Butler Lowry is out, and the Heat narrowly beat the Hawks to advance! Morant made a layup and the Battle of Grizzlies' King Mountain was narrowly won! The two-man duo is crazy to play iron, and the Pelicans lose a key battle!
Butler is out! The Heat advanced to the second round 4:1
Prior to this game, the Heat had already taken a 3-1 lead in their first four games, just one game left to qualify. However, although they returned to play at home, Butler announced before the game that he would miss the game due to sore right knee, and Lowry would continue to miss the game due to a left leg injury. In such a situation, if the Heat want to complete the promotion in this game, then they will have to put more effort into it.
In the first quarter of the game, the Eagles took the lead in finding form to play a 7-2 rebound, but the Heat, led by Oladipo, chased the point difference to between millimeters. In the second quarter, the Hawks were caught in a scoring drought, and the Heat took advantage of the situation to play a 17:0 super attack wave to open up the point difference, leading by 12 points at halftime 54:42. Although the Hawks tried to narrow the point gap in the third quarter, the Heat again played 13-2 in the end of the quarter, still leading by 11 points. In the final quarter, the Eagles' Hunter suddenly broke out and scored 18 points in a single quarter, and under his leadership, the Eagles narrowed the point difference to 2 points at one point, but unfortunately failed to win the game in the last minute, losing to the opponent 94:97.
In this game, although butler and Lowry were absent from the game at the same time, they still showed excellent team strength, and as many as 5 of them scored in double figures. Among them, Oladipo, who did not get much playing time in the previous games, became a surprise soldier, scoring a team-high 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting, Adebayo cut a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Hiro, who came off the bench, also scored 16 points. In the final minutes, when the Hawks trailed by just three points and had the ball, Tucker's key defense against Gallinari completely ruined the Hawks' last hopes.
On the Eagles side, although Hunter scored 18 points in the final quarter and got a large double-double with 35 points and 11 rebounds, the helpless team boss Trae Young only shot 2 of 12 shots in this campaign, including only 5 of 0 three-pointers, and they were ultimately powerless to return to the sky and were eliminated by the Heat at 1:4. The Heat will face the winner between the 76ers and the Raptors in the next game after completing the Gentleman's sweep, and they will have enough time to wait for the return of the team's main players.
Morant Kill! The Grizzlies narrowly defeated Tenno Mountain
The two young western teams, the Grizzlies and Timberwolves, met in the first round of the series, and although the two teams had a big win gap in the regular season, the two teams played very anxiously in the first four games of the series, and the score was 2:2 before this game. Therefore, this battle will become the battle of Tianwangshan in the series, and the side that wins this game will have a greater advantage.
In the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies played a perfect 13-2 start to take the lead, but the Timberwolves did not want to show weakness to play small climaxes to overtake the score, and at the end of the first quarter, they led by three points. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves continued to widen the point difference, establishing a double-digit lead at one point, but the Grizzlies began to chase points in the final stage, and the difference between the two sides was only 2 points at halftime. In the third quarter, the Timberwolves took the initiative on the court, reopened the point difference, and entered the final quarter with a 10-point lead. In the final quarter, the Timberwolves collapsed again in the final quarter, and although the score was once tied in the final moments, Morant contributed to the layup and helped the team win 111:109.
The final moments of the game were a brilliant one, starting with Morant scoring six points from the basket and hitting a crucial three-pointer to equalize, and then hitting a key penalty in the final minute to establish a three-point lead. But in the following round, Edwards' bottom corner three-pointer helped the Timberwolves draw at one point. Seeing that the game was about to enter overtime, Morant took advantage of the Timberwolves' defensive mistakes to complete the pull-up layup in the final attack, helping the team to finally complete the reversal in the final quarter when he was behind by 10 points, and Morant also cut a large quasi-triple-double data of 30 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.
For the Timberwolves, the loss was a big blow to their morale, and they were originally 10 points ahead of the margin in the final quarter, but they collapsed again in the final quarter and suffered a reversal from the Grizzlies. After losing this game, if the Timberwolves lose again in the next game, their journey of the season will come to an end.
Double Mu combination to play iron! The Pelicans key defeated the Suns
Prior to this game, under the influence of unfavorable factors such as Booker's absence due to injury, the Suns were pulled to a 2-2 draw by the Ninth Pelicans of the West in the first four games, which also made the Suns encounter a lot of doubts. And this battle has also become a battle between the two sides, and Paul, who only scored 4 points in the last game, will face a lot of pressure.
In the first half of the game, the Suns at home firmly grasped the initiative on the court, paul's consecutive points helped the Suns widen the point difference, and the half-time game was already 13 points ahead of the opponent, while the Pelicans, who only scored 20 points in the first quarter, only scored 46 points in the first half of the game. Although the Pelicans struggled to chase the points in the third quarter to narrow the gap to single digits, the Suns still entered the fourth quarter with a double-digit difference. In the final quarter, the Suns always had someone to stand up and stabilize the situation, and in the end, they also had a thrilling victory of 112:97 to win the crucial battle of Tianwangshan.
In this game, Paul, who had performed extremely badly in the previous game, ushered in self-redemption, scoring a quasi-triple-double of 22 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists on 8-of-18 shooting, while Bridges became the team's winning streak, scoring a game-high 31 points on 12-of-17 shooting, including 4-of-4 three-point shooting. For the Pelicans, Ingram, who had performed extremely well in the first three games, only scored 22 points on 7-of-19 shooting. McCollum was also out of shape, scoring 21 points on 7 of 7 of 22 three-pointers, and in this case, the Pelicans' loss became inevitable.