One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four. Go All Out and Sweep Through the Next Round!
The Grizzlies beat the Pelicans with Klay Thompson's 21 points, Sun Ce's 24 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals, Randolph's 20 points, Paul George's 11 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and Yi Jianlian's 14 points.
In this game, the Pelicans gave people a huge surprise!
Fans who watched the game thought that the Pelicans would be beaten from the beginning. The 58-point loss that happened to the Pelicans six years ago, which ranks second in the list of the worst single-game playoff losses, would happen again, because the Grizzlies led by 15 points in the first quarter.
Who knew that the Pelicans would fight the Grizzlies to the end! Sun Ce and Paul George did not rest until the end of the game. The former played the entire second half, and the latter played the entire fourth quarter.
Some media analyzed that if the Grizzlies had not relied on the Splash Brothers' highlight performance in the third quarter, that is, Klay Thompson scored 10 points in a single quarter and Sun Ce scored 12 points in a single quarter to overtake the score, the Grizzlies might have been upset in the first game!
Although the Pelicans lost, their performance in the first game of the series was impressive!
The first games of each series have been played. Through the performance of each team in the first game, fans have made a preliminary judgment on the strength and on-the-spot performance of each series and each team.
As for the Lakers and the Jazz, the Lakers are likely to sweep. It depends on whether Jimmy Butler can struggle. He is the hope of the Jazz.
The Spurs and the Mavericks are equally strong in the playoffs. They are both the top favorites for the championship. It is difficult to predict who will advance. Both sides have top coaches, best veterans, and excellent teams.
As for the Thunder and the Warriors, it is hard to say. Both teams have two Mesozoic superstars. The Thunder have Ibaka, Adams, Dion Waiters, Morrow and other excellent players. The Warriors also have first-class players such as Draymond Green, Iguodala, and Thabeet. It is hard to say which of the two teams will advance. The strength is too close.
There is no suspense that the Hawks will crush the Pistons. The gap in strength is huge. It is difficult for the Hawks to play against a team with superstars, but the Pistons do not have a real superstar, and Drummond is not one of them.
The Bulls crushed the Celtics, and it is possible that the Celtics did not score more than 100 points in a single game in the entire series, and it is estimated that it is difficult to break 90 points. Bulls coach Sloan does not care about face or not. If he can use the simplest method to advance, he will use the simplest method to advance, and that method is defense! They have Rose, who is very good at defending the little assassin. In the entire league, except for Westbrook, Rose is the best at defending Isaiah Thomas.
As for the Raptors and the Heat, the Heat have the possibility of overthrowing the strong, Paul and Wade facing Lowry and DeRozan... Even if the Heat's backcourt double guns are over 30 years old, their performance is still better than the Raptors' backcourt double guns!
Among them, Wade, who has long passed his peak, actually played against DeRozan in the playoffs.
The Heat's performance in the playoffs is obviously better, and they are the team with the most hope to win in the first round this year.
The playoffs have begun, and the biggest basketball season of the 2014-2015 season has begun!
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In the NBA playoffs, sports news in both China and the United States are almost dominated by basketball.
In the past two years, the attention to the NBA playoffs has soared.
First of all, the new generation of stars have begun to step into the playoffs, and fans want to see if any of these people have the possibility of dominating the league in the future.
Although it seems that Sun Ce is in his prime, who can say for sure whether a player who is more terrifying than Sun Ce will suddenly emerge?
For example, the Greek guy on the Suns has an explosive talent!
The Mesozoic players have begun to enter the league one after another with Sun Ce.
Leonard of the Lakers, the Wave combination of the Warriors, the outside super trio of the Grizzlies, the double evil of the Bulls, Evans of the 76ers, the Thunder's three youngsters... These people have become the mainstay of the league!
James, Paul, Bosh, Wade, Howard... and other veterans are still active in the front line.
The stars of the three eras each have their own fan groups, and the competition between the three generations has triggered a viewing boom.
The most important thing is the "fossil-level" players, that is, the group of players who entered the NBA in the last century.
Kobe, Nowitzki, and Duncan are still one of the core players of the team!
Kobe is the best pitcher of the Lakers, Nowitzki is a strong contender for the sixth man in the league, and Duncan is the absolute core and strongest player of the Spurs.
There are also Pierce, Carter and others shining in the playoffs...
When the media's discussion is still hot, the players who are participating in the playoffs don't have so much time to care about those.
Except for the Hawks, Lakers, and Bulls, who advanced easily, their opponents also felt desperate and had no room to struggle, and their nerves were not so tense. The other five groups of the series were under great pressure!
Sun Ce also felt quite stressed. The threat brought to him by the opponent in the first game was too strong!
Who knew that the Pelicans played like that!
Kidd is a guy who dares to try any unreliable ideas.
But it must be said that only those who are bold can have a chance. When Sun was in the playoffs, he was also bold and tried any way to win.
The first game was more difficult than expected, and the next games must be played carefully!
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The first round of the game was in full swing, and each team began to show its strongest strength.
The Hawks and the Bulls, seeing the performance of the Knicks, 76ers, and Heat, all wanted to advance early so that they could study the next round of opponents. They went all out in the next games and beat the Pistons and Celtics. They quickly took a 3-0 lead in the first three games, and the opponents really had no chance to struggle.
The Lakers were also troubled by the performance of the Mavericks and Spurs, and they also wanted to advance early, so that Kobe, James, and Nene, the three veterans, could get more rest time. In addition, JR Smith, Nick Young, Boozer and other players were also veterans who needed rest time to prepare for the second round. They also went all out to play against the Jazz in every game. By April 27, they were already leading 3-1. The Jazz only won a game in the fourth game when they were behind 0-3, relying on Jimmy Butler, Kanter, and Trey Burke to score 20+ points together, which saved their face and did not get swept.
The Thunder and the Warriors, this series, on April 25, was tied 2-2! Both teams defended their first two home games.
But in the sixth game on the 27th, the Thunder defeated the Warriors 137-130 in double overtime away from home and won the decisive battle!
In this game, Westbrook scored 51 points! He got 51 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, helping the Thunder win! He also became the second player in NBA history to complete a 50+ triple-double in the playoffs after Sun Ce!
In regular time, Westbrook actually only scored 31 points with 11 of 27 shots. If Durant hadn't made 12 of 22 shots in regular time, including 5 of 5 three-pointers and 6 of 7 free throws, he scored 35 points super efficiently to help the Thunder enter overtime. Westbrook's 31+8+9 data in regular time would have been as bad as it could be.
But in overtime, it was Westbrook's time. He scored 9 points in the first overtime, and played even better in the second overtime, scoring 11 points!
The main reason was that the Warriors' physical strength declined faster, and Westbrook seemed stronger.
As for the Spurs, they played very fiercely with the Mavericks in every game. They are currently leading 3-2. The difference in the five games added up to only 33 points. Both sides played too well.
The 76ers played 27 games and led the Knicks 3-1. They won an away game and got the match point, but they won the fourth away game by defeating the Knicks with a buzzer beater. The 76ers were not very able to withstand the Knicks' offensive and the Knicks' chance to turn the tables.
The Heat led the Raptors 3-1. Wade played the best performance since the 10-11 season in this series. He averaged 25.5 points in the first four games, making his cheeks look like a young man in his twenties and DeRozan lost two menisci and was over thirty.
The three series of the Hawks, Bulls, and Lakers, apart from the "attention points" hyped by the media at the beginning, there is not much to discuss later, but the four series of the 76ers and the Knicks, the Mavericks and the Spurs, the Heat and the Raptors, and the Thunder and the Spurs, are well-played, have many topics, and the popularity remains high!
And another series of attention-grabbing games surprised the fans.
The Pelicans' performance in the first game was impressive, and everyone was full of expectations for the combination of Irving, Anthony Davis, and Kidd.
But... the first game has exhausted all the Pelicans' desire to win!
Even if the Pelicans played with their brains and tactics in the first game, each of their players needed to fight hard to seize the Grizzlies' slack time in the second quarter to create a chance to win.
But! They have tried their best and are still going so smoothly in terms of strategy, but they still lost to the Grizzlies!
Klay Thompson and Sun Ce's crazy third quarter, coupled with Paul George's steady offensive organization, even in the case of the Pelicans' explosion, this trio is still stronger!
The Pelicans have played a performance that cannot be better, but still can't win. In this case, Irving did not collapse, Anthony Davis was also okay, and among the other players, there was a little Rivers who could not be defeated, but he was not strong enough.
Only Irving and Anthony Davis had both the spirit and the strength to fight the Grizzlies, while the rest of the Pelicans had been beaten by the Grizzlies after the first game.
So, the Pelicans were defeated in the eyes of people's great expectations, and lost 4 games in a row with a broken army!
On April 28, the Grizzlies won the second away game against the Pelicans 109-85. Relying on Sun Ce's performance of averaging 22 points, 13 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2 steals per game, the Grizzlies swept the Pelicans 4-0 and became the second team to advance to the second round!