The place where miracles were born! For the first time in NBA history, G1 in the second round was all down

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Kong Dexin

On May 7, the Golden State Warriors still held the lead while Stephen Curry was injured and retreated at halftime, and finally defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 99-88 away. There are some incredible things on every level.

The Warriors just fought against the Rockets in the last round for 7 games. After one day, they will face the Timberwolves who are waiting for their hard work away. Curry strained his left hamstring before the end of the first half, which seemed to be related to the excessive consumption in the first round. This seems to be an extremely passive battle for the Warriors, but the Timberwolves played the team's worst performance throughout the season. The team made 0 of 15 shots from outside the three-point line in the first half, and the team's core Edwards made 0 of 8 of his sports games in the half, and scored 1 point with just a free throw. In the end, the Timberwolves made only 5 of 28 three-pointers. You should know that the opponent Hilde made 5 three-pointers by himself, and the Warriors made 18 of 42 three-pointers.

In the words of Wolves coach Chris Finch, "Edwards is the team's leader, you should stand up and set the tone of the game." When Edwards was sleepwalking in the first half, the Timberwolves seemed at a loss. In the end, they only scored 93.6 points in the whole game, which was the worst offensive game for the team throughout the season.

But the Timberwolves are not the only team that lost their home court in the first game of the second round. In fact, all teams with home advantage in G1 lost! According to statistics, since the NBA changed the playoffs to four rounds in 1975, there has never been a situation where all G1s were lowered and raised in the second round. Until today, we have witnessed history.

This is rare because the teams in the upper-level area of ​​the playoffs have already performed better in the regular season, and they deserve an advantage in combat power. Moreover, G1 is a home game, and the teams in the upper zone will definitely want to give a good start to the series. It is understandable that there are lower scores in one or two games, but all four games are like this? This is indeed too bizarre.

In addition to the surprise of the Timberwolves' loss to Curry, the rest of the games were also full of drama. The Cavaliers lost to the Pacers not only because Garland, one of the team's core players, was absent due to injury, but also because they made only 9 of 38 three-pointers in the first game. You should know that the Cavaliers are the most accurate team in the regular season league in three-pointers. The Celtics' loss to the Knicks was even more exaggerated. They were once led by 20 points, but were eventually dragged into overtime to reverse. In that game, the Celtics made 15 of 60 three-pointers, setting a single-game three-pointer record in the playoffs. The Thunder's loss to the Nuggets is related to the team's strategy in the last moment. They led by 3 points with 13.9 seconds left in the final quarter, with 2-0 timeouts. The Thunder decided to conduct a "penalty competition" and did not give the Nuggets a three-pointer chance through intentional fouls. But in the end, the Nuggets made 4 free throws, but the Thunder himself missed two free throws and was shot by Aaron Gordon and scored three-pointers.

All the above happens at the same time beyond imagination, and it is even more magical to beat the Cavaliers away today. They were 20 points behind at most, and then 7 points behind in the last 48 seconds, resulting in Halliburton's final shot and three-pointer.

According to statistics, this year's playoffs have had 4 games and 20-point reversals, setting a record for the play-by-play era (since the 1996-97 season). At the same time, in the past 20 years, the team that fell behind 7+ in the last 48 seconds was 3 wins and 1679 losses, and these 3 wins were twice the Pacers in the past 8 days.

Until now this year's playoffs, the NBA is really like the slogan that once was: the place where miracles were born.