On April 17, 2018, Beijing time, the NBA2017~2018 season playoffs officially started.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the San Antonio Spurs home stadium, AT&T Center, the game between the Spurs and the Jazz is in full swing.

At the end of the first quarter, the overall feeling of the Spurs playing at home was not very good, and they were temporarily led by the Jazz who were playing away by 4 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Vicky made personnel adjustments, Rudy Gay replaced Kyle Anderson, Danny Green replaced Tony Parker, and the on-court commander was temporarily replaced by Jin Feng.

After the former "golden boy" Riqui Rubio switched from the Timberwolves to the Jazz this season, he ushered in the second spring of his career, and all statistics ushered in career highs, especially in his previous most criticized shooting, which has also been greatly improved.

This was the case in the first quarter, where Rubio not only shot well himself, but also provided beautiful assists to his teammates.

Obviously, for Vic, the top priority in the second quarter is to limit Rubio, and he must cut off the connection between him and the team as much as possible.

Danny Green, as a member of the league's second defensive team last season, was a very stable defensive point on the Spurs' perimeter, so Vicky gave him this task, which was also his main task for Parker.

As for scoring, leave it to the Big Three.

Danny Green's defense against Rubio quickly paid off, after all, Rubio is not a very good offensive player, and he doesn't have any advantage in terms of physicality and height compared to Danny Green.

Taking advantage of this gap, Jin Feng and Leonard also made gains in the offensive break one after another, and soon overtook the point difference.

Jazz head coach Snyder had no choice but to immediately request a timeout, and after the timeout, the Jazz's problem with Rubio on the outside offensive end was still not resolved, after all, the Jazz were already weak in Rubio's position.

However, Snyder has obviously also thought of a way, which is to work from the inside, whether it is Favors or Gobert, they are very good interior players, and compared to the Spurs twin towers, these two are better at the defensive end.

So, the next situation is that the Jazz use the interior to keep scoring, and let the Spurs inside can't open the situation.

For Spurs, a new problem has arisen.

Of course, for a team with a strong interior like the Jazz, ** Vicky is obviously also prepared, okay, since you are strong on the inside, then I won't fight with you on the inside, can I fight with you on the outside? Can I fight with you for overall defense? There are Jin Feng, Leonard, Danny Green, who can be called the most luxurious stitching lineup in the league, and they are afraid of pinching the overall rhythm of the opponent.

Soon, the meat grinder-style defense that belonged to the San Antonio Spurs appeared, and the Spurs increased their intensity across the defensive end across the board, and the Jazz roster lacked a true superstar and a super scorer who could score in crunch time.

So, soon, the tempo of the game on the court was controlled by the Spurs, both teams who like to play a slower pace of play, but it is clear that the Spurs are more powerful than the Jazz in positional battles.

At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs' lead had reached 19 points, and to a certain extent, this game was already a foregone conclusion.

In the end, not surprisingly, the Spurs defeated the Jazz 109-96 at home, making a good start to this round of the series and officially taking the first step in the journey to defend the title.

The best of the game was given to Leonard, who shot 4 of 5 three-pointers from the outside in this game, scored a total of 29 points, plus a big double-double of 11 rebounds, which can be said to dominate the game.

Jin Feng didn't feel very good on the offensive end of this game, hitting only 5 of 13 shots in total, including only 1 of 4 three-point shots, and scored a total of 15 points in the game, however, he was very effective on the defensive end, and got a new career playoff high 4 blocks in a single game, in addition, his win-loss value was the highest in the game, reaching +32.

After the Spurs' game against the Jazz, the results of the other three games that started today are also in.

The most interesting matchup between the Warriors and the Thunder ended with the victory of the Thunder on the road, 119:117, and the Thunder on the road narrowly beat the Warriors by 2 points.

Although the Thunder won in the end, their situation was not optimistic, and to a certain extent, it was still very difficult, because Cameron Anthony sprained his knee in the game, and from the look on Anthony's face at that time, it was quite serious, I am afraid that this series is a big deal.

The Thunder, who have the Big Three, naturally have the ability to fight with the Warriors, but when Anthony is out due to injury, I am afraid that the Thunder will hardly be the opponent of the Warriors.

In the East, the Celtics beat the Pacers 105-97 at home, while the Detroit Pistons lost at home to the Bucks, the only team to lose home-court advantage in four matchups.

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Win again!

And another big victory, 120:99! Two days later, the second leg of the Spurs and Jazz series, the final winner was still the Spurs, and, compared with the first quarter of the first game, this game was obviously much easier, after the first quarter of the game, the Spurs beat the Jazz 39:23!

For the Spurs series 2:0 lead, the outside world is not not too surprised, after all, although the Jazz's defensive strength is strong, but it can't grab the Spurs, the two teams have a certain gap in hard power, before the series starts, the bookmaker gave a prediction that the Spurs will end the series with a score of 4:0.

99：90！

101：95！

A few days later, at the home of the Jazz, the Spurs completed 2-0 again, and in the end, the Spurs advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a clear overall score of 4-0.

Six days later, when the West Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans played a tiebreaker, all the first-round games were over.

The four teams in the East that advanced to the second round are: Celtics, Cavaliers, Wizards, and Bucks.

Second round matchup sequence: Celtics vs Bucks, Cavaliers vs Wizards!

The four teams that advanced to the second round in the West are: Rockets, Spurs, Warriors, and Pelicans.

Second-round matchup sequence: Rockets vs. Pelicans, Spurs vs. Warriors.

The Rockets defeated the Trail Blazers 4-1 in the first round, while the Pelicans eliminated the Timberwolves with difficulty through the tie-break, and from the perspective of the regular season rankings, the Rockets are at the top of the list, and the Pelicans are in fifth place.

However, this is really not the case, because the Rockets' "light bulb combination" was originally intended for the Warriors, and the biggest weakness of the lineup is the inside, and this is what the Pelicans are best at, after all, the strongest twin towers in the league, so it is really difficult for the Rockets to beat the Pelicans.