NBA title, so what kind of numbers did Howard put up?
In the first game of the 2009 NBA Finals, the Magic were defeated by the Lakers 75-100 on the road, and Howard scored only 12 points, but grabbed 15 rebounds. The second game, the Magic on the road 96-101 against the Lakers, Howard played up to 47 minutes, scored 17 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 4 caps comprehensive data score is not much. The third game, the Magic in the home 108-104 victory over the Lakers, Howard 21 points and 14 rebounds. The fourth game, the Magic team on the road 91-99 defeated the Lakers, Howard 16 points and 21 rebounds, as well as the horror of 9 caps. The fifth game, the Magic at home 86-99 defeated the Lakers, Howard only 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Five games, Howard averaged 15.4 points, 15.2 rebounds and 4 caps, not a lot of scoring! To realize that Howard in the series of games out of the East, basically 20 +, 30 +, and 40 + games, that year's finals Gasol and Bynum for Howard's limitations are still very successful. 11 years later, Howard this year's playoffs averaged 7.3 points and 5.5 rebounds, in the finals to face the Heat, he will turn out what kind of data?