Toronto ended NBA season with defeat at Spurs-Diepresse.com
The Canadians lost 118: 125 in Texas without Jakob Pöltl, so the season ran.
Without the right hand Jakob Pöltl and with a defeat, the 30th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) ended for the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. The Canadians lost 118: 125 at the San Antonio Spurs, the former club of the center from Vienna. They had taken out a 22-point lead twice immediately after half-time.
At the end of the season, Scottie Barnes was responsible for 35 points as the top scorer of the Raptors. Jamison Battle recorded 25 points. Toronto completed the game year with 30: 52 victories in eleventh of the Eastern Conference.
Warriors missed direct play-off.
The Golden State Warriors lost to La Clippers 119: 124 NV, thereby fell back to seventh place in the Western Conference and missed the direct play-off feed. 36 points from Stephen Curry and 30 by Jimmy Butler weren’t enough. On the other hand, James Harden and Kawhi Leonard triumphed with 39 and 33 points. While the Clippers secured fifth place in the NBA vest with the eighth win in a row, the Warriors have to go to play-in against the Memphis Grizzlies. Golden State was still overtaken by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who also won with 116: 105 thanks to 43 points from Anthony Edwards against Utah Jazz.
In the duel between two play-off teams, the Denver Nuggets prevailed at the Houston Rockets with 126: 111. Nikola Jokic ended the regular season with an average of 29.8 points, 12.8 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game. Only Russell Westbrook, current team-mate of the Serbian star in Colorado, and Oscar Robertson had previously achieved a triple double over an entire game year.
The games in the NBA play-in rise on Tuesday and Wednesday and Friday. The play-offs start on Saturday.
