Chapter 468: Remnants of the old era, there is no ship that can carry you in the new era!
In addition to the vigorous online scolding war, there was a war going on in the east on the night of the 21st, which attracted the attention of countless people.
Indiana Pacers VS Miami Heat in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals!
The first game was held at the Galaxy Life Arena, home of the Pacers.
That night, the on-site commentator was none other than Reggie Miller of the Pacers.
I have to add that Reggie Miller is really a model worker, and his ability to rush to the scene is top-notch!
Return to the game process.
Tonight, not only did they take full advantage of their height advantage, but they also bombed sharply from the outside. The team hit 6 goals in their first three three-point attempts, making the Heat unable to defend themselves.
In the second half of the quarter, James scored 4 points in a row to lead the team in pursuit, but had no choice but to end the first quarter trailing by 6 points at 24:30.
In the second quarter, the Heat once caught up to 37:41, only trailing by 4 points. However, as "junior brother" Stephenson scored 4 points in a row, the point difference widened again.
At the end of the first half, the Pacers led the Heat by 11 points 56:45.
Even though Paul George scored the most points in the first half, this was largely due to the explosive performance of Roy Hibbert and David West in the penalty area, which forced the Heat to shrink their defense.
After the start of the third quarter, the Pacers' internal performance was still eye-catching. Among the team's first 14 points, Hibbert and West's "double special" motherland once again exerted their strength and jointly scored 8 of them.
Led by the "double special" inside partner, the Pacers once led by as much as 19 points.
The huge advantage of 19 points during the third quarter directly affected the final trend of tonight's game.
In the final quarter, the Heat, led by James, continued to narrow the point difference. After 5 minutes of play, the Heat chased the point difference to 75:83, only falling behind by 8 points.
But as the Pacers' youth continued to explode, the Heat never recovered and lost, losing their G1 victory.
At the end, the Pacers successfully defended their home court advantage with an 8-point advantage of 105:97. They ranked first in the regular season in the Eastern Conference and defeated the visiting defending champion Heat.
Let’s compare the data from both sides.
The Heat shot 51.3% from the field, including only 26.1% from three-point range. Their performance was undoubtedly poor.
The Pacers' shooting percentage is 51.5%, which seems to be about the same. But in terms of three-point shooting percentage, their shooting percentage exceeds 40%, as high as 42.1%, which is almost double the Heat's three-point shooting percentage.
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In addition, regarding rebound control, the Heat had 29 rebounds in the game, while the Pacers had 38.
Then there is the number of fouls. The Pacers had 15 fouls in the game, while the Heat had 26 in the game.
Finally, there are player data.
Paul George scored 24 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal tonight, becoming the Pacers' scoring leader.
Then, the best player of the game still has to be voted for inside player Optimus Prime Hibbert.
Hibbert only scored 19 points, 9 rebounds, assists and 1 block tonight, not even a double-double, and his shooting percentage was quite average, 5 of 13 shots.
But veteran fans all know one thing: data can sometimes be deceiving.
The reason why the Pacers were able to suppress the Heat tonight was largely due to Hibbert's strong containment in the paint.
He made 9 of 13 free throws in the game, and after grabbing the offensive rebound at the critical moment, he made a layup and caused Bosh to foul 2+1... This goal was so crucial and so morale-boosting!
It can be said that Hibbert single-handedly crushed all the Heat's inside players.
After the game, many outside media believed that his presence cast a shadow on the Heat's defense of the title.
Of course, the reason why the Heat were beaten tonight was also inseparable from the outstanding performance of all 6 Pacers players who scored in double figures.
After George and Hibbert, there were West with 19 points, Junior with 17 points, George Hill with 15 points, and the sixth man on the bench, C.J. Watson, with 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
Compared to the Pacers' team-wide outburst, the Heat's side was much worse.
Although Wade first scored 27 points, the most in the game, then James had an all-around performance with 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
But even if the James and his wife scored 52 points together, they couldn't stand it. It was a hard game tonight!
Bosh, the last of the Big Three, made 4 of 12 shots from the field and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists...
Well, although tonight is not a mess, it's not much better.
It can be expected that Bosh will be ridiculed by a large wave of trolls after the game.
As for the Heat's last two players, Chalmers and Battier, the former scored 6 points and the latter only scored 3 points... There is a reason why the Heat were so poor tonight.
Thanks to the 14 points contributed by Birdman and 12 points contributed by Junzi Lei on the bench, otherwise the point difference between the two teams tonight would definitely be more than double digits.
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At the post-match press conference.
"This game has just ended, so it's not easy to say something like, 'We have to play better in the second game'..."
James covered the upper half of his face with a hat throughout. "We need to re-evaluate the mistakes we made tonight before we can say what we need to improve in the second game."
Obviously, His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with the team's performance tonight, but after all, he has won two championships in Miami, and his ability to withstand psychological pressure is far from what it used to be.
Therefore, even if the Heat lost the initiative in the first game, his mentality at this time did not change much.
Instead of being incompetent and furious in front of the media and then being ridiculed by the Internet, it is better to go back and make a summary and try to win the next game.
the other side.
Although Paul George, who was being interviewed, could not hide his joy after the victory, his expression was managed well and he was not too proud.
I saw him reply: "We have been complacent many times before, but it is not possible now because our opponent is the Heat, the championship winner in the past two years.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, we must not only maintain a humble attitude to win, but also maintain this mentality to play well in every subsequent game."
This year is already the fourth season of Paul George's career. From a mere potential rookie to the absolute core of the team, to an All-Star, this is his second time on the Eastern Conference Finals stage.
Now, once again standing on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the same opponent, the Miami Heat, every Pacers player can't help but think that it was because of their lack of experience last year that they were defeated by James' last-minute layup in G1.
It can be said that losing G1 against the defending champion Heat did affect the performance of the young Pacers in the next six games to a certain extent.
But this year, things are different.
It was the Pacers who won G1!
Next, what they need to do is to stabilize their mentality and play well in every subsequent game.
After all, the next challenges are destined to be more difficult than the last!
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After the Trail Blazers defeated the Spurs in G1 and won the first game with a one-sided advantage, after a night, the same story happened again in the Eastern Conference.
With the strong performance of 6 players scoring in double figures, the Pacers defeated James James with 52 points and defeated the Heat 1-0!
Although the Pacers "only" defeated the Heat by 8 points, which did not seem to be as intuitive as the Trail Blazers' 22-point victory over the Spurs, don't forget that their opponent was the defending champion Heat, who had contracted two games in a row in the past two seasons.
The dominant team in the NBA championship!
But now, the Heat's dominance seems to be crumbling...
Let me tell you, this year's Eastern and Western Regional Finals showdown is quite dramatic!
Because last year's Eastern and Western Conference Finals were played by these four teams. Good guy, it's still the same script this year.
The difference is that the familiar script, protagonist and villain seem to have changed.
At 00:00 in the morning on the 22nd, Wang Zelin updated his Twitter:
"Remnants of the old era, there is no ship that can carry you in the new era!"
There is no doubt that this tweet once again caused an uproar in the online world, but this time, there are no longer so many trolls.
By the way, even the heated scolding war that started last night and today ended hastily in a funny way with a tiger's head ending.