NBA Comprehensive:Tatum’s “lore” helps the Greens beat the Nets, Paul, and the Suns beat the Pelicans in the final quarter
2022-04-19 14:25:09
Source: Xinhuanet
In the 2021-2022 season, the first round of the NBA playoffs will play 4 more games on the 17th. With striker Tatum’s buzzer “lore”, the “Green Army” Boston Celtics won 115 at home: 114 defeated the Brooklyn Nets with Durant and Irving, and the Phoenix Suns, who ranked first in the league’s regular season record, defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 110-99 with star point guard Paul’s heroic performance in the fourth quarter .
Facing the powerful Nets, the Celtics struggled hard from the very beginning, with sparks scattered on the court and fouls on both sides. The Celtics took the lead to widen the difference, but the Nets responded with a 7-0 spurt, and the two sides returned to the same starting line again. In the second quarter, the two sides were still inseparable, and the halftime score was fixed at 61:61.
After the start of the second half, the Celtics set off an offensive frenzy under the leadership of Tatum, winning the opponent by 11 points in a single quarter. Entering the final quarter, Durant and Irving of the Nets took turns to show their power, gradually leveling the difference. With 45 seconds left until the end of the game, the Nets Irving hit a 3-pointer and the visiting team overtook a 3-pointer. The Celtics did not panic at the critical moment. First, Jaylen Brown made a layup to recover two points, and then used Durant launched a counterattack when he missed a long shot, and Tatum completed a layup before the final whistle, and finally won the opponent with a 1-point advantage.
In this campaign, four Celtics players scored 20 points or more, Tatum scored a team-high 31 points, and Horford contributed a “double-double” of 20 points and 15 rebounds. Irving of the Nets scored 39 points and Durant scored 23 points.
Facing the Pelicans, the Suns, aiming to hit the championship, played smoothly in the first half, leading the opponent by 19 points 53:34. After the opening of the second half, the Suns once expanded the point difference to more than 20 points. In the face of adversity, the Pelicans did not give up. McCollum and Ingram led the team to chase all the way, reducing the difference to 7 points at the end of the third quarter. In the final quarter, the experienced veteran Paul took over the game. He scored 19 points in a single quarter, helping the Suns to open the score again, and finally got a “good start” in the playoffs.
Paul contributed 30 points and 10 assists, and grabbed 7 rebounds.
In the other two games on the day, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Chicago Bulls 93:86, and the Eastern Conference No. 1 Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 115:91.
Label:NBA; playoffs
edit: Wei Wenjing
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