Chapter 304: Easily Got the Match Point
The Spurs GDP is only the oldest Duncan, who can still dominate the court, and Parker and Ginobilizze's shine is overshadowed by young players, and Zhang Xiaotian also looks a little emotional.
He texted and his old teammates, and as a playoff regular, the Spurs were still in a good mood, especially Danny Green, who was full of confidence and clamored to see him in the Finals.
Zhang Xiaotian actually doesn't have much time to pay attention to other teams, and the Cavaliers' away game is about to start.
Back at home, Celtic have ideas.
If you can win a game, it will help the confidence of the young players.
It's just that the Celtics' starting lineup with little offensive power quickly gave the Cavaliers the lead.
Coach Stevens has to play the game of horse racing, but the Cavaliers won't let them come.
This time Isaiah Thomas didn't come up and scored in a row, the Cavaliers have been on guard against him, and he will be heavily guarded when he comes on, but Jay Crowder and Jared Sullinger are doing well.
The Celtics used the rookie to break the game, and the Cavaliers responded with the same change.
Coach Stevens has done a great job of tuning players, and many of the Celtics' lesser-known players are playing well right now, but the playoffs are where heroes are needed.
Even if they can rotate 13 people, they still can't limit the strong points of the Cavaliers.
Stevens now has an understanding that for the team to really make the playoffs, it still has to recruit some All-Star level players.
Relying on these young people, they can only play tricks in the regular season.
In fact, the Celtics have played very well, and everyone on the court has a chance to score, but the Cavaliers have a few strong points, which is really not good to limit.
Even if one or two people don't have a good hand, others can disrupt the Celtic defence.
This time Irving was a little unmotivated, but James still couldn't stop it, and under James's containment, Zhang Xiaotian and Lefu hit three points on the outside.
With James, sometimes it's easy to play, but if you get used to it, it may be a tragedy to ask someone to stand up when James is in an up-and-down state.
In that respect, Irving is a good fit for James, and Irving is a player with a strong desire to attack.
The Cavaliers' bench played better on the road, and in the first half, the Cavaliers took an eight-point lead.
In the second half, Celtic changed their starting line-up for the first time.
They put Bradley at No. 1 and Turner at No. 2, then went up to Jay Crowder and Space No. 4 Jonas Jerebko.
This lineup is more flexible offensively, but the defensive problem has not been solved.
On the Cavaliers' side, Zhang Xiaotian, Irving, Love and James took turns to attack the opponent's defense, and the Celtics had no way at all.
Smith also regained some touch, so the Celtics used a wave of beautiful offense to change the formation, which was completely offset by the Cavaliers.
Keeping the lead would be a death sentence for the Celtics.
After the lineup was disrupted, the Celtics didn't have that much advantage during the rotation, and the key was that Isaiah Thomas didn't feel so good this time.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, just two minutes into the game, the Cavaliers' lead was in double digits.
The Celtics made a quick adjustment and replaced them with the most efficient five of the day, but the eggs were used.
At critical moments, they didn't have strong enough star players to step up and score, and although Irving didn't feel good on the Cavaliers' side, Zhang Xiaotian, Lefu and James could easily handle the opponent.
They didn't give their best at all, and such a scene also made fans complain that it was not good-looking, and the Cavaliers didn't feel like a playoff game at all.
However, it is not the Cavaliers who are "not good-looking" in this playoffs, and it is actually normal for several groups to have a large difference in strength in the first round of the playoffs, and it is not normal to play badly.
Next, the Bulls also beat the Bucks 3:0, and Rose was in high spirits and felt like he was back at the top.
Bucks coach Kidd also praised Rose's play, "He got back to the offensive mode of the year, when he rushed up, no one could stop him, and this game, he played at a high level, played at the level of MVP." ”
"It's a playoff game and I'm still trying to find my rhythm," Rose said, "and sometimes my form still goes up and down, but I'm trying to adjust and get back to feeling good." However, the game is over, so I won't think about it anymore. ”
"Playing with Rose, he's going to make everything easier, making it easier for everybody." Butler sighed.
Antetokounmpo scored 25 points and 12 rebounds, and he surpassed James and Marbury to become the youngest player to score 25+ points in playoff history.
In the Western Warriors' game against the Pelicans, they led by 20 points in the first three quarters due to the excellent performance of the Pelicans bench players, but they were dragged into overtime by the Warriors in the final quarter and lost the game.
Curry also shot 40+9+5 to forcibly change the outcome of the game, which made the outside world extremely amazed.
This turned Anthony Davis' pre-game winning manifesto into a bubble, and in front of Curry, the already successful No. 1 pick appeared to be just an ordinary All-Star level, just like Aldridge's helplessness.
It can only be said that the performance of the Pelicans is still too immature, the Warriors are a team that focuses on outside projection, they even lost rebounds, and the most robbing player on the court is Draymond Green.
As the Warriors get stronger and stronger, Draymond Green is also more nervous, and it is said that the Warriors are going to give him a big contract, and they are envious of countless people, but this is a second-round pick that has only risen this season.
The Rockets also won the match point in the next game, and the Nuo Tianwang was already desperate in this game, scoring 16 points in the final quarter, almost the peak of the performance.
But the outside line of this game was dominated by Harden, who scored 42 points in the game, and he was not soft on Nowitzki at critical moments.
And the interior line is also dominated by the Rockets, Howard has 26 rebounds to control the restricted area, of which 11 are frontcourt rebounds, if the Rockets don't win again, it will be too bad, although in the end it is only a narrow victory of 2 points.
On the side of the Wizards and the Raptors, the Wizards, who returned to their home court, continued to play on the bottom line and got the match point 3:0.
Even if DeRozan woke up and scored 20 points in the first quarter, it would not have been able to prevent the team's defeat.
In front of Wall, Lowry feels completely unqualified.
As the only side to play tangled in the first round, the Spurs returned to their home court to usher in a hearty victory.
With all three veterans playing soy sauce, Leonard dominated both ends of the floor, scoring a playoff high of 32 points, three steals and two blocks.
When the battle is in full swing, the knights can rest for one more day, and Zhang Xiaotian also accompanies his wife to watch the game after simple training, and the two are happy.