Unlike the Western Conference Semifinals Warriors, who went on an easy victory over the Lone Rangers and quickly took a 3-0 lead, the Eastern Conference semifinals battles, the Heat and Celtics seem to have really written the script in advance, and both teams are in a good, bad state to withstand the test of this series, such as Adebayor was the Heat's first victory in the last game, but in this game, with the return of Robert Williams, Because he managed to limit Adebayor, he only allowed the last game scorer to finish scoring at 9 points, and he only had five shots in the whole game. And the Other Four Players of the Heat started. Butler scored only 6 points on 3-of-14 shooting, Lowry also shot 1-of-4 and scored only 3 points, Tucker and Strus did not score 1 point, and the entire starting five-man team only scored 18 points, which also made them suffer in this game. In contrast, in the previous game, Tatum, whose shooting percentage was successfully limited to 3 of the 14 shots in the whole game, felt warm in this game, contributing a game-high 31 points on 8 of 16 shooting. Such a big reversal in performance between the two sides also caused the Heat to lose the game 82-102, and the big score of the two sides was also chased into a 2-2 draw.
In fact, judging from the first quarter of the game, it seems that the victory or defeat of the game has long been predetermined. The Celtics are on the one hand defensively more intense, on the other hand, the start into the state faster, and the offense is also very firm. It opened with a fantastic start of 8-0, 18-1, 21-4, and by the end of the first quarter, it still had a big lead of 29-11. It can be said that the Celtics only used one game to play the game without suspense, and the next three quarters are basically in a state of stalemate, as if they are playing tai chi, consuming the game time. Watching the whole game, it is easy to look at it and want to sleep, because in the entire Heat, only Oladipo scored 20+ points, personally contributed 23 points, and the top 5 starters were sleepwalking on the court. In turn, we look at the Celtics, the entire team scored 5 in double figures, of which Williams, Jason Brown and so on together achieved the whole team multi-point blossom.
On the other hand, Tatum, as the core of the team, took over the game again in this game, whether it was his outside line, or breaking inside, or continuously on the free throw line, in short, he contributed 31 points on 8 of 16 shots, becoming the first contributor to the team's victory. But here, we also have to mention the Celtics' free throws, because in this game they have a total of 38 chances to stand on the free throw line and hit 32 of them, while the Heat only have 14 free throws, hitting 8 of them. The difference in data on this item became the focus of heated discussion among fans and the media after the game. It is also considered to be a proof that the referees and the league want to make the game must play the Battle of Tennoyama. Including after the end of the game, Adebayo in an interview with the media, but also took the initiative to make self-criticism of their own play, and specifically said that in the process of the team's loss, the number of free throws between the two teams seems to be a bit strange, and the Celtics have indeed obtained too many free throw opportunities.
However, according to this comparison of these aspects just mentioned, we will also realize that in the last game, the Heat also played a 39-18 climax in the first quarter, leading by 21 points, and it took one section to determine the game victory in advance. The game turned into the Celtics suppressing the Heat in the same way, 29-11, winning the Heat by 18 points in a single quarter, and also playing only one quarter to determine the outcome of the game. It was as if the two teams had written their scripts in advance, and the game was decided. As a fan, it is said that the progress of the game seems to show that the Eastern Conference team listens to the league and is trying its best to play the game to the battle of Tianwangshan, as well as the sixth and seventh games. So much so that people are a bit confused about the performance of the players who are either outstanding or abnormal. Because everyone doesn't know whether this is intentional, deliberately designed, or everyone's undulating nature, it is really so strong.
At present, the two sides of the Eastern Conference Finals must play until the sixth or seventh game to decide the winner, but after we see such a competition, although the intensity of the game has gone up, everyone sometimes attacks to play a climax is also very oppressive, but it is always suspected of being manipulated By the process and result, but in turn let everyone miss the sun that has been out of the West. Many fans are saying that if the Sun stays, it may be able to contribute to the most spiritual round of the East-West Finals, so that everyone will not feel like watching a play, or watching adults play children (the competition between warriors and loners is always one-sided). Hopefully, under the premise that the two sides have already drawn, the Heat and Celtics in the back of the game can make us watch the game more interested.