NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 864
At 5 o'clock in the evening on May 2, the G19 finals of the second round of the playoffs between the East and the West officially started.

As everyone is busy eating the melons that Durant left the team, the heat of the two games tonight has inevitably declined.

On the Trail Blazers side, the Trail Blazers players who came to the Oracle Arena in the Bay Area to watch the game as originally planned, looked a little absent-minded throughout the game.

On the one hand, the melons that belonged to today are a bit unexpected, and on the other hand, there are really not many things to watch in tonight's game.

I don’t know whether it’s because of climate change or other reasons, but the Spurs’ performance in this game was mediocre. Leonard, the highest scorer, scored only 19 points, followed by Love with 16 points, Duncan with 14 points, Parker with 11 points, and Manu Ginobili with 9 points...

The five strongest members of the Spurs just played like this tonight. How can they be expected to withstand the three-point frenzy of the opposing Warriors?
At 124:92, there was no expected fierce confrontation, and there was no anxious moment. When the first quarter ended and the Warriors scored 41 points in a single quarter, they continued to overwhelm the Spurs for the remaining three quarters. In the end, they won by 32 points at home and easily won G1.

The Warriors lead the Spurs 1-0 in the series.

The main reason is that the Splash Brothers shot well in this game. In the first quarter, Curry made 8 of 4 shots, including 5 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 11 points; Thompson was not to be outdone. He made 6 of 4 shots in the first quarter, 3 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 10 points.

The two of Splash scored 21 points in a single quarter, one point more than the Spurs scored in the first quarter.

After four quarters, Curry scored 38 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and was named the best player in the game as expected.

汤普森贡献25分五篮板2盖帽，加上18分8篮板11助攻的格林、10分12篮板的巴恩斯、12分4篮板6助攻的利文斯顿、10分12篮板的博G特、板凳席上皆有6分贡献的伊戈达拉、巴博萨、斯贝斯……

It made it easier for the Warriors to win tonight than imagined. Against the Spurs, one of the Western Conference championship teams, this game turned into an undisputed crushing game.

At the same time, the gorgeous performance of Curry and other teammates tonight also made the Warriors fans in Oracle Arena full of expectations for the team to break through the second round this year and advance to the Western Conference Finals to avenge the Trail Blazers.

The Warriors and Trail Blazers can now be regarded as rivals.

From one 73 wins during the regular season, the other 75 wins, and the tit-for-tat confrontation between the bosses of the two sides, to last year's Western Conference Finals where the Warriors fell at the feet of the Trail Blazers and were forced to interrupt the road to winning.

All of the above have made countless Warriors fans hate Wang Zelin and the Trail Blazers.

If it weren't for Wang Zelin and his Trail Blazers, the Warriors would have won the championship last season, and there is no need to wait another season like they are now.

This season, the Trail Blazers and Warriors are undoubtedly the two best teams in the Western Conference and even the entire league. The Warriors are full of confidence in their promotion route, and the Trail Blazers next door are not the same.

So, let us get rid of the stumbling block in front of us first, and then decide the outcome after meeting the summit!

After the start of the playoffs, the entire Warriors team, from the players to the fans, was filled with intense flames of revenge.

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In the east, the battle between the Cavaliers and the Heat ended with an ending that surprised everyone.

Since leaving the Heat in 14, James and Wade met again in the playoffs in this round of the series. Unfortunately, things are different. This time the two met as opponents.

It may be that he met his old owner and good brother again. James, who was in a complicated mood, did not show much aggressiveness in this game. He only made 17 of 7 shots in the game, including 7 of 2 three-pointers and 7 of 3 free throws. He only scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

If other people have obtained such data, then it can be justified, even for ordinary people, it can be called excellent.

可问题在于，拿到这样数据的球员，是首轮系列赛对阵步行者队时场均26分8.5篮板9.6助攻2.3抢断1.3盖帽拿到准三双数据的詹姆斯啊！

Therefore, James' performance tonight is undoubtedly hip-pull, and the consequences for the Cavaliers can be imagined.

At 96:102, with the "help" of James, the Heat's best sixth man, the Cavaliers lost the first game of the series with home court advantage and trailed the Heat 6-0.

After the game, James inevitably encountered a burst of criticism.

In this regard, James did not choose to evade. Instead, when facing the media camera interview, he first took all the responsibility for the loss on himself, and finally ended the interview with an impassioned answer.

"I assure the fans in Cleveland that the goal of the Cavaliers this season has not changed from beginning to end. We are born for the championship!"

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"It seems that the old man really let go this time, the heat will be miserable later! Tsk tsk tsk, poor Cheeky Wei..."

At home in Portland, Wang Zelin, who watched the live broadcast the whole time, became an active superstar. He naturally saw that James played with reservations tonight.

Obviously, Lao Zhan's fault has been committed again. He will always be selective in the face of some good brothers' teams, and sometimes even let the opponent win a game first.

Cases like tonight’s are actually not uncommon for James. For example, after Wade left the Heat to join the Bulls in his previous life, perhaps because of brotherhood, the Cavaliers led by James would always choose to put water in the game against the Bulls and deliberately lose to the Bulls.

Of course, the premise of this is that James' Cavaliers had no opponents in the East at that time, so a proper understanding of the world will not have any impact on the Cavaliers' Eastern supremacy.

The same is true for tonight's game. Don't look at the Heat winning a game first, but after the game, the major authoritative media have not changed the promotion probability of the two teams. It is still 3:7.

The Heat are 3 and the Cavaliers are 7!

When Wang Zelin saw James' answer on TV, he could see a trace of remorse on James' face for losing the game. After all, this behavior was really sorry for his teammates and fans who supported him.

At the same time, he also noticed a trace of relief in James' words, as well as a kind of relief after repaying the favor.

Not surprisingly, after this game, the little emperor James will re-enter the omnipotent state of terror.

In a favor situation like tonight, at most one is enough. In the rest of the game, standing in front of him is no longer his good brother Wade, but a playoff opponent, a stumbling block on his way to winning the championship.

(End of this chapter)