Today! In 2 NBA games, the Mavericks + Thunder competed for match points, and Tatum led the Green Army to the Eastern Conference Finals
On the morning of May 16 (today, Thursday), Beijing time, the 2023-2024 NBA playoffs will stage two matchups. 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 major platforms broadcast the two matches live on the web and mobile in an all-round way.
At 9:30 a.m., the fifth round (G5) of the NBA Western Conference semifinals staged a match point battle.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, the champion of the Western Conference regular season, returned to their home court to face the Dallas Mavericks, who finished fifth in the Western Conference regular season, and a total of three major platforms were broadcast live on American TV stations such as Tencent Video, Shanghai SITV Jinbang Sports and ESPN. In the Western Conference quarterfinals, Alexander's Thunder swept the New Orleans Pelicans with Zion, McCollum and other giants 4-0, and the Mavericks led by Slovenian stars Doncic and Irving (nicknamed by Chinese fans as the Eastern European combination) eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers with the Big Four bearded Harden, Leonard, Westbrook and Paul George 4-2.
In the first leg of the semifinals, the Thunder easily got off to a good start at home, but then lost two games in a row, and the Mavericks overtook the overall score. In the fourth round, the Thunder bred together and defeated the Mavericks 100-96 away, and Alexander scored a game-high 34 points to lead the team back to home court advantage. The overall score was tied at 2-2, and the Thunder and Mavericks, who were not much different, returned to the same running line, and in this game, the two teams will compete for the match point to advance to the NBA Western Conference Finals.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, in the Eastern Conference semifinals G5 (round 5), the Eastern Conference regular season champion Green Army Boston returned to its home court to face the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the broadcast platform was broadcast live across the United States.
Tatum-led Boston have been strong this season, with a league-best 64-18 record, and beat the Miami Heat, who eliminated themselves last season to advance to the NBA Finals, 4-1 in the quarterfinals. The Cavaliers led by Mitchell fought hard for seven games before narrowly defeating the Orlando Magic 4-3. Boston won the first game at home, and then suffered defeats, but won two games on the road against the Cavaliers, and the overall score was 3-1 to take the lead in the match point. In this game, Tatum-led Boston will be aiming for the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the other two sets of matchups, the defending champion Denver Nuggets led by Serbian center Jokic let two chase three, and the total score was 3-2 to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves played by naturalized Chinese men's basketball player Li Kaier. The New York Knicks led the Haliburton-led Indiana Pacers 3-2.
What were the results of today's two NBA games? Let's wait and see!