The NBA playoffs are still in full swing, the first round of the series G2 part of the competition has begun, the playoffs have played a total of 11 games so far, there is no one below the gram situation, the home team won all, which also proves that the final ranking of the regular season, there is still no water. In the latest round of the regular season, the contest between the two Eastern dark horses, the more experienced Cavaliers, easily defeated the young Magic, the Magic did lack some playoff experience, and it was difficult to adapt to the high-intensity playoff games, on the other hand, the Cavaliers, although they are also a dark horse, there are many players in their lineup who have playoff experience, and the star Mitchell is still very strong. The matchup between the Magic and the Knights has no traffic.
The other two games, the 76ers and the Knicks, and the battle between the Lakers and the Nuggets, were a bit against the sky. 2-0, 2-0! Two ugly losses! The NBA supergiants have fallen, and these two teams have gone out early. The 76ers lost to the New York Knicks again, suffering two consecutive defeats to 2-0. To be honest, just looking at the book lineup, the 76ers are undoubtedly better than the Knicks, they have Embiid and Maxey two All-Stars, Embiid is still one of the top supergiants in the current service, one of the best players in scoring ability, this season's regular season, although Embiid's attendance is not high, he has had 3 single-game 50+ scoring experience, one of which also scored 70 points and 18 rebounds in a single game. A superstar of this level will not be bad in the playoffs.
On the other hand, on the Knicks' side, although there are also Randle + Brunson, two All-Star players, these two are much lower than Embiid + Maxey, and Randle was reimbursed for the season as early as January this year, relying on Brunson to carry the team forward, and Brunson himself has mediocre physical talent, and the starting point is not high, he entered the league as a second-round pick, starting as a role player, even if he has grown into the absolute core of the Knicks now, his status in the league must be incomparable with Embiid. The 76ers are a team that has been able to make the playoffs all year round, and this season, they deserve to make a bigger breakthrough. However, in the face of this mediocre Knicks on paper, the 76ers actually suffered two consecutive defeats, of which G2 was an ugly defeat.
Because the 76ers still had the advantage in the final moments, with 30 seconds left before the end of the game, they still held a five-point lead, but they fell off the chain at a critical moment. was first hit by Brunson with a three-pointer, then a service error was directly stealed, and DiVincenzo scored a three-pointer, and the Knicks magically reversed the game with two consecutive three-pointers in the last 30 seconds. In this way, the mentality of the 76ers exploded, Embiid scored 34 points, Maxey scored 35 points, and still couldn't beat this civilian Knicks team, and the Knicks became more and more confident in the follow-up games, and there was basically no suspense to win the 76ers. In the other group of matchups, the game between the Lakers and the Nuggets was even more outrageous, and the Lakers relied on the fiery three-point shooting feeling throughout the game to occupy the absolute initiative.
The Lakers led the Nuggets by 15 points at halftime and led the Nuggets by 20 points at the beginning of the third quarter. Despite this, they can still be reversed, the final quarter of the game was killed by Murray's shot, lost the game, and the score also came to 0-2! The Lakers lost really ugly in this game, the Nuggets are out of the sky, only 23.5%, and the Lakers' three-point shooting rate is as high as 43.3%, in this case, the Lakers still can't play! The referee was also crazy in the first half, blowing several 2+1s for the Lakers, and the Nuggets turned a blind eye to the same confrontation and fouls, the referee tried his best, and the Lakers still had to lose. It is worth mentioning that the Nuggets have won 10 consecutive games against the Lakers, including four consecutive wins in the Western Conference Finals last season, four consecutive wins in the regular season this season and two consecutive wins in the playoffs so far.
In fact, the Lakers' disadvantages are also obvious, their role players lack scoring points, and the offensive end is all based on James, thick eyebrows, and a little luckily, Russell can provide three-point firepower. James and thick eyebrows are not guaranteed physical fitness, and efficiency will drop rapidly in the second half, this game thick eyebrows are as fierce as a tiger in the first half, but the last 19 minutes and 15 seconds did not score a point. In addition, the Lakers' speed is too slow, and the defense can't keep up with the rhythm of the Nuggets at all, as long as they miss a ball on the offensive end in the fourth quarter, they are immediately counterattacked by the Nuggets.
In the end, Jokic and Murray's key ball ability is too strong, Murray is iron-clad for the whole game, and he can also score key shots and killer goals in a row at the last moment, and Mr. Jokic's low-post offense is also inexplicable. With the loss of this game, the Lakers suffered a double blow both physically and mentally, basically announcing the early exit of this round of the series.