Umdlalo 7 okweThunder-Rockets, Umdlalo 2 empompini ku-Heat-Bucks

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Isikhathi sokugcina i-Houston Rockets yenza Umdlalo 7, babengenaye uChris Paul ngakho bagcina bewa.

UPawulu ufisa ukubona umlando wesikhathi esidlule uziphinda.

Unogada wangaphambilini wase-Houston uvele wathanda i-Oklahoma Metropolis enembewu yesihlanu ukuthi angene emdlalweni ozonquma wokulandelana kwawo komzuliswano wokuqala weWestern Convention obheke kumaRocket anembewu yesine., ngeSport 7 - umdlalo wokugcina wokuvula isiyingi sale sizini yangemva kwesizini - uzodlalwa ngoLwesithathu ebusuku.

“Ayikho into engiyithandayo,” kusho uPawulu.

Owinile uzogadla kuSport 1 yokulandelana kwe-semifinal yaseNtshonalanga ebheke ku-Los Angeles Lakers ehamba phambili ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku. Ohluliwe ushiya ibhamuza lokuqalisa kabusha kwe-NBA e-Walt Disney World futhi uya endlini, nakanjani ukukhala ngethuba elizuzile.

Kungenzeka ukuthi uHouston usevele ubhekene nokuzisola okuthile. AmaRocket abehamba phambili ngamaphuzu ayisithupha ngebhola 4:01 kwesokunxele kwezemidlalo 6, ithuba elihle lokuvala ezemidlalo nokulandelana kwazo. Bathola okungaphezulu 12-2 insalela yendlela, bentula izithombe zabo zokugcina eziyisithupha kweziyisikhombisa kanye nokuphendula ibhola 3 izikhathi kuleso sikhathi.

“Sidlale ngendlela esiyingozi ngayo njengoba sikwazi ukudlala,” kusho umqeqeshi weHouston uMike D’Antoni. “Futhi sasifike kahle lapho. …Sizophendula.”

Ukubukeka kwakamuva kwamaRocket kwezemidlalo 7 bekungowamanqamu weWestern Convention 2018, i 12 izinyanga bamosha a 3-2 ukulandelana okuholela eGolden State - ukuwa ngemuva kokuthi uPaul elahlekile emidlalweni emibili yokugcina yalolo chungechunge ngokulimala komsipha.

UPaul wadayiswa yiHouston ukuya eThunder ngoJulayi 2019 ngoba Westbrook; ukukhetha okusalungiswa bekukhathazwa futhi. Kubonwe njengokudluliselwa kokwakha kabusha kwe-Oklahoma Metropolis, nokho noPawulu indlela eyinhloko lapho, Ukuduma nethuba lokufeza i-spherical yesibili okokuqala kusukela 2016.

“Asikwazi ukuya kodwa,” kusho uPawulu, okungenzeka ukuthi uzobe ekhombisa emdlalweni wakhe wesikhombisa 7 — yena 3-3 ekubonakaleni kwakhe kokuqala okuyisithupha kule midlalo yevidiyo. “Abasebenzi bethu, manje sibe nesizini engasoze yalibaleka, izinhlobonhlobo zokwehla nokwenyuka nakho konke lokho. Sizoqhubeka nokulwa. Besingeke sibe nayo enye indlela.”

Njengamanje iRockets neThunder zidlala iSport 7 yokulandelana kwabo komzuliswano wokuqala, kungaba khona 4 imidlalo yevidiyo yomzuliswano wesibili yenziwa ngaphakathi kweNgqungquthela YaseJapan - kanye nomdlalo oyinhloko wangoLwesithathu onesihloko esikabili, indawo yesihlanu-seeded Miami Warmth izobheka ukuthatha 2-0 ukulandelana kokuhola ku-Milwaukee Bucks enembewu ephezulu.

“Unamaqembu amabili amahle ngempela,” Umqeqeshi we-Warmth u-Erik Spoelstra uthe. “Siyitholile iSport 1. Yilokho kuphela."

UJimmy Butler wayenomsebenzi we-playoff-high 40 factor for the Imfudumalo yabo 115-104 ukunqoba Kwezemidlalo 1.

Isihlabani seBucks uGiannis Antetokounmpo, i-MVP ye-NBA ebusayo kanye noMbambiqhaza Wokuzivikela osanda kuba phezulu wonyaka, ujabule ngemuva komdlalo ngesikhathi ebuzwa ukuthi kungani engamgadile u-Butler. Kodwa-ke lokho bekubhekwa njengelinye lamaphuzu amaningi i-Antetokounmpo okufanele icatshangelwe ngemuva kweMidlalo 1; ube kade 4 okwe 12 kusukela kulayini ongcolile futhi waphatha okuphansi kuye 18 izici ku 37 imizuzu.

Bekungokwesibili kusukela ngoNdasa 2 ukuthi i-Antetokounmpo yenze ngaphezulu kwesigamu sehora futhi yathola amaphuzu aphansi kunalawo 20 izici. Ngamunye wayebheke eMiami.

“Ukwazile ukwazi, ubamba iqhaza ku-basketball,” kusho u-Antetokounmpo. "Izinkinga azihambi ngendlela yakho ngaso sonke isikhathi."

Ake sibheke imidlalo yevidiyo yangoLwesithathu:

UKUSHISA VS. IZIMALI

I-Miami ihamba phambili 1-0. Ezemidlalo 2, 6:30 p.m. EDT, I-ESPN.

- KUDINGEKA UKWAZI: AbakwaMfudumalo bathole 25 kowamanqamu wabo 31 ukulandelana lapho begcina khona ukuhola komdlalo owodwa kunoma yiliphi izinga. IBucks isithole imidlalo emibili ilandelana ngemuva kokukhipha iSport 1, ilwela ukushaya i-Orlando kule sizini neBoston ngesizini yokugcina.

— QAPHELA: Ukufudumala G Duncan Robinson wenze iphuzu elilodwa nje lama-3 kwezemidlalo 1, futhi lokho bekungokukhethwa kwabafakwe ebhange. Thembela kuMiami ukuthi azame ukumenza abe nesigqi ekuqaleni kweMidlalo 2.

- IWASHI LOKULIMALA: Bucks G Eric Bledsoe (umsipha) uphuthelwe Ezemidlalo 1, kubiza uMilwaukee umvikeli ophambili.

- INGCINDEZI IYAQHUBEKA: I-Antetokounmpo. Uthambekele ekukhuleni ngokushesha abe yi-MVP kabili futhi ufisa isikhathi sokubuyela emuva ebusuku.

UKUDUMO VS. AMAROKHETHI

Iqoqo liboshiwe 3-3. Ezemidlalo 7, 9 p.m. EDT, I-ESPN.

- KUDINGEKA UKWAZI: Iqembu ngalinye linayo 47-31 idatha kule sizini; 44-28 phakathi nenkathi evamile, 3-3 kuze kube manje kuma-playoffs. INyangayezulu yamukele 5 ye 9 ukuhlangana kwekhanda kuya kwekhanda.

— QAPHELA: Ukushintshwa kwe-Houston. Lapho amaRocket ane 14 noma ama-turnovers engeziwe, yibo 0-3 kulokhu kulandelana. Bake bayibambe ngaphansi 14 ama-turnover, yibo 3-0.

- IWASHI LOKULIMALA: Amarokhethi u-G Russell Westbrook udubule ibhola phezulu kwezemidlalo 6 kunalokho akwenza kuSport 5; ube kade 8 okwe 15 kusukela kulo mkhakha ngoMsombuluko, ngokumelene 3 okwe 13 emdlalweni wakhe wokuqala futhi kusukela emonakalweni we-quad. Nokho ube nemidlalo eyisikhombisa kuSport 6, ephakamisa ukuthi akekho endaweni yakhe ejwayelekile kodwa.

- INGCINDEZI IYAQHUBEKA: Houston. Bafike lapha kule sizini bebanga isicoco; iNyangayezulu ibe yindaba eshaqisayo. Uma amaRocket elahlekelwa yilo mdlalo, owaziyo ukuthi kwenzekani kule offseason.

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