Perhaps no one thought that the Phoenix Suns, the first in the NBA regular season to win the league, would be dragged into the Battle of King Mountain by the New Orleans Pelicans, the ninth in the West and entering the playoffs as a dark horse in the playoffs, and even forced "St. Paul" with a 100% shooting rate in today's game. Although it was eventually eliminated 2-4, the team led by Willie Green showed the charm of the manager...
Back in New Orleans, Paul came to the place where his dream began, where he today set a new 100% record for 100 percent shooting in a single game in the playoffs with a 14-shot performance, and after this epic solo performance, Pelicans coach Willie Green hugged Paul and Suns coach Monty and shed tears. Facing Monti, that is the big brother he met when he entered the league in 2003, that was the mentor who monti traded when he coached the Hornets in 10 years, and the partner who built this championship-winning team together in 20 years! And facing Paul, it was brothers who played together, and they were only the last opponent left from the championship last season.
The coach, who has already won the championship ring with the Warriors in the 16-17 season as an assistant coach, came to the Pelicans with an unprecedented challenge. But he still poured his passion into the entire team, and it's hard to imagine a ninth-team team in the West, even in the absence of Zion Williamson, that the Pelicans could cause trouble for the Suns in almost every six games. In the second round of the playoffs, facing the Clippers missing Paul George, Willie Green inspired the players with an impassioned speech on the sidelines, and finally the Pelicans reversed the opponent's pressure to get a playoff ticket after trailing by 10 points at the end of the third quarter, which was his passion for basketball, which was seen at a glance.
The playoffs are brutal, everyone comes for the championship, but the way and gesture the losers leave determines whether they still deserve respect, and Willie Green has enough reason to leave with his head held high, with the applause and determined eyes of the fans...
In this regard, the first round of this season's NBA playoffs is left with the last quarterfinal tickets, Tomorrow (April 30) at 9:00 a.m. Beijing time, Five Star Sports will satellite live broadcast the first round of this season's NBA playoffs Grizzlies and Timberwolves, stay tuned!
The Grizzlies overtook the Golden State Warriors in the final stages of the regular season to secure second place in the West, while their opponents, the Timberwolves, relied on a playoff victory over the Los Angeles Clippers to finish seventh. In contrast, the first round of the playoffs this season mostly ended with a 4-1 or 4-2 total score, and only the Celtics swept the 4-0 Nets, and now the Grizzlies' 3-2 overall lead in the "Hun wolf battle" is one of the most likely to stage a "seven-game" showdown.
Extremely fast attack and defense, violent frame abuse, stunning killing... These scenes have been seen in almost the last five games, a head-on showdown between two teams that have set off a "youth storm" in the league, but accompanied by mistakes and fouls brought about by youth. The two teams' average errors in the regular season added up to 34.4 times, and such a mistake seems to have spread to the manager, the two teams G3 in the last quarter of the Grizzlies suddenly played a wave of 21-2 climax, but Timberwolves coach Finch did not call a timeout on the sidelines, such a fan operation also allowed the Grizzlies to reverse the victory.
Who will win tomorrow's contest? Lock in five-star sports at 9 a.m. Let's pay attention together!