The NBA playoffs semifinals continued, in which the Western G5 Nuggets sat at home to face the Timberwolves, Jokic bombarded 40+13 military training Gobert, and the Nuggets also defeated the Timberwolves 112-97, letting 2 chase 3, and leading the Timberwolves 3-2! The Eastern G5 Knicks defeated the Pacers 121-91 with the "big head" Brunson slashing 44 points + 12 frontcourt rebounds grabbed by Hartenstein, and won Tianwang Mountain to make the score 3-2!
Nuggets 112-97 Timberwolves, big score 3-2!
Gobert had 18 points and 11 boards, Towns had 23 points and 6 boards, and Edwards was 5 of 15, scoring 18 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists! Gordon 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Murray 16 points and 4 assists, Pope 16 points and 5 boards, Porter 6 points and 7 boards, Braun 10 points! Military training Gobert! Nuggets beat Timberwolves 112-97! Let's chase 2 and 3 to win match points!
Knicks 121-91 Pacers, big score 3-2!
Haliburton had 13 points and 5 assists, Turner had 16 points and 5 rebounds, and Siakam had 22 points and 8 rebounds! Hart 18 points and 11 rebounds, DiVincenzo 8 points and 7 rebounds, Burks 18 points and 5 rebounds, Brunson 44 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Harden 7 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists, the Knicks swiped 53 rebounds, 121-91 defeated the Pacers by 30 points, won Tianwang Mountain, and the score was 3-2!
Four incredible!
1. MVP hammers DPOY! Three records in World War I! The gold content of MVP continues to rise, and the gold content of DPOY continues to decline! Gobert's psychological shadow area today is about equal to his own hit rate!
After watching Jokic's performance in this game, I finally understood the lyrics "How lonely it is to be invincible...... throughout the game, Jokic faced Gobert, the league's No. 1 defense + DPOY, 15 of 22 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, 40 points, 7 boards, 13 assists and 0 turnovers. Based on this, two words came to mind, dimensionality reduction strike + crazy military training! The main thing is that Jokic, who is the MVP, can also defend, and Gobert, who is the DPOY, may not necessarily not be able to attack!!
Let's take a look at how Gobert performed? Gobert played 40 minutes, shooting 7-of-7 from the field and 4-of-7 from the free-throw line, scoring 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks! To be fair, I really don't blame Goebel, it's Mr. Yue who is too powerful! I feel that Gobert basically defends every ball to the extreme, and even Mr. Yoo can't even see the basket, but he can rely on his invincible feel to throw it! Gobert's defense is already in place, but Jokic is all kinds of messy shots, what can you do, no one can withstand this kind of lethal shooting...... Therefore, the psychological shadow of this feeling of powerlessness is like Gobert's 7-of-7 shooting percentage!
Mr. Yoo can be said to be everywhere today, and he has perfectly controlled the game! The offense has a soft touch and an assist with a wide field of vision! This kind of leisurely strolling style of play, plus one luck and three points, does not consume physical energy, it is too strong!
Three records in World War I!
(1) According to statistics, Jokic had 13 assists in this game, and his playoff career assists have reached 591, surpassing O'Neal and rising to fourth place on the all-time center list, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell and Chamberlain.
(2) According to statistics, this is the fifth time in Jokic's playoff career that he has scored at least 40 points, making him the second center player in the league to score at least 40+ points in the playoffs at least five times in the 21st century, comparable to O'Neal.
(3) According to statistics, Jokic is the first player in NBA playoff history to score at least 15 goals and deliver at least 10 assists in a single game without turnovers.
Second, since Gobert gave birth, the Timberwolves have also started a losing streak...... Could it be that Goebel is going to take the blame? It can only be said that Gobert is also a victim! In the last two playoffs, Gobert has 40 points, 10 assists and 0 turnovers, and Gobert is a witness!
Gobert shot 100% from the field against three-time MVP Jokic today, shooting 7 of 7! Under Gobert's defense, Jokic did not get a triple-double, and his statistics were only 40+13+7...... I really don't blame Goebel for this, I can't go on either! Today's Teacher Yue is all fairy balls, Teacher Yue is amazing, Gobert is no problem with single defense! To be honest, Gobert was quite miserable, defending Jokic all over the court, and he didn't waste many opportunities on offense, and then he was sprayed the worst, don't look at what the rest of the Timberwolves are playing! Gobert really shouldn't take the blame, it's normal to can't prevent the teacher, and it can't be prevented by changing people, and Gobert doesn't have the ball, Gobert basically shoots when he has the opportunity, and the rebounds are also double-doubled, and he has done the maximum within his ability! It's just that Goebel is really sad!
According to statistics, the last player to score at least 40 points, 10 assists and 0 turnovers in the NBA playoffs was Chris Paul's G5 against the Jazz 6 years ago, with 41 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 0 turnovers. Interestingly, both games had Gobert, and both were on the victim's side!
3. World War I set four records! Brunson can be called a god-killing possession! 18 points in the single quarter, 28 points in the half, and 44 points and 7 assists in the whole game!
In the first half of the game, Brunson played 21 minutes, shooting 12-of-18 and scoring 28 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. In the whole game, Brunson played 43 minutes, 18 of 35 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, 44 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, plus or minus +31 crown of the whole game, leading the team to a 30-point victory and winning Tianwang Mountain.
Four records were born in World War I!
(1) Brunson scored 28 points in the first half of this game, and 20+ in the seventh half of the playoffs this season, the most in the league!
(2) Brunson scored 44 points in the game, and has scored 40+ 5 times in the playoffs, including 3 times in the first round and 2 times in the second round, making him the first player to achieve 40+ 5 times in a single playoff game since James in 2018. I remember that Lao Zhan seems to be 40+ 8 times, but the difference is that Lao Zhan has several triple-doubles!
(3) Brunson scored 44 points and 7 rebounds in this game, and scored 40 points and 5 assists in a single playoff game, fourth in history! Second only to James (7, 2018) and Jerry West (7, 1965) and Jordan (6, 1989).
(4) With 44 points in this game, Brunson scored a total of 373 points in the first 11 games of the playoffs. became the fourth person since 1990, the first three are: Jordan, James, Durant!
Only six of the first 44 points were scored by free throws...... I have to say that the Knicks are magical, and Brunson is even more magical! The big head of the playoffs can't be messed with! completely subverted his personal perception of basketball, Brunson is also a late bloomer, but this year's playoffs are not a little too outrageous, I feel that he is more exaggerated than Rose, scoring explosively, not inefficient, and organizational, physical talent is not as good as Rose, but the ability is really strong! With such a high intensity of confrontation in this year's playoffs, many stars are relatively inefficient, Brunson's 30+ and 40+ in a single game is as simple as eating, how many key goals have been scored? Is this really ready to be a god to the end? It's amazing! Brunson's singles ability is too strong, not relying on bells and whistles to dribble, but just a confrontation and then shooting, plus the ability to catch the ball and shoot in the open position, and this is what Edwards lacks the most!
Fourth, the NBA version of Sakuragi Hanamichi! Harden grabbed a total of 7 rebounds in the first half, all frontcourt boards! There were 12 frontcourt boards in the game, more than twice as many as the entire Pacers!
In the first half of the game, Harten played 13 minutes, shot 2-of-3, scored 4 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 7 rebounds were all offensive rebounds. Hatten played 31 minutes in the whole game, scoring 7 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block on 2-of-3 shooting! It is worth mentioning that 12 of Harden's 17 rebounds were frontcourt rebounds, while the Pacers only grabbed 5 of the whole team, and Harden grabbed 2 more frontcourt rebounds alone than twice as many as the entire Pacers! In doing so, Hartenstein became the ninth player in playoff history to grab at least 12 offensive rebounds in a single game, while also tying Charles Oakley in 1994 for the most in Knicks history!
It's really burning! Harden's front plate is like a shot in the blood, injected into the blood of every Knicks player! The first time I met Hateng, I also thanked Zhou Qi, the person who competed with him for playing time! Zhou Qi could only play in garbage time, I remember one game, D'Antoni let him appear in the first half in advance, and then Zhou Qi looked confused, probably thinking at the time: Why is this time to play, it is different from before...... After coming on the field, Zhou Qi played very badly, that is, he was not ready at all, and he was replaced not long after...... After this game, Zhou Qi rarely had a chance to play!
It has to be said that opportunity is reserved for natural competitors and not cowards, talent matters! But the hard work of the day after tomorrow is just as crucial! Since then, Hatten has come to the Clippers several times to make a name for himself, and he also wanted to keep the Clippers back then, but the Clippers didn't want it! So Hatten came to New York again, and his hard work paid off! I think he was lower than Zhou Qi of the Rockets back then, and now he is one of the core seven of the Knicks rotation! In this game, the backcourt rebounds were basically grabbed by a few small guards such as DiVincenzo and Hart, and Harden could only rush to the front board!
Two indisputable facts!
Whoever gets the rebounder wins the world! The Knicks had 53-29 total rebounds and 20-5 frontcourt boards! Rebounding to blow up the Pacers!
In this game, the rebounding of the Pacers can be said to have been blown up by the Knicks! The Knicks had 53 total rebounds, while the Pacers had only 29, a 24-game short! 20 for the Knicks and 5 for the Pacers! Among them, Hatenstein grabbed 17 rebounds (12 frontcourt rebounds), DiVincenzo 7 rebounds (3 frontcourt rebounds), and Hart 11 rebounds (2 frontcourt rebounds)! The Knicks deserve respect, so hard! Hart and Hato grabbed rebounds close to the entire team of the Pacers, and the Pacers really can't do it! And the Knicks once again interpreted the truth that those who win rebounds win the world!!
All-Star MVPs may have parallel imports! But the regular season MVP really doesn't have parallel goods! There are so many toys, I don't know which one Mr. Yue likes the most?
The MVPs of the previous regular seasons are basically superstars, if you don't believe it, they are all well-known names, whether it is Jordan or Kobe, or from Duncan to Nowitzki, from Curry to Mr. Yoo, no matter which position is played, the regular season MVP is really not a parallel import. But those who can win more than three regular season MVPs, if you go to check it again, it is even rarer, they are all gods! So we're now witnessing the performance of a great god, Nikolai Pork Belly Jokic! There are so many toys, I don't know which one Mr. Yue likes the most? Do you like thick eyebrows and unruly looks? Fluffy Downs + Goebel? Or the one far away in Philadelphia?