Today!NBA 2 games, Tatum led the Green Army VS Heat, Pelicans PK Thunder, CCTV5 no live broadcast
On the morning of April 25 (Thursday, today), Beijing time, the first round of the 2023-2024 NBA (American Professional Basketball League) playoffs (Eastern and Western quarterfinals) G2 (second round) continued, and two matchups will be staged. Because it is not the NBA broadcast day of China Central Radio and Television, there is no live broadcast plan for major CCTV sports platforms, including CCTV5, and there is no live broadcast plan for local stations such as Shanghai Five Star Sports, and the four major platforms will broadcast live on the network and mobile phones.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the second leg of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs quarterfinals kicked off, and the Green Army Boston, which won the Eastern regular season championship with the league's best record of 64-18, continued to sit at home to face the Miami Heat, the runner-up of last season's NBA Finals who advanced through the play-offs. In the Western Conference finals last season, the two teams fought hard in 7 games, and the Heat narrowly won the game 4-3, but lost 1-4 to the Denver Nuggets led by Serbian center Jokic in the finals. This season, the two teams met in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, which is a best-of-seven series.
In the first round of the matchup, Boston, who was playing at home, took the lead in the opening game and finally defeated the Heat 114-94. Boston played eight players, six of whom scored in double figures. Tatum had a triple-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, White and Porzingis scored 20 and 18 points respectively, and Brown had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
For the Heat, Jimmy Butler was absent, and all five players on the team scored double-doubles, and Adebayo scored a game-high 24 points, plus 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Boston will be aiming for a two-game winning streak.
At 9:30 a.m., the Oklahoma City Thunder continued to sit at home against the New Orleans Pelicans, and the two major platforms for the broadcast were Shanghai SITV Hot Sports and National Live Broadcast.
In the first round of the Western Conference quarterfinals, the Thunder, who won the Western Conference championship, played very hard, tied with the Pelicans in the first two quarters, and gained a slight advantage in the third quarter, and finally narrowly defeated the Pelicans by two points with a score of 94-92. The Thunder scored in double figures, with star Alexander scoring a game-high 28 points, Williams 19 and Holmgren 15 points and 11 rebounds. The Pelicans scored in double figures, with Murphy with 21 points, McCollum with 20, Valanciunas with 13 points and 20 rebounds for a double-double and Ingram with 12 points.
What are the results of today's two NBA playoffs?