Warriors 113
Grizzlies 101
Stephen Curry became the oldest scoring champion since Michael Jordan did it in 1998 at the age of 35.
Curry, 33, finished with 46 points and the Golden State Warriors held on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 113-101 on Sunday in a final game of the regular season that determined eighth and ninth in the West for him. mini-tournament.
The Warriors took eighth place and will play on Wednesday, while Memphis is ninth and will host the Spurs on Wednesday. Golden State’s adversary will depend on the outcome of the Lakers-Portland duel.
Curry and Jordan are the only scoring champions aged 33 and over. He also joins Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players with multiple scoring titles, MVP honors and Championships.
Twice MVP, he claimed his first scoring title since the 2015-16 season with his second basket of the game late in the first period. He hit nine of 22 3-pointers and contributed nine assists and seven rebounds in Golden State’s sixth straight win.
Curry averaged 32 points in his second season of more than 2,000 points.
Both teams started the game with identical 38-33 records and five-game winning streaks. The series was distributed in Memphis between March 19 and 20.
Suns 123
Spurs 121
E’Twaun Moore scored 22 points and hit a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds remaining to lead the Suns to a 123-121 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday and keep alive Phoenix’s hopes of seizing the lead in the Western Conference.
Despite missing Devin Booker and Chris Paul, the Suns were rescued by Moore, who also hit a 3-pointer with 1:08 minutes remaining to end San Antonio’s 9-0 streak.
Keita Bates-Diop hit a missed free throw by Tre Jones to put San Antonio up 121-120 with 10 seconds to play, but Moore had the basket to win.
Utah could secure its spot as the leader of the West with a win over Sacramento on Sunday night, but the Suns will take the spot of honor in case the Jazz lose, as Phoenix swept its regular-season series against Utah.
Wizards 111
Hornets 110
The Washington Wizards finished eighth in the Eastern Conference and will face the seventh-place Boston Celtics in the mini-tournament after beating the Charlotte Hornets 111-110 on Sunday.
Bradley Beal made 20 of his 25 points in the second half for Washington.
The Hornets, who had an advantage of up to 16 points in the first half, ended the regular season losing five games and fell to 10th place in the East, will face the Indiana Pacers in a game of life and death.
Pacers 125
Raptors 113
Oshae Brissett had 31 points, the most of his career, and Domantas Sabonis added 25 points, 16 rebounds and three steals for the Indiana Pacers to beat the Toronto Raptors 125-113 on Sunday and secure ninth place in the league. Eastern Conference.
Indiana ended a two-game losing streak and confirmed it will have home court advantage in the playoff game Tuesday.
The Pacers had an 18-point lead in the third quarter, but allowed Toronto to move closer to 110-101 near the end of the fourth quarter. Sabonis sealed the win with a layup shot and an assist to Brissett for a triple and a shot from range.
Hawks 124
Rockets 95
Rookie Onyeka Okongwu set career highs with 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks headed to the playoffs on a roll with a 124-95 loss to the woeful Houston Rockets in the regular season finale Sunday night. .
The Hawks left with an impromptu lineup after their spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs was secured before taking the floor.
Okongwu, the sixth pick in the draft, posted his second career double-double. Seven other players scored in double figures to lead Atlanta’s second-biggest win of the season, beaten only by a 135-103 win over Phoenix on May 5.
New York secured the fourth seed and home-field advantage in the first round against the fifth-seeded Hawks with a 96-92 win about Boston.
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