In the NBA Orlando bubble, the players earned their place with their performance from July 30 to August 14, when each team played eight matches to determine the final distribution of seats in the regular season.
Portland’s “Trail Blazers” basketball player Damian Lilard was named the most valuable player in the sowing games, and his club still has to beat the Memphis “Grizzlies” to reach the “play-off”.
Lilards averaged 37.6 points per game in that short period.
Also, in the NBA, one of the biggest supporters of “KIA” called the “first” and second team of the “bubble”.
The top five included Devin Bucker (Phoenix’s Dog), Luke Donchic (Dallas Mavericks), James Harden (Houston’s Rockets), Anthony Warren Junior (Indians “Pacers”) and Lilard.
Meanwhile, Porziņģis, Jannis Adetokunbo (Milwaukee Bucks), Kavai Lenards (Los Angeles Clippers), Kerry Leverts (Brooklyn Nets) and Michael Porters Jr. (Denver Nuggets) took the top five.
Significantly, the Mavericks basketball players were the only ones to take two places among the top ten players in the league.
The best coach in this period was “Dog” co-driver Montijs Williams, whose team finished the end of the season with a perfect balance – 8-0 -, but that was not enough to get into the “play-off”.
The top five in the league were chosen by journalists and television workers who have been to Orlando since day one.
The Dallas team will start the playoffs on Monday when they play their first game against the second strongest team in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Clippers, who won last year’s champion and most valuable player (MVP) award holder Lenard before this season.
For Porziņģis and his talented teammate Dončič, this will be his debut in the playoffs.
Brooklyn’s Nets and Rodion Kuruc will also play the first duel on Monday. The first round of the Nets playoffs will have to meet with the Toronto Raptors.
Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies are still fighting for a place in the playoffs. The Portland team will have one win to reach the play-off, while the Grizzlies have to win both matches. The winner of this pair will meet with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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