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Tyrese Maxey scored 25 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 15 for the winners.

“Knicks” could not save Jalen Branson’s 39 points and 13 assists from the first loss in the series. Josh Hart scored 20 points for the visitors, while Ogugua Anunobi scored 17 points.

The fourth game of the series will take place on Sunday in New York.

In another Eastern Conference “play off” match, the Orlando “Magic” defeated the Cleveland “Cavaliers” team 121:83 (31:21, 30:24, 35:16, 25:22) at home, getting closer to 1-2 in the series.

After two losses in Cleveland, where the “Magic” failed to take the lead even once, this time there was no hope for the “Cavaliers”, who experienced the most devastating loss in the playoffs in the club’s history.

Previously, the biggest “play off” loss of the “Cavaliers” was with a 36-point difference in April 2008 against the Washington “Wizards”.

In Thursday’s match, Paolo Bankero contributed to the victory of “Magic” with 31+14, Jalen Sag scored 24 points, and Franz Wagner scored 16.

Jarrett Allen and Caris Levert were the top scorers with 15 points each, while Donovan Mitchell scored 13 points.

The fourth game of the series will also take place in Orlando on Saturday.

Meanwhile, last season’s champion Denver “Nuggets” came closer to the semi-finals of the Western Conference on Thursday, having won the series with the Los Angeles “Lakers” 3-0.

After two losses in Denver, the “Lakers” played the first game of the series at home on Thursday, but lost 105-112 (33-23, 20-26, 22-34, 30-29), experiencing against the “Nuggets” the 11th loss after rounds.

Aaron Gordon scored 29+15 for the winners, Nikola Jokic had 24+15 and nine assists, Jamal Murray scored 22 points, and Michael Porter Jr. added 20+10.

Anthony Davis’ 33+15 and LeBron James’ 26 points did not help the home team to get the first victory in the series either.

So far, no team in the NBA playoffs has been able to win a series after starting it 0-3.

The fourth match of the series will take place on Saturday in Los Angeles.

In the previous season, the Denver “Nuggets” defeated the Miami “Heat” 4-1 in the final series and won the NBA championship for the first time in history.