Milwaukee and Orlando go home, Denver to leadership
Four participants of the North American Basketball League quarterfinals are already known. The defenders of the title and the 18-time NBA champions Boston Celtics have qualified for the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference, when they eliminated the Orlando Magic team with 4: 1. Jayson Tatum He scored 35 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, and Celtics abandoned their regular fight for triples on Tuesday night and beat Orlando by 120: 89 in the fifth game of the first round.
« You just have to find different ways, » said coach Celtics Joe Mazzudawhose team has set the NBA league records for the most three points in the regular season. But this time, the Celts did not reach a single triple in the first half, for the first time in almost four years. “We were forced by this series. Each series requires different things, « said Mazzuda. « You have to be able to win in different ways on both sides. »
Franz Wagner scored 25 points, Buchero 19, Wendell Carter Jr. and 12 points and 10 rebounds for Magic that did not win the playoffs since they Dwight Howard, Vince Carter and the coach Stan Van Gundy In 2010, they took to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Cleveland, who eliminated Miami Heat with 4: 1, will compete with Indiana basketball players in the second round. The Pacers eliminated Milwaukee Bucks with 4: 1 in victories. In the decisive fifth game of the first round, Indiana celebrated after an extension of 119: 118 and eliminated Bucks for the second season. Despite being left without Damiana Lillardwho suffered an injury to the Achilles tendon, Bucks unexpectedly resisted Pacers.
Giannis Antetokounmpo shone with a triple twin (30 points, 20 rebounds, 13 assists), in the second quarter, Bucks scored 20 points of advantage, then four 53 seconds before the end. But two free mints followed Tyrese Haliburton (26 points, 9 passes), the Indiana allowed the equalization before the antetocounmpo missed the throw that would bring the victory.
In the extra time she is then an unexpected hero Gary Trent Jr. (33 points) showed a magnificent performance, the Bucks took seven seconds before the end with seven points of advantage. Haliburton approached the home team at one point before the fateful mistake of Trenta Jr. turned the scale to the Indiana side, which allowed Haliburton to convert the ball into laying.
The defeat is after the end of the Milwaukee, the 2021 champion, who has experienced a break in the first round of the playoffs for the third season. In the western part of the NBA League playoffs, the Conference Semifinals was provided by Oklahoma City Thunder, who eliminated Memphis 4-0. Denver, for which he also plays Vlatko Čančarin the series against Los Angeles Clippers, he led with 3: 2 in victories.
In the fifth game of the first round of the playoffs, Denver celebrated with 131: 115 on the home parquet floor, and the opportunity to play was also given to Čančar, who played two minutes, otherwise without a statistical effect. Nikola Jokic recorded a triple twin (13 points, 10 rebounds, 12 passes), but this time his teammate took the main burden Jamal Murray with 43 points.
Los Angeles Lakers Luke Doncic The two wins (1: 3) are lagging against Minnesota, and Golden State also gained an advantage with the score of 3: 1 in victories in the playoffs against Houston. Doncic will again take the parquet on Thursday morning after Slovenian time and try to prevent premature farewell from the playoffs.
