We were in the Premier League, and nobody from the Premier League goes to Rio Ave. "The results were fantastic, I can tell you. It's the way that we look at football, completely differently, like a chess player looking at the table. "We are not basing it on the system, we are basing it on spaces and creating spaces. In this moment, we saw football in a different way. "We decided to stop and reflect on the things that we did and the things that we wanted to do in the future. "After England, we were at Sheffield Wednesday for two and half years and half a year at Swansea, then we stopped for one season," Carvalhal told Stats Perform at the Thinking Football Summit. The Portuguese coach is proud of his achievements since leaving English football, claiming his stint at Swansea provoked a change in his approach to the game. However, Carvalhal left the Owls for Swansea City in December 2017, only winning eight of 25 games in south Wales and overseeing their relegation from the Premier League the following May.Ĭarvalhal has since enjoyed something of a renaissance with the likes of Rio Ave and Braga, before moving to Spain to keep Celta Vigo up with a final-day victory over Barcelona last season. That remains their highest second-tier finish since 1990-91, when they were promoted in third.
Wednesday were then beaten in the semi-finals after finishing fourth under Carvalhal in 2016-17. Ten other teams have won nine or more in a row in the playoffs and six went on to claim the title.Ĭarlos Carvalhal says he and his coaching staff "changed almost everything" about their approach to football after suffering relegation from the Premier League with Swansea City in 2018.Ĭarvalhal made a name for himself in the English game by leading Sheffield Wednesday to the Championship play-off final in 2016, where they were beaten by Hull City. Payne's 29 points were the most ever in the playoffs by a Suns player who averaged fewer than 10 points per game during the regular season (8.4).Įven with Paul back, Payne likely has a role to play as Phoenix pursue a 10th straight victory. He set career highs in points (29), field goals made (12) and field-goal attempts (24). Payne, who had one Phoenix start across the regular season and postseason prior to this series, was outstanding in Game 2. With 15.7 points, 8.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game in the playoffs, Paul boosts the Suns, although Cam Payne has filled in admirably in his absence. In the regular season, Paul has the most assists in Clippers history (4,023), ranks sixth for points (7,674) and eighth for minutes (13,885).
The 36-year-old spent six seasons in LA and is widely considered among the Clippers' greatest ever players.
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The Clippers rallied past the Utah Jazz but quickly fell 2-0 down to Phoenix even with Paul out of the lineup.Īgainst the Jazz, the Clippers became the first team in playoff history to recover from 2-0 behind in two series in the same postseason campaign, having also recovered against the Dallas Mavericks.īut a third straight such success seems highly unlikely as Kawhi Leonard remains out with a knee issue, and Paul's return only adds to their woes. Chris Paul has cleared the NBA's health and safety protocols and is available to lead the Phoenix Suns on the road to former team the Los Angeles Clippers.Īs the Suns waited to learn the identity of their Western Conference Finals opponents, a COVID-19 complication saw veteran point guard Paul sidelined.
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