The Minnesota Timberwolves' morale has become very low after losing two games in a row, and the outside world is increasingly believing that the Golden State Warriors can advance to the next round.
At the same time, the results of the second game of the series between the other two teams in the Western Conference, the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets, were also released smoothly. The Spurs still maintained their high-level performance in the previous game, and the team once again won 103 to 92. Defeat the Rockets.
In this game, Rockets leader James Harden scored a terrifying 43 points, Trevor Ariza scored the team's second-highest 17 points, and Clint Capela scored all The team ranked third with 12 points.
In addition, no one from the Rockets scored in double figures.
It can be said that the team has placed all its bets on Harden, but even a superstar cannot always turn the tide of the game with the power of one person.
Compared with the Rockets, Kawhi Leonard scored the most points on the Spurs, and the same as him was LaMarcus Aldridge. Both of them scored 26 points. In addition, Gasol scored 26 points. 12 points, Danny Green scored 11 points, and Patrick Mills scored 15 points.
It is no longer uncommon for the team to win a game with five players scoring in double figures.
The Rockets also lost two games in a row, and they suddenly became like the Timberwolves. This pair of "brothers in distress" began to no longer be expected by the outside world. In the eyes of most fans, I am afraid that this year's Western Conference Finals still have to be watched. Warriors and Spurs.
At the same time, the results of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference series were officially announced.
The first game between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards ended with the Celtics winning.
The two sides scored 123 to 111.
The Wizards' top scorer was Bradley Beal, who scored a team-high 27 points. The second-ranked player was John Wall, who had a double-double with 20 points and 16 assists.
In addition, there are four other players who scored in double figures. From this perspective, their performance is actually not bad, and the scoring within the team is also relatively balanced.
However, the Celtics performed better. Isaiah Thomas, the strongest player on the planet with 175 points, scored a game-high 33 points and had 9 assists.
Jae Crowder scored the team's second-highest 24 points, Al Horford sent out 10 assists and scored 21 points, and Avery Bradley also scored 18 points.
In the second game, John Wall, the core of the Wizards, finally got into shape. He performed very vigorously in the first two quarters, constantly breaking into the Celtics' basket with the ball. When he played 47 minutes, Wall handed over 40 points, 13 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals.
It can be said that this performance is much better than the previous one.
His teammates were equally impressive this time. A total of 6 players all scored in double figures. Except for Brandon Jennings, who came on the bench and did not perform well and did not score a point, no other player had any problems.
From a common sense perspective, the Wizards' performance this time is indeed very good.
The core of the team performed superbly, and the role players also showed their value. However, although the Wizards performed well, the Celtics were more exaggerated than they expected.
When Wall scored 40 points, the Celtics' core Isaiah Thomas was even more arrogant, directly handing in a 53-point answer.
He played 45 minutes in the game, hitting 18 of 33 shots, and made 12 three-pointers, hitting 5 of them.
This performance was an explosion, and it also made Wall, who was originally proud, feel depressed.
In addition to Thomas, his four teammates were also pretty good, all scoring in double figures, thus successfully helping the Celtics stabilize the situation, and finally defeated the Wizards again with a score of 129 to 119.
After the big score reached 2-0, the outside world became more and more excited about the Celtics.
Thomas Jr. suddenly became the focus of fans' attention. As a player who is only 1.75 meters tall, let alone the NBA, even in any other league, such a height is completely insufficient.
However, who would have thought that when everyone doubted it, he rebounded strongly and scored 53 points!
It has to be said that as a small player, Thomas has already allowed fans to see his talent! And the hard work behind the talent.
However, while Thomas Jr. proved himself, he also showed inappropriate "childishness". He was interviewed after the team won the second game. Facing the reporters' cameras, when the other party asked about the contract extension for next season, Thomas went into big mouth mode without thinking at all.
"Ask Anji to drive the cash truck and talk to me about contract renewal!"
As soon as these words came out, the reporters were all shocked by Thomas Jr.'s words.
Ainge was referring to the general manager of the Celtics. There were rumors that Thomas insisted on asking for a five-year, $150 million super contract from the Celtics because of his outstanding performance.
The increase in the price of broadcast contracts has enabled many players to sign new big contracts. However, LeBron James, who has the highest annual salary this season, is only US$30.96 million. Thomas's request will obviously not be agreed to.
After all, he is not LeBron James. Although his performance this season is indeed great and he has completely reached the level of a superstar, he also has problems on the defensive end.
The height of 1.75 meters is simply a disaster for any team on the defensive end! Even top players like Allen Iverson and Stephen Curry have always had problems with their performance on the defensive end.
Height really has a great impact on the sport of basketball.
The Celtics did not respond to Thomas's words, but many fans in Boston have already expressed doubts about Thomas.
The other two teams are the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors, which have the Big Three.
There is almost no suspense in the game between these two teams.
Both games ended in wins for the Cavaliers.
In the first game, the Cavaliers defeated the Raptors 116-105.
Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan scored 39 points together, but LeBron James scored 35 points alone for the Cavaliers, and Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love scored 42 points together. point.
There is almost no need to compare the differences.
In the second game, Lowry scored 20 points, and DeRozan only scored a measly 5 points. However, the team's two substitutes Valanciunas and Corey Joseph scored 45 points together to not lose it. The face of the Raptors.
For the Cavaliers, LeBron scored 39 points alone, Irving and Love teamed up to score 31 points, and substitute players Channing Frye and Iman Shumpert teamed up to score 32 points.
After these two games, the outside world no longer had any hope for the Raptors. Many fans firmly believed that they would be swept out by the Cavaliers with a score of 4-0.
