On April 22, Beijing time, the NBA's four-game first-round matchups came to an end, and the Clippers, who were fourth in the West, defeated the Mavericks, who were fifth in the West, 109-97. Harden's 28 points, 8 assists, 2 blocks, and 6 three-pointers became Mr. Key.
The third-place Bucks defeated the sixth-place Pacers 109-94 in the East, and Lillard scored 35 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 three-pointers to become the MVP of the game.
The Celtics, who are first in the East, beat the Heat 114-94, and Tatum scored 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 7-of-18 shooting to win his first playoff triple-double.
The Thunder, the No. 1 player in the West, narrowly defeated the No. 8 Pelicans in the West 94-92, and the Pelicans were right to choose OKC as their opponent, but they missed 4 consecutive shots at critical moments to bury the game, and after losing G1, the Pelicans will have a lot of difficulty in this round of the series.
According to the NBA's official statistics, all eight home teams have won, that is, the first time since 2013 that all teams in the top half of the league have won, in other words, the teams in the bottom half of the league are in trouble.
West: Thunder 1-0 Pelicans, Nuggets 1-0 Lakers, Timberwolves 1-0 Suns, Clippers 1-0 Mavericks;
East: Celtics 1-0 Heat, Knicks 1-0 Philadelphia, Bucks 1-0 Pacers, Cavaliers 1-0 Magic;
Even the group of Philadelphia VS Knicks, which is most optimistic about the following grams, also lost, and the second most optimistic is the group of Mavericks VS Clippers, Doncic + Irving both won 30+ and lost;
The probability of advancing in the first round has been updated again, East: Celtics 94%, Cavaliers 81.9%, Knicks 65.6%, Bucks 65.2%, Pacers 34.8%, Philadelphia 34.4%, Magic 18.1%, Heat 6%;
West: Nuggets 83.4%, Timberwolves 78.9%, Thunder 75.2%, Clippers 64.4%, Mavericks 35.6%, Pelicans 24.8%, Suns 21.1%, Lakers 16.6%. What black eight, black seven, and black six have all become luxuries.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream