On May 4, the second game between the Spurs and Jazz began.

Originally, the Spurs thought that Parker's absence would affect them, but they didn't expect that George Hill on the Jazz side was also injured and unable to play.

The impact of George Hill's absence is greater than Parker's, and Zhang Xiaotian feels that the Spurs are lucky in this playoff game, and they will have to take advantage of their opportunities.

With Parker out and the Spurs not continuing to let a big four starters, rookie Murray got a chance and they moved Pau Gasol back to the starting lineup just to be on the safe side.

As it turned out, the Spurs didn't need to be so cautious, and the Jazz didn't play at all in the first quarter after switching to the No. 1 spot.

By the second quarter, both Hayward and Goport stepped up their individual offense.

It's the right choice, and a lot of the time in the playoffs you need to be driven by stars.

However, the Spurs' defensive intensity will not allow them to shine too much.

Parker is just an attacking point, and the Spurs' defensive intensity hasn't dropped in the slightest.

At halftime, the Spurs led by double digits, and in the Western Conference semifinals, the two sides were not equal in strength.

In the third quarter, the Jazz were still active with Hayward and Goport, who had few routines on the offensive end, and seemed relatively sluggish under the Spurs' defense.

Joe Johnson also tried to rejuvenate, but Zhang Xiaotian's care made him have to recognize his old age.

They didn't catch up in the third quarter, and they knew there weren't many chances.

The Jazz still worked hard, and Hayward only rested for more than two minutes in the second half, but when Zhang Xiaotian took the Spurs to play a wave of small ** at the beginning of the last quarter, the other party understood that the game was lost again.

The lack of power on the offensive end is the Achilles' heel of the Jazz.

Jazz head coach Snyder looked a little helpless after the game, "They were lightning ahead of us at the beginning, and after that start, we played a little desperate and a little anxious. ”

"Hayward is actually playing more aggressively and reading the game better than he used to."

'We don't want to make any excuses for being 2-0 down at the moment, we need to be determined to play better in the future.'

** Vicky didn't talk much about the game after the game, "Our players played really well in this game, and it's a joy to win the game, but unfortunately our main point guard Parker is injured and can't play with us, but he's still a good player." ”

Zhang Xiaotian made a joke, "We will follow the leader of ** and take down all the opponents." ”

On the same day, the Wizards beat the Celtics to tie the score at 1:2.

Of the four groups of matches in the second round, it can be said that only their group is the closest in strength.

This is a playoff tournament without dark horses, and if you want to move forward, you must win the opponent steadily.

The game between the two teams was littered with fouls, with eight individual technical fouls and three ejections in the first three games, as well as the Celtics' Thomas Jr. having his teeth knocked out and bleeding throughout.

"I guess it's a playoff game, we don't like them, and they don't like us. Whatever happened during the regular season, it was carried over to the playoffs. Thomas Jr. thinks the Wizards did play dirty.

Gortat, for his part, said the Celtics are a team that plays a little dirty: "We can't get stuck in each other's game mode: pushing each other and trash talking. ”

He confidently said, "If they play a small lineup, then I have to dominate, I have to dominate the inside. ”

Wizards star Wall also said in an interview that he believes he was ignored by the referees in the process of attacking the basket aggressively.

However, he added, "I guess the two teams just don't like each other, we're two teams that try to compete and win." ”

Celtics head coach Stevens said calmly, "I think we could have done better as a team, I could have coached better, we could have done better." ”

Only one group is close in strength, which means that the outcome of the other three groups is difficult to change.

Coming to the away game, the Cavaliers still solved the Raptors.

Although DeRozan did his best, no teammates could help him, and Lowry did not play because of a sprain.

'I like our fighting spirit, I like the way we compete, we didn't back down on the pitch. At this time, Raptors head coach De Casey can only have some chicken soup.

"G4 is a game of dignity," Kessie said, "and no one wants to be swept away, especially on their home turf, and I think our players are going to show the fighting spirit they deserve." We've been playing like this all season, we know what kind of opponent we're playing against and we know what to do. ”

"This is another opportunity for us." Desrozan also said of the next game, "We can't think about how likely the teams that were 3-0 before were out, now we have another chance, which is the most important thing, all we have to do is take this opportunity. ”

On the other side, the attitude of the knight was completely different.

"Seriously, I don't need to prove anything." "I've got a championship, I've won my first championship and I've won a championship for my teammates, I've come back home and I've brought them a trophy, there's nothing more I need to prove," James said. ”

"I just want to be better and I love to be better than anything else in the game."

In the game between the Warriors and the Rockets, the Warriors also gained a 3:0 advantage.

It's just that compared to the Cavaliers, the Warriors' victory was not so easy.

With Harden, the Rockets had a chance to win, and they led in the final quarter, only for Curry and Durant to play above All-Star caliber to end the game.

After the game, Harden couldn't hide his frustration, "We let the victory slip away, and rebounding and execution are probably the main reasons why we let the victory slip away." ”

'But we still have a chance and we have to defend the home field.'

Regarding the Rockets' loss, head coach D'Antoni said that the players just couldn't hit the key shots, "I think the players may have been tired at the last minute, but everyone has given it their all, and the team could have had a chance to win." ”

On the issue of rotation, D'Antoni said: "I don't think about it too much at the moment, but I'll think about it. Tomorrow may be the day after tomorrow I will let you know, maybe it will increase or not, I don't know now, after being asked by you, my first reaction was to think that I should increase the rotation, but no, it is too early to say this. ”

The Warriors performed well, and Durant said domineeringly: "I just let my instincts take over the game. Defense is what we should talk about, and in the second half we limited the Rockets. ”

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