2024-04-20 03:38:27
(Original news published at 9:50 a.m., updated at 10:46 a.m. for post-match interview)
The NBA playoffs ended today, taking the lead in the battle for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. The 8th-ranked Miami Heat defeated the 9th-ranked Chicago Bulls 112-91 at home in the regular season to advance. The opponent of the round was last year’s contender for the Eastern Conference championship and the best player in the league this season. It is interesting to know if the Boston Celtics team can put up the same legendary performance as last year.
The way the Heat qualifies for the playoffs is almost the same as last season, with the only difference being that they finished seventh in the regular season last year. It is worth mentioning that last year, following losing the first game, they beat the Bulls by double-digit points in the qualifying game. Then they knocked out the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 in the first round, beat their old rival the New York Knicks 4-2 in the conference semifinals, and still eliminated the Celtics in 7 games following having lost a 3-0 advantage in the final. . Beat the Denver Nuggets 1-4.
Despite the absence of his first brother Jimmy Butler, the Heat, who have rich experience with injured soldiers this season, destroyed the Bulls 20-6 following 4 minutes in the first quarter, and rookie guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. hit a jumper with 8 minutes and 4 seconds left in the first quarter. After additional penalties and an initial 14-11 lead, the advantage remained until the end.
“I admire those things that you can’t buy, but you have to earn,” said head coach Erik Spoelstra. “We had to win. You can’t influence it and you can’t spend money on it. In fact, you did work together to win it, and we did it the hard way. Just to get a ticket to the ball, I’m grateful for the opportunity to qualify for the playoffs.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is already looking forward to the first two games once morest the Celtics away in the first round: “At the end of the day, we have to bring the culture and toughness of the Miami Heat. We have two games in Boston, and we We have to set the tone from the start, put our will and make victory a reality.
Tyler Herro led the game with 24 points on 4 of 9 three-pointers, 10 rebounds and 9 assists. He was a big three-pointer and had the best +/- value of +32. to victory. Jaime Jaquez Jr. contributed 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Star forward Bam Adebayo made limited shots but also scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Veteran Kevin Love contributed 16 points and 7 rebounds coming off the bench.
The Bulls are still led by DeMar DeRozan, who has 22 points and 4 assists. Montenegro center Nikola Vučević scored 16 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. His +/- value was -18 and he was the only one among the five starters to have a score above -20. Guard Coby White scored 13 points and 4 assists, but made only 5 of 16 shots. Ayo Dosunmu also had 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Javonte Green scored 12 points and 2 steals off the bench.
The visiting team’s fatal injury might be its shooting percentage, which is only 38%. Bulls coach Billy Donovan said: “These do-or-die games are going to be ugly, bad. Can we do better in that area? Probably. I’m not going to say we’re perfect, but I think that the guys already are.” there, do your best,” guard DeRozan said: “It hurts to be knocked out.
Eastern Conference first round games are as follows (rankings in parentheses)
Boston Celtics (1) vs. Miami Heat (8)
New York Knicks (2) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (7)
Milwaukee Bucks (3) vs. Indiana Pacers (6)
Cleveland Cavaliers (4) vs. Orlando Magic (5)
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