The final result
Pacers 125-108 Bucks!
Timberwolves 105-93 Suns!
Mavericks 96-93 Clippers!
The Suns' Big Three were sluggish, shooting 18-of-45 from the field and Grayson Allen suffered a 90-degree ankle sprain. Brother Alphabet continued to be sidelined, and Lillard suffered two consecutive games of ice and fire, exploding in the first half and stealing in the second half. G2 scored 34 points, 26 in the first half, and didn't score a point in the final quarter. On the Clippers' side, Leonard returned, but it felt cold 7-of-17.
Interestingly, the "three-character" team had the last laugh. Among them, the Pacers and Mavericks both won their first playoff win and tied the score 1-1, while the Timberwolves led 2-0.
Player milestones
Siakam: 16-of-23 shooting, 37 points, 11 rebounds and 0 turnovers. Became the first player in the NBA's all-time history to score 35+ on at least 65% shooting and zero turnovers. The playoffs started with two games, at least 35+10 each, becoming the first player since Chamberlain Chamberlain in 1967 to do so.
Lillard: 34 points and six three-pointers. The total number of three-point shots reached 211, surpassing Crowder, Smart, and Jaylen Brown to move up to No. 24 on the all-time list.
Doncic: 32 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 three-pointers. The total number of three-point shots reached 107, and while entering the top 100 of the all-time list, he surpassed Bojan, Wade, Van Vliet and others one after another, and tied with Crawford for 93rd all-time. No. 92 Matthews 108 notes.
Irving: 23 points, 3 steals, 4 three-pointers. He made 179 three-point shots, surpassing George Hill and Nash to move up to No. 35.
Harden: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 8-of-9 free throws. The total number of assists was 1,029, surpassing Jordan (1,022) to move up to 12th. The total number of free throws made reached 1,073, surpassing Magic Johnson (1,068) to move into the top 10 all-time, and only one behind Nowitzki, who is in 9th.
Leonard: 15 points and 4 steals. With a total of 248 steals, he surpassed Olajuwon and Dennis Johnson to move up to 18th.
Player blacklist
The Suns' Big Three: Durant was 6-of-15, Booker was 6-of-13 from the field, including 1-of-6 from three-point range, with six turnovers and six fouls, and Beal was 6-of-17 with four turnovers. The Timberwolves' basket at home was smashed by three people.
Lillard: Although he scored 34 points in the G2 game, he didn't score a point in the final quarter, and he "swallowed eggs" in the fourth quarter of two consecutive games, Lillard should find his own reasons. The score is high, not because he played well, but because the Pacers defended too badly.
Haliburton: Hugged Siakam's thighs tightly, and won properly, 9 points in the last game, 12 points in this game.
Leonard: 7-of-17 shooting, 0-of-5 from three-point range, scoring just 15 points. If Leonard hadn't come back, would it have been different?
Powell: 2-of-10 shooting in this game, 2-of-6 shooting in the last game, a total of only 11 points. The Clippers need Powell's three-pointer, firepower.
Matchday 5 schedule
There are only two games
7:00 Heat vs Celtics
9:30鹈鹕vs 雷霆