In the second round of the East, the Raptors played the Cavaliers and the Celtics played the 76ers.

These two rounds of the series are considered to be very suspenseful, the Raptors are very strong this season, while the Cavaliers are unclear, if you are not careful, it is possible for the Raptors to advance, after all, looking at the record, the Raptors have the advantage, but LeBron James cannot enter the division finals, which is not very likely.

The Celtics played against the 76ers, and the difference in strength was not obvious.

The strongest part of the Celtics is the swing man, but the 76ers have excellent defense on the outside Simmons and Embiid on the inside.

Therefore, the results of the second round of the East and West are unpredictable.

This kind of competition is also more attractive.

Second round of the playoffs.

April 29th.

Mavericks vs. Thunder.

As soon as the game started, Gobert jumped the ball and Adams protected the basket well, but it was a little worse than the bounce.

The Mavericks attacked, Qin Yang beckoned, Nurkic came out with a cover, and after the cover, Qin Yang broke through to the inside line unhurriedly.

Next to Westbrooks, he hurriedly assisted, and Paul George hesitated a little and did not step forward.

Qin Yang was prepared, and when Westbrook came up, he stopped in an instant, and made a step back to shoot, Westbrook pounced and quickly stopped.

Then, Qin Yang accelerated to break through and scored with an easy pick.

The whole movement looks very stretchy and relaxed. There is no crazy acceleration breakthrough, there is no twisting body to go to the basket, this layup action, let the NBA players do it, basically will do it, but it is difficult to grasp such an opportunity and find such a time.

Thunder offense.

After Westbrook got the ball, he broke through directly, and Brogdon, who was defending Westbrook, was a little depressed, and was directly forced to rush over by Wei Shao's change of direction and acceleration.

When it came to the basket, Westbrook encountered Gobert and Nurkic and forced a layup.

The basketball misses the basket, but Wei Shao falls to the ground and the referee blows the whistle.

In the past two seasons, Westbrook has had a lot of whistles, and if James Harden's touch is really a foul according to the rules, then Wei Shao's whistle is dispensable.

This ball, except for the collision of bodies in the air, did not have any suspicion of foul.

But Westbrook fell to the ground and the referee blew the whistle.

2-of-2 free throws and the game continued.

Qin Yang dribbled over half the court, Durant asked for the ball, Qin Yang did not give it, and it was Paul George who defended Durant, who was one of the best defensive players in the league.

After Nurkic made a screen, Qin Yang broke through, and then distributed the ball to Nurkic who was standing in the middle distance.

Nurkic received the ball, ignored Westbrook's defense and hit a straight shot.

Nurkic isn't great offensively, but he's not a rough guy either.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Yang assisted Brogdon to shoot.

The Mavericks' offense was combed by Qin Yang in an orderly manner, and except for Durant, the Mavericks took an absolute lead in the first eight minutes.

The Thunder called a timeout, but there was still nothing to be done about it when the timeout came back. The only way the Thunder can do that is to add singles to Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, which may be a bit silly, but very practical.

The Thunder scored back-to-back points in the remaining minutes of the first quarter and took advantage of the Mavericks' back-to-back hits to recover some of the difference.

At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led by just four points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Qin Yang did not play, Kevin Durant began to play to lead the bench, and the Thunder only Paul George was off the court.

It's not a good choice.

Durant continued to score in the second quarter, which was very efficient, and not only that, but Durant distributed the ball to his teammates, and his teammates were able to step up.

James Ennis, Brogdon, Mitchell all played well.

In the sixth minute of the second quarter, Paul George was replaced, and Qin Yang also replaced Mitchell. After Durant met Paul George, he didn't play well enough.

Paul George's defense is so good that he can limit all the swingmen in the league.

Qin Yang held the ball, cooperated with his teammates, and continued to lead the team.

In this quarter, Qin Yang made a force from the outside and hit two three-pointers in a row, expanding the difference to 9 points.

At halftime, the Mavericks took a solid lead.

In the third quarter, Carmelo Anthony singled with the ball, first got 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, but then Qin Yang scored a layup, hit a mid-range board, and sent two assists, widening the gap again.

At the critical moment, Cameron Anton struck three times in a row.

Carmelo Anthony was at his peak, with the speed of a small forward, the strength and height of a big forward, and it was a mismatch for whoever he played.

It is a very difficult thing to defend melons.

But when they get older, the melon has turned into a poisonous melon. On the offensive end, Carmelo Anthony's most lethal three-threat step turned into a pull-up jumper, and the melon after the speed dropped sharply, the speed of playing small forward was slow, and the power of playing power power was not dominant, and it became much more general.

Nurkic played against Carmelo Antony and defended better.

Also rejected was Westbrook, who faced Qin Yang's misplaced defense, hit the iron twice on the outside, and missed one after another on the inside.

The difference is 18 points in the blink of an eye.

At the end of the third quarter, it seems that it is garbage time again.

Qin Yang was expressionless and suppressed the Thunder's offense at the beginning of the fourth quarter and easily led the team to win.

In the whole game, Qin Yang got 31 points, 12 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals.

Although in recent years, Qin Yang has not entered the best defensive first and second formations, but Qin Yang's defensive ability has been proven again and again.

Durant had 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and he played well. It's just that the efficiency value is relatively average, and Durant is a little disappointed when he gets off the court.

With this kind of score, it is unrealistic to want to win MVP.

At the post-game press conference, Qin Yang was very low-key: "This is a victory for all of us, the Dallas Mavericks are a united team, we play more seriously, and we deserve to win this game, as for the Thunder's Big Three, the loss is not unexpected, no team will win the championship because of the superstar." ”

Qin Yang expressed contempt for the Thunder team's huddle behavior.

This is too disdainful, because the Mavericks can be regarded as a group, but Qin Yang and Durant are just grouping.

Compared with Qin Yang and Durant, Westbrook, Cameron Anthony and Paul George's combination is even more mismatched, Westbrook plays all kinds of singles with the ball, and he won't play without the ball, and Carmelo Anthony needs to play the ball, how to play this game.

Paul George has a bitter heart.

Especially after the game, the media criticized Paul George very badly.