The Los Angeles Lakers qualified to play against the Phoenix Suns in the NBA playoffs, in the Western Conference, by beating the Golden State Warriors at home 103-100 with a triple-final by LeBron James, who was the great figure of the game at specify a “Triple-double”.
In this way, Golden State will play against the Memphis Grizzlies, which last night defeated the San Antonio Spurs by 100 to 96, in search of the last place for the postseason and play against the Utah Jazz.
The Texans, who had the Argentine Emanuel Ginobili as a great figure for many seasons, will not play the NBA playoffs after 22 years.
The Warriors dominated the Lakers for much of the game at the hands of an inspired Stephen Curry, with 37 points and 6-9 on triples he tried, but in the fourth quarter, the trio of James, Anthony Davis and Davis Schroder reversed marker.
Although LeBron, with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists had a “Triple-double”, the top scorer in Los Angeles was Anthony Davis with 25 points and 12 rebounds.
With a minute to go to the end of the game, with a 100-100 tie on the scoreboard, the ball reached James when possession ran out for the Lakers and LeBron, with problems in one eye after the blow that a minute before Draymond Green, only had time to collect the ball and shoot desperately and make the triple that defined the game.
In the first hour, Memphis beat the Spurs 100-96 with Dillon Brooks as the scorer with 24 points, followed by Jonas Valanciunas with 23 points and 23 rebounds, while for the Texas franchise DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay contributed 20 each.
Tonight at 21 in Argentina, the eighth classified by the East between Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards is defined and tomorrow at 22 they will do it in the West Memphis Grizzlies against Golden State.
The playoffs will be as follows:
+ Conferencia Este: Philadelphia Sixers-Indiana Pacers o Washington Wizards, New York Knicks-Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks-Miami Heat y Brooklyn Nets-Boston Celtics.
+ Conferencia Oeste: Utah Jazz-Memphis Grizzlies o Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers-Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets-Portland Trail Blazers y Phoenix Suns-Los Angeles Lakers.
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