After losing the finals last year, the Suns qualified for the ‘playoffs’ as dominators of the West (64-18) and won with authority over some Pelicans who entered the preseason after beating the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers in the ‘play-in’.
Chris Paulwho is looking to crown his career with a championship ring, dominated with 30 points, ten assists and seven rebounds, supported by Devin Booker’s 25 points, four rebounds and eight assists.
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Both Paul and Booker made four 3-pointers to pitch the Suns.
DeAndre Ayton was also decisive, with 21 points, nine rebounds and four blocks.
For the Pelicans, CJ McCollum scored 25 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists, while Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points and dominated the paint by capturing up to 25 rebounds, thirteen of them offensive.
Brandon Ingram had 18 points, with five rebounds and four assists.
Antetokounmpo leads the Bucks to victory
The Bucks were spooked in the third period by the prideful reaction of the Bulls, who returned to the playoffs after a five-year absence, but imposed their superior experience and technical prowess to take advantage of this first-round series in the East. .
Giannis contributed 27 points, 16 rebounds, three assists and two blocks, while Brook López contributed 18 points and five rebounds, decisive in the fourth quarter to contain the momentum of the Bulls.
Without the Spanish Serge Ibaka, Bobby Portis contributed a double-double of ten points and twelve rebounds.
On a less than brilliant day for their rivals, the Bulls had options to win the game, but they paid for DeMar DeRozan’s low percentages at a key moment.
The number 11 scored 18 points, collected eight rebounds and dished out six assists, but was only 6 of 24 from the field.
The best of the Bulls was Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic, with 24 points and 17 rebounds, eight of them offensive, supported by Zack LaVine’s 18 and ten rebounds.
Tatum, winning basket at the buzzer
Jayson Tatumwith a spectacular play at the buzzer, gave the Boston Celtics an epic 115-114 win this Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets to give them an advantage in the first game of the first-round series of the NBA playoffs.
Kyrie Irvingwith 18 of his 39 points in the fourth period, had given the Nets the lead with twelve seconds left, but Tatum completed his triumphant afternoon with a resounding play, precisely against Irving, to change the history of the game at the buzzer.
He turned around to beat Irving in the paint and supported two points to the board to finish with 31 points, four rebounds and eight assists, in the most spectacular game of this NBA playoff start.
The Boston team ended up winning, with four players over 20 points. Al Horford signed a tremendous double double of 20 points and fifteen rebounds, Jalen Brown scored 23 points and Marcus Smart sealed 20, with seven rebounds and six assists.
The Nets savored the victory thanks to their two stars, Irving and Kevin Durant, who scored 39 and 23 points, respectively.
The Celtics won and the Nets gave up, but both teams confirmed that this series is going to be one of the most intense in the first round, between franchises with completely different styles and whose rivalry sharpened after Irving left Boston for Brooklyn.
Duncan Robinson lanza a los Heat
Duncan Robinson dressed as a sniper this Sunday and, with an amazing eight of nine on three-pointers and 27 points, propelled the resounding 115-91 victory of the Miami Heat against the Atlanta Hawks, to open in the best way the first round series of the NBA playoffs.
The Heat, leaders of the Eastern Conference in the regular season, completely surpassed the Hawks and annulled a Trae Young who barely scored eight points, with one of twelve shooting, in his worst game of the year.
Robinson He lived the best day of his career in the ‘playoffs’ and was supported by Jimmy Butler’s 21 points, six rebounds and four assists.
PJ Tucker also shined, with 16 points and four of four in triples, in an afternoon in which Miami finished with an 18 of 38 from the three-point line, for Atlanta’s 10 of 36.
The Hawks, who arrived in Miami in great shape after overcoming two rounds of the play-in, against Charlotte Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers, crashed before the organization, the defensive power and the winning hunger of the Heat, in another masterpiece of his coach, Erik Spoelstra.
The Atlanta team, finalist in the Eastern Conference last year, lasted a quarter against the Heat, when the game stood out, more than for the technical plays, for the intensity of the defenses and for the contacts.
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