Tatum s serious Achilles tendon injury is reimbursed for the season! The defending champion is about to follow the footsteps of the Knights?

Perhaps the fans' attention has always been on the more popular West, but they didn't know that the Eastern Conference semi-finals could actually stage two sets of plays below the top. Among them, the Cavaliers, the number one in the East, has been swept by the gentleman of the Fourth Pacers, and the second defending champion of the Eastern Conference, the Celtics are about to be eliminated. They are currently behind 1:3 and stand on the edge of the cliff, and the team's core leader Tatum's Achilles tendon is seriously injured and is reimbursed for the season.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers topped the East with an impressive record of 60 wins in the regular season, no one could have expected that this "offset number one" team was swept out 4-1 by the Pacers in the second round of the playoffs. After the game, Mitchell returned to the locker room and returned to the arena. He sat alone on the empty bench and couldn't reach the division final for eight consecutive years! What I was unwilling to do this time may be my injury (I still scored the team's highest 35 points and 4 steals in the last game), or my helplessness in my teammates' performance, or my recognition of my opponent's performance. The

Knight's collapse began with Garland's ankle. In the first two games of the series, one of the core backcourts made the team's offense a Mitchell's solo fight. Although the "Rice Football King" scored 40+ twice, the inefficiency of three-point shooting percentage of only 31% exposed the dilemma of being isolated and helpless. What's more ironic is that the inside double towers that were highly anticipated in the regular season - Allen and Mobley were completely lost under the impact of Pacers Double Tatner and Siakam. The Pacers used mobility to tear the Cavaliers' frame protection system apart, and many games completed the reversal through the offensive climax in the third quarter, while Cavaliers coach Atkinson's tactical adjustment was as slow as a stuttering old video recorder.

In contrast, Halliburton is still writing magic. His passing is like a precisely guided missile, activates the potential of players like Nemhard and Nesmith, and makes Turner, Sika and the substitute Toppin feel like fish in water. The whole nation has been in power in many games, which makes this young army not only rely on talent, but also on the resilience of team basketball. The average score on the bench is 14 points more than the Cavaliers, and the tight defense at critical moments suffocates the opponent. They reached the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years and are even expected to advance to the finals historic this season.

Ironically, the second Celtics in the Eastern Conference in the regular season is exactly the same as the Cavaliers. Mitchell's dilemma of being alone has evolved into a more extreme version in Boston: Tatum, who scored 42 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, stepped back from injury, and Jaylen Brown, the second in command of the team, made a series of irons in the last three minutes, and the team scored only 4 points, and was reversed by the Knicks again. Even though they have top defensive resources in the league and the whole world knows how the Knicks will play, they are still helpless. The latter scored 39 points and 12 assists, and every breakthrough he made precise cut through the Celtics' defense line like a scalpel.

And Tatum, the 27-year-old Celtics core, covered his face with his hands when he was helped to leave the field, and the scene of leaving the field in a wheelchair reminds people of Durant's 2019 tragedy, and the cold predictions of medical experts are even more suffocating: at least 10 months of recovery period, there is a high probability of reimbursement next season, and it is still unknown whether his career can return to the peak. His fall not only forced the Celtics into a desperate situation by the Knicks 1-3, but also instantly overturned this luxury battleship with a total salary of up to $460 million. Tatum and Brown's super contract for the next six years has completely locked down the reinforcement space.

to change fate against the will of heaven? It seems like an "impossible task" for this residual Celtics today. The probability of a 1-3 turnaround in NBA history is only 4.4%, while the Knicks' defensive efficiency ranks among the top three in the playoffs. Even if Brown replicated the 38-point miracle of the tiebreak in the Eastern Conference Finals last year, even if Porzingis and Holiday suddenly regained their peak state, the Celtics, which lost the offensive and defensive axis, could not resist Thibodeau's "seven-man rotation".

From the Cavaliers to the Celtics, the fall of the Eastern Powerhouse uncovered the most cruel truth in the NBA: injuries and salary shackles are far more deadly than opponents. When Tatum's wheelchair rolled over the floor of the North Shore Garden, dusk for the defending champion had arrived early. This team, once regarded as the starting point of the dynasty, may become another footnote to "the regular season giant, playoff phantom" like the Cavaliers. The new generation showdown between Halliburton and Brunson is writing a new chapter for the league - a chapter of team basketball and iron-blooded will.

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