The duels of NBAPlayoffs are set: The last two places secure the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Both get it with the first place finishers of theirs Conference to do.
The Miami Heat sat down in the play-in duel in the North American basketball league with the Chicago Bulls on Friday (04/14/2023/local time) with 102:91 and meet on Sunday in the first round against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Timberwolves dominated the Oklahoma City Thunder especially in the second half and with the 120:95 they developed a first round series against the Denver Nuggets.
The Bucks and the Nuggets were the best teams in the main round Eastern and Western Conference.
Miami’s Adebayo with 17 rebounds
In the Heat, Jimmy Butler and Max Strus impressed with 31 points each. Bam Adebayo had a poor evening on offense, hitting just one of nine shots, but still had a big hand in his side’s playoff qualification with 17 rebounds.
Towns near Minnesota convincingly
At Minnesota, Rudy Gobert was allowed to play again after his suspension and contributed 21 points and 10 rebounds. The best player for the Timberwolves was the same as in the loss to the Los Angeles Lakers three days earlier Karl-Anthony Towns, who had 28 points and 11 rebounds.
also one double-double Anthony Edwards posted 19 points and 10 rebounds.