The path of the Miami Heat of Mexican Jaime Jáquez will be long in defending its crown within the Eastern Conference.
The quintet led by Erik Spoelstra took advantage of the Toronto Raptors, a team that is already eliminated, to return to winning ways in their penultimate game of the 2023-2024 NBA season. Miami won 125-103 in a duel held at the Kaseya Center, same thing that did not help him improve his position in the general table.
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The good news in Miami passed through the prominence that Mexican forward Jaime Jáquez Jr. regained, who was the element of his team that spent the most time on the court with 31 minutes, where he recorded 20 points, distributed nine assists and captured four rebounds.
In total, there were five elements of the winning squad that exceeded double digits on offense, led by Nikola Jovic’s 22 goals. With the game practically resolved from the first half, Spoelstra gave important rest to his two figures (Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler).
With this victory, the Heat improved their record to 45 wins and 36 losses, good for eighth place in the East seeding. Their chances of advancing directly to the playoffs ended after their loss in the previous game at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks. The regular phase will culminate in Miami when they meet the Raptors again on Sunday.
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THE SIXTH IS IN THE AIR
Friday’s day at NBA matched the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers in search of that sixth place in the Eastern Conference, the last one that grants a direct ticket to the next round.
The 76ers are closing with great force, by adding their seventh win in a row, the last of them 125-113 over the Orlando Magic.
Once Joel Embiid’s return was confirmed, everything improved in Philadelphia. The center of Cameroonian origin stood out with 32 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists. The victory put them with a record of 46 wins and 35 losses, the same record as the Indiana Pacers. In their case, they lost 120-129 to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
They will compete for that sixth place in the East on Sunday, in the last game of the campaign. Indiana will face the Atlanta Hawks, while Philadelphia will do the same with the Brooklyn Nets.
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2024-04-14 14:32:55
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