The end of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals gave the Minnesota Timberwolves a comeback. At the same time, the Golden State Warriors, who were originally leading, finally suffered. After easily winning the Oklahoma City Thunder in the last game, the Warriors lost to the Thunder 102-108 this time.
For the Thunder, the two core players Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant scored 53 points together. The other players performed quite well, and three others also scored in double figures.
For the Warriors, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green scored 74 points together. The three of them accounted for more than half of the Warriors' points.
In the first half, the Warriors' offense was quite good and they were leading in scoring. But unexpectedly, in the second half of the last quarter, Durant played a dominant performance.
The Warriors sent Harrison Barnes up to guard, but unfortunately in the one-on-one challenge, Barnes was completely suppressed by Durant.
Because of several key goals at the last moment, Durant successfully helped the team defeat the Warriors.
After this battle, the Warriors and Thunder were tied at 1-1.
In the East, the Miami Heat, who won the first game, continued their efforts. This time they continued to kill the Toronto Raptors and defeated their opponents 103-91.
In this game, Kyle Lowry scored 36 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists alone. DeMar DeRozan also performed well, scoring 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
For the Heat, guard Mira Dragic performed well and scored a team-high 30 points. Dwyane Wade ranked second in the team's scoring list with 22 points. Chris Bosh performed well. Still stable, scoring 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Excellent performance in two consecutive games allowed the Heat to successfully score a 2-0 score.
Similar to their results are the other two teams in the Eastern Conference.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by the Big Three, were still very strong. They faced the aggressive Atlanta Hawks with another brutal beating. The score in the second game between the two sides was 123 to 98. After the big victory, the word "massacre" can be used to describe it. Describe the plight of the Eagles.
After the Cavaliers tied the score 2-0, many outside professionals began to speculate. They believed that if nothing unexpected happened, the Heat might meet the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals.
In this way, things became extremely interesting.
LeBron was criticized a lot when he returned to the Cavaliers.
The crazy attitude of Heat fans is no less crazy than that of Cavaliers fans. Things like releasing missing jerseys on the Internet are no longer a big deal. More people even publicly mock LeBron or make various spoof videos on the Internet. Insult LeBron.
For Heat fans, if they can defeat the team led by LeBron in the Eastern Conference Finals, then the word "pleasant" can be used to describe their mood.
The Big Three do look very strong, but it's not impossible to defeat them.
After all, in the eyes of Heat fans, they are just missing one LeBron now.
Regardless of age, the combination of Wade and Bosh may not be weaker than Irving and Love.
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As time passes, the next game of the Western Conference Finals arrives again.
The Timberwolves all moved their positions this time, and they flew to the Moda Center, home of the Portlanders.
The Trail Blazers are obviously more confident after returning to their home court. This is their territory, and they are certainly more confident that they can reverse their previous defeat.
This time the Trail Blazers fans were also very enthusiastic. Before the game, many people crowded in front of the arena and waited. Even if many people did not buy tickets, they all chose to support the team under the big screen outside the arena.
The basketball atmosphere of urban teams in remote areas like Minneapolis is completely different from Portland.
Portland is an important city in the northwest of the United States. Especially after the Seattle team disappeared, it became the largest city in the northwest of the NBA. In addition, the Nike headquarters is located here, which makes the city's basketball culture quite different.
Therefore, after the Timberwolves entered the away game, they were also surprised by the opponent's city atmosphere.
However, this did not affect the performance of the players.
The Trail Blazers performed well in the first half of this game.
CJ McCollum, who had been silent for two games before, finally came into his own. He successively entered the basket and succeeded in breakthroughs, and continued to respond with three-pointers. After playing 17 minutes in the first half, he scored 21 points and 3 assists. 3 rebounds data.
Lillard's performance was also very stable. He did not rush to attack in the first quarter, but kept looking for his personal condition. After discovering that McCollum felt good, he also actively passed the ball and assisted McCollum.
In the second quarter, Lillard finally showed his touch.
He took shots from outside the three-point line one after another. Even though Zhao Feiyang maintained one-on-one coverage, Lillard still threw three three-pointers under this intensity of interference.
At the end of the first half, he had 16 points and 9 assists.
Compared with the performance of the Trail Blazers, the Timberwolves were quite acclimatized in the first half. Zhao Feiyang felt bad, especially in the first quarter, he only scored 2 times out of 6 shots, three of which The ball was not even made once.
After head coach Norman Thomas noticed his condition, he also chose to replace him and rest, and Kevin Martin came up to cooperate with Zach LaVine.
Martin's performance remained stable, making 2 of 4 three-pointers, and also broke into the basket and scored two layups.
LaVine didn't score much before. After switching to McCollum, he has been restricting the opponent and not putting more energy into offense.
In this game, he finally found some feeling. He seized several opportunities on the court to break through and win the opponent, and scored double digits with his breakthroughs and dunks.
The best performer is Dwight Howard.
After the Trail Blazers were completely unable to pose a threat to themselves, Howard kept attacking the basket in the paint. He also had a good touch. Not only did he frequently hit mid-range shots, he even made a mistake at the end of the second quarter. A three-pointer.
Halftime passed quickly.
After the second half, Zhao Feiyang appeared again.
Lillard and Zhao Feiyang continued to seek opportunities to face each other in the third quarter. The two used various scoring methods and constantly seized one-on-one opportunities to compete.
Unfortunately, at the last moment of the game, Zhao Feiyang still had the upper hand.
Zhao Feiyang led the team to continuously counterattack with his better physical fitness and condition. He relied on a strong attack in the third quarter to completely reverse the situation and make the score difference between the two sides widen visibly.
With the last 2 minutes of the game left, the score between the two sides was tied at 100 to 80. The nearly 20-point gap also allowed Trail Blazers fans to see the true gap between the two teams.
Beep.
The moment the timer sounds, the game is over.
108 to 83.
In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Trail Blazers away from home with a 25-point difference and won another victory.
