4hw.com.cn: at 08:30 on May 4, 2018, Beijing time, NBA playoff Eastern semi-final, Celtic vs 76 G2 live preview and game outlook.
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Boston Celtics, who won the Eastern Conference semi-final at home, continued to stay at home to play Philadelphia 76ers on the 4th. It's not certain that Brown will be back. Houdford, Tatum and rocil will continue to perform well. They will lead the team to keep strong and strive for 2-0 at home. To improve the performance of the 76ers, ebbed needs to be aggressive, Simmons needs to bring full contribution to the team, and other players of the 76ers need to play, they want to win away and catch up.
Although there is no Hayward and Irwin, Brown is also absent due to injury, but Celtic team still has a strong competitiveness at home. Rosier, Tatum and Horford got 83 points, 18 rebounds and 12 assists. They led the team to win the first semi-final 117-101. Celtic, who are staying at home, want to stay strong. They want to take a 2-0 lead.
'of course, it's the playoffs. 'smart said:' the team needs to do something special. The 76ers will definitely do their best in the second game and we will be ready for that. '
Smart replaced Brown's starting vacancy in the first game. He helped the team in attack organization and defense. Although Brown has resumed training, it is uncertain whether he can return. Smart is likely to continue starting. For Celtic, they want to take a 2-0 lead at home. In history, when they are 2-0 ahead, they have never lost a series. In the history of playoffs, the series of 2-0 leaders are 36 wins and 0 losses. The 76ers never won a series when they were 2-0 down.
"We can still play better," said Rozier. "We have a lot to improve and we can play better on the offensive side. "Rozier, Tatum and hofford need to keep attacking, they can expect Morris on the bench, Monroe, Larkin and others can't look down on them. In addition, if smart can find a handle on the offensive side, then Celtic's attack will be more threatening. The team will make decisions based on Brown's pre match situation, but they are more willing to be cautious about Brown's injury, because the next two games are to visit Philadelphia, they may encounter more challenges, when brown returns, the role may be greater.
The 76ers lost in the first round. They didn't play in the first round. On the one hand, the strength of their opponents is stronger. On the other hand, their condition may not be adjusted to the best. After all, they had a long rest after the first round promotion. 'we need to play better, that's the bottom line. "It's not too much for us to do better at both ends," said Redick, the 76ers guard. '
In the first half of the semi-finals, the 76ers had only 5 3-pointers for 26 shots. Considering that they had three-point players like Redick and bellinelli, this kind of hit rate is really unacceptable. Nebid had a pretty good performance in the first battle, but he had no choice but to continue in the second match, but he also needed more teammates.
'we were terrible defensively and let our opponents score a lot of goals. "We didn't make it," said ebbed. "We had a lot of good pitchers and everyone was dumb. The second game will be totally different, we have to correct some mistakes in defence, we will be better. '
These young leaders, such as enbid and Simmons, should take the lead. They should fight harder and be more aggressive on the offensive side. Simmons to play a greater role in the offensive end, not only to use the pass to create opportunities for teammates, he also has to show personal aggressiveness. Redick, Saric, bellinelli and others should try to find their hand. If they can attack and fire, the 76ers will be more dangerous. Eliasova and Covington should also try their best to help, and McConnell and Johnson on the bench should play their part. Top scorer fultz didn't make his debut in the first game, which doesn't mean fultz won't play in the series after manager Brown revealed. For the 76ers, fultz could be a wonder, and he might surprise the team on the offensive side.
The Celtics beat the 76ers 3-1 in the regular season, but each side won one game in Boston. Celtic are 14-2 in the last 16 regular season games. Celtic won the 76ers seven times at home before losing to the 76ers on January 19. The last time the two teams met in the playoffs was in 2012, when the Celtics narrowly beat the 76ers 4-3 and the Celtics 3-1 at home.
Expected starting lineup of both sides
76ers: Simmons, Redick, Covington, Saric, ebbed
Celtic: rocil, smart, Tatum, Horford, Baines