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In 0.9 seconds of overtime, Embiid faced the Raptors from outside the three-point line on the left side, and a long-range shot penetrated the net to successfully kill the 76ers, who defeated the Raptors 104-101 on the road, becoming the first team of the season to make it 3-0 in the playoffs.
Three years ago, Embiid walked out of the Scotiabank Arena crying; now, Embiid can yell at the Raptors die-hard Drake: "Hey, you can roll, I'm going to sweep you out again." ”
In fact, before shooting a deadly three-pointer in overtime, Embiid shot a three-pointer in the same position in the last moment of the regular session, but unfortunately this three-point shot came out of the box.
At that time, journalist Bill Simmons complained: "Huh? Embiid shot a 27-foot three-pointer against a group of players shorter than him? What kind of ball is this? ”
Bill Simmons's complaint is not without reason, and in the history of the NBA playoffs, there has never been a seven-foot long man who can complete a three-point shoot-off in the last second.
Bill Simmons after the slaying: "What a fragrance! ”
The whole game, Embiid was not smooth, compared to the first two rounds of explosive penalties, this game the referee is not friendly to Embiid. In fact, the Raptors have not changed much from Embiid's defensive strategy, and once Embiid rushes into the inside line, the Raptors will frequently perform pinch attacks on him.
In the first game, Embiid scored nine free throws in the first half; in the second game, Embiid had 12 free throws in the first quarter, while the Raptors only had 12 free throws in the whole game.
That's why, after the first two games, Raptors coach Nas was always talking about refereeing.
Back at the Raptors' home court, Embiid heard far fewer whistles. Throughout the first half, Embiid only stood on the free throw line twice, and the Raptors' ferocious bag clamp made him even more disturbed, scoring only 5 points on 2-of-5 shooting at the half and making 4 mistakes incidentally.
After all, Nas has been under pressure for so long, and it is the Home Of raptors, and it is normal for the referee to encourage confrontation.
Today's game, the Raptors have already fought a battle, after all, the gap between 1-2 and 0-3 is like a gulf. So the Raptors made almost all the adjustments correctly, they were 3-man 20+ on the offensive end, and the comeback Trent gave the Raptors a continuation of the firepower, cutting the second-highest 24 points on the team, and the Raptors led by as many as 17 points at one point in the middle.
At the same time, they forced the 76ers to make 22 turnovers, while also causing Harden to leave the court at the last minute, almost taking away a victory.
But in the end, it was a failure, and the reason was naturally Embiid.
In the third quarter, Embiid had 18 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter on 6-of-9 shooting; in overtime, Harden was sent off, embiid had 5 points and 2 rebounds on 2-of-3 shooting, including the final three-point kill.
Embiid, on the other hand, has never hit a draw or a deadlock in the final second of the game, either in regular or extra time, and his previous shooting percentage was a miserable 14-of-0 shooting.
But that night, Embiid, in a place where he had been killed and had just failed, threw a goal that declared that the Raptors' hopes of survival were dashed.
After hitting the kill, Embiid yelled, "What a good TMD!" ”
Three years later, Embiid finally took revenge on his own.
"I've been waiting for three years, just to wait for an opportunity, and I'm going to fight for a breath, not to prove that I'm great; I'm going to tell people that I must take back the kill I lost!"
Embiid said after the game: "Obviously we all know what happened in this arena a few years ago. ”
'When I hit that kill, everyone was quiet and I enjoyed watching the fans come home.'
Like Embiid, Today's Dro agrees with his promise.
In the last game, DeRozan scored only 18 points on 6-of-25 shooting, and in an interview after the game, he promised: "Most of the balls I throw are empty shots, that is empty!" I'm not going to have this bad shooting percentage of 6-of-25 again, I promise! ”
At that time, the fans ridiculed more, "No, this is the real you", "the playoff habitual crotch", "really garbage brothers, haven't they been like this for more than ten years"...
For the Bulls in their first year on the team, the playoffs weren't friendly. Not only DidRozan pull the crotch, Lavin only shot 6 of 19, and Vucevic shot 9 of 27.
DeRozan made a metaphor after the game: "It's a bit like the first time you talk to a girl, and this girl is the girl you told someone you liked before." After the G1 defeat, the team knew what way to treat the playoffs. ”
After the second battle, DeRozan finally woke up. In the first half alone, DeRozan shot 6-of-12, with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, plus or minus +12.
With one minute left in the fourth quarter, when the Bucks chased the score to three points, it was DeRozan who stood out. When Vucevic nodded to DeRozan, who was rebounding in the front court, DeRozan first turned around and broke through the defensive line, and then completed the pull-bar layup with the long arm of the alphabet brother.
The ball was scored and the Bulls again stretched the gap to five points to seal the win.
Throughout the game, DeRozan played 44 minutes, shooting 16-of-31 from the field and having 41 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
The 41 points were the highest scores in DeRozan's playoff career, and DeRozan also became the third player in Bulls history to playoff 40+ in a single game.
When the key goal was scored, the Bulls official tweeted directly: "Demar DeRozan, the king of the last quarter!" ”
This victory allowed the Bulls to break an embarrassing record: before that, the Bulls suffered 14 consecutive defeats against the Bucks who played against The Alphabet Brother, and the last time the Bulls beat the Alphabet Brother was in 2017.
DeRozan this man can handle, there is a promise that he is really doing what he says.
The Nets and the Celtics' feud was inflamed with gunpowder from the moment the whistle blew. Both sides barely got any easy shots in the game. But no one expected that Durant, who had once been "strong and strong, KD wants to be king", has been inaccurate for two consecutive games.
Durant, who scored just 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting in the first game, can still be seen as a poor feel.
After all, one statistic shows that Durant has averaged 41.8 points per game so far in his career after losing in the playoffs.
When durant was expected to wield the Grim Reaper scythe toward the Celts, the Green Army directly "disarmed" Durant with his bag clip.
Throughout the game, the Celtics are elite, not only double probing, but also Gwe, Horford, Smart, Theis, as long as Durant wants to launch an attack, what awaits him is the Green Army's bag.
Durant analyzed after the game: "When I don't have the ball, the opponent will have 2-3 people to defend me, no matter where I am, there will be 2-3 people to physically fight me, this is the playoff game." ”
So in this game, Durant played 42 minutes, only 27 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds on 4-of-17 shooting, with as many as 6 turnovers, plus-minus of -10 on the team's lowest.
Throughout the second half, Durant shot 0-of-10 and four turnovers, the most 0-goal shots he had scored in his entire career half.
If it weren't for Durant's 20 free throws, it would have been difficult to score in double figures by sports.
In both games, Durant shot 13-of-41 from the field, shooting 31.7 percent from the field, with 8 assists but 12 turnovers. It was also the first time in his entire career that he shot less than 40 percent in two consecutive games and made more than six turnovers.
In two games, Durant's plus-minus was -23, the lowest in the team. Who would have thought that Durant would one day play like this.
These two playoff games may be the two worst games of Durant's career.
After the game, Durant also took the responsibility on him: "The responsibility for this performance is mine, and I have to solve this problem." I don't expect my teammates or the defense to give me anything, I just have to try to play. ”
Of course, losing is not only Durant's responsibility, but Irving also has it. Irving, who scored 39 points in the last game, suddenly lost energy today, shooting only 4 of 13 from the field and only 10 points and 1 assist.
Even, Irving returned to the locker room in the middle of the game and offered a "banana on the sidelines" scene.
Of course, it's not that Ramadan has had much of an impact on Irving, after all, he just scored 39 points in the last game, and Jaylen Brown opposite this game is also an Ramadan player, but the people played really well today.
In the third quarter in particular, Jaylen Brown made three consecutive steals on Durant, including one face-to-face direct steal.
Durant shot 23.5 percent, Irving shot 30.8 percent, and both shot less than 33 percent today, the first time the two have played in 55 games together.
In this game, in fact, the Nets have been circling with the Celtics until the fourth quarter, because of the excellent performances of Bruce Brown, Dragic and others.
But when it came time to solve the problem of the superstar, the double-pulled Nets were played by the Celtics in the last 7 minutes of the game, and the Celtics played a wave of 16-1 attacks, and won the game in one fell swoop.
Historically, the Celtics have led 2-0 41 times in the playoffs, and they have won 40 times; while the Nets have trailed 0-2 12 times, but they have never completed a turnaround.
Whether the Nets can create a miracle depends on Durant.
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