After a record of 53 wins and 29 losses in the regular season, ranking first in the East, the Miami Heat are at home, and the first game of the playoffs ushered in the challenge of the eighth-placed Eagles in the East.
In terms of the Heat, head coach Spoo lined up, and whether the Heat can defend the home court and win the playoffs has obviously become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, the Eagles side, Capela is absent due to injury, Collins ushered in a comeback, this campaign the Eagles can withstand the pressure, will undoubtedly be caught in a bitter battle!
However, after four quarters of play, with the excellent performance of Butler + Duncan Robinson, the Heat, who played at home, completely suppressed the Hawks in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Tucker felt hot in the third quarter, and the Heat took advantage of the chase to expand the point difference to 26 points in one fell swoop, which also made the suspense of the final quarter lose early.
In the end, the Heat also won the Hawks 115-91 at home, winning the first game in the playoffs, taking advantage of the opportunity 1-0, and also gave the opponent the Hawks a 24-point defeat!
Playing at home in this game, the Heat will live up to expectations, playing a 4-man scoring double-double, all-staff team offensive, and winning a 24-point victory.
In the case of the main players such as Adebayo + Lowry, the team's ace Butler, as well as the play of the two main players PJ Tucker + Duncan Robinson, are particularly critical!
Butler was well offensively and defensively in this game, starting 32 minutes and shooting 9-of-15 from the field for an all-around performance of 21 points, 6 rebounds , 4 assists and 3 steals.
Not only did it make a difference on the offensive end, helping the Heat to open up the situation strongly, but also on the defensive end, it repeatedly interfered with the Eagles' offensive rhythm and deployment, and successfully affected the trend of the game!
In addition, as a major offensive and defensive tip of the team, the play of PJ Tucker in this game also played a crucial role.
PJ Tucker was very efficient, shooting 6 of 8 three-pointers and 4 shooting without false shots, contributing 16 points + 5 rebounds + 1 assist, and his heroic performance of scoring 11 points in the third quarter was also the key to the Heat's smooth opening of the point difference!
Of course, the Heat were able to beat the Hawks in this game, and the performance of top scorer Duncan Robinson on the bench was also indispensable.
Duncan Robinson was on full steam, coming off the bench for 21 minutes, hitting eight three-pointers on 9-of-10 shooting and scoring a game-high 27 points.
Among them, he scored 13 points in the final quarter, and almost single-handedly ended the Eagles' attempt to fight back!
More importantly, throughout the game, Duncan Robinson personally has not made a mistake, in the case of Taylor Hiro's poor hand, Duncan Robinson's timely performance of stepping forward is also to help the Heat win a big win!
On the other hand, the Eagles, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and finally swallowed a 24-point rout, and the playoff score of 0-1 fell into a passive game performance, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case of Hunter + Gallinari + Collins playing well, the sluggish performance of Trae Young + Pogdanovic in this campaign is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
In this game, Trae Young was fully muted, starting 28 minutes, only 1 of the 12 shots felt cold, and the outside three-point shot was 7 shots and 0 shots completely lost the crosshairs.
And this campaign against the Heat, the play of Pogdanovic on the bench, is also unsatisfactory, the whole game, Pogdanovic 8 shots 0 three-pointers 4 shots 0 only 6 points + 3 rebounds + 2 assists of the downturn.
Obviously, for the Hawks, who have fallen into a passive situation with a large score of 0-1, whether Trae Young + Pogdanovic can find their state in time will undoubtedly become the key to the next G2 battle, whether the Hawks can achieve a reversal and equalize!