Is it time for NBA favorites with Knicks, Nuggets Game 1 comebacks to worry?

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Rockets fans, you will want to suspend it, but everyone else? You have to see my husband Marcus Thompson, who tells this great video about the story of Steph Curry and the Warriors, who experience Houston's playoff experience in a nightmare in the past decade.

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Bing Bong back?

Knicks literally steal game 1 in Boston

It looked terrible for the Knicks in game 1. The Celtics were all over themselves, although they didn't even shoot 3 points so well. With 5:47 in the third quarter, Boston was 75-55 at homeAs most people expected to look in this series. The Celtics have overwhelmed the Knicks on the square throughout the season, and this series should be no different.

Then the Knicks began to strike away a little. A 20-point deficit was nine at the end of the third. Suddenly OG Anunoby took the ball of Jayson Tatum 7:29 in the fourth, got a light dark and the game was bound at 86. Anunoby had 15 of the 31 points of the Knicks in a 31-11 run, and the Celtics really played more offensive. They only made shots and hoped that a make would turn off the self -confidence of the Knicks.

Jalen Brunson got hot and everyone else got cold for the Celtics. Brunson had 11 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics had no one to answer. Tatum looked as if he was practicing step extension coils when he gave 0-of-7 Ging- with five of these mistakes as a 3 pointer in the fourth. We worked in overtime.

The Knicks scored their last points in the extension with 1:47. The Celtics reduced the lead with 1:16 links to three. And the rest of the game was missing shots and defense. No defensive game was greater than the final possession of the game when the Celtics went to Jaylen Brown games. There was one Problem with it …

He didn't even get a shot! Mikal Bridges just took it from him! Like crazy parents, the Turbo -Man dolls tear away all the way in “Jingle”. The Knicks stole a road game victory against a team that dominates them all season. The Celtics had a rough:

• Boston went 15 out of 60 out of 3. Yes, the Celtics missed 45 3 points.
• They shot 19 of 37 to 2 points. Maybe a little more.
• The Celtics shot 23.1 percent from the field and 21.4 percent of 3 after they rose 75-55.

Boston has to find out whether the Knicks uncover some real problems in this series or whether their own negligence was only the reason for the loss. The Celtics, especially Tatum, fell in love with game 1 in bad springer And had to be reset by attacking the basket. Kristapaps Porziņģis only played 13 minutes due to an illness, so that he is hopefully the rest of the path. Regardless of this, Boston gave the Knicks a little trust here, and that is a dangerous idea.

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The last 24

Can Orlando, Houston get a few points?

🏀 No insult! Houston and Orlando were young, defensive teams. Unfortunately for you, Not a goal was her withdrawal.

🐺 Ant is here for everything. I wrote about Anthony Edwards, who came for the legends and the honor of winning everything. He crosses name.

🗣️ Trainer of the year! Kenny Atkinson took the hardware home for the best coach. He beat JB Bickerstaff, the guy he replaced.

🏀 The torches pass. The Spurs officially appointed Mitch Johnson head coach. Gregg Popovich is now El Jefe.

📲 The Bounce video! We bring the newsletter into a video twice a week! The experiences of the hardener elimination game was rough.

🎧 Attitude. Today's “NBA Daily” discusses Whether the thunder should fear the swing of the nuggets.

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Disadvantage of the home court

Nuggets rip game 1 from Thunder's grip

If you are a home team in the second round, pay attention. Last night the Nuggets surprised the world because of a heroic effort of none other than Nikola Jokić and a massive, game -winning shot from Aaron Gordon. Throughout the season, the Thunder teams blown out of the water and were not in many close games. So this was a bit unknown area for them when the nuggets kept climbing into the game and had built up the thunder on the double -digit double switch.

Jokić was phenomenal despite the bad difficulties and seven sales on the way to 40 points, 22 rebounds and six templates. They pay, although they no longer surprise you, still blow out your socks. He is one of four players in the history of the league who organized a 40-20-5 game in the playoffs and Giannis Antetocounmpo (44-20-6 in 2022), Shaquille O'Neal (44-20-5 in 2001) and Wilt Chamberlain (41-22-5 in 1967 and 42-5-5-5) in 1962 in the year In 2001 connected in 1962.

The big moments of the game went back to two massive errors of the thunder in the last 12.2 seconds of the game. With a one-point lead and the ball, the thunder was integrated and tried to run some clock, merged and to put down some free throws. The nuggets had no Jokić in the game, even though they didn't have a break. They thought they would bring the foul and sub Jokić back into them.

A defender of the inbound piece gave the thunder a massive break. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got a free dunk when couldn't stop playing the game. Okc was 10 seconds ahead of three and Jokić couldn't bring into play again, but the thunder brought him back. They went with the strategy to pollute three because the manual says this! Instead of trusting the best defense of the league to prevent 3-point macking and secure the rebound.

We played the free throw a few times, and then Chet Holmgren received an input fun with a present of one point and 9.1 seconds lead without remaining time. He was fouled, but both freely throwing attempts suffocated. Denver got the rebound, Russell Westbrook pushed the ball up and found Gordon on the left wing.

Bang! Denver takes game 1 and OKC has the pressure in game 2.

Let us classify the teams that have so far become difficult!

1. Donner, down 0-1 to Denver: They rolled through the first round last year and were then wiped out by Dallas in the second round. You have no playoff experience outside. Jokić and Company have title experience. There is now real pressure on OKC and we have no idea how it will react. Will this be a Nick Anderson moment for Holmgren? Playoff panic knife: 🚨🚨🚨 for OKC.

2. Cavaliers, down 0-1 to Indiana: This Cleveland group has had a hard group in the past few years in the past season, and Indiana is a very hard squad and matchup. But the cavs should recover in game 2 and remember their success this season. Playoff panic knife: 🚨🚨🚨 for Cleveland.

3. Celtics, below 0-1 to New York: We know that Boston is now coming out in the off -season, but this was certainly an eyebrow from Brunson and Company. Playoff panic knife: 🚨🚨 for Boston.

4. Minnesota, has not yet started against Golden State: At this speed you almost expect the wolves play 1 drop to the Warriors at home. It is a imitator! Playoff panic knife: 🚨 for Minnesota.

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Winning of blueprint

Has Rockets' 2-Big-Plan Wolves showed the way?

The Rockets may have lost their seven-game series to the Warriors on Sunday, but if the goal is to switch them off at some point, the rockets may have helped the next opponent of the warriors. If the thubs enter the second round against the timber wolves, they still have a very big problem to find out: the size of the wolves. Perhaps you remember that Minnesota makes the Lakers look even tinier in game 5 when Rudy Gobert made a real impression of Shaquille O'Neal out there. (And we don't mean Celtics Shaq!)

Now the wolves have to find out whether they can channel their successful size against the Lakers and what they have seen, what the rockets do against the Warriors to achieve a second final of the Western Conference. Here is what Houston had to do with Alperen Şengün and Steven Adams in their 93 minutes on the square:

Your offensive rating is not great, but the defensive assessment is dominant. The net rating is more than dominant. And the number of rebounds are impressive. If you could have made shots on the floor with this line -up, we would have seen how the rockets progress. You see the difference in your numbers for the series as a whole and how many rocket ships -Mojis show how big it was good or bad for Houston.

How can the wolves take advantage of this? It depends on how good Julius Randle and Gobert can play immediately. We know that the Warriors aim at Gobert as in the regular season and, like the Lakers, tried in the first round. Gobert mainly held against the Lakers in front of his dominant game 5. Randle has played the best basketball of his career in the past few months and a half and he was great against Los Angeles.

Together in the first round, they exceeded the Lakers for 4.8 points per 100 possessions. They won 37.3 percent of the offensive rebounds, but only 67.0 percent of defensive rebounds. And shooting on the floor was not great. Where the wolves achieved better results, together with Gobert and Naz Reid were on the floor and also Reid with Randle.

• Gobert/Reid: 40 minutes | Plus-14.8 Netto rating | 39.7 percent discount. Reb | 85.7 percent def. Vineyard
• Randle/Reid: 83 minutes | Plus-7.6 Netto rating | 35.6 percent discount. Reb | 84.8 percent Def. Vineyard

Where the rockets and wolves differ the most in this potential advantage, everywhere else is on the ground around the big men. Edwards is a weapon that the rockets in this series could never deliver. Mike Conley and Donte Divincenzo are capable defenders who can also knock down shots and attack dribbling. Jaden McDaniels and Nickeil Alexander Walker give the circumference a lot and climb into the color.

If Gobert, Randle and Reid can be effective in two big pairs, the Warriors need the massive appearances of Curry, Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield to get out. If this strategy for Minnesota is not transferable, it is on Edwards to be superman again.

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