Chapter 204: Western Semifinals, Let's Go!
The first of the four Eastern and Western semifinals, the two games in the East took the lead, and the 76ers, who staged the Black Eight Miracle, faced the veteran powerhouse Celtics at the TD North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, and the 76ers were able to cross the Bulls. In the first quarter of the game, the 76ers completely pressed the Celtics, and before entering the second quarter, the 76ers led the Celtics by a full 10 points. However, the Celtics are the Celtics after all, they quickly stabilized the situation and gradually caught up with the score, and the scores of the two teams were anxious, but at the last critical moment, the Celtics did not let the 76ers equalize the score, and finally narrowly defeated the 76ers by 1 point at home. Rondo once again contributed 13 points, 12 rebounds and 17 assists of triple-double data, Rondo in the playoffs does have amazing energy, and although the 76ers are the 8th team in the East in the regular season, they are not easy to mess with now, the Celtics narrowly won the first game, but it is still unknown who will die in this series.
The game between the Heat and the Pacers was played on May 13 local time, and in the face of the powerful Heat Big Three, the Pacers had a clear idea. Hibbert went to gouge the Heat's vulnerable interior, the Pacers led the Heat in the first half, but the Heat, who found the rhythm of the game in the second half, began to show an absolute talent advantage, and the Heat equalized after three quarters, and achieved a comeback in the fourth quarter, and finally defeated the Pacers 95-86, James, who had just won the MVP, scored a game-high 32 points, Wade also scored a high score of 29 points, the only unfortunate thing was that Bosh left the court due to injury, and the future game was doubtful, which also gave the Pacers a chance to turn the tables.
"This is the team's stay in Oklahoma City's Kevin S. Hilton, I'm the team's correspondent James Murphy. Ham is doing the live coverage for you. The team was about to depart for the Pisacek Energy Arena for pre-match acclimatization, and you can see that the players had walked out of the hotel lobby and were ready to take the team bus. Evans and Jimmy Butler, go! Let's go! ”
"Mr. Evans, what do you think are the odds of winning today's Western Conference semifinals opener?"
"The Thunder are an extremely strong opponent, they are one of the favorites for this year's championship, this game is definitely not easy, but we will not back down, winning this game will make the Thunder lose home-court advantage, we must give it our all!"
"Mr. Evans, after the announcement of this season's regular season MVP, although he missed this award, he still overtook the Thunder's main player Kevin Evans. Durant is on the side, will you see this game as a matchup between you and Durant? ”
"Kevin and I don't stay in a position for long in the game, and I'm sure Jimmy, Caron, Francisco and others will make Kevin uncomfortable......"
Jimmy, who was on the side, impassionedly snatched the microphone from the hand of the reporter on the team and interjected: "Tyrek should be the MVP of this season!" We're going to beat the thunder hard! ”
As Terek was the first to board the team bus, the players who came after him greeted happily in front of the camera one by one, and as the bus drove away, Ham said: "It seems that the players are in good spirits, and I believe they will face this game with the fullest enthusiasm!" Let's stay tuned! ”
"Crowds, this is the Chesapeake Energy Arena, where the first game of the Western Conference semifinals is about to begin. Davis, I'm next to my partner Grant. Bright. Today's opponent is the Sacramento Kings, the Kings defeated the Grizzlies who staged the Black Eight Miracle last season with a score of 4-1 in the first round. Evans' performance in this series is not impressive, but it is good enough, and it can be said that this is a strong opponent and a test for the team. ”
"That's right, Brian, in the regular season we played the Kings four times, the Kings have a 3-1 record, and although we are second in the West, we are only one win ahead of the Kings in terms of record, which shows that the Kings are really strong......"
"Well, this round of the series can be said to be very interesting, both sides are young teams that have risen sharply in recent years, with Kevin's performance in recent seasons, everyone thinks that Kevin is very close to MVP, although Kevin has not yet touched the MVP trophy, but he will eventually get this honor in the future, but this season's Tyrek. Evans rose to prominence, and last season Tyrek Brown. Evans could probably finish in the top 20 or top 15 in the league, and this season Tyrek is in the top 20 or 15 in the league. Evans has overtaken Kevin and ended up in second place in the MVP rankings. Evans is now arguably the league's top player, and there has been a lot of competition with Kevin this season. Evans and Kevin, two top-three stars in the MVP rankings, meet in the playoffs, which is bound to make the game more intense! ”
"Okay Brian, the home team's entrance ceremony is about to take place, let's focus on the pitch......"
The game between the two sides is about to begin, and today's Pisacek Energy Arena is a sea of blue, fans wearing the Thunder's blue cheering T-shirts engulfed the scattered Kings fans, Tyreic and Durant stand side by side in front of the technical table while sorting out their jerseys and talking, the two hottest stars of the season get together, naturally the whole court cameras are pointed at it.
"Tyrek, meet again, this time in the playoffs, this is your first time playing the playoffs, the first time you played, you broke through the Grizzlies, tsk, it's still okay, but today we'll show you what the real playoffs are!"
"Kevin, the playoffs are no different for me than the regular season, don't forget that I beat you three times in the regular season!"
"Heh, let's see, although neither of us won the MVP this season, but I will win the MVP before you!"
The relationship between the two is not bad, only because of the competition at this time is-for-tat, although the two do not give in to each other, but in the end they still hugged each other amicably, as the two returned to their respective halves, the game officially began!