On May 20, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the two tie-break battles came to an end, and all the teams fighting away won and successfully advanced to the division finals. The Pacers defeated the Knicks 130-109 away and re-entered the Eastern Conference Finals after 10 years; The Timberwolves reversed the Nuggets 98-90 away and returned to the Western Conference Finals after 20 years. In addition, these two tie-breaks have created an unprecedented miracle.
The Pacers played very well in the tie-break, setting a number of records in the first half, taking the initiative on the court, and the Knicks were close to the score in the second half, but the Pacers quickly responded, and after scoring consecutive points, the point difference was opened again, and the victory was directly sealed. As the big dark horse of this playoffs, the Pacers brought a lot of surprises, although the opponents were all short of soldiers, but they also seized the opportunity themselves, and this tie-break was a miracle.
At the end of the game, the Pacers shot 67.1% from the field, the highest shooting percentage in NBA playoff history, which is really terrifying. The Pacers shot 53 of 79 shots in the game, and every time they made a shot, they felt like they were going to score, and their ability to seize opportunities was too strong. In this way, the Pacers completed a super comeback and will next face the Celtics, who are first in the East, after they eliminated the Knicks in second place in the East and the Bucks in third place in the East.
Let's take a look at the defending champion Nuggets and the Timberwolves' tie-break, the Nuggets took the initiative in the first half, and in the second half, they directly stretched the difference to 20 points, but they suddenly fell dumb after that, and they couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the Timberwolves at all. In the tie-break battle, the 20-point reversal is the largest reversal point difference in history, and it was only 11 points before, but I didn't expect the defending champion to become a background board this time.
As the defending champions, the Nuggets have really created shame in the past 2 games, the last 45-point rout, this time it was reversed by 20 points, and it was really a victory in hand. The Nuggets can only rely on Jokic and Murray to score points this time, and the two have a total of 69 points, while the Timberwolves have more blossoms, and all six players on the team have scored double-doubles.
At this point, the matchup of the division finals is officially released, with the Timberwolves in the West against the Mavericks and the Celtics in the East against the Pacers.