Both the Suns and the Heat lost two away games after taking two home games first, and were forced to meet Tennozan tomorrow! The Bucks and Warriors both grabbed G1 on the road and held G3 after returning home with 1-1, but the Bucks lost G4 at home and the Warriors held home.
The eastern two groups were 2-2 in line with expectations
The reasons for the semi-finals of the 4 groups and 2-2 in the 3 groups vary. The pair of bucks and greens without Middleton's pairing is inherently extremely close; there is a lot of debate when it comes to predicting who will win the series. Seventeen of ESPN's 20 experts believe that this series will hit seven, and Tencent's 30 experts are optimistic that the two teams will advance to 15 people each. So even though the Bucks G4's final-quarter crash seemed so unexpected, both teams showed extremely tough confrontation in this series, and the 2-2 score was in line with public expectations.
And the Heat played the 76ers series, before the start of the game, the basis for the heat to be more optimistic is mainly embiid was injured by Siakam, everyone previously wondered when he could come back, and did not know how many players he still had after he returned.
In embiid's two games off, Adebayor blew Jordan Jr. and Reid up, and the Heat showed dominance in the penalty area. But when embiid G3 returned, even Embiid, who only recovered 70% of his skills, was extremely easy to deal with Adebayo. When Embiid let the 76ers regain the initiative in the interior competition, it was equivalent to stabilizing the 76ers' basic set, causing the Heat to be forced to change the defense, Tielin's three were separated, and Deng's singles came; on the contrary, the Heat's positional attack began to become extremely uncomfortable, and Butler's high score became futile...
Considering that the 76ers and the Heat's positional offensive space is terrible, whoever takes the initiative on the inside means that whoever can seize the initiative throughout the game means that they can seize the initiative throughout the game. Taking embiid's comeback as the node, 2-0 to 2-2 is also a result that is expected.
The Sun's laxity + Paul's aberration gave the Lone Ranger a chance
The suns had a hard time playing against the Pelicans in the first round because they were missing Booker in the middle and because they couldn't match the Pelicans' height and athleticism, so much so that Monty. Williams was once forced to pose for Ayton and McKee's twin towers. While the Lone Ranger's internal reserves are still far inferior to the Suns, Ayton is an absolute advantage in this series; the Mavericks' athleticism is even at a medium level, and the Suns' fronts are not at a loss. Even the Suns are not good at defending Doncic, but the first two games of the series are enough to show that Doncic alone can't kill the Suns; so after G2, many experts are saying that this round of the Suns encountered less challenges than playing pelicans, and even a lot of 4-0 sounds...
Perhaps because the first two games were played too easily, after arriving in Dallas, the Suns did not tighten up, even like drinking Ecstasy Soup; Paul G3 made 7 mistakes in the first half, directly taking the Suns into the ditch. And in G4, the referee was already staring at Paul; Paul also wanted to play a "slippery head", causing him to play a game with more fouls than points... And Paul's control was originally a key factor for the Suns to reach the Finals last year and lead the league in the regular season this year; but now Paul is in a mess, no one controls the court, and there is a master of control on the other side, Doncic, and the Suns are obviously not going to play in the process of being leveled.
Withstanding the pressure to turn over the game point early, the Warriors revealed the championship appearance
Although the Warriors played the Grizzlies in this series, the outside world was generally more optimistic about the Warriors before the start of the game; but last year's play-offs Grizzlies eliminated the Warriors in the Bay Area, and this year's regular season Warriors played the Grizzlies very badly, so the Grizzlies are not easy opponents for the Warriors, and this group of series has long been out of gunpowder!
Although G1 Dream Green was whistled for a second-degree malicious foul that caused a huge controversy, no one would deny that he gave Clark a malicious and ferocious move. By G2, the grizzly bears have treated them in a ferocious way. Dillon. Brooks was directly in the air, splitting his head and covering his face, payton Jr. was blown a second-degree malicious foul, Dream Green's eyes were also red, and Curry's fingers were also red. In the third game, it was Morant's turn to leave with a right knee injury... As players from both sides continued to injure, the two Spurs division brothers fought a war of words. Kerr blasted at the Grizzlies bench at G2 and emphasized Dillon after the game. Brooks crossed the line, and what he did was retaliation. After G3, PullaMorant's knee also caused great controversy; Jenkins also gave the word "cross-border" back to the Warriors. And this time the Warriors don't even have a head coach.
Accompanied by the constant injury and withdrawal of both sides and the constant emergence of controversial actions, this series is also extremely fierce. G1 final 4 seconds, the Grizzlies still have a chance to kill; G2 Morant scored 47 points, and the Grizzlies won 5 points. Although the Warriors won 30 points at G3, the Grizzlies led the first quarter at the end of that game; the Warriors did not gradually widen the point difference until the third quarter, which they were most "familiar with". In this game, facing the "no Mo Bear", the Warriors, who have always been known for their accuracy, have become the iron brigade; 15 consecutive irons outside the three-point line, 38 points at halftime, Buddha 6 of 20, Poole 12 of 4, Curry in the first three quarters of 19 of 6...
But the warriors, who are not accurate, still maintain a high level of defense; they also put 3J, Dillon. Brooks and Bane were limited, and the Warriors, who were obviously at a loss, grabbed more rebounds in four consecutive games in this series... The reason why they were able to fall behind by 47 minutes, the final turnaround relied on solid defense + rebounding protection + the explosion of Curry in the last quarter. Although the "No Mo Bear" showed strong combat effectiveness in the regular season, when it came to the playoffs, when it was time to compete for key balls, Morant's point list play became almost the only way for the Grizzlies to attack; but Morant's injury was fatal to the Grizzlies at key moments.
47 minutes behind can also turn the tables, under great pressure to become the only team to get the match point so far in the division semifinals, this difficult warriors, has missed the championship phase! And in the Western Conference semifinals 7 years ago, the Warriors encountered the Grizzlies led by black and white; at that time, the Warriors were 1-2 behind, and the penalty area was crushed by the black and white double males, and decided to shrink the box and let Tony go. Allen, in a way that destroys the rhythm of the Grizzlies' offense and defense, won the victory. And that series was also recognized as an important step in the Warriors' journey to the dynasty after the fact. Now the Warriors are planning to blow the charge to the impact championship by eliminating the hard bones of the Grizzlies once again!