Newcomers who only see limited measures in the conference semifinals

So far, the NBA playoffs have fair.

With the first round of the post-season in the rear-view mirror, there are still four squads at each conference, while the teams are hunting for an NBA title. The conference semi -final has already achieved surprising results when the team with lower seeds won its opening game in every series.

In fact, the Indiana Pacers opened a 2-0 lead against the Cleveland Cavaliers and will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse with a lot of momentum. While the intensive battles that invented the second round of the playoffs, rookies did not see much time on the floor.

This phenomenon is not unusual because most teams who have a serious shot to win the NBA final are not strongly dependent on rookies to make large contributions, but it is a change from the first round. Before the conference semifinals, several newcomers saw a lot of time on the floor, including Zach Edey and Kel'el goods.

In the second round, Quinten Post and Terrence Shannon Jr. are the only newcomers to see an action. Both Post and Shannon got a few minutes in game 1 of the series between Golden State and Minnesota.

Post played for six minutes with the Warriors victory and only made one rebound, but left the floor as +14 in the box score. Shannon logged on the pitch for about a minute and a half and went 0: 1 in field, while he did not record any additional statistics.

Post, which ended his college career at Boston College, was selected in the second round of the NBA design of 2024, but has already managed to find a place in the Warriors rotation. As a rookie, the 7-foot value achieved an average of 8.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists, while he shot 44.9% from the field and 40.8% compared to more than four attempts per game.

Shannon was selected last summer after his college career in Illinois. The former Illini -exciting outstanding place showed lightning in the NBA in his first year, but as a rookie outside of the month did not have much time on the

In his first year as a professional, Shannon achieved an average of 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and one assist per game, while he shot 48.2% from the field and 35.5% from the 3-point range.

In the course of the playoffs, this trend will probably continue with teams who try to lower their rotations.

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