NBA East Finals: Green Kai swept the Pacers 4-0 and entered the Finals 23 times in history, scoring 55 points

Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream

2024-05-28 10:42Posted in Taiwan, China

On May 27, Beijing time, in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics defeated the Pacers 105-102 away, and the big score was 4-0 to advance. In the first quarter, Green Kai led by 2 points, Green Kai also led by 1 point at halftime, the Pacers overtook by 3 points in the third quarter, and the two teams were deadlocked until the last minute in the final quarter, White hit the winning three-pointer, and Green Kai entered the finals for the 23rd time in team history.

[Data of the two teams]

Celtics: Tatum 26 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, Brown 29 points and 6 rebounds, White 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks and 0 turnovers, Holiday 17 points and 9 rebounds, Horford 7 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

Pacers: Sika 19 points and 10 rebounds, Turner 8 points and 4 rebounds, Nesmith 14 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal, Nembhard 24 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, Toppin 12 points and 7 rebounds, McConn 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

[Star of the game - White]

White was the key man in this game, he completed the winning three-pointer, and also had 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks in the game.

【Trivia】

The Pacers officially announced before the game: Haliburton, Mathurin, and Jalen Smith are confirmed to miss the Eastern Conference finals G4.

Porzingis is still absent in the G4 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Carlisle remembered former teammate Bill Wharton before the game: He texted me a lot throughout our playoff season and I showed our players the legend's message to make them aware of Bill Walton's impact on the basketball world.

The Jackson scorpion swings its tail and hits Pritchard in the head.

With 7 minutes and 42 seconds left in the third quarter, Brown pushed Turner first, Turner pushed Brown out of bounds, and the referee gave Turner an offensive foul + a T, and Brown ate a T.

McConn fights for a frontcourt rebound, Brown directly slaps McConn in the face, he is directly knocked down by Brown from the air, and the referee does not give a violation.

【Highlight Moment】

Sika faces Tatum and shoots a step-back jumper.

McConnell faces Holiday with a left-handed layup.

McDermott Big Cap Pritchard.

Topping catches the ball and hits a three-pointer.

McConnell lays a layup at the buzzer.

Nembhard hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

Tatum used his weight to single-handedly beat McDermott.

Tatum makes a layup on top of Jackson.

Turner hit back-to-back three-pointers.

Topping turned around and broke through the slam dunk.

McConnell assists Sika for a dunk.

【Contest Review】

Because Haliburton continues to miss this G4, Nembhard is still in control, but Carlisle has made more adjustments to the rotation, McDermott has more playing time, because Shepard, Nesmith, and Jackson are not allowed to overcrowd the space on the outside, McDermott can at least open up the space, and he also hated Pritchard to play well, Tatum and Brown still have more hits on the front, McConnell hit the whistle, and the Pacers still trailed Green Kai 27-29.

In the second quarter, Shepard and Nesmith finally hit the outside line, these two three-pointers finally made Green Kai's defense expand a little outward, Nembhard also hit two three-pointers, Green Kai still tried his best to counterattack and break through the inside, Tatum dunked Brown dunk, Green Kai once led to 4 points Carlisle paused, after the pause, Nesmith made two fouls and made two free throws, Nembhard hit a layup, and the Pacers were 57-58 at halftime and trailed by 1 point.

Yibian fought again, Turner hit two three-pointers in the opening, Mazzulla paused after the Pacers went on an 11-4 run, Tatum made a key three-pointer, White counterattacked and dunked, Brown had an argument with Turner The referee watched the replay, the referee gave Turner an offensive foul + a T, Brown ate a T, the referee gave Turner an offensive foul, Nesmith made fouls in a row, Sika hit one basket, Brown scored 5 points in a row, Jackson dunked a violent dunk, and the Pacers led Green Kai 83-80 after the third quarter.

At the beginning of the final quarter, Brown pressed the whistle for a three-point equalizer, McConnell scored three offenses, Mazzulla took the initiative to pause, Brown's three-point overtime was deducted, but Brown immediately scored a three-pointer, and after 2+1 Brown responded with three points, McConn was knocked down by Brown from the air, McConnell referee did not give a violation, and Holiday hit Carlisle under the basket to pause. Tatum 5 fouls at the breakMazzulla timeout, Brown threw to equalize, Sika fatal mistake, Tatum missed three points, Nembhard also missed, Brown missed a layup, inside a layup missed, White key three points, inside a key three points missed, Tatum protected the rebound, Tatum missed a three-point rebound, Holiday rebounded the game ended.

【Both starts】

Celtics: Holiday , White, Jaylen Brown, Tatum, Horford;

Pacers: Nembhard, Nesmith, Shepard, Siakam, Turner;

Text/Yan Xiaobai

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