Chapter 520: Simply the West

The Thunder is different this time from before, Wei Shao has been staying on the court and attacking wildly.

But by the second half of the final quarter, his shooting percentage had dropped considerably.

Zhang Xiaotian's threat is getting bigger and bigger, and some stars are more accurate at critical moments, although Zhang Xiaotian is open, he does conform to this law.

At 3 minutes and 40 seconds, Zhang Xiaotian hit again and scored his 40 points in the game, and the Spurs' lead also came to double digits.

More than three minutes, it's not that there is no time, it's just that the state of the Thunder is already difficult to have a miracle.

A few strong points are too tired, while others have no confidence to shoot.

In the final moments, the Thunder were still desperately rushing for frontcourt rebounds, but they had no one to score.

Their main force played to the end of this game, but they could not change the end.

As the whistle sounded, the loneliness on Wei Shao's face was distressing, but this was competitive basketball.

The Spurs swept the Thunder 4-0, and the two teams that swept their opponents will meet in the Western Conference semifinals.

In the last game with the Thunder, Zhang Xiaotian didn't care about the data.

But unconsciously, he scored an explosive triple-double of 45+11+12, Wei Shao will probably be even more sad, he reduced his passing but failed to score a triple-double.

On April 24, Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs began.

After returning to their home court again, the Celtics defeated the Bucks with defensive intensity and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

They came up with a high-intensity defense this time, and the Bucks were already behind after reflexing.

Then came the tough game, and Celtic won hard.

Their most successful was to limit Antetokounmpo well.

In the crucial game of the playoffs, any weakness of a star will be magnified, and Antetokounmpo will need to improve if he is to become one of the league's strongest contenders.

There isn't much of a gap between the two teams, but Celtic have one more home game, which could be the difference between winners and losers.

In the other group of the East, in the game between the 76ers and the Heat, the 76ers came out in the third quarter and defeated their opponents with a total score of 4-1 to advance.

Standing on the edge of a cliff, no one in the Heat's starters has been able to show leadership.

Maybe they have lost confidence in the last game, and Bo Shuai let Wade play more with the bench, but Wade is old after all.

There are no miracles, the 76ers are better, both on the outside and inside.

Speaking after the game, Wade said: "This is the future of the league. The league is already in the hands of Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. They believe in it, and you can see it in their eyes. Even if you try hard you can lose, you lose to a better team and they are that team. ”

On the Western side, the Rockets did not give the Jazz a chance to fight back, and took away the game in the final quarter and became the third team in the West to advance to the semifinals.

The Jazz showed more fighting spirit than the Heat, and they did a good job of limiting Harden this time, but unfortunately the Rockets still have Paul, and the Rockets, who are better than last season, have the last laugh.

Mitchell erupted in the second half when he was restricted, giving Jazz fans hope, but this playoffs, they were clearly not the protagonists.

This result has long been expected, and the teams that can enter the playoffs are good, but the top three teams in the West are really teams of another grade, and the Jazz have done their best.

The Warriors, as a first-class powerhouse, didn't make everyone wait too long.

Their fifth game with the Timberwolves, when the Timberwolves bit to continue the series, they crushed their opponents in the third quarter, which they do best.

Even without Curry, the first round would have been easy for them.

However, the Timberwolves still have some pity, they are not without players who can play, and Curry's absence was supposed to be an opportunity, but they did not take it.

Judging from their performances, it's not one or two people who are the problem, from the players to the coaches, from the tactics to the passion.

The pitch doesn't deceive, you have to do better if you want to go further.

So far, the first round of the Western Conference playoffs is over, and it's all pretty crisp.

The East is obviously more complicated, the battle between the Raptors and the Wizards on Tianwang Mountain, the two sides fought until the last few minutes of the final quarter, and the score was still very tangled, but at this time someone stood up.

The Raptors were still a bit lucky, and the team's bench players stepped up at critical moments.

Deron Wright scored a double-double in the final quarter, and in the last few minutes, he scored nine points in a row to help the Raptors win Tianwang Mountain.

I have to say that Raptors head coach Casey still dared to use people, and the Raptors' lineup at the last moment was not the lineup they often used, but they succeeded.

The gap between the two teams is really small, but the Raptors are slightly better as a whole.

However, if you want to talk about the gap, it seems that the playoff teams in the East this time are not far behind.

Some fans ridiculed that Lowry and DeRozan's frequent unreliability has created the big heart of the Raptors role players.

It's a bit of an exaggeration, but Lowry and DeRozan have been much better this season.

In the fifth battle between the Cavaliers and the Pacers, relying on James' mighty performance, the Cavaliers won Tianwang Mountain.

In fact, the Pacers still led in the first half, but in the third quarter, Lao Zan performed very well on the offensive end, and the Cavaliers' defense also convulsively improved the level, and the victory and defeat were reversed in a few minutes.

The game was full of twists and turns, with the Cavaliers gaining the lead in the third quarter and then having problems in the fourth.

The Pacers' rotation did a great job and forced it to tie the game in the final moments.

The last moment was an impact, so James stepped up and smashed the Pacers with a three-pointer at the buzzer.

James 44 + 10 + 8, the hit is unlimited.

But the reality is that he needs to work hard to this extent in the first round, and the Cavaliers are no longer a strong team, and the difference between them and the rest of the playoffs is that there are more James.

James said after the game that the final timeout was when he announced the tactics, "just give me the ball, give me the ball." ”

The three groups in the East are too tangled, and before the start of the second round, all the Spurs have to do is train with peace of mind.

Game 6 for the Celtics and Bucks, they were not able to end the series.

Antetokounmpo returned home to rejuvenate and lead his team to the lead in the first half and held it until the end.

The Celtics still have problems on the offensive end, and it looks like they can score any of them, playing well on a couple of points, but they are missing a key man.

Everyone's strength sometimes means that there is no backbone, and a lot of the games they win are due to defense, but this is also something that cannot be helped.

The two generals were injured and still able to keep their current positions, and they were respectable enough.

Whether they can continue to go on now depends on their seventh game.

At this time, no one can predict the future, but the young coach Stevens is still confident, and the fans in the East have a lot to watch. Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!