On April 18, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the top 4 in the East all won, the Nets were killed by the Celtics, the Heat and Philadelphia were easy to win, and the Bucks refused to reverse and beat the Bulls. From the overall performance, the Nets and Celtics are close to strength, the remaining three groups of showdowns, bucks, Heat and Philadelphia advantages are relatively obvious, they are expected to easily pass.
Competition in the East remained fierce this season, with the Heat taking first place in the regular season, and they played against the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The Hawks advanced to the playoffs through playoffs, but Capela was injured, which was a big impact on the team's interior. In the first playoff showdown, the Heat played even better, with the Hawks only getting 17 points in the first quarter and quickly widening the point gap. The Heat led by up to 32 points in the game, and finally won a big win 115-91, Trae Young only scored 8 points on 1 of 12, and the Heat's Dunro scored 27 points, 8 of 9 three points, becoming the winner.
The second-ranked Celtics in the regular season against the Nets, which is also the most interesting contest in the first round of the East, although the Nets completed the reversal in the case of a big score behind, but in the last moment, Durant's three points did not score, the Celtics did not call a timeout, Tatum completed the whistle kill, the Celtics narrowly beat the Nets 115-114, held the home, they were 4 people scored more than 20 points, Smart, Brown, Tatum and Horford led the team to win, Irving cut 39 points, Durant's hand was not good, Got 21 points.
The showdown between the Bucks and the Bulls, the alphabet brother led the team to play, facing the impact of DeRozan and LaVine, the Bucks were once 16 points ahead, DeRozan's shooting rate was relatively low, but the bulls other players played well, once it was a counter-score, Holliday and Lopez played well at the key moment, the Bucks ended the suspense 8-0, won the game 93-86, and led 1-0. The gap between the two teams is still very large, and the Bucks are expected to sweep the Bulls. In another game, Philadelphia is a big victory over the Raptors, coupled with the Raptors' Barnes injury, it is likely to miss the next game, Philadelphia's advantage is also more obvious, the difficulty of promotion is not great.