Chapter 144 The second round begins

Author: Different Sparks

Chapter 144 The second round begins

Vogel did not answer Da Zhuang's question, but there is no need to answer Da Zhuang and Carlisle. Both Da Zhuang and Carlisle knew that the main reason why the Pacers stumbled was because Hibbert did not play what Vogel expected in the paint.

Performance, so that the pressure of the entire team is concentrated on Paul George.

The Hawks have made great efforts to defend Paul George, and relatively speaking, the Hawks' mentality is more relaxed.

However, knowing that the great team in history has clearly passed the Hawks, the Pacers will reach the Eastern Conference Finals this season. However, facing their old enemy in destiny, the Pacers will still be eliminated by the Heat in the end.

Although the whole process is about you hurting him and him hurting you, this is also a way for them to get along.

To use Chen Dazhuang's drunken words to describe it, the three of them are all petty and sinister, so naturally they have the same chemistry.

The Timberwolves are strong and leading the team to prepare for the game, while paying attention to the next tiebreaker between each team.

Starting from May 3, the remaining five tiebreakers will also start one after another.

It was the Pacers and Hawks who started first.

The Pacers, who returned to their home court this time, really showed what it means to be the first in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. Paul George also played All-Star statistics. A double-double of 30 points and 11 rebounds also stopped the Hawks from wanting to stage a black eight.

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92 to 80. Although the Hawks also had five players in double figures, Korver's highest score was only 19 points.

However, the Pacers still have problems in Dazhuang's view. Hibbert's performance in the interior is not worthy of his All-Star status. He only scored 13 points and 7 rebounds in the game.

And George Hill's performance was also unsatisfactory. To be honest, in Da Zhuang's opinion, if Paul George's performance hadn't really exploded, the final result of this game would really have been two or three.

There are two other games taking place at the same time today.

The Thunder played against the Trail Blazers. In the end, with 60 points scored by Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder easily defeated the Trail Blazers 120 to 109, thus winning the tiebreaker and sending the Trail Blazers out of the playoffs.

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It is worth mentioning that in this game, Westbrook contributed a triple-double of 27 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, while Durant scored 33 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Clippers vs. Rockets.

In the end, with six players scoring in double figures, the Clippers defeated the Rockets 126-110.

Griffin had 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Paul had 22 points and 14 assists, Redick had 20 points, DeAndre Jordan had 15 points and 18 rebounds, Barnes had 13 points, and Crawford had 22 points.

The Clippers' starting five all scored in double figures, which also forced the Rockets, led by Harden, to bid farewell to their playoff journey.

The remaining two tiebreakers on May 4 will proceed as scheduled.

The Nets finally narrowly defeated the Raptors by one point, 104 to 103, and were lucky to get a ticket to the second round of the Eastern Conference.

The Spurs played a wonderful performance at home, and finally defeated the Warriors 119-96. In this game, the Spurs had already secured the victory in the second half of the third quarter, leading the Warriors by 22 points.

In the end, the Spurs led by Popovich did not repeat the same mistakes and allowed the Warriors to perform a black eight miracle.

Wait until the end of these two games.

The intense first-round games in the Eastern and Western playoffs are all over.

In the East, the Heat, Pacers, Wizards, and Nets entered the second round, while in the West, there were four teams: the Timberwolves, Spurs, Thunder, and Clippers.

The matchups in the second round are: Heat vs. Nets, Pacers vs. Wizards, Timberwolves vs. Thunder, Spurs vs. Clippers.

According to the league's schedule, the first game between the Timberwolves and Thunder will be played on May 5. Due to their record advantage in the regular season, the Timberwolves also have this home court advantage.

And another big advantage is that the Timberwolves have five more days of rest than the Thunder. This can be said to be the most beneficial advantage for the Timberwolves in this series between the two sides.

Even Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said in an interview that the game against the Timberwolves will be a very difficult series.

"I have to admit that every next game is a very difficult game for us. Whether it is in terms of strength comparison, team preparation, or player mentality, the Timberwolves are better than us.

Even so, I still believe in my players, I believe they can overcome any difficulties, and I believe our playoffs are not just about entering the second round."

In addition, the Timberwolves faced off against the Thunder, and another focus that attracted many people's attention was the grudge between Chen Dazhuang, the head coach of the Western Conference, and Durant in this year's All-Star Game. This time it was mentioned again.

You must know that although the Western Conference continued to win against the Eastern Conference in this All-Star Game, this victory had nothing to do with Durant, and the conflict between him and Chen Dazhuang in the public training session before the game, these things combined

It also made many people interested in this second round game in the Western Conference.

On May 5, the Thunder team arrived in Minneapolis, and then Durant accepted an interview with reporters.

When reporters asked Durant whether Durant was confident in leading the team to victory in this game, Durant directly said that he would sweep the Timberwolves.

"I don't think there will be any surprises. All I can think of is to eliminate our opponents 4-0 so that we can prepare well for the Western Conference Finals." The very short words were full of strong confidence and fighting spirit.

Of course, this is what reporters are very willing to hear.

At a little after four o'clock in the afternoon, the entire Timberwolves team arrived at the Target Center Arena. As soon as they got off the team bus, Chen Dazhuang was also surrounded by reporters.

"Chen, Kevin said that they will seal the Timberwolves and enter the Western Conference Finals. Do you have anything to say about this?"

"This is a beautiful wish, just like they had before the game against the Trail Blazers that just ended. At that time, they also hoped to keep their opponents clean, but the wish is just a wish, just like each of us hopes to live.

It will last longer than others and be richer than everyone else, but this is just a beautiful wish."

"Chen, you have always said that the Timberwolves' goal this season is to enter the playoffs, but now that you have entered the second round of the playoffs, do you think the Timberwolves have other goals now?"

"Of course, just now we have a new goal."

"Can you tell me something?"

"No problem, our new goal is to prevent Thunder's beautiful wishes from coming true."
Chapter completed!