“Nikola Jokic leads Denver Nuggets to Western Region final in NBA playoffs”

Jokic starred twice as the best player in the American League in the match, and succeeded in achieving the “Triple Double” by scoring 32 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Jamal Murray, with 26 points, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, with 21 points, also contributed to the victory.

It is the first time that Denver has reached the Western Region final since 2020, and the winner will meet the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors, the defending champions last season, with the first advancing 3-2.

Denver settled the score greatly at the end of the first half, after leading by 30 points (81-51).

Jokic considered that his team was not affected by the idea of ​​”hostile atmosphere” in the “Footprint Center” stadium, and said, “We played with the same mentality that we usually play on our land, to be combative and make it difficult for the other team to score, and I think that’s what we did.”

And the absence of Phoenix star Chris Paul continued for the fourth consecutive match due to injury, and DeAndre Eaton did not participate due to a rib injury.

Jason Tatum saved the Boston Celtics from being eliminated by the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers, scoring 16 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter to lead his team to a 95-86 victory, equalizing the score in the series 3-3, to impose a seventh match.

Tatum scored once out of 14 before making four three-pointers in the fourth quarter. The Celtics’ best scorer was Marcus Smart with 22 points, and Jaylen Brown and Malcolm Brogdon added 17 and 16 points, respectively.

On the other hand, the best scorer in the ranks of Philadelphia, his Cameroonian star Joel Embiid, was the best player in the regular league this season with 26 points and 10 rebounds, while James Harden settled for 13 points.

Boston hosts the decisive match on Sunday and will try to prevent the Sixers from reaching the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 2001.