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Bucks and Warriors reach second round of playoffs
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo comes to the throw against Chicago’s DeMar DeRozan.
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Milwaukee/San Francisco. Defending champions Milwaukee Bucks and the Golden State Warriors have advanced to the second round of the playoffs in the North American professional basketball league NBA.
The Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 116-100 and the Warriors 102-98 against the Denver Nuggets. Both teams prevailed in their series with 4:1.
The best pitcher of the evening was Giannis Antetokounmpo, who led the Bucks to a clear victory against Chicago with 33 points. Milwaukee already had a clear lead in the first quarter (34:18), Chicago couldn’t catch up after that. The Bulls were missing Zach LaVine and Alex Caruso, while DeMar DeRozan had just 11 points.
In the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, the Bucks now meet the Boston Celtics around German center Daniel Theis. The Celtics had knocked out the Brooklyn Nets in four games.
The Warriors, who were long behind the Nuggets, had a much harder time than the Bucks in game five of their series. With a strong final quarter (32:20), Golden State was able to turn the game around – also because Denver’s star player Nikola Jokic had foul problems. The Serb still had 30 points, 19 rebounds and eight assists, the Warriors’ best pitcher was Stephen Curry, also with 30 points. Golden State is the first team in the Western Conference to advance to the second round.
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