Today is the first to start 3 G2 matches.
The Cavaliers beat the Magic again at home, and this series has little concern, and there is not much suspense. The Magic, the "rookie" of the playoffs, is difficult to shake the Cavaliers' progress.
The 76ers and the Lakers were reversed when they won most of the half, and finally lost the game, the 76ers were reversed by 14 seconds and 6 minutes, and the Lakers were even more defeated by the whistle. Why are they all the same? Is it really just bad luck?
76ers 101-104 Knicks
The review at the end of the last game mentioned that the 76ers' disadvantage lies in 2 points:
One is that neither Maxey nor Embiid are players who can lead their teammates to attack, they can't get other players to participate in the offense, so they can only eat by watching the feelings of other teammates.
The second is that the 76ers' enthusiasm and desire to win are not as good as the Knicks.
Motivation and desire to win can't be changed, and it may get worse as the 76ers fall behind, so if the 76ers want to win, either Maxey and Embiid are supergods, or there are surprise outbreaks.
In the second game, Maxi and Embiid were really superb!
The two combined for 69 points, 19 rebounds and 16 assists, but among the other players, only Harris scored 10 points. And in the final moments of the game, the 76ers buried the good game, precisely because they lacked enthusiasm and desire to win.
In the final 47 seconds of the game, the 76ers led by five points at 101-96, basically not losing the ball. Brunson hit a three-point shot, the 76ers still led by 2 points at 101-99, and there were 27 seconds left before the end of the game.
The 76ers served in the backcourt, there was a mistake, DiVincenzo didn't score three points after the Knicks stealed, but Harten grabbed the rebound in the front court, DiVincenzo shot three points again, this time he hit, there were 13 seconds left in the game, the Knicks miraculously overtook 1 point, and then Maxey's layup was blocked by Harten.
At the last moment, the Knicks players were like hungry tigers, and the 76ers were a little dazed, although luck was indeed on the Knicks' side, but as long as the 76ers could concentrate and play the last 47 seconds with all their might, they would definitely not lose the game.
Lakers 99-101 Nuggets
At the last moment, it was already very aggrieved to be reversed by 14 seconds and 6 minutes, but I didn't expect the Lakers to be even more aggrieved, and the final lead of 20 points was reversed, not to mention, it was still killed by the whistle.
In the first game of the review, it was mentioned that the advantages of the Nuggets are: first, the team play, the whole team dares to shoot, and can score! On the Lakers' side, only James and Davis are stable points. The Lakers can take a brief lead or hold the Nuggets down, but once their shooting percentage drops, the Lakers will rely on counterattacks to overtake the score.
If the Lakers want to win, they have to find the third point.
In the second game, the Lakers really found the third point, Russell exploded, Davis was efficient, and James was stable, so the Lakers suppressed the Nuggets for two and a half quarters, leading by 20 points at 68-48.
But as mentioned earlier, you can temporarily hold down the Nuggets, but once the shooting rate drops, the Nuggets will counterattack and chase the score, and from the second half of the third quarter to the fourth quarter, the Nuggets have been doing this, and finally press the whistle!
In the process of chasing points, the Nuggets' advantage is particularly obvious, when Murray is not feeling good, Porter stepped up and scored 22 points, especially in the final moments of the tie three points, which is worth a lot. At this time, not to mention shooting three-pointers, there are not many role players who dare to shoot three-pointers.
Think about it from another perspective, if it is the Lakers, I am afraid that the only ones who dare to shoot three-pointers at this time are James and Reaves, and the other players are either not confident or dare not shoot. This is the Nuggets' more and more obvious advantage from last season to the present, and role players such as Porter, Gordon, and Pope are becoming more and more daring to play, and the more they dare to play, the more accurate they are.
And Murray is the same, the front is out of the sky, and the back still dares to shoot, scoring consecutive points, including the whistle shot! On the Lakers' side, Anthony Davis, who shot 14 out of 15, only had 4 shots in the last 19 minutes and did not score.
From the trust of teammates, from their own adjustments, the Nuggets are indeed a good team.
Of course, luck is also on the side of the Nuggets, James' last three-point shot was actually empty, and unfortunately he didn't shoot, but luck must not be blamed for the loss.
Overall, in the second game, the Lakers and the 76ers did make their own changes and played a way that they could win, but in the end they fell short, on the one hand, because of bad luck, on the other hand, their own shortcomings were too obvious, and in the face of the opponent's advantage, they finally failed to survive to the end.
And back at home, if the performance of the second game can be continued, the Lakers and the 76ers have a chance to win, but how to continue is the biggest problem, the 76ers' enthusiasm will only be worse than this one, and it will be difficult for the Lakers to let Murray iron for so long.