NBA play-offs continued with 4 matches. Rockets, who finished the Western Conference in the second place, was the guest of the 7th Conference Warriors in the third match of the play-off first round series.
Alperen Şengün, a national basketball player who took about 33 minutes in Rockets, played 15 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. Fred Vanvleet 17 and Dillon Brooks recorded 13 points.
Stephen Curry, who went forward 2-1 in the series, fought with 36 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and Buddy Hield 17 points.
Thunder, the first team to jump a tour
Oklahoma City Thunder, the winner of the Western Conference, won the first round series 4-0 by defeating Memphis Grizzlies 117-115 in the 8th ordinary play-offs and became the first team to rise to the conference semi-finals.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Thunder, 38 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and Jalen Williams 23 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists performed.
In the host Grizzlies, Scotty Pippen JR’s 30, Desmond Bane and Santi Aldama’nın 23’er could not prevent the defeat.
Nuggets won with the last seconds
Denver Nuggets, who finished the Western Conference in 4th place, met with Los Angeles Clippers, 5th conference in the 4th match of the play-off first round series.
Aaron Gordon, who completed the ball with the dunk of the ball in the three-point shooting of Nikola Jokic with a dunk, brought a 101-99 win to Nuggets and made the series 2-2.
The Clippers-Nuggets struggle was the first encounter with the last seconds since the 1997-1998 season, when instant position records in the NBA began to be kept.
Jokic 36 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists, Michael Porter Jr 17 points, 4 rebounds, Christian Braun 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and Aaron Gordon 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.
Jokic, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor’dan after a NBA play-off match at least 35 points, 20 rebounds, 8 assists as the 4th player.
In Clippers, Kawhi Leonard’s 24 points, 9 rebounds, Norman Powell’s 22 points, 4 rebounds and Ivica Zubac’s 19 points, 12 rebounds contribution, could not prevent defeat.
The winner of the match will be Thunder’s rival in the western semifinals of the Western Conference.
Consequences
Miami Heat-Cleveland Cavaliers: 87-124 (0-3)
Memphis Grizzlies-Oklahoma City Thunder: 115-117 (0-4)
Los Angeles Clippers-from Nuggets: 99-101 (2-2)
Golden State Warriors-Houston Rockets: 104-93 (2-1)