Beijing time on May 12th, the NBA playoffs continued. The league only arranged 2 sets of matchups today. The specific results are: Thunder 101-105 lost Mavericks , Celtics 106-93 Big win over Cavaliers . In these two games, Alexander, Washington, Irving, Doncic, Mitchell, Tatum, Brown, Holiday and other stars performed well. So, who will win the best player award today? Let's take a look together.
Celtics 106-93 Cavaliers, Tatum blasted 33 points + 13 rebounds + 6 assists
In the game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers, a total of 4 Cavaliers scored in double figures. Once trailing by 23 points, he launched a counterattack and once chased the point difference to single digits. Unfortunately, it was still difficult to recover from the defeat. Mitchell once again became the lone winner! Mitchell played 43 minutes, making 12 of 22 shots (7 of 12 three-pointers), 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 33 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Even so, the rice ball king was still unable to defeat the four-handed opponent with two fists, watching helplessly as the Green Army regained the home court advantage!
For the Celtics, Brown scored 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists. Holiday contributed 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 three-pointers. White scored 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. +3 three-pointers, Tatum is even more unreasonable! He played 41 minutes, making 11 of 25 shots (2 of 8 three-pointers), 9 of 9 free throws, and a total of 33 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Especially in the third quarter, Tatum scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. He teamed up with Brown to repel Mitchell and led the team to counterattack, becoming more and more like a general! According to statistics, 33 points and 13 rebounds are both Tatum's personal single-game highs in the playoffs this season!
Thunder 101-105 Mavericks, Irving scored 22 points + 5 rebounds + 7 assists
In the Thunder vs. Mavericks series G3, the two teams fought until the last moment to decide the winner! For the Thunder, a total of 4 people on the team scored in double figures, but they still lost a good game when they were leading by 10 points and failed to regain the home court advantage, but Alexander really tried his best! Alexander played 42 minutes, making 10 of 23 shots (2 of 3 three-pointers), 9 of 10 free throws, and scored 31 points + 10 rebounds + 6 assists + 1 steal + 5 blocks. According to statistics, Alexander is the first player in NBA playoff history to score at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks in a single game!
For the Mavericks, three players on the team scored 20+ points. Among them, Doncic contributed 22 points + 15 rebounds + 5 assists + 2 steals, and pj Washington scored 27 points + 6 rebounds + 5 three-pointers. , but they are not the best players on the team, Irving is! Irving played 40 minutes, made 10 of 17 shots (2 of 6 three-pointers), scored 22 points + 5 rebounds + 7 assists + 1 steal + 1 block, with a plus-minus value of +11, the best in the world. field! Especially in the final battle, Irving was like a god descending from the earth, scoring 8 points on 4-for-4, killing people and killing people! After this campaign, Irving's career playoff points total reached 1,934, surpassing Anthony (1,914 points), Walker (1,916 points), Frazier (1,927 points) and Williams (1,929 points) in a row, rising to the top spot in NBA history. No. 70.
Tatum is sorry, Irving was elected as the best player of the day
The performances of the above stars have left a deep impression on people, especially Tatum, who knew his shame and then bravely finally did what a core leader should do, and deserves praise! However, considering the outcome of the game and the performance of the stars, the way Irving took over the game like a god descended from earth was incredible. He showed his true qualities at critical moments. He finally defeated Tatum and other stars and was elected NBA Player of the Day, and he deserved it. ! Fans and friends, what do you think of this? Come and leave me a comment to discuss.
