<Anchor> In the
1st leg of the NBA playoffs, the top teams in the East and West were caught side by side. The 8th-placed teams in the district on the last train made a surprise and took the initiative.
This is reporter Lee Jeong-chan.
<Reporter>
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James misses both free throws with 89 to 87, two points behind.
Three minutes before the end of the 89-89 match, James' layup is blocked.
Portland overcame the crisis and caught big fish with a last-minute 3-point show.
Lillard blasted up three long-distance stores near the NBA logo on the center line, and
[Now the Blazers are three points ahead.]
Then, he led a 100-93 victory with a three-point gun to Carmelo Anthony.
Portland, who had been struggling through the playoffs, took the lead with Lillard's 34 points, and the West's No. 1 Lakers bowed due to lack of concentration at the last minute despite LeBron James' triple double performance.
Milwaukee, the league's highest-winning team, also lost 122 to 110 to Orlando, 8th in the district.
Milwaukee's leading MVP nominee, Adetokunbo, played a role with 31 points and 17 rebounds, but Orlando Center Nicola Busevich became the main character of the upheaval with 14 points exploded in the third quarter alone.
(Video editing: Park Chun-bae)
NBA'day of change'… East-West 1st place, side-by-side 8th place team
2020-08-19T12:52:26.388Z
In the first leg of the NBA playoffs, the top teams in the East and West were caught side by side. The 8th-placed teams in the district on the last train made a surprise and took the initiative. This is reporter Lee Jeong-chan. With 89-87, two points behind, Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James misses both free throws.
Source: sbskr