The playoff situation is updated! The Timberwolves advance to the Western Conference Finals, the defending champion drags to G6, and Harden is expected to renew his contract

The NBA divisional semi-finals are in full swing. The Pacers eliminated the Cavaliers, the No. 1 in the Eastern Conference in the regular season with a score of 4-1, and the Thunder led the Nuggets 3-2 to get the match point. In today's game, the defending champion Celtics, who returned to home, unexpectedly defeated the Knicks, continuing to extend the series, but a report from the US media is thought-provoking. The Knicks' advancement away and return to home are two different things. The NBA is a commercial league. In the series between the Timberwolves and the Warriors, the Timberwolves boiled the frogs in warm water, and the gap between about 8 points was widened in each of the first three quarters. Although the Warriors' substitute lineup tried to counterattack in the fourth quarter, it was quickly suppressed. In addition, there are also latest progress in the deal with Harden's contract renewal and Antetokounmpo. In the series between the Knicks and the Celtics, it became daily to open the 20-point gap in each game. When Tatum suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon and needed to rest for at least 10-12 months, the Celtics who returned to the home court played, but had a strong cohesion burst out. White and Prichard became the two snipers on the outside, and Jaylen Brown also stood up, ending + supporting the organization and leading the team to full firepower. The Celtics led the Knicks at most 28 points. Under White's 34 points + Brown's 26 points and 12 assists, the Celtics finally defeated the Knicks 127-102, and tied the big score to 2-3! The most embarrassing thing is the starting lineup Porzingis, who won 25 points. He lost 12 points in the 12 minutes on the court, and only scored 1 point, 1 rebound and 1 block.

Bo Shen's departure this summer is a foregone conclusion, and it would be nice if the Celtics didn't fall down to pay for chips. The Knicks rarely lack competitiveness in this game. US media revealed a key content: the Knicks G6 home game has a minimum ticket price of US$838, which is about 6,000 yuan. According to calculations, the Knicks can bring at least 23 million to 25 million in income when playing one more home game. For comparison, the minimum ticket price of G6 at the Nuggets home game is only US$81, a 10-fold difference! In the regular season, the league draws 6% of the total tickets for each team and 45% of the revenue in the playoffs. Obviously, from the perspective of the league and the team itself, returning to the atmosphere of home promotion + commercial bonus is the best option. Of course, there is also a direct failure, but the possibility is very small.

Warriors 110-121 Timberwolves, when the game reached the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves widened the 20-point difference, the camera was given to Curry, looking at his hands and thinking about something. In the four games Curry was absent, the Warriors could not see any hope of winning. Kumingga used these four games to prove that he could play anywhere he left the Warriors. He just used singles to find his next home. Butler used these four games to prove that Curry could not lead the team framework alone, but Butler could not lead even more. Butler did not even have Curry's offensive deterrent power, and also lost his own strong attack and killing attributes, gradually evolved into "reasonable and rational bass". He stopped playing the difficult balls, and some balls were directly blamed for Pojmsky and Kumingga.

Congratulations to the Timberwolves for advancing to the Western Conference Final again! First of all, the Warriors didn't even force Edwards out with all their strength. Randall had easily solved the battle by leading the team. Judging from the data and efficiency attributes, Randall was even better than Towns last season. He attacked and defended Gobert, and the inside double towers shared a lot of pressure on Edwards. In another group of duels, the Thunder led the Nuggets 3-2 with a score of 3-2. Judging from the predictions given by the US media "BR", the Thunder's probability of advancing is 93.1%, and the probability of resolving battles in G6 is more than 60%. The probability of the Knicks advancing to the Eastern Conference Final is 73%, which is actually not very suspense.

According to BR column reporter Barkley, the Clippers and Harden plan to continue to work together in the future, and Harden will not implement the player option worth $36.35 million next season. Although Harden struggled in the first round of the playoffs G5 and G7, looking at the whole season, Harden has been recognized by the management and teammates for a bottom-up + leading the team to the playoffs + being selected as an All-Star. His performance is enough to make him choose to jump out of the contract and look forward to a little salary increase! But he is unlikely to leave the Clippers, because other teams do not need a ball-holding point like him. It is expected that Harden will have a chance to get a two-year, 75 million contract extension, which is consistent with Leonard's contract term, so that the Clippers will prepare for both next summer. After the Bucks were eliminated by the Pacers in the first round of the playoffs, it is no secret that Antetokounmpo left the Bucks. According to famous reporter Robinson, the possibility of Antetokounmpo staying in the Bucks is slim, and Antetokounmpo also expressed his three requirements for the future through the US media: First, we must continue to stay in the east to ensure that we form a rhythm and media exposure to a certain level, and do not want to overexpose it and disrupt the rhythm. The second is to have absolute voice and lineup decision-making power. Finally, I hope to go to a big market to attract other stars to join. The only ones in the league that meet Antetokounmpo's demands are the Raptors and the Nets.