2024-04-25 02:09:11
The “Timberwolves” prevailed at home in the second game of the quarterfinals of the Western Conference with 105:93 (24:21, 26:30, 28:20, 27:22) and reached 2-0 in the series to four victories.
For the winners, Jaden McDaniel had a career-high 25 points in the playoffs, Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert each had 18 points, Anthony Edwards had 15 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 12.
“Timberwolves” have achieved 2-0 in one of the series only for the second time in history, having previously done so in the first round of 2004, when they beat Denver “Nuggets” 4-1.
For the Suns, Devin Booker scored 20 points, Kevin Durant had 18 points, and Eric Gordon scored 15 points. Booker, Durant and Bradley Beal made just 18 of 45 shots from the game, giving McDaniel a lot of trouble down low with tight defense.
In another quarterfinal of the Western Conference, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers with a score of 96:93 (23:19, 22:22, 20:25, 31:27) and tied the series at 1-1.
Luka Doncic, who played without substitutions, had an excellent performance for Dallas, who scored 32 points, dished out nine assists and grabbed six rebounds in less than 46 minutes. Kyrie Irving had 23 points, Paul Jemaine Washington – 18.
Due to a back injury, the center player of the starting five, Daniel Gefford, played only less than ten minutes.
Paul George and James Harden each scored 22 points for the Clippers, Ivic Zubac had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Kawhi Leonard scored 15 points in his first game since the end of March.
In the quarterfinals of the Eastern Conference, the Indiana “Pacers” reached a 1-1 tie, which defeated the Milwaukee “Bucks” with a score of 125:108 (30:26, 30:29, 32:28, 33:25).
The Pacers have ended a ten-game losing streak in the playoffs, which began with a loss in the seventh game of the 2018 first round against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the next two series, “Pacers” remained empty against Boston “Celtics” in 2019 and Miami “Heat” in 2020.
In the most productive “play-off” game of his career, Pascal Siakam scored 37 points, won 11 rebounds and gave six assists, Myles Turner had 22 points, Andrew Nebmhardt had 20 points, and Tyrese Haliburton had 12 points and 12 assists.
For the Bucks, Damian Lillard scored 26 points in the first half and had 34 in the entire game. Brook Lopez had 22 points, Khris Middleton had 15, and Bobby Portis had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Two-time MVP Yannis Adetokunbo is unable to help the “Bucks” team due to a strained calf muscle in his left leg.
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.
2024-04-25 02:09:11