Chapter 389: Sweeping the Heat! Advance to the semi-finals!
On April 20, the second round of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs between the Pacers and the Heat continued at the Bankers Living Arena.
The Pacers, who led 1-0 in the series tonight, were more relaxed, joking with each other as they entered, and the atmosphere of the Heat was much more solemn in comparison.
Pat Riley's team is so serious, so many stars will fall out with Riley after leaving the team coached by Riley, and only Wade is so loyal and willing to play for the Heat, but unfortunately what breaks Wade's heart is that the Heat are unwilling to give him a decent contract in the future, you must know that in order to recruit James, Wade has repeatedly cut his salary.
Getting back to the point, Xu Xuan and the Pacers will not give the Heat a chance to regain home-court advantage, Xu Xuan still doesn't bet on the feeling in tonight's game, once you are trapped, I will stand still.
You can't even let me stand.
The Heat had no choice, and Heat coach Spoelstra had to reset the defensive line, Xu Xuan was the focus, but not the only one.
Can it be ...... If Xu Xuan is not put under pressure, Xu Xuan will be too comfortable to shoot.
If you didn't shoot in the last game, you wouldn't think I really wouldn't shoot threes, would you?
Bang!
A familiar and graceful arc appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and Xu Xuan's slightly leaning posture was as charming as a rainbow in the sky.
Xu Xuan's three points are here!
Si Shuai was very sad to find that after his side changed his tactics, the offense did come up, but the score difference was even bigger than the first game.
99 to 119, the Heat were directly spent.
119 min...... It's not easy to score more than 100 points in the playoffs, but this one, the Pacers scored 119 points.
Spoelstra feels like his worldview has been completely turned upside down, and the veteran-studded Heat are more of a rookie in front of the Pacers.
In the end, the Pacers beat the Heat by 20 points at home to rewrite the series to 2-0, and at the end of the game, the Bankers' Living Arena rang out: "See you in the second round!" slogan.
See you in the second round!
Xu Xuan played 6 minutes in the whole game, he played the first three quarters, and nearly 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, in fact, if it wasn't for the fact that the Heat really didn't have the ability to resist in the end, he might have played the whole game.
With a game-high 14-of-25, 7-of-10 three-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws, Xu scored a game-high 42 points, plus three rebounds and four assists, one block and one steal.
Dwyane Wade had 28 points and eight assists, 17 points and 13 rebounds on the white side, 18 points for Goran Dragic and 16 points and six rebounds for Ruel Deng. Josh Richardson came off the bench for 15 points.
The Heat are doing well, but that's it.
They were exhausted by defending and attacking, and facing the Pacers' incessant bombardment tactics.
That's right.
In this game, Frank once again sacrificed the small-ball run-and-gun tactic.
Defense was the theme of the first game, and it was somewhat unexpected.
Relatively speaking, in the eyes of many people, this second game is much more normal.
While attacking with impunity, with a tired defense and limited offense.
That's where the two teams are at the moment.
The Heat's plan to use defense to give the Pacers a dismount has been declared broken, so then, time is running out for them!
With a 2-0 lead over the Heat, the Pacers have almost stepped into the Eastern Conference semifinals.
This is also something that many people expected in advance, the Heat, too old.
You can clearly see that their five starters, Dragic was born in 86 and is 30 years old this year.
Wade was born in 82 and is 34 years old this year.
Joe Johnson was born in '81 and is 35 years old this year.
Ruhr Deng was born in 85 and is 31 years old this year.
There is only one big white side is a young man, saying young, in fact, the big white side born in 89 is also 27 years old this year.
The average age of the Heat's five starters has reached 31.4 years old!
This is the age at which a player is officially entering the end of his career.
On the Pacers' side, Xu Xuan is 20 years old, CJ Myers is 29 years old, Paul George is 26 years old, PJ Tucker is 31 years old, and McGee is 28 years old.
That is, Tucker is more than 30 years old, and the average age is only 26.8 years old, which is 4.6 years less than the Heat, which happens to be the golden age of a player.
In this game, if the Heat win the first game, even if the second game is lost, the next two consecutive home games for the Heat may create a situation in their favor.
But now, the more difficult it is to play the later the game, after all, the physical consumption is getting worse and worse.
The Heat were led 2-0 by a big score, and they have all but lost hope of a comeback.
The blacks were lost.
They were counting on the Heat to teach the Pacers and Xu a lesson.
But now the Heat themselves can't protect themselves.
Only one ball daddy is still chattering, saying that the Heat will definitely change their lives against the sky.
No one just paid attention to him, entertaining himself.
Three more races on the 20th.
In the East, the Cavaliers came out in the second half, beating the Pistons 107-90 at home to take a 2-0 lead.
In this game, James scored 27 points and 6 rebounds on 12-of-18 shooting, and the team scored 20 points, Irving scored 22 points, JR Smith scored 21 points and 5 rebounds, and Love had 16 points and 10 rebounds.
What's more interesting.
Pistons teenager Stanley Johnson's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and openly provoked James before the game, claiming that he could prevent him from killing.
In the last game, the two had a physical altercation, and Johnson almost lost his cool.
This game was taught to be a man.
James nearly broke the Pistons with just 18 shots, and Stanley Johnson, who came off the bench, scored only nine points, and his desire to kill James was not realized.
Prevent James?
It's not Zhan Blow, there really can't be anyone in this league who can prevent James from killing.
Even people like Kawaii and Tony Allen dare not say that they can prevent the crazy old Zhan from dying.
That's just an impossibility.
And the western side.
The Clippers also made no mistakes, beating the Trail Blazers 102-81 at home to take a 2-0 lead in the first round.
However, in Xu Xuan's previous life, in this round of playoffs, it was not the Clippers who had the last laugh, but the Trail Blazers.
It's a sad thing.
Chris I fell on the door of the final or even the semi-final again.
But there is no way, when the Clippers are tied 2-2, this round of playoffs is no longer up to them.
On the other team, the Spurs beat the Grizzlies and were still as steady as old dogs.
Popovich is too good at playing this kind of team that specializes in defense.
With mid-range shooters like Duncan, Ade and Kawaii, the Grizzlies' defense is defense.
You can't stop shooting from mid-range.
You can't defend yourself against other people's attacks, and you can't break through other people's defenses when you attack yourself.
With a blunt knife cutting through the flesh, the Grizzlies could only watch themselves die step by step.
Wade scored 24 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and after the second game between the two sides, Wade knew that the Heat could not beat the Pacers, but the Flash did not want to be swept, so after returning to Miami, Wade led by example and led his teammates to practice non-stop.
It's really practiced.
A group of old guys were tired and panting and sweating profusely, but none of them said they were tired or gave up.
They may be a little lacking in energy and physical fitness, but that desperate spirit is what this group of old guys are best at.
However, the Flash's wish was destined to fail, and on April 23, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the Indiana Pacers scored another game, and the total score of the series was rewritten to 3-0!
Riley, who watched the game on the sidelines, was like a deflated ball, and the Heat team didn't think of some other ways, such as if they could get Xu Xuan reimbursed, then the Heat would definitely be able to advance.
It's a pity that Riley knows that this Heat team can't win the championship, so some things are unnecessary, not to mention that Riley is not stupid, this summer is destined to be bloody, besides, they don't have a chance to get Xu Xuan, right?
Forget it, if you lose, you lose, it's not a big deal, if you can take this opportunity to make a little impression on Xu Xuan, it will be good.
Soon, the fourth battle arrived, on April 25, still at the American Airlines Arena.
The fourth game of the Pacers and Heat series, this game is the most close matchup in this series, Wade, who does not want to be swept, shows what is called leadership temperament, when the Heat is in a desperate situation again and again, Wade has become the city's superhero, and has stepped forward again and again.
He puffed out his cheeks and pounded the Pacers' pitch incessantly, even refusing to go off the court when head coach Spoelstra was ready to give him a break.
At that time, Wade excitedly said to Spoelstra: "This is my city, this is my territory!" ”
Wade doesn't stop, Xu Xuan doesn't stop, and the Pacers don't want to go back to Indiana to end this series again.
So Wade is ruthless, Xu Xuan is also ruthless, and the promotion must be today!
At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led the Heat by 21 points at 81:60, and the first round of the playoffs between the Pacers and the Heat has ended early!
No way.
It's the same question from before.
The more you drag it to the back of the Heat, the more disadvantageous it is, after all, a group of veterans with an average age of more than 31 years old, under such a high-intensity game, you expect him to play every game like the first?
How can it be!
Let's just say Wade.
After he goes back today, if he doesn't have a full-body physiotherapy, it's hard to say whether he will be able to stand up the next day.
It's too fierce!
In the end, Xu Xuan, who focused on basketball, scored three three-pointers in the fourth quarter to completely extinguish the arrogance of the Heat's counterattack.
The Miami fans gave Wade a round of applause despite their frustration.
The Flash played 48 minutes today, fighting until the last minute and the last second, even though the Heat were already behind by 25 points with one minute left in the fourth quarter, Wade still did not give up.
Although he did some very unkind things off the court, I have to say that Wade, who wears the No. 3 jersey of the Heat, your uncle is still your uncle!
Wade made 19 of 35 shots, including 3-of-7 three-pointers and 9-of-11 free throws, scoring a game-high 50 points and grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds, plus three assists, two steals and two blocks.
This data is crazy!
However, this time Wade's cheeks puffed up didn't work, the Pacers' supercar stepped on the accelerator, and the Heat's classic car would have fallen apart if it hadn't been protected by Wade.
After the game, Wade also congratulated Xu Xuan.
"Xu, well done, keep up your condition, you have a chance to win the championship this season." Wadek patted Xu Xuan on the shoulder.
"Looking forward to your second round." Wade is sincere blessing, and Xu Xuan also accepted it decisively.
"By the way, it'll be okay later, go out for a meal, I'll have a treat." Wade said with a smile.
Xu Xuan raised his eyebrows during the conditioning period: "Meat or vegetarian?" ”
"Nonsense, of course it's plain, I can't lift my fingers now when I'm tired, and you have to drive the car, anyway, can you drive now?" Wade looked at Xu Xuan curiously.
He played the whole game, and Xu Xuan also played the whole game.
But look at this guy's life...... It doesn't look like tired at all.
Sure enough, he heard Xu Xuan reply with a smile in the next second: "Of course, what kind of car are you?" Sports cars? Anyway, what do you want to treat me to eat, it's the top restaurant in Polis when I treat you, you can't fool me. ”
The corners of Wade's mouth twitched.
This guy is really not tired, and he is still in the mood to think about what to eat.
What he wants to do most now is go to sleep.
......
There are still two teams that finish their opponents cleanly like the Pacers in the first round.
One is a knight, the other is a spur.
The Cavaliers' sweep of the Pistons was expected by everyone, after all, the difference in strength between the two teams was too big, and this could not be made up by simply relying on any blood and cruel words.
Even if the Cavaliers lose one game, Cavaliers owner Gilbert will feel that so much of his money has been spent in the wrong place.
So, a sweep is the only result.
And the Spurs are too restrained by the Grizzlies.
The grizzlies have no way to take this old spur, this is really a blunt knife to cut meat.
The Spurs were unhurried on offense and unhurried on defense, but it was in such an unhurried state that they directly swept the Memphis Grizzlies, a super defensive powerhouse in the league.
After this series, everyone's fear of this Spurs is even greater, especially when the Warriors have lost one game, and the Spurs can be so stable.
People have to sigh that ginger is still old and spicy.
And here, alas, as I said before, the Warriors lost to Mosaic by one point 96-97 in Game 3.
Curry continued to be absent in this game, and Kerr's heart was really big enough, and he dared to put Curry on the bench at this time.
But he was right, Curry is not Xu Xuan, and if they can save some physical energy now, the greater the advantage in the future.
With 10.6 seconds left in the game, Mosaic made a mistake and Clark hit a shot on a fast break to give the Warriors the lead, but Mosaic didn't pause and they immediately launched a counterattack, and Harden hit a step-back shot with 2.7 seconds left in the game, and Mosaic became the leader again.
The Warriors had a chance to kill, but Green made a mistake at a critical moment, and the Warriors fell short.