Under pressure: Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets (HARRY HOW)
Before the big NBA main round final, three teams are tied at the top in the West, something that has never happened before in the history of the professional basketball league. Oklahoma City Thunder, the Minnesota Timberwolves and defending champion Denver Nuggets, all from the Northwest Division, each have a 56:25 record after 81 of 82 games – it will be exciting.
All 30 teams will be in action on Sunday and the last open questions before the play-offs will be clarified. If the three top clubs in the Western Conference continue to be level after 82 games – i.e. at 57:25 or 56:26 – the duels between them will decide the table placements. Here OKC (5:3) leads ahead of Minnesota (4:4) and Denver (3:5). Oklahoma plays the Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota plays the Phoenix Suns and Denver plays the Memphis Grizzlies.
For the German world champions Franz and Moritz Wagner, Orlando Magic still has something at stake. With a win against the Milwaukee Bucks (7 p.m. CET/ProSieben MAXX), the brothers would complete the play-off spot in the East. Orlando can also slip into the play-in tournament if the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers win. Everyone is at 46:35, the situation is just as tight as that at the top of the West.
Daniel Theis (Los Angeles Clippers), Maxi Kleber (Dallas Mavericks) and Isaiah Hartenstein (New York Knicks) have secured the play-off place with their teams, national team captain Dennis Schröder didn’t even make it into the play-in with the Brooklyn Nets. Competition. The Clippers and the Mavericks meet in the round of 16, with LA having the home advantage as fourth in the table.
2024-04-14 05:09:58
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