On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continue, and there will be 3 wonderful games for you to videocast, of which the Bucks vs Bulls at 8:30 are free live broadcasts. Look at the NBA, just at Tencent Sports, the following is a preview summary (home team is behind).
7:00 Heat (2-0) vs Hawks
The Heat won the first two games of the playoffs in a completely different way, and in the first game, the Heat froze Trae Young, allowing him to score 8 points on 1-of-12 shooting. In Game 2, when the Hawks picked up offensively, the Heat overpowered their opponents on the offensive end, with Jimmy Butler scoring a career-high 45 points in the playoffs to dominate the game.
The Heat with a 2-0 lead have taken control of the initiative, the Eagles are not in a good situation, the NBA history has a total of 435 0-2 behind, but only 31 teams have advanced, the probability of promotion is only 7.1%, and the history of the black eight miracle is only five times, only the 1994 Nuggets staged the black eight in the case of 0-2 behind, it was a five-game best-of-three series, under the seven-game four-win system, it is even more difficult to be cold.
Trae Young's defensive intensity against the Heat in the first two games is still extremely uncomfortable, Capela's absence has made him lose a tacit understanding of the cover in the block, and only when Trae Young plays an efficient performance, the Hawks can really pose a threat to the Heat.
The good news is that the Hawks will be back at home, winning 20 of the last 23 home games of the regular season, and the energy they showed in the home is completely different from the away game, and the third game is also extremely critical for the Hawks, and if they can't get back a city, the team's confidence will be completely lost.
8:30 Bucks (1-1) vs Bulls (Free Live)
An aggregate score of 1-1 wasn't an ideal result for the Bucks, but it was a surprise for the Bulls, who won a crucial away win in the second game of the playoffs, which was only the second time the Bulls had beaten the Bucks in the last 19 meetings.
In the opening game, the Bulls shot 7-of-37 from three-point range, shooting the lowest 18.9 percent from a season. But in Game 2, they shot 12-of-25 from three-point range and shot 48 percent from three-point range. The Bulls trio also performed very differently, with DeRozan, Raven and Vucevic shooting a total of 21-of-71 and 4-of-22 from three-point range in their first game. In the second game, they shot 33-of-62 and 7-of-14 from three-point range.
Back in Chicago, fans will also regain their grievances, Grayson Allen has maliciously fouled Caruso this season, resulting in him being seriously injured, and Bulls fans are bound to respond to the Bucks, especially Allen, with huge boos.
The Bucks' injury is even more worrisome, with Middleton's second medial collateral ligament sprained at least two weeks off, which became the Bucks' biggest uncertainty. In the regular season, when Alphabet Brother, Middleton and Holliday played at the same time, the Bucks had a record of 37 wins and 10 losses, and when one or more of them were missing, the Bucks had only 14 wins and 21 losses.
Another interior Portis also exited the field in the last game due to a bruise in his right eye. Shortly after the playoffs began, the Bucks were shrouded in injuries, and due to the overwhelming dominance against the Bulls over the past few years, the Bucks did not show the intensity they should have in the first two games, which may actually inspire their fighting spirit and sense of urgency when the injury hits.
9:30 Suns (1-1) vs Pelicans
The Suns suffered a double whammy in the second game of the series, they lost one game and the aggregate score was pulled to a 1-1 draw. What's more, the team's top scorer, Devin Booker, has a strained right hamstring and may need a 7-10 day break, but a hamstring injury is a tricky injury that can't be rushed, and once Booker rests more than 10 days, he may miss the rest of the first round, and will the Suns have enough chances of beating the Pelicans?
Booker has averaged 26.8 points per game this season, and in his absence, it's unrealistic to expect the 37-year-old "old cannon" to be full of firepower, and the Suns need others to share the pressure on his offense.
In addition to the offense, the Suns also have two major problems, first of all, they can't hold Ingram, after the playoffs and playoffs, "Warbler" played more and more confident, he bombed 37 points in the second game, the Suns' best defensive player Bridges was responsible for keeping an eye on CJ McCollum, in the first game, this arrangement worked well, Bridges defended McCollum 9-of-0, but in the second game, CJ faced Bridges with 5-of-4 shooting to get 13 points, and no one else could limit Ingram, and in the third game, Will the Suns adjust their defensive strategy?
Another problem was rebounding, the Suns fell behind 68-98 in rebounds in two games, the Pelicans grabbed a total of 35 offensive rebounds, got many second offensive opportunities, and Varan alone grabbed 38 rebounds, including 16 offensive rebounds. If the Suns want to take the initiative in the series, they need to improve at this point.