Rose hit two free throws with 5:30 left in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 88-91 and see hope of a comeback, but the youngster Hansbrough hit two consecutive shots in 24 seconds to give the Pacers a seven-point advantage. After the Bulls called a timeout, Hansbrough made another steal, and after he dunked and drew a foul on Boozer, the Pacers led 98-88 after a three-pointer with a free throw.

The bull was cornered. Noah exploded under the basket, first grabbed an offensive rebound, scored a layup, and then scored a dunk and drew a foul, but the Bulls missed the free throw, and the Bulls scored six straight points to tie the score at 94-98 with 2:27 left in the game.

Rose made a strong layup with 1:50 left and made a 3-pointer with free throws to put the Bulls up 97-99.

The two sides entered the decisive stage, and the young Pacers finally failed to resist. Rose then hit another shot, and Korver scored a three-pointer with 1:11 left before the end of the game to give the Bulls a 102-99 lead, and it was Rose who passed the ball to Korver.

The Pacers trailed for the first time in the second half, but it was at the end of the game. After that, the Pacers continued to miss shots, and in the final 3:38 they scored only one point from the free throw line, and they lost a good game.

When the Mavericks were preparing for the second game with the Trail Blazers on the 20th, the first game of the first round of the playoffs had all ended, and it was surprising that several strong teams lost at home, including the game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies, the Spurs lost the game with the Grizzlies 98-101 at home, and the hero of this game was not the veteran Battier who faced the Rockets squarely, and the desperate three-point shot at the critical moment helped the Grizzlies complete the overtake, the Spurs used foul tactics, and after Tony Allen made two free throws in 10 seconds before the end, Jefferson missed another three-point shot, and the Spurs fell short.

Although before the start of the playoffs, Duncan began to play soy sauce in the last few games of the regular season, although the playoffs showed his face at the beginning, he scored 16 points and 13 rebounds in the first game, but because Ginobili was absent due to injury, the bench lineup did not score enough, although Parker got 20 points and 5 assists, but the shooting percentage of 4 of 17 was a little unsatisfactory.

Compared with the confidence of the Spurs, the Grizzlies rested a number of main players in the last game of the regular season and deliberately lost to the Clippers, thus ranking eighth, which also means that they chose to play the Spurs in the first round, avoiding teams with strong offensive power such as the Lakers or the Mavericks.

At this time, Duncan was also very dissatisfied, he thought that the Grizzlies deliberately chose to have a very good stomach Spurs to look down on them, but maybe Duncan didn't expect the Grizzlies to win the Spurs in defense.

The two teams can be said to have been entangled from the beginning of the game, and there are comings and goings! However, the Spurs lost in terms of shooting percentage, with the Grizzlies shooting 37 of 67 while the Spurs shot only 29 of 70, and the three-pointers Grizzlies hit 6 of 10 shots, while the Spurs shot 15 times and hit 6 of them.

Not only the Spurs, but even the defending champion Lakers lost the first game at home, losing to the Hornets 100-109, although the Lakers did not do a good job in the offseason, but in the face of the Hornets should not play like this, with Gasol and Bynum in charge of the interior, it can be said that it is as stable as Mount Tai, even if the Hornets' interior West is not suspended due to injury, the Hornets' interior advantage is also at a disadvantage.

And the Hornets lost to the Lakers in four meetings in the regular season, which is why they preferred to choose the Spurs in the last minute of the regular season, but unfortunately in the end the Grizzlies came out on top. In the end, the Hornets didn't make it and stood opposite the Lakers.

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Although the Hornets were at a disadvantage, the Hornets showed more blossoming as soon as they opened, and the Hornets started with a wave of 12-4, although the Lakers Kobe Bryant and Fisher shot to help the Lakers overtake the score, but the Hornets still led by 2 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Hornets took the lead, Paul and Jack hit three-pointers respectively, the Lakers scored for the first time in the fourth minute straight, and the score once stretched to 12 points, the Lakers couldn't do it at this time, Kobe Bryant began to play freely, but just near the end of the second quarter, the Hornets still led by 8 points, but there were still 2.5 seconds left at the end of Paul hit a three-pointer again, expanding the advantage again, but Artest actually hit a magical shot in the middle and long, which did not let the Hornets pull the score to double digits.

In the third quarter, although the Lakers launched a fierce attack, the Hornets had a lack of advantage inside, the Lakers attacked the Hornets inside, and Fisher and Bynum continued to help the Lakers play a small climax, but the Hornets did not panic and impatience under the command of Paul, and steadily suppressed the Lakers, but this was also risky, and the Hornets only led by 1 point at the end of the third quarter.

Due to the lack of an inside line, the Hornets had to activate the usual team fringe people, but the state was not bad, and at the critical moment was stunned to suppress Bynum's score, and shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, forced a layup and made a foul on Bynum, and scored three points in one go, and the bench Willis Green made a successful steal at a critical moment and hit a drift shot, and the Hornets led by 8 points at 84-76.

Kobe Bryant showed his heroic qualities in danger, hitting three consecutive shots after that, and halfway through the quarter, the Lakers trailed only 85-87 after his three-point shot.

However, Paul did not show weakness at the critical moment, 4 minutes and 24 seconds before the end, after he hit two consecutive shots, the Hornets opened the gap again 94-87, forcing the Lakers into a dead corner. Three minutes before the break, after the Lakers closed the gap to four points, Jack hit a shot, Kobe Bryant missed a crucial moment, Paul hit a shot, and then he and Landry each hit two free throws to give the Hornets a 104-92 lead with 1:06 left in the game.

The Lakers failed to shoot in the last 3 minutes, Gasol only hit the shot with 56.5 seconds before the end, and Odom also hit a three-pointer after that, but unfortunately it came too late and the Lakers were powerless.

In this way, the two strong teams in the West both lost the first game of the playoffs, which made many people's jaws drop! It also made many fans who bought the Lakers eliminate the Hornets 4-0 in the first round angry.

The last game of the first round of the West is the Thunder vs. the Nuggets, although this game did not surprise the fans, but the game process was a surprise to the fans, after losing the melon, many fans think that this season the Nuggets are also a round trip, but from the first game, they don't seem to want to go fishing too early.

After the opening game, Nene made several strong baskets, while Chandler and Gallinari hit three-pointers one after another, and they started the game with a wave of 12-4, not at all afraid of the Thunder, the boss of the division. Nene clashed with Kendrick Perkins in the final two regular season games against the Thunder, and the two bonded together, and the two met in the playoffs, and the two collided with gunpowder, but Nene was in better shape, scoring eight points in the first quarter, and the Nuggets led by 13 points at one point, ending the quarter at 33-24.

Due to Durant's poor hand, the Thunder's momentum of chasing points in the second quarter was weak, although Westbrook hit three points many times, but still trailed by 1 point into the second half, which is actually okay, after all, Durant's scoring point can't be opened, and it is not easy for the Thunder to pull the score back to the same running line.

Durant's firepower in the third quarter was not surprising, hitting consecutive three-pointers for Durant to score 14 points in a single quarter and help the Thunder enter the final quarter with a four-point advantage.

However, once the Thunder leads, it is even more difficult for the Nuggets to overtake, although they took advantage of the Thunder's failure to shoot in three minutes to fight back, but at the critical moment, Westbrook and Durant hit one after another to open the difference, although the Nuggets finally used foul tactics, but Durant hit two free throws, and the Nuggets were powerless.

Kevin Durant scored a career-high 41 points, and Russell Westbrook had 31 points, seven assists and six rebounds.

Although the Knicks in the East made a big change, getting Anthony and Billups and Smalls to form the Big Three, but the Celtics also took a gamble, trading Kem Perkins for Kostic and Jeff Green, both teams want to make a difference in the playoffs, and their trade results will be tested in the playoffs.

The Spurs and Lakers in the West have been upset one after another, and the Magic in the East have also lost to the Hawks who are ranked lower than them.

After the opening, the Celtics actively launched an offensive, but although the Knicks have just changed blood for half a season, the run-in is not bad, Anthony and Xiaosi have good performances, and the defense of both teams is very active, so the maximum point difference is only 5 points, and at the end of the first quarter, the Celtics only led the Knicks by 1 point.

However, in the second quarter, Anthony and Xiao Si were powerful, Anthony's low post strong hit, Xiao Si's mid-range jumpers hit one after another, not to mention, Anthony also made enough money to defend his Pierce, and played a 2+1, Xiao Si was not to be outdone, after receiving Billups' pass, he shook off Garnett and flew into a violent dunk! The Knicks ended the quarter on a 6-0 run to extend their advantage to 51-39.

In the third quarter, the Celtics strengthened their defense, showing championship-level defense, and the Knicks were blinded, in the face of such a tough defense, their offense was completely interrupted, and they scored a total of 13 points in the third quarter, but the Celtics dug a bit of a hole in the first two quarters, and they still trailed by 5 points at the end of the third quarter.

Ray Allen exploded into a three-point shot at the beginning of the fourth quarter, followed by Rondo's steal and a wonderful pass, Ray Allen hit the basket for a layup, although Anthony wanted to return a shot but missed, and then Pierce and Garnett caused a change of position, and beat Xiao Si's hand, the Celtics scored 7 points in a row, 66-64, and the competition between the two sides entered a white-hot stage. Stoudemire kept hitting the basket, and the Knicks exceeded it several times.

But the Celtics were experienced enough to quickly suppress the Knicks' offense, and Pierce hit a step-back shot and then made a steal, and O'Neal Jr. scored a layup to tie the game at 82-82 with 1:13 left in the game.

The Knicks then missed two shots, but Rondo also made a mistake at a critical moment, and the Knicks seized the opportunity, and Douglass hit a three-pointer with 37.8 seconds left to give the Knicks the lead again.

But it took just 0.5 seconds for the Celtics to complete an attack after a timeout, with Rondo's clever pass and Garnett's aerial dunk to close the gap to one point.

Anthony scramble for the ball with 20 seconds left in the game, and Jeffries kicked the ball and gave the ball to the Celtics. Ray Allen was the killer, and with 11.6 seconds left in the game, he received a pass from Pierce and hit a lethal shot from beyond the three-point line to put the Celtics up 87-85.

The Knicks didn't have a timeout, rushed to attack, and Anthony missed a three-pointer in the final moments, falling short.

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As the playoffs progressed, the results of the game became more and more unexpected, the first to go out was the Knicks in the East, although the Big Three were formed, but it was still not enough to see in the face of the old Big Three, although Anthony performed well in this round of the series, and also played 42 + 17 + 6 data, but still could not avoid being swept out.

It's not that he didn't play well, it's that Celtic played better than him.

Rondo has been criticized in the first two seasons, because many people believe that he is partly responsible for the Celtics' losses to the Magic and the Lakers again, and that he was invisible at key moments.

But in this round of the game, Rondo broke out, the first game was a quasi-triple-double, with 10 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, although it is an exaggeration to say that the outburst was a bit exaggerated, but in the second game he got 30 points and 7 assists, and in the third game, although Pierce also broke out, scoring 38 points in 6 of 8 three-pointers, Ray Allen scored 32 points on 8 three-pointers, but Rondo scored 15 points, 20 assists and 11 rebounds.

The number of assists in the playoffs is only three fewer than Nash's 23 assists in the '06-07 season, and once Nash retires, Rondo will have the honor of 20 assists in the playoffs. (Please look up, I'm writing about the active playoffs!) It's the playoffs! And it's active! ）

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That's how Melon's first playoff journey in the Knicks ended, but then after the Knicks were out, the Nuggets also went home to fish, the Thunder pressed the Nuggets to play three games, and the fourth Nuggets broke out and said that nothing could be swept, so Tylawson's outstanding play helped the Nuggets win a difficult game to avoid the embarrassment of being swept, and it was his outstanding performance that allowed the Nuggets to directly renew the contract with an annual salary of tens of millions in the third year of the contract, but the consequences of this one are known, and he was hit by Morey and then operated to the Rockets, and then he could die! His form slumped, then he was drunk driving, and then he was bought out by the Rockets, which was probably one of Morey's most failed trades.

Soon the Knicks and Nuggets were no longer alone, and the Trail Blazers were also defeated by the Mavericks, who won 2 games at home, but in the third game, the Trail Blazers took out the secret weapon, that is, Roy, who seemed to be back at the top.

And the Mavericks themselves also have problems, Chandler seems to have been figured out by the Trail Blazers, this game is called a tangle, the fourth quarter was full of fouls at the beginning of the game, only 2 points and 4 rebounds in the whole game, and Kidd, who performed well in the first two games, disappeared in an instant, scoring only 8 points.

The Mavericks could still bite the Trail Blazers in the first half, but Carlisle did not agree to stay on the court in order to avoid Huang Yu's physical exertion, and was directly beaten by the Trail Blazers in the first half of the third quarter.

After Huang Yu came on the court, it was like the Trailblazers launched an impact, and if the inside line couldn't get in, then shoot outside! At this time, Nowitzki also gradually recovered, and he made consecutive jump shots, and the two sides continued back and forth until the fourth quarter.

(End of chapter)