At 19:00 on the evening of May 2, the G1 battle of the second round finals of the Eastern and Western playoffs officially started.
As everyone is busy eating the news of Durant leaving the team, the popularity of the two games tonight has inevitably declined.
On the Trail Blazers side, the Trail Blazers players, who came to the Oracle Arena in the Bay Area to watch the game as originally planned, looked a little distracted throughout the game.
On the one hand, today's melon explosion is a bit unexpected, on the other hand, there is really not much to watch in tonight's game.
I don’t know whether it was due to acclimatization or other reasons. In this game, the Spurs performed averagely. Leonard, the highest scorer, only scored 19 points, followed by Love with 16 points, Duncan with 14 points, Parker with 11 points, and Leonard with 9 points. Ginobili...
The Spurs' five strongest players only performed like this tonight. How can they be expected to withstand the three-point frenzy of the opposing Warriors?
124:92, there was no fierce battle as expected, and no anxious moments. When the first quarter of the game ended, the Warriors scored 41 points in a single quarter, and then kept suppressing the Spurs in the remaining three quarters. , and finally won the home game by 32 points, easily winning G1.
The Warriors lead the Spurs 1-0 in the series.
Mainly because the Splash Brothers missed shots in this game. In the first quarter, Curry made 4 of 8 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, scoring 11 points. Thompson was not to be outdone, making 4 of 6 three-pointers in the first quarter. Made 2 of 3 shots and scored 10 points.
The two Splashes scored 21 points in a single quarter, one point more than the Spurs scored in the first quarter.
After four quarters, Curry scored 38 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and was predictably named the best player in the game.
Thompson contributed 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, plus Green with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, Barnes with 10 points and 12 rebounds, Livingston with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and Borgette with 10 points, 12 rebounds. Iguodala, Barbosa, and Sibes all contributed 6 points at the table...
It was much easier for the Warriors to win tonight than they expected. Against the Spurs, one of the Western Conference champion teams, this game turned out to be an undisputed crushing game.
At the same time, the gorgeous performance of Curry and other teammates tonight also made Warriors fans at Oracle Arena full of expectations for the team to break through the second round this year and advance to the Western Conference Finals to avenge the Trail Blazers.
The Warriors and Trail Blazers can now be considered rivals.
From the 73 wins during the regular season, the other 75 wins, and the tit-for-tat confrontation between the bosses of both sides, to the Warriors' fall at the feet of the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals last year and their road to the championship was interrupted.
All of the above have made countless Warriors fans hate Wang Zelin and the Trail Blazers.
If it weren't for Wang Zelin and his Trail Blazers, the Warriors would have won the championship last season without having to wait another season like they are now.
This season, the Trail Blazers and Warriors are undoubtedly the two best teams in the Western Conference and even the entire league. The Warriors are full of confidence in their promotion route, and the same is true for the Trail Blazers next door.
So, let’s get rid of the stumbling blocks in front of us first, and then decide the outcome after meeting the peak!
The entire Warriors team, from players to fans, after the playoffs started, their minds were filled with the intense flames of revenge.
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In the East, the battle between the Cavaliers and the Heat ended with an ending that surprised everyone.
Since leaving the Heat in 2014, James and Wade met again in the playoffs in this series. Unfortunately, things have changed and this time the two met as opponents.
Maybe it was because he met his old boss and good brothers again. James, who was in a complicated mood, did not show much aggression in this game. He only hit 7 of 17 shots in the game, including 2 of 7 three-pointers, plus 7 of them. 3 free throws, only 19 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.
If other people had obtained such data and it would be reasonable, it could even be called excellent for ordinary people.
But the problem is that the player with such data is James, who averaged 26 points, 8.5 rebounds, 9.6 assists, 2.3 steals, and 1.3 blocks in the first round series against the Pacers and achieved a near-triple-double!
Therefore, James' performance tonight is undoubtedly embarrassing, and the ultimate consequences for the Cavaliers can be imagined.
96:102, with the "help" of James, the Heat's best sixth man, the Cavaliers lost the first game of the series while holding the home court advantage, trailing the Heat 0-1.
After the game, James inevitably encountered a period of verbal criticism.
In this regard, James did not choose to escape. Instead, when being interviewed by the media cameras, he first took all the responsibility for the loss on himself, and finally ended the interview with an impassioned answer.
"I assure the fans in Cleveland that the Cavaliers' goal this season has not changed from beginning to end. We are born for the championship!"
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"It seems that the old man has really let go this time. The Heat will be miserable later! Tsk, tsk, tsk, poor cheek Wei..."
At home in Portland, Wang Zelin watched the entire live broadcast and became an active superstar. He naturally saw that James had reservations about his performance tonight.
Obviously, Lao Zhan's problem has occurred again. When facing some teams with good brothers, he will always be selective and soft, and sometimes even let the opponent win the first game.
Cases like tonight's are actually not uncommon for James. For example, after Wade left the Heat to join the Bulls in his previous life, perhaps out of consideration for brotherhood, the Cavaliers led by James would always choose to give up one player appropriately in games against the Bulls. Let go and lose to the bull on purpose.
Of course, the premise is that James's Cavaliers had no rivals in the Eastern Conference at that time, so a little bit of sophistication would not have any impact on the Cavaliers' dominance in the Eastern Conference.
The same is true for tonight's game. Even though the Heat won one game first, the probabilities of promotion for the two teams from the major authoritative media after the game did not change. It still opened at 3:7.
The Heat is 3 and the Cavaliers are 7!
When Wang Zelin saw James's answer on the TV, he could see a trace of regret on James' face for losing the game. After all, this behavior was really sorry for his teammates and fans who supported him.
At the same time, he also noticed a trace of relaxation in James' words, as well as a kind of relief that seemed to be after repaying the favor.
Unsurprisingly, after this game, little Emperor James will re-enter that omnipotent state of terror.
In a favor situation like tonight, at most one hand is enough. In the remaining games, the person standing in front of him is no longer his good brother Wade, but a playoff opponent who is blocking him from winning the championship. A stumbling block on the road.
(End of chapter)
