On May 12, Beijing time, the NBA semifinals continued, and with two games today, James once again set a historical record; He ended five championship-level teams in his 16-year playoff career; Butler became the first person in team history, and the following is a summary of today's data -
James set another all-time record
The Lakers beat the Warriors 122-101 at home, eliminated their opponents 4-2 on aggregate, and advanced to the Western Conference Finals, James played 43 minutes, shooting 10 of 14, scoring 30 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, he became the oldest player in the NBA playoffs to score at least 30 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, no one over 36 has been able to play this set of statistics before.
Zhan Huang won 16 consecutive games in the home penalty shootout
By the time the home had the chance to end the series, James' side had a 16-game winning streak and had no misses in that period.
James finishes five championship-level teams
In his 16-year playoff career, James has ended five championship-level teams, namely the Five Tiger Pistons, the Big Three Celtics, the Thunder, the Warriors before Durant's arrival, and the Warriors after Durant's departure.
Brother Thick Eyebrows became the first person in nearly 21 years
Thick eyebrows scored 17 points, 20 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, without a single turnover. He became only the second player since Ben Wallace in 2002 to post this set of stats in the playoffs.
The Lakers became the fourth team in nearly 50 years
The Lakers are eight wins away from their 50% win rate at their worst time this season (2-10 at the start of the season), and they became the fourth team in the last 50 years to be at least eight wins away from a 50% win percentage, but eventually reached the divisional finals.
The Lakers, who are seventh in the West, also equaled the best record of the "Black Seven" team in history, and in 1987, the SuperSonics, who were seventh in the West, also reached the Western Conference Finals.
The Kerr era warriors first folded their halberds in the West
The Lakers also ended a big record for the Warriors, the first time the Warriors have lost a series in the West since Kerr took over the coaching whip in 2015.
Butler became the first man in team history
The Heat defeated the Knicks 96-92 to eliminate their opponents 4-2 on aggregate and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Jimmy Butler had 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, averaging 31.1 points per game in the first ten games of the playoffs, becoming the first player in Heat history to average 30+ points per game in the first ten games of the playoffs.
The Heat make history
The Heat became the first play-off team in NBA history to reach the divisional finals, and the second team to reach the divisional finals as a black eight after the Knicks in 1999.
Brunson became the fourth man in history
Knicks core Brunson scored 41 points on 14-of-22 shooting, and in addition to him, the other Knicks players hit only 13 goals in total, and Brunson became the fourth person in playoff history to score more goals than his remaining teammates combined, the first three being James (2), Kobe and "Pence" Hardaway.
Brunson copied Anthony
Brunson also became only the second player in Knicks history to score 20+ in 11 consecutive playoff games, behind Anthony in 2012-13 (16 straight games).