The second round of the NBA playoffs continues today.
Yesterday the Grizzlies and Celtics both tied the score. But today the Heat and Suns didn't give their opponents a chance, and they both won at home, turning the aggregate score into 2-0.
Want to know what great stats the players have played in the game? Let's take a look at the NBA Red and Black List.
Special Red List: 63.8% shooting percentage in the late quarter of the playoffs Paul deserves to be the needle of the sea god
Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns): 28 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers, 11-of-16, 1-of-2 from three-point range, 5-of-5 from the free throw line, +19 plus-minus efficiency. Paul is worthy of the sun's needle, and at the critical moment, the hit rate is even better. In this year's playoffs, Paul shot 63.8 percent from the field in the fourth quarter, stabilizing the suns on multiple occasions.
In today's fourth quarter, Paul relied on his own shots and assists to score the first 19 points in the single quarter, which became the key to the Suns' victory. Trailing in the first half, the Suns scored 22 points over the Lone Rangers in the second half and 14 points in the fourth quarter.
The Suns shot 65 percent from the field, 52 percent from three-point range and 86 percent from the free throw line today, making it their eighth consecutive game to reach at least 50 percent shooting. Today's 64.5 percent shooting percentage set the Suns' all-time playoff best shooting percentage in a single game.
Red list: Paul is Doncic's way past Can Butler, a stats second only to the elder Janved
Lone Ranger 109-129 Sun
Doncic (Dallas Maverick): 35 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 7 turnovers, 13-of-22, 5-of-10 three-pointers, 4-of-5 free throws, plus-minus -28. Doncic's stats are still outstanding, but it's still hard to win against Paul. In doncic's career, he played a total of 10 games against Paul, with Doncic winning only 1 and Paul winning 9 of them.
However, relying on the 35 points he scored today, Doncic temporarily ascended to the first place in NBA history to average points per game in the playoffs, and he averaged 33.5 points per game, temporarily surpassing Jordan to the top.
Devon Booker (Phoenix Suns): 30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 2 turnovers, 11-of-19, 5-of-8 three-pointers, 3-of-3 free throws, +21 plus-minus efficiency. It was Booker's 12th career playoff 30+ and now he ranks third in The Suns' history in 30+ playoff games.
The Suns' law of unbeaten is still continuing, with they leading the first three quarters of the season and taking a 52-0 record.
The Heat won 119-103 to lead 2-0 on aggregate
Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat): 22 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers, 8-of-15, 1-of-3 from three-point range, 5-of-7 from the free throws, +11 plus-minus efficiency. It was the fourth time in Butler's Heat career that he had at least 20 points, five rebounds and 10 assists in the playoffs, and only Wade and Jen Sr. had more playoff 20+5+10 games than Butler in Heat history.
At the same time, it is also the fifth time in butler's career that the Heat have delivered at least 10 assists in a single game, behind Wade's 13 and Old Jane's 7.
Today, with the exception of Butler, several of the Heat's main scoring points performed well. Adebayo 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists; Hiro 18 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists; Oladipo 19 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, the Heat's shooting rate was as high as 51.3% and 48.3% from three-point range, which was completely crushing the opponent.
Black List: Blowing up again At the critical moment, Doncic is still fighting alone
Brunson (Dallas Maverick): 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers, 3 of 12, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 from the free throw line, plus-minus -22. Brunson shot inaccurately, Dinwiddie shot 3 of 10, and only got 11 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. The front was blowing heavily, and at the critical moment of the playoffs, Doncic looked around, and he still had to fight alone.
However, the data shows that when Doncic is absent, Brunson's performance is significantly better. When Doncic is out, Brunson shoots 50.7 percent and three-point ranges 41.2 percent; when Doncic plays, Brunson shoots 41.0 percent and three-point ranges 30.0 percent.