In the game of life and death in the first battle, today there were two rounds of drama on the following grams.
The Hawks beat the Cavaliers 107-101 on the road to advance to the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The Pelicans narrowly beat the Clippers 105-101 on the road, and Ingram finally reached the playoffs in the sixth year of his career.
The game between the Hawks and cavaliers was a showdown between the new generation of defenders Trae Young and Garland, and even James said before the game: "I can't wait to see Garland and Trae Young's showdown, the two of them are the two brightest young point guards in today's game." ”
The trend of the game is indeed related to the performance of these two people, when Trae Young played less than Garland in the first half, the Cavaliers led by double digits, but in the second half, Trae Young suddenly broke out, and the Cavaliers could not stop the Eagles.
In this game, Aaron, who had previously missed 19 games with a broken finger, returned from the line of fire, gave up surgery for the playoffs, and remained in a state of rest until this game, Aaron's injured finger was still tied with bandages.
After a month and a half of playing again, Allen had 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, which can be said to be fighting for the playoffs.
It was also like this that the Cavaliers took the lead as soon as they came up, shooting 6-of-8 from three-pointers in the first quarter, while the Hawks made just 1-of-7 three-point shooting.
Among them, Markkanen felt hot, debuted in the first half for 15 minutes, shot 5 of 8 from three-point range, cut 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal, plus or minus the highest +17 in the game.
Not only that, but the Cavaliers have also done a good job of restricting Trae Young on the defensive end. The Cavaliers are frantically targeting Trae Young on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the Cavaliers are looking for Trae Young on all offenses on the offensive end, and the defensive end is only given a chance to single-handedly change defenses.
So Trae Young shot 3 of 8 in the first quarter, 2 of 2 three-pointers, scored only 6 points, and gave 3 assists but made 4 turnovers. This state of affairs continued into the second quarter, when Yang Yang did not score on 0-of-3 shooting and only had one assist.
To make matters worse, late in the second quarter the Cavaliers attacked, and Mobley lit up Capela to break through the inside line, only to have Capela pull Mobley from behind.
But unexpectedly, the dragged Down Mobley happened to hit Capela's knee, and Capela covered her knee and fell to the ground in pain, never returning to the field.
From the slow motion point of view, Capela's knee has been overextended, and if it is serious, it is not only impossible to play in a game, but may be a bit hanging in the next game.
This ball Capela but if he protects Mobley, he will not hurt himself, and can only be said to have lost his wife and folded the soldiers.
Blowing Yang's aberration + Capela's injury retreat, watching the situation develop in the direction of the Cavaliers to win, did not expect that Blowing Yang directly broke out in the second half.
In the third quarter, Trae Young scored 4 of 6 in the quarter, including three long-range three-pointers, 16 points and 5 assists in the single quarter, and the Hawks won ten points in the single quarter, pulling the two sides back to the same running line. But the outbreak of Blowing Yang has put the knight on the verge of collapse.
From 6 points in the first half to 16 points in a single quarter, the outbreak of Blowing Yang may be related to Cavaliers fans.
When Blow yang visited Kecun, The Kecun fans were not enthusiastic, but just offered some boos and cheers for the home team, and when the third quarter blew Yang stood on the free throw line, the slogan of "Falk Blowing Yang" sounded at the scene.
Blowing Yang listens, isn't this the enthusiasm of New York? This was not allowed to give the villagers of Kecun the whole life, so it was a super long three points and a breakthrough throw, which made the fans on the scene stunned.
Throughout the game, Blow yang blasted 38 points and 9 assists, including 32 points and 5 assists in the second half.
According to statistics, Yang Yang scored + assists in the second half, bringing a total of 43 points for the Hawks, and the Cavaliers only took 40 points in the second half.
Cleveland, Cleveland, you're okay shouting slogans! This is good, the territory of Blowing Yang has expanded again, from the mayor of New York to the mayor of Kecun.
After the game, Blow yang threw the ball into the sky and then waved a friendly hand to the Cavaliers' home audience.
You see, what a warm picture. (Damn, he put it on again)
After the game, Yang Yang said he waved because Cavaliers fans "got a lot of 'Fxxk you' boos in the game that I broadcast live across the country, and I think they shouted too early".
Blowing Yang's personality is understood by everyone, and after he finished speaking, he still had to summarize a wave on Twitter, and he pushed even more: "Let them see it, we are coming in the playoffs." ”
The subtext of this statement seems to be: "Next stop, Mayor of Miami!" ”
On the other side of the Clippers and Pelicans game, I have to sigh that the Clippers are really unlucky. Before the game, the Clippers announced that George was confirmed to be unable to play in the new crown.
And the moment he couldn't play, the Clippers' winning side was very small. After all, in the end, the Pelicans were killed by CJ and The Warblers, while the Clippers were controlled by Reggie and Morris Jr.
It's hard to imagine that ingram, who has been famous for a long time, has not made the playoffs in the first six seasons of his career.
So at the beginning of the game, Ingram quickly entered the state, the first quarter of the game he shot 8 of 9, cut 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, 0 fouls and 0 turnovers, plus or minus +8.
Ingram's 16 points in the first quarter were the highest points in a single quarter since the NBA had a playoff.
Perkins sighed on Twitter: "Ingram is now playing like a baby KD and can easily shoot in the middle distance. Oh my goodness! ”
As Wiggins said, Ingram's eight shots in the first quarter, both in the left bottom corner, in the right bottom corner, and near the free throw line, can be said to be the whole game without dead ends.
In the first half, the Pelicans led the Clippers by 10 points, and when they waited until the second half, reversed the master Lu's guidance on the line, replaced the five small lineups with a big hand, and desperately grasped the defensive counterattack.
I have to say that the toughness of the Clippers is really good, in the absence of the big and small kings and Kennard, they have to rely on a set of residual formations to set off a counterattack climax.
The Clippers won 38-18 in the third quarter by 20 points, ending the third quarter with a 10-point advantage.
But this lineup is still flawed after all, the Clippers rely on hardness for a quarter and a half or physical weakness, and the Pelicans have a small Nance such a fresh force, in the second half he replaced Varan to play a small ball inside, the effect is quite good.
Throughout the game, Nance Jr. played 24 minutes, scoring 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting and scoring 16 rebounds, including seven frontcourt rebounds and four assists.
The only flaw may be that he missed two free throws at key moments, giving the Clippers a chance.
But the Clippers, who were exhausted, could not grasp the last opportunity, so the Pelicans narrowly defeated the Clippers 105-101.
These two rounds of life and death battles are really wonderful, to give everyone a picture, before the start of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans fell behind by 10 points, and then Pelicans coach Willie Green said something to encourage the players: "We have to take the best of ourselves!" We were 10 points behind and the fourth quarter started right away! Lift your heads up TMD! We live for such moments! ”
"We work hard for moments like this! OK？ We don't give up! We TMD don't give up! You guys have to fight TMD! You have to fight! ”
At this moment, is there a smell of blood basketball?
It is worth mentioning that the Pelicans only won 1 win and 12 losses at the beginning of the season, who would have thought that such a team could get the last playoff ticket?
So far, the Pelicans have become the fourth team in NBA history to make the playoffs after losing more than 12 of their first 13 games in the season.
The first three were the Suns in 1996–97 (stopped in the first round), the Cavaliers in 1984–85 (stopped in the first round), and the Bulls in 1967–68 (stopped in the semifinals).
For the Pelicans, no matter how far they can go in the end, this season may bring them a qualitative improvement.
And these years for the Clippers, the playoffs can not be described as a twist and turn, they almost all the way out of the game. Let me give you a look:
In the 2014 Western Conference semifinals against the Thunder, the Thunder scored 8 consecutive points in the last 49 seconds of the Battle of Tianwangshan to complete the reversal;
In the 2015 Western Conference Semifinals against the Rockets, the Clippers' 3-1 lead was reversed by the Rockets;
Paul was injured in the 2016 playoffs; Griffin was injured in the 2017 playoffs;
Did not make the playoffs in 2018; lost 2-4 to the Warriors in the first round of 2019;
2020 Western Conference semifinals against the Nuggets, the Clippers' 3-1 lead was reversed by the Nuggets;
2021 playoff card injury; 2022 playoff George new crown absence;
The Clippers have a lot of records in playoff losses, and after today's game, they have one more record.
The Clippers became the fifth team in NBA history to reach a divisional final last season and still fail to make it to the playoffs with a regular season win rate of at least 50 percent.
The Playoff Clippers, the core is full of tragedy.
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