Chapter 1115: Playoffs First Round!
The opponent of the Hornets in the first round is the Suns, and the Suns have a lot of good things this season, in the early part of the season, they didn't play well, but then with the new head coach's businessmen, plus Nash's personal affairs are almost done, they also rely on play, barely enter the playoffs!
The game against the Suns was held three days later, and although the Hornets had a much higher record than the Suns, everyone still attached great importance to the Suns!
Moreover, the Suns are also a strong team, and they were also in the West before, but now that they have become like this, the members of the team are naturally unconvinced, and they will definitely work hard in this first game, and they want to give a little color to those who are not optimistic about them!
Sure enough, at the beginning of the first game, the Suns played very successfully, with Nash's threading in it, plus his own desperate offense, the Suns actually pressed the Hornets in the first half!
At halftime, the score of the two teams also came to 45:42! The Hornets trailed the Suns by 3 points at home!
Entering the second half, the Suns still wanted to do something like the first half, but the Hornets didn't give a chance, at the beginning of the second half, the Hornets directly regained their home-court advantage, and the Big Three also announced their return!
Relying on He Yiming's 3 three-pointers, Paul's 2 three-pointers, and David West's several mid-range shots, the Hornets directly overtook the score.
Then into the fourth quarter, Nash, who has been working offense, also has no physical strength, after all, he is also a group of people who are quite old, and he has been playing until now, and he has been grasping both passing and attacking, and his physical strength is already stretched!
Entering the last quarter of the game, the Hornets became more and more courageous, and finally directly broke through the Suns' defense!
"Toot!" The game ended, and the score of the two teams finally came to 100:113! The Hornets came from behind and won the first game directly!
In this game, He Yiming scored 30 points, Paul scored 22 points, David West scored 25 points, and the Big Three combined scored 77 points!
On the other hand, the Lakers also successfully defeated the Rockets, the Rockets left Da Yao alone without Maddie, and Da Yao's physical strength is also a very important issue, this season's ranking can also be seen, the strong team that reached the Western Conference Finals and the Lakers for 7 games is now worthy of retaining the playoff spot!
The rest was not unexpected, the Spurs won the first game, and the Mavericks also taught the Thunder a good lesson!
After winning the first game, the Hornets were also full of energy, and the second game was also won smoothly, and the Suns also wanted to fight, but they had no choice but to overexert themselves in the last game, and there was not much momentum in this game after only two quarters, and they had no choice but to lose!
After the second game, He Yiming still scored 25 points, Paul scored 22 points, and David West scored 20 points, and the Big Three played very well!
With two wins in a row, the Hornets are well rested, and the third game is the home court of the Suns!
And the coach of the Suns is also very confident, saying that they will definitely be able to snipe the Hornets at home, and they will go to the Hornets' home court to take away a key victory.
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Nash took a breath, and then slowly spit it out! He tried his best in this game, but the Suns still couldn't block the impact of the Hornets, they began to fall behind in the first quarter, and then in the third quarter, they couldn't stop it anymore, and the Hornets' offense was like a flood that opened the floodgates, directly breaking down the Suns' defense!
By now, the Suns are already 14 points behind the Hornets, and the fourth quarter is only 3 minutes away!
In the third game, the Suns still lost, but it was not as ugly as the loss, but it was only 5 points behind and lost! It also gave some Suns players confidence, hoping to beat the Hornets in the fourth game and save some face for themselves!
But in this last game, the Hornets directly burst out with all their abilities and defeated the confidence of the Suns players in one fell swoop, and by now, the Suns players have no confidence!
"Is this the end of this season?" Nash sighed and looked at Chris Paul, who was defending himself, when Paul first entered the league, the Suns had a hot record and high goals, and Nash once thought he could touch that O'Brien Cup!
But now, Paul has a chance to touch it, and Nash, who is already old and frail!
"Toot!"
The game is over, and the Suns' playoff journey is also over!
"Steve, I'm sorry!" He Yiming walked over and hugged Nash!
"It's a game, it's a win or a loss!" Nash said with a smile!
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The Hornets 4:0 Suns, smoothly advanced to the second round! On the other side, the Lakers' game is about to end, after all, the Rockets are only Da Yao alone, although they desperately won a victory, but it was only a narrow victory, so far, basically no one is optimistic about the Rockets!
The Hornets are over, the Lakers are over, 3:1, the last game is back in Los Angeles, and the Rockets basically have no room for a turnaround!
The Mavericks also played very well, the same 3:1, the Thunder team couldn't defend Dirk Nowitzki, Dirk Nowitzki broke out in these games, and the Thunder team played was called heaven and earth!
Only the Spurs side, they are a little miserable! Originally, their rhythm was relatively slow, in recent years, with the rise of the Lakers' fast-paced play, Popovich also made the Spurs change their style of play, but I didn't expect the Grizzlies to be slow-paced!
Slow pace, the Grizzlies are not completely booed! By now the two teams are 2:2!
On the other hand, the situation in the East is quite clear! The Bulls 3:1 Nets, the Heat swept the 76ers 4:0, the Magic 2:2 Knicks, and the Celtics 2:2 Hawks!
Looking at it this way, the top four teams in the east and west are basically relatively clear except for those teams! After all, there are only so many strong teams, especially in the east, which can be counted on one finger! The west has also fixed some playoff teams in recent years, and the top four are relatively obvious!
。。。。。。。 To be continued!!