After all, he is 36 years old! The Clippers forward veteran cannot play the role of a surprise player in every game

In a previous NBA playoff game, the Denver Nuggets, who returned to their home court, defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101. After this game, the Nuggets, who won the life-and-death battle in the tiebreak, successfully advanced to the Western Conference semi-finals. They will compete with the Oklahoma City Thunder for a spot in the Western Conference Finals; while the Clippers lost their chains again in such a life-and-death battle, and fell in the first round of the playoffs again.

In this game, the performance of the Clippers' substitute veteran Nicolas Batum also declined. Batum played 28 minutes and 09 seconds in the whole game, made 1 of 3 shots and 1 of 3 three-pointers, scored 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, and had 2 fouls, with a plus-negative value of -27. Batum is indeed difficult to provide more help and support to the team due to the ball and the number of shots on the offensive end, and his shooting ability has not been displayed. Batum is still very hard-working on the defensive end and has achieved certain results. However, considering that the team's defensive state is not ideal, Batum is also a veteran whose physical condition and athletic ability have declined significantly. It is completely unrealistic to expect him to undertake a large number of defensive tasks and shoulder the team's defensive system in every game. In the end, the Clippers also suffered a crushing defeat, but this actually has nothing to do with Batum.

In the NBA regular season this season, Batum played a total of 78 games in 82 games, averaging 17.5 minutes per game, averaging 4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks, and 0.4 turnovers and 1.4 fouls, shooting percentage of 43.7%, three-point shooting percentage of 43.3%, and free throw shooting percentage of 81%. During the playoffs, Batum averaged 24 minutes in these seven games, with averaging 24.6 minutes per game, averaging 5.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 steals and 1.7 blocks, and 0.4 turnovers and 1.9 fouls. He shot 39.4% from the field and 39.4% from three-point shooting percentage.

Batum was able to maintain a relatively good outside shooting percentage on the offensive end during the playoffs. Considering that all his shootings come from outside shooting, this shooting percentage is actually not bad. Batum has also demonstrated his rich defensive experience, good defensive ability and defensive awareness on the defensive end many times. Especially in the series G6, Batum's arrangement as the first in the second half also directly changed the situation of the game and helped the team defeat the opponent in G6. But after all, he is a player of this age. It would be a bit funny to expect Batum to change the situation of the game in every game. Batum has tried his best, but he is just an excellent role player.