MADRID, 15 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics finished leaders of the Western and Eastern Conference, respectively, before the start of the NBA Play-offs, which start this Saturday, although the previous phase, the ‘Play-In’, will be played first. , to which LeBron James’s Los Angeles Lakers and Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors will turn.
After the culmination this morning of the Regular Phase of the NBA 2023-2024, the ‘Play-offs’ and ‘Play-In’ positions were defined – new this year – to begin to elucidate the path to the ring. The Thunder defined the tie at the top of the West with their overwhelming victory (135-86) against the Dallas Mavericks, although their rival in the playoffs will emerge from that new preview.
The Denver Nuggets, second, will also have to wait for this ‘Play-In’ to be resolved, while the Minnesota Timberwolves will face the Phoenix Suns, sixth in the West and who beat them 106-125 on this last day. This victory and the overwhelming defeat (108-124) of the Pelicans against the Lakers allows them to avoid that previous match and go straight to the crossroads. Also going to the ‘Play-offs’ are the Los Angeles Clippers, fourth, and the Dallas Mavericks, fifth.
While the aforementioned Pelicans did not avoid the ‘Play-In’ and will have to face each other again with LeBron James’ Lakers, eighth, against whom they will once again risk their future in one game. The winner will be a rival of the Nuggets already in the ‘Play-offs’, while the one who falls will have a new opportunity against the one who also loses in the duel between Kings and Warriors. The winner will be the rival of Oklahoma.
In the East, Boston finished as leader and awaits a rival along with New York Nicks, second, of the ‘Play-In’, which will play Philadelphia Sixers, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks. The winner of the duel between the first two will meet the Celtics, while the loser will continue to exhaust his options against the one who also falls in the match between Bulls and Hawks. The winner will be the Nicks’ rival.
In this conference, the Milwaukee Bucks will face the Indiana Pacers, and the Cleveland Cavaliers will meet the Orlando Magic. They will do so in a first round of ‘Play-offs’ that will start on Saturday, April 20, while, between Tuesday the 16th and Friday the 19th, the ‘Play-In’ matches of both conferences will be played.
2024-04-15 08:53:00
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