Today, in 2 NBA games, Harden led the Clippers to PK the Mavericks, and Tatum is expected to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals
On the morning of May 2 (today, Wednesday), Beijing time, the first round of the 2023-2024 NBA (American Professional Basketball League) playoffs (Eastern and Western quarterfinals) G5 (fifth round) staged two matchups, according to the competition system, the best-of-seven series system. Because it is not the NBA broadcast day of China Central Radio and Television, there are no live broadcast plans on major CCTV sports platforms, including CCTV5, and local stations such as Shanghai Five Star Sports will not broadcast live on TV. The three platforms will be live broadcast on the web and mobile phones.
In the other six groups of matchups, three groups have been settled, the defending champion Denver Nuggets led by Serbian center Jokic defeated LeBron James and the Purple and Gold led by Brother Bush 4-1 on aggregate to the Los Angeles Lakers, and will face the Minnesota Timberwolves played by Chinese men's basketball naturalized player Li Kaier in the Western Conference semifinals, who swept the Phoenix Suns led by Durant and Devin Booker 4-0. Alexander's Western Conference regular season champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, swept the New Orleans Pelicans 4-0.
The New York Knicks led the Philadelphia 76ers led by Embiid 3-2, and the Cleveland Cavaliers led by Mitchell led the Orlando Magic 3-2.
The Milwaukee Bucks, who have Antetokounmpo and Lillard, trailed the Haliburton-led Indiana Pacers 2-3.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Western Conference quarterfinals G5, the Los Angeles Clippers, who ranked fourth in the West in the regular season, sat in the famous Staples Center Arena and faced the Dallas Mavericks, who ranked fifth in the West in the regular season.
In the previous four matchups, the Clippers won the first round at home, but then lost two games in a row, beating the Mavericks on the road in the fourth round to tie the overall score at 2-2.
The Clippers and Mavericks are back on the same line and will battle for the game point. For the Clippers, Leonard of the Big Four is absent, and bearded Harden, Pickled Pepper, Paul George and Westbrook are available. The Mavericks' star stars are Slovenian stars Doncic and Irving, nicknamed the Eastern European duo by Chinese fans. There is not much difference in the strength of the two teams, and the duel will be very intense.
At 7:30 a.m., Boston, the Eastern Conference regular season champion, sat at home to face last season's NBA Finals runner-up Miami Heat, who won the qualifying round, on a national live broadcast platform.
Tatum's Boston won the Eastern Conference regular season with a league-best record of 64-18 and the only team to win more than 60 games this season. In terms of the overall score, Boston led the Heat led by Jimmy Butler and Adebayo 3-1, and holds the match point and is expected to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals today.
What are the results of today's two NBA playoffs?