Jimmy Butler's eyes are firmly fixed on Zhang Xiaotian, the Cavaliers will definitely take a steady offensive approach when they lead, and Jimmy Butler is confident that he will not be affected by any feints.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian and James will defend whoever holds the ball, Jimmy Butler, and the Bulls must succeed in defending this time, otherwise they will be too passive.

Zhang Xiaotian dribbles not very often, and seems to be looking for rhythm.

He looked at Jimmy Butler's wolf-like eyes, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In disbelief, Zhang Xiaotian pulled it up so suddenly, outside the three-point line.

Jimmy Butler did that before only because the team was behind, and Zhang Xiaotian's current performance is incomprehensible.

However, the shot hit, and Jimmy Butler didn't let surprise affect the defensive action.

For a while, the home crowd was boiling, 19 seconds, leading by 6 points, and the victory was in hand.

Rose missed a three-pointer after the Bulls called out for another timeout, and while they immediately fouled them, the lack of a shot in itself represented the passage of the last chance.

James hit one of two free throws, the Bulls still missed, and the game was over.

At 104:97, the Cavaliers came back to win in the final quarter.

Cavaliers coach David Blatter praised the players after the game, "I always believe in them, they are the best. ”

Hebodeau bluntly said that they were a little too confident, "If you feel too good about yourself, you will be blown up, and we will miss the opportunity." ”

Rose was a little annoyed, "This is James' team, we shouldn't let our guard down." ”

In this battle, Zhang Xiaotian cut 23+5+5, tearing up the Bulls' defense line at a critical moment, and the media lamented that the Knights' Big Three were still there.

In an interview, he said: "I said a long time ago, we will win. ”

As you can imagine, with his playoff performances, there's no reason why he shouldn't be paid a high salary in the summer.

Many media also compared him with Jimmy Butler, Butler's game is 20+5+6, a slight decrease from the first round of data, but he took turns to keep an eye on James and him, playing the highest playing time, and also had three steals, and the outside world was also highly evaluated.

Zhang Xiaotian actually doesn't care much about the outside evaluation, he and Butler are fundamentally different, and it's actually unfair to both of them to be in a hurry to compare.

In the game between the Clippers and Rockets on the same day, Griffin scored another three points to help the team win the opponent easily.

The Monster is still strong on the inside, sending five blocks, but he can't compare to the Clippers' interior twin towers, and Griffin and Jordan Jr. outperform the Rockets' interior combination.

The point is, the Rockets' home loss came in Paul's absence, which made their rating lower.

After the game, Clippers coach Doc Rivers excitedly said, "Griffin was really good, I told him before the game that we needed him to do everything, and he really did it. ”

But on the other hand, on the Rockets' side, it is clear that coach McHale is very dissatisfied with the team's poor defense, "We didn't play well and we weren't calm enough, but in comparison, they obviously played better, they were more energetic, and their desire to win was stronger." ”

'We played tonight as if we were half a beat slower than usual and it was everyone's responsibility to lose,' added Mak, 'they kicked us in the ass so hard that we were stuck in the mud all night...... You know, these players are professionals, but the mistakes they made today are the same as those of the seventh and eighth graders. ”

In contrast, Rivers was rather low-key after the game, "It's just a game, and the Rockets are a good team. Rivers said. Afterwards, he also spoke about Paul's injury, "If Paul is fit again, he will play the second game, if not, he will have to continue to recuperate. ”

On May 5, the second game between the Hawks and the Wizards, the Hawks finally showed their means of being the first in the East.

Of course, the absence of the Wizards' core Wall is a big reason.

The playoffs are even more tragic than the regular season, and it's not just the Cavaliers who are affected.

After the game, Hawks coach Budenholzer praised the players on both ends of the floor, "We started on defense today and ended with defense, in the first quarter, we limited the opponent's scoring to 20 points, and in the final quarter, we limited the opponent's scoring to 20 points, and on the offensive end, we had 30 assists in the whole game, and everyone shared the ball very well." ”

Korver said: "We played a lot better today than we did last game, and although there were a couple of weird balls that couldn't go in when the ball danced on the basket, we were more focused than we were two days ago, and we withstood the pressure at the crucial moments and finally secured the win. ”

On the Wizards' side, coach Whitman talked about Wall's injury and praised Sessions, who started in place of Wall, "He's in a daily observation situation right now, and in the future, we'll have almost three days of rest, so we'll use this time to seriously evaluate his injury." Besides, I think Sessions did a pretty good job today and I couldn't have asked him to do more. ”

In the second game between the Warriors and the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies tied the score at 1-1 due to the inaccuracy of Curry and Klay Thompson.

Conley's comeback and wonderful performance was also the key to the Grizzlies' ability to win the game.

To be honest, the Grizzly Warriors must have to think of more ways to meet them.

The outside defense of the Grizzlies can be said to be the top in the league, and Conley, Courtney Lee, and Tony Allen have no problem changing defenses.

The Grizzlies' weakness is at the No. 3 position, and the Warriors need to figure out something about it.

Of course, if the Splash Brothers come up with a three-point trick that ignores defense, no defense is useful.

After the game, Warriors coach Kerr said that Conley was a very good player, and they were not prepared for it enough, especially in the first half, when they attacked too easily many times, and the previous victory made the team careless.

Draymond Green, for his part, said that the team just had a little problem with their attitude, which is not a problem for them, and the Warriors will win in the end.

In terms of this self-confidence, this guy is a bit like Zhang Xiaotian.

However, Zhang Xiaotian will never admit that he eats with his face...... No, he is a person with a large number of fans, a combination of power and idols, and it is not the same thing as the ugly Draymond Green.

With only one day of rest, the Cavaliers and Bulls began Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

This time, the Cavaliers started directly with two insides, anyway, they will play one big and four small, and the two insiders will not play too much, so it doesn't matter if they play together first.

The key is that in the last game, I found that James consumed too much to go to the inside line to fight after losing weight, and he used the inside line to push up in front, so that James could be more powerful in the back, and he would not be as iron as he was on the court.

The bulls waited for it, but they didn't expect that they still misestimated the strength of the knights.