On April 15, the playoffs began, and the Spurs did not play on the first day.

The first to start the battle was the Cavaliers and the Pacers, but the game that seemed to be unsuspenseful was played at the last minute, and the Cavaliers only won by 1 point.

That gave the Pacers, who are seventh in the East, a big boost in confidence, and their point guard Teague said, "We believe we can beat them, and there were some mistakes in the last minute for us, but we still have a chance to win the Cavaliers in the next game." ”

"If you're playing away in the playoffs, it's good to have a chance to win the game with a stunner." Teague added.

Cavaliers veteran Jefferson said it doesn't matter how many points you win in the playoffs, saying: "It's about winning and then continuing to prepare for the next game, learning how to improve, how to change, whatever you need to improve, that's the most important thing, so it's not about big wins, we've beaten the Raptors by 50 points in the previous two times, and we still lost G3 and G4, so the playoffs are all about improving and learning from our mistakes. And then we played well and we're now one more win on our way to 16 wins. ”

James also felt the victory was good, saying: "I'm grateful to my teammates, they hit some key shots, they played some key performances, and we won together. For me, G1 is always a probing game to find out what is wrong and improve it, to prepare well and understand the opponent and then to do better in the next game, which is a good start for us. ”

Cavaliers' head coach Lue was also in a good mood, saying, "If you want to win in the playoffs, you have to defend well. I'm glad we did that in the final defence. ”

In another game in the East, the Bucks defeated the Raptors on the following gram.

This is a real two-fist opponent with four hands, Lowry is in trouble again, only scoring 4 points and shooting less than 20%, and no All-Star level player is probably more volatile than him.

After the game, Raptors head coach Casey said bluntly: "I don't think our performance today deserves to win this game." ”

Lowry said with a look of frustration: "I'm super disappointed, they played better than us, and I didn't play well enough, I did a lot of things that didn't help the team win. Anyway, this game is over and I need to get back into my form in the next race. I need to play better, nothing else. ”

As head coach, Casey still has to reassure his teammates, "He's got some good shots but missed them, he's the core of us, he's an All-Star, he's on the court and he can help us make a lot of tactical decisions." He needs to continue to be aggressive, even if he misses all shots throughout the game. ”

In the West, the Warriors showed their powerful offense and beat the Grizzlies by a big margin.

After the game, Kerr was also very happy to be interviewed by reporters, "We did a better job in the second half in terms of physical confrontation and improved in the help defense, so it has a limiting effect on them. ”

In addition, he also praised Green, who supported the team's defense, "I don't know who else in the league can play a game like Dream Chasing tonight, who can do what Dream Chasing did tonight?" ”

In another game in the West, in the battle between the Clippers and the Jazz, the Jazz killed the opponent at the last moment.

But the Jazz left the game less than a minute into the game with an injury, which also clouded the prospects of the Jazz playoffs.

On the other hand, the Clippers' home loss to the Jazz, who were missing Goport, was a real disappointment for the two.

Jazz veteran Joe Johnson's performance of scoring 21 points and winning the game was also praised by the team's head coach Quin Schneider.

On the second day, the Spurs finally came to the fore against the Trail Blazers.

Nurkic didn't play due to injury, and the Trail Blazers are now a complete perimeter team.

On the Spurs' side, it is still the original lineup, with a double interior line, and Pau Gasol still plays the sixth man.

In terms of squad configuration, the Spurs are much stronger.

But at the beginning of the game, it was the Trail Blazers who took the lead in launching the onslaught, they were a big and four small lineup, and they were able to shoot three-pointers at all five positions, a complete offensive lineup.

The defensive intensity of the Spurs' No. 1 position led Lillard to launch an onslaught from the start, and it worked well.

Spurs didn't panic, everything went according to plan.

They enter the playoffs with the best record in the league, they have a lot of playoff experience, and they have a strong roster that doesn't freak out a few threes.

In fact, the Spurs have been in control since the second quarter.

The Trail Blazers started four of the team's best scorers, and two of them spent most of the regular season leading the bench, and they felt like they had no way back.

But their stormy start to the season helped the team take the lead, but it didn't break the Spurs.

With Lillard scoring 20+ in the half and C.J. McCum also playing well, the Spurs still tied the score before halftime.

In the second half, it was all a Spurs show.

In the third quarter, the Spurs quickly adjusted the lineup and expanded the defensive lineup, making it not so easy for the Trail Blazers to attack three-pointers, and the Trail Blazers still couldn't stop Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard.

Their lineup was incomplete, there was no inside defense, in fact, the result of the game was predestined from the beginning, and the first half was just their unwilling struggle.

This is the difference between a strong team and a team that is desperately trying to enter the playoffs, the Spurs have a neat lineup, both inside and outside, offense and defense, but the Trail Blazers can only go off the beaten path due to injuries.

Vicky's rotation allowed the Spurs to maintain a strong fighting force, but only they could use the rotation correctly.

After taking the lead in the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had the rest of the day struggling, and Lillard and C.J. McRum's feeble singles on the outside didn't change much.

At 116:100, the Spurs easily won the first game.

** Vicky was very relaxed in his post-game interview, and when talking about the Trail Blazers' double gun, the old man smiled, "They're very talented players, you have to contain him to limit them, we don't want to contain them, so let them score." ”

What is this, this is the style of the master, just so light and light!

Zhang Xiaotian can only say that Vicky has a real set of pretends, but he and Leonard have also been praised by the head coach.

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