Out 2-4! The defending champion collapsed in shame and hit two major lows, and the Eastern Conference Finals match was surprising

On May 17, in the Eastern Conference semi-finals of the NBA playoffs, the Knicks defeated the defending champion Celtics 119-81 at home, and eliminated their opponents 4-2 with a big score. In this way, the Eastern Conference Finals match was confirmed, and the Knicks played against the Pacers. The result was a bit unexpected. After all, their opponents were first and second in the Eastern Conference. Unexpectedly, both groups were below the bottom, which also made the competition for the Eastern Conference more suspense.

Celtics are no longer favored after Tatum was injured, but they still successfully won the game in G5 and continued the series. Unfortunately, when they came to the Knicks' home court this time, they were all silent. Only Brown performed normally in the first half, but the team was already 27 points behind. The Celtics did not change in the second half. Brown directly made consecutive fouls and got off work early, and the game also lost suspense early. In the end, the Celtics suffered a crushing defeat of 81-119.

I really didn't expect the defending champion to collapse directly. He had no resistance at all in this game and seemed to think he would be eliminated. In this game, the defending champion also hit two major lows, only scoring 81 points in the whole game, which is the lowest score in this playoffs. You should know that they can average 116.3 points per game in the regular season. In addition, losing 38 points in the whole game is also the biggest loss difference in this playoffs. This performance was really bleak, with only three players scoring in double digits in the game.

In this way, the defending champion stopped in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, which is also the sixth consecutive year that the defending NBA champion was eliminated in the second round, and it is still difficult to achieve the defending title. Originally, Tatum was injured and put the defending champion in trouble, but they won a big victory in G5, which once rekindled the expectations of the outside world for them. Unexpectedly, they collapsed directly and ended the journey of the season with a crushing defeat of 38 points.

With the defensive champion being eliminated, the Eastern Conference Finals matchup was officially released, with the Knicks playing against the Pacers. I believe that after the semi-finals match is confirmed, no one will want these two teams to meet in the Eastern Conference Finals, after all, their opponents are the Cavaliers in the East and the Celtics in the East. The Pacers directly eliminated the Cavaliers 4-1, while the Knicks sent the defending champion 4-2 to eliminate them. The two teams met unexpectedly, and the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals will start on May 22.