On April 27, Beijing time, the NBA played four playoff games today. The Heat eliminated the Bucks in overtime and completed the Black Eight Miracle! Butler became the first in team history; Curry scored more points than Magic Johnson. Here are the NBA's key numbers and milestones today:
Butler surpassed Wade as the first in team history
Heat overtime (4) 128-126 (1) eliminated the Bucks. Butler had 42 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Butler scored 40+ points in the 8th playoffs in franchise history, surpassing Wade (7), and James had only 3 to make the first time in team history
The first in Heat history
Heat overtime (4) 128-126 (1) eliminated the Bucks. Complete the sixth Black Eight Miracle in NBA history (the first five Black Eight: Nuggets '94, Knicks '99, Warriors '07, 76ers '12). It also became the first team in NBA history to create a Black Eight miracle through the play-offs
Spoelstra wins fifth all-time
The Heat beat the Bucks to complete the Black Eight. With this win, Heat coach Eric Spoelstra tied with Larry Brown for fifth all-time for the 100th career playoff win (top four: Jackson 229, Pat Riley 171, Popovich 170, Rivers 108)
Alphabet brother 30 years third person
The Heat beat the Bucks 118-116 in overtime to complete the Black Eight Miracle! Alphabet had 38 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists. Completed 30+20 for the second time in the career playoffs, and third player in the last 30 years to score 30+20 at least twice (O'Neal 11, Duncan 3)
Curry surpasses Magic Johnson
The warriors defeated the king by (3) 123-116 (2). Curry had 31 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists. Curry surpassed Magic Johnson (3,701) with 3,696 points to move up to No. 15 on the all-time playoff scoring list
Looney is the first in the history of strange data
The warriors defeated the king by (3) 123-116 (2). Looney had 4 points, 22 rebounds and 7 assists. For the third time in his career, he scored less than 5 points, rebounded more than 20, and distributed at least 5 assists, first in history (Chamberlain (1), Bill Russell (1))
Robinson became the first after Ewing
Knicks (4) 106-95 (1) eliminated the Cavaliers. Mitchell Robinson had 13 points, 18 rebounds (11 frontcourt rebounds), 2 steals and 3 blocks. He became the first Knicks player since Ewing in 1994 to grab at least 10 frontcourt rebounds in a single playoff game
Robinson became the first after O'Neill
In this game, Robinson contributed 3 blocks and 2 steals while grabbing 11 offensive rebounds. He became the first player since O'Neal to score 10+ offensive rebounds, 3+ blocks and 2+ steals in a single game in the playoffs
Davis became the fifth man in Lakers history
The Lakers lost to the Grizzlies (3)99-116(2). Davis sparred 31 points, 19 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks. Thick Eyebrow cut at least 30 points and 15 rebounds for the second time in the playoffs this season (first round G3:31+17), becoming the fifth player in Lakers history to cut 30+15 in a single season playoffs. The previous four players were Baylor, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal
Bain became the fourth man in team history
Bane had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Becoming the fourth player in team history to complete 30+10 in the playoffs (Morant, Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr., Randolph), Bane became the third player in team history to play two consecutive 30+ games in the playoffs