Last year’s finalists Miami Heat and the New Orleans Pelicans have secured the last tickets for the play-offs of the NBA professional basketball league. Miami clearly won the play-in duel with the Chicago Bulls in their own hall with 112:91 and will face main round leaders Boston Celtics in the final round. The first game of the best-of-seven series takes place on Sunday.
The Pelicans defeated the Sacramento Kings 105:98 and will face the Oklahoma City Thunder, the best team in the Western Conference, in the playoff round of 16.
In the absence of their star Jimmy Butler, who had a knee injury, Tyler Herro became the key player for Miami, which only had to admit defeat to the Denver Nuggets in the final series last year with 24 points, ten rebounds and nine assists.
The final round begins on Saturday. At 7 p.m., world champions Franz and Moritz Wagner open with the Orlando Magic at the Cleveland Cavaliers. Orlando is in the round of the best 16 for the first time since the 2019/20 season. – The pairings at a glance:
Osten: Boston Celtics (1.) – Miami Heat (8.), New York Knicks (2.) – Philadelphia 76ers (7.), Milwaukee Bucks (3.) – Indiana Pacers (6.), Cleveland Cavaliers (4.) – Orlando Magic (5.).
Western: Oklahoma City Thunder (1.) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (7.), Denver Nuggets (TV/2.) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (8.), Minnesota Timberwolves (3.) vs. Phoenix Suns (6.), Los Angeles Angels Clippers (4th) – Dallas Mavericks (5th).
2024-04-20 02:33:52
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