Sudden withdrawal! Green Army 4-0? There is no suspense in the Eastern Conference Finals

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2024-05-24 11:12Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On May 24, Beijing time, in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals G2, the Celtics defeated the Pacers 126-110 at home! The score of the Eastern Conference was rewritten to 2-0. Former NBA players Jeff Teague and Andre Iguodala are both bullish on the Celtics to win the championship. Teague said: "Although Tatum didn't play well in the playoffs, he will definitely explode in the Finals! ”

Celtics starters: Holiday , Derrick White, Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Horford. Pacers starters: Haliburton, Nesmith, Nembhard, Siakam, Turner. Porzingis continues to be sidelined and is expected to return in the G4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. If the Greens want to compete with the West, they still need Porzingis!

The referee of this game is still the familiar Scott Foster, Paul's lifelong enemy. Back to today's game, it was another battle of offense. Just five minutes into the first quarter, the Pacers led the Celtics 16-15. Turner had two consecutive offensive fouls, and Jaylen Brown also had two fouls in the first quarter. The whistle was a little tight today, not like a playoff scale.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led by two points at 27-25. The Pacers had six turnovers in the first quarter and the Greens had five. The G1 Pacers' 21 turnovers are exaggerated enough, but are they more today? One and a half minutes into the second quarter, Carlisle called a timeout, because the Pacers were robbed of three frontcourt boards by the Green Army in one round, and the interior defense was useless.

Jaylen Brown exploded in the second quarter, leading the bench to a 17-0 spurt that put the Green Army to a 15-point lead. The Pacers didn't score for five minutes, and Carlisle had to call a timeout again. The Pacers managed to score 10 points, and Turner went off again with three fouls. The Pacers had no one to protect the rim inside, and the Green Army easily got it on the inside.

The Green Army will not play if they are too ahead, and Siakam has continued to eat double probes, scoring 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the first quarter. Sika finished with 16 points and four rebounds on 8-of-9 shooting in the first half, and he was the only player with the Pacers to score in double figures. The fiercest in the first half was Jaylen Brown, who had 24 points and 3 rebounds on 8-of-16 shooting, with a game-high plus/minus of +11.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics led by six points at 57-51. The margin was as high as 16 points, but the Pacers didn't give up. Tatum pulled his hip again, scoring only 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 turnovers in 2 of 8 in the half, with a plus/minus of -9 and the lowest on the team. It is worth mentioning that Tatum was selected to the All-Season Team in the regular season for one time, and Brown did not even make it to the three teams.

At the beginning of the second half, Siakam continued to take over the team's offense, scoring 10 points in five minutes, and the Pacers once chased two points. Tatum slowly regained his touch, and White also scored 10 points in the first quarter. The Pacers started playing blindly, and the ball couldn't get into Sika's hands. With 3:44 left in the third quarter, the Green Army led by 11 points at 82-71 and Brown had 31 points!

Haliburton had 10 points and eight assists on 4-of-8 shooting in the first three quarters, and as the team's leader, 8 shots were too few, and 6 shots were from beyond the three-point line. At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led by 13 points at 93-80. Brown 33+4+2, Siakam 26+5+2. In the fourth quarter, the Pacers officially announced: Haliburton has a sore left leg and is out of the game!

There was no suspense in the game itself, in the fourth quarter, Isaiah Jackson grabbed Hauser's arm and pulled hard, Holiday came out on behalf of his teammates to fight Jackson, and Carlisle quickly replaced Jackson off the court. In the last 4 minutes, the Pacers replaced the main team and conceded defeat. At the end of the game, the Celtics defeated the Pacers 126-110, and the overall score was 2-0!

Jaylen Brown shot 14 of 27, blasted 40 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, plus or minus +18! Who would dare to say that Brown is the second in command? He's the Celtic boss! Tatum shot 9-of-20 from the field and 1-of-7 from three-point range, scoring 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 turnovers, with a plus/minus of 0. White had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and Holiday had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

On the Pacers' side, Siakam had 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Nembhard had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists! The bad news came after the game, according to the latest ESPN report, Haliburton suffered a left hamstring injury, and he missed 10 games in January this year. With an aggregate score of 2-0, do you think there is still suspense in the East Finals?

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