The dream of defending the title is shattered! The Celtics lost 38 points and missed the Eastern Conference Final, Tatum was seriously injured and reimbursed, and Nilang s win-win trade

Before the playoffs start, the domestic NBA expert team made a prediction of the championship, and 18 people, including Yang Yi and Wang Meng, supported the Celtics. Before the Eastern Conference semi-finals, all 12 members of the ESPN reporter team were optimistic about the Celtics' advancement.

But after the Knicks eliminated the Celtics 4-2, the experts' faces were swollen like buns. No one expected that the Knicks would actually play against the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. Two civilian teams without super giants could actually get to this point.

Celtics bid farewell to this season with a 38-point defeat in G6. Tatum was reimbursed for serious injury, adding a touch of sadness. With 3 minutes and 8 seconds left in the last quarter, he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon like Kobe. He was confirmed to be unable to play next season, and the Celtics will withdraw from the championship!

We always emphasize that the NBA's competitive level has declined today. However, in the past decade, except for the Warriors who have won two consecutive championships, no team can defend their titles. After you finish singing, I appear, it seems to have become the main theme of the NBA!

If the Thunder eliminates the Nuggets, then we will witness the birth of the new king. The Timberwolves, the Knicks, and the Pacers have not been involved in the O'Brien Cup for a long time.

However, what everyone talked about is Nilang's win-win deal. Last summer, Timberwolves general manager McConaughey decisively sent Towns to the Knicks in exchange for Randall, Divinchenzo and the draft pick.

The outside world criticized this deal. The Timberwolves broke up the two No. 1 picks and built a team around Huazi. It might be worse than before. However, unexpectedly, after the running-in at the beginning of the season, the Timberwolves defeated the two giants of Huyong in the playoffs and took the lead in entering the Western Conference Finals!

Knicks got Towns but failed to quickly integrate into the team. However, as the schedule deepened, Towns' dominance in the East showed its balance between inside and outside. Although he encountered tenacious resistance from the Pistons in the first round, Pili took down the Celtics in the second round.

Regardless of whether the Timberwolves and the Knicks can meet in the finals, the transactions between the two sides' core exchanges have received generous returns!