Chapter 394, Knicks on the edge of the cliff, Mavericks
But a day later, in the third series between the Pacers and the Magic, the Magic lost to the Pacers by a large score at home, although the Magic did a good job in the first game of the meeting with the Pacers, beating the Pacers on the road to grab a home-court advantage, which gave them more confidence.
But the 15-point margin in the second game made the Magic a little flustered, and the three-point shooting rate was not high, although Davis performed well, but the rebounding protection was certainly not as high as the quality of the Monster, and in the third game they made a slight change on the outside to try not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
Counting the regular season, the two teams have met 5 times, there is no secret to the tactics of the two sides, the Magic's plan is to use the shot, as a way to counter the height advantage of the Pacers, and the Pacers are to avoid shooting with the Magic, hit the ball to the basket, the first two games The Pacers fell behind in the first half, but today they did a good job from the beginning.
Hibbert and Hill started aggressively offensively, scoring under the basket one after another, and Granger also hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the three of them played a wave of 13-3 openings.
Midway through the quarter, Granger hit another three-pointer to give them an 18-7 lead. The two teams couldn't find a feeling in the second half of the quarter, and the score did not rise at all, and in the last 4 minutes and 17 seconds, the two sides missed consecutive shots, and only scored 2 points each, and the Pacers maintained their advantage at 23-14, setting a new low in the first quarter of the playoffs this season.
The Pacers managed to limit the Magic's three-pointers in the first quarter, while the Pacers shot three, while the Magic, a team that won by three-pointers, only made two.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Magic failed to hit two attempts at long-range shooting, so the Magic could only rely on the mid-range shot to chase the score, and with 7 minutes 05 seconds left in the quarter, Redick broke through to the layup, and the Magic scored 6 points in a row, narrowing the gap and only trailing 28-31.
The Pacers did not panic, even if the Magic once narrowed the gap to 2 points, the Pacers still played very steadily, although they could not score without scoring, but the defense of the Magic long-range shooting was also quite effective, and the Magic seemed to run out of luck, only one shot in the last 3 minutes and 23 seconds of the quarter, and the Pacers led 44-38 at halftime.
The Pacers struggled in the first two games and were in a state of chasing points, but today they proved that they were a cut above their opponents and shook off their opponents in the third quarter. The Pacers started the third quarter with a 6-up to take a double-digit advantage.
Halfway through the quarter, Redick hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 48-57, after which the Magic hit just three shots in the quarter and the Pacers ended the quarter on a 19-7 run to take a 21-point advantage at 76-55. The Pacers won 32-17 in this section.
The Pacers were unforgiving, with Leandro Barbosa hitting a three-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter to take an 82-57 lead after going on a 6-2 run. Anderson managed to return a three-pointer, but Granger immediately returned the favor with a long-range shot, and the Pacers maintained a 20-plus point lead after that, leading by as many as 29 points.
The Magic, a team that relies on long-range shooting to win, and even outside the three-point line, are not as good as the Pacers, and on a night like this, the victory is not in their favor, which makes many Orlando fans start to miss Warcraft, but their fate with Warcraft is doomed.
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There is another set of matchups in the East, that is, the Knicks and the Big Three's Heat, no one is optimistic that the Knicks will beat the Heat, even if the Knicks have the so-called Big Three.
The Knicks lost by 33 points in their first game, the most in the first round since 2006. The Knicks also lost rookie Sam Pert, and the hiring staff was even more stretched. In Jeremy Lin's absence, Sam Pert stepped up, and now that even he is hanging, the Knicks can only hope that Jeremy Lin will return soon.
Jeremy Lin also admitted that he could return early, but was not able to play today, and Landry Fields returned to the starting position. Despite losing by more than 30 points in the opening game, today was a brand new game, and as Wade said, this is the playoffs, every game is different, and the last big win doesn't mean anything.
The Knicks played very tenacious, with Anthony scoring twice in the opening game and they started the game 6-2. Wade kept rushing to the basket, scoring seven points in a row, and the Heat went on a 9-0 run to take an 11-6 lead. Anthony kept hitting shots to return the game, scoring 15 points in the first quarter and Wade scoring 11 points for the Heat. With 45.6 seconds left in the quarter, Anthony received the ball near the free throw line, turned to the basket, and dunked with one hand, leaving the Knicks just one point behind. After the first quarter, the Heat led 27-24.
Chandler dunked twice at the start of the second quarter and Novak hit a three-pointer to put the Knicks up 31-29. After Novak shot a three-pointer, the Heat wanted to return the three points by Miller, but failed to hit, Bibby grabbed the rebound, but the shoes took off his feet, Wade broke them, picked up the shoes, and threw them to the sidelines, Bibby could only helplessly watch his teammates fight back, of course, this can't be said that Wade is bad, sneakers are indeed easy to cause accidents on the court, but to be like Artest or Jordan Jr. a few years later, the shoe throwing maniac deserves to be blown T, oh yes, and the shoelace maniac JR Smith, he has untied other people's shoelaces more than once, The alliance warnings are useless, and in the end they can only solve the problem with a fine.
The Heat didn't hit their first shot until nearly three minutes after playing in the quarter, and the two sides were still inseparable. Anthony shot just 3-of-15 from the field in the first game, which is rare in his career, and his form improved today, and he hit three shots in the final 2:19 of the quarter to beat the Knicks to the final six points of the quarter and chase the score to 47-53.
James was in the best form in the first game, scoring 32 points for the Heat, and today it was Wade who took the lead to open the game, scoring 21 points in the first three quarters. Halfway through the third quarter, James hit a close-range shot to give the Heat a double-digit lead at 67-56, Stoudemire and Chandler back-to-back strong baskets, and the Knicks also chased the score to 68-72 with a wave of 12-5 attacks. After three quarters, the Knicks trailed 69-78.
Nearly four minutes into the fourth quarter, the Knicks failed to shoot and the Heat started the quarter 8-4 and took another double-digit advantage at 86-73. The Heat's offense grew, with Bosh first assisting Chalmers on a three-pointer and then a three-pointer himself, giving the Heat a 15-point lead at 92-77 halfway through the quarter. The Knicks failed to return the color from the outside, while the Heat blossomed inside and out, and with 2:51 left in the game, Battier also hit a three-point shot, and Wade and Bosh scored back-to-back baskets to keep the Heat in double digits.
With 41 seconds left in the game, Miller also scored a three-pointer, and the Heat led 104-89, completely ending the Knicks' hopes.
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The Heat's internal mood is very high, and they went to New York after a day off, but Bosh was more unlucky, but he was even more excited, and after arriving in New York, he flew back to Miami overnight, and rushed back to New York to join the team 30 minutes before the game, Bosh traveled 3,600 miles in 24 hours, still in good spirits and ready to play, and his teammates congratulated him.
It turned out that Bosh learned that his wife was about to give birth after arriving in New York, and this was not a battlefield, so Bosh returned to Miami overnight to witness the birth of the child and come back to play after becoming a father.
Although James fouled one after another when defending Anthony, the Heat still won the victory, although Bosh was in average condition and did not score forty or fifty points with great power, but 9 points and 10 rebounds were also considered a good performance.
James scored 32 points, eight rebounds and five assists despite being stuck in foul trouble, including 17 points in the fourth quarter, Wade had 20 points and five steals, and Chalmers contributed 19 points on 5-of-8 three-point shooting.
The Knicks lost to the Heat 70-87 at home, and Anthony scored 22 points and 8 rebounds on 7-of-23 shooting, Chandler had 10 points and 15 rebounds, and JR Smith had 12 points. Steve Novak started the game without scoring a point.
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Huang Yu sat on the plane and was in a state of fake sleep, although he felt that a line of sight fell on him, and he didn't tidy it up, anyway, the system would tell him who was aiming at him! Although the Clippers were defeated by the Grizzlies in the last game and lost the home-court advantage, Negro did not think it was his fault, his insistence was correct, although Griffin was short, but the offensive Griffin was more useful than the defense, so he did not think that the Clippers' two consecutive games were difficult because of the poor protection of the rebound.
For such a person, Huang Yu doesn't plan to correct him, who is to blame if he wants to die forever? Even if there is no Clippers joined by Huang Yu, it is still with Jordan Jr. as the starting center, because Griffin is not very strong in help defense, and the limitation of his arms also limits his blocking ability, although he has also staged wonderful blocks, but it is also an occasional game, and the average blocks per game are not as good as Jordan Jr.
"The Lakers lost again!"
As soon as Kaloon Butler touched Huang Yu and said, his old fritter had already seen that Huang Yu was not sleeping, and the silent confrontation between Negro and Huang Yu could be seen by players who had been in the league for a long time.
"It's just one or two games, the Lakers have that paranoia, and they can still pass the first round!"
Huang Yu tilted his head and glanced at it, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets away after taking a 2-0 lead, although the Lakers' players performed well, but they couldn't stand up to just a few people, and the Nuggets were all killed, and the number of two doubles far exceeded the Lakers.
A Tylawson made the Lakers drink a pot, after trading the old fish away, the Lakers are nothing in point guard, although Blake has a high three-point shooting rate and a relatively steady dribble, but the speed is a hard injury, whether it is breaking or moving, and even the shooting speed is slow.
Just his three-point shot, change to a flea-level point guard, cover him like playing!
The Lakers lost by 16 points at halftime 39-55, although Huang Yu has not seen the Lakers lose so many points in the half, but in the face of this lineup, the Nuggets lost so much, it is the first time, it is estimated that Kobe Bryant is crazy.
Huang Yu's guess was not wrong at all, Kobe Bryant played very depressed in this game, almost the Lakers were suppressed all the way, and they have been in the process of chasing points and chasing points.
In addition, Kobe's good touch was finally exhausted, and he only hit 7 of his 23 shots in the game, only 30.4 percent.
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However, the Lakers were pulled back by the Nuggets is nothing, more than them, the Bulls lost the big boss Rose in the first game, and lost the inside gate Noah in the third game with the 76ers, although Noah is not the top figure in the center, but it is a barrier on the inside line in the Bulls, the 76ers ranked eighth this season, and inexplicably became the first away win since 2003 after beating the Bulls.
In the third game, the Bulls challenged the 76ers away, the first quarter of the two teams can be said to be very slow, the defense is quite good, the scores of the two teams have been alternating rising, the last 1 and a half minutes of the straight, Boozer hit a shot, only to let the Bulls overtake the score 18-17, and then the two teams missed the rebound by the other team, Williams hit two free throws with 14.7 seconds left in the quarter, and the 76ers became the leading side again. The Bulls' last offense was heavily defended, and when Lucas received the ball, the time was approaching, and he had to make a hasty shot and hit the buzzer-kick from his back to give the Bulls a 20-19 run with 12 minutes to go.
The two sides fell into a tug-of-war in the second quarter, and although the difference was stretched to seven points at one point, it was quickly closed, and the Bulls trailed the 76ers by one point at the end of the second quarter.
In the third quarter, the 76ers' shooting rate began to decline, and the Bulls seized the opportunity to play a wave of 10-2 counterattacks, but the ensuing bad luck came, Noah fell to the ground and sprained his bare foot while competing for rebounds, and left the game in a scream, and then the Bulls were in no state, but fortunately, the 76ers never found their senses, giving the Bulls a chance to stabilize their mentality.
Not enough for the Bulls to lead the lead did not last long, although Hamilton used his experience to lead the Bulls forward, but the 76ers thought it was a good opportunity for the Jedi to fight back, launched a fierce attack succession, the 76ers played a wave of 19-2 offense, the Bulls in 8 minutes only Asik relied on free throws to score 2 points, at this time the game was nearing the end, leaving the Bulls with little time, 43 seconds before the end, Lucas shot a key three-pointer, the difference between the two teams was only 1 point, the Bulls got another chance.
However, the Bulls' foul tactics did not work, the 76ers hit the free throws steadily, the Bulls launched a fast break in the middle after a pause, but the shot missed the rebound and was grabbed by the 76ers, so they could only passively foul again, the 76ers hit both free throws again, expanding the difference to 5 points, although the Bulls still had a chance, but the rebound was grabbed by the 76ers again, and the Bulls lost the game very regrettably.
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The Thunder and Heat are probably the two fastest-moving teams in the East and West right now, with a 3-0 lead each and ready to advance to the second round.
Last season's champion Mavericks were beaten by the Thunder and were powerless, and in last year's Western Conference Finals, the Thunder was reversed several times with a large lead, and finally hated out. After a year, the Thunder lineup is basically unchanged, and the Mavericks have gone Chandler and Huang Yu and others, plus they are one year older, and they have no advantage in facing the Thunder again.
The first two games were fought to the last moment, and in the end, the Thunder passed twice. When it came to the Mavericks' home court, the Thunder played more easily, opening up the gap in the first three quarters.
Durant, who felt average in the first two games, recovered his feel in this game, hitting two three-pointers soon after the opening, and then the Mavericks could only be tired of chasing points, and if the Mavericks did not play a wave of 8-0 offensive at the end of the first half, it was likely to fall behind by more than 20 points.
Durant scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting in the first half, including 3-of-4 from three-point range.
Although the Mavericks began to limit Durant's play in the second half, Westbrook stood up strongly to break the Mavericks' defense, consecutive shots and strong breakthroughs, the Thunder played a wave of 16-5 attacks under the leadership of Westbrook, helping the Thunder lead by 16 points at 66-50, and in the last 3 minutes and 35 seconds of the quarter, the Mavericks did not score a point, Cook shot a three-pointer, Fisher shot the last shot of the quarter, and the Thunder led 75-57 into the final quarter.
Cook and Fisher hit back-to-back three-pointers to give the Thunder a 26-point lead at 86-60 at the start of the fourth quarter. The Mavericks made a final hit, and midway through the quarter, Nowitzki hit a mid-range shot to tie the score at 69-89.
Although the Clippers staged a reversal of the Grizzlies, the Thunder knew that an old strong team would not admit defeat so easily, so they played up the spirit of 12 points and continued to suppress the Mavericks, until there were still 5 minutes left The difference had come to 26 points, and the Mavericks replaced the main pitcher to admit defeat, and the Mavericks lost to the Thunder 75-95 0-3 to the edge of the cliff.
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