The Brooklyn Nets ended their hard-working NBA regular season on Sunday with a 134-126 win over the Indian Pacers and finished seventh in the East, so they will face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the ‘play-in’, while the other duel will be between the Charlotte Hornets and the Atlanta Hawks.
The 35 points from Kyrie Irving, together with a brilliant triple-double from Kevin Durant, with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists, allowed the Nets to secure home field advantage in the ‘play-in’ and it will be enough for them to beat the Cavaliers to get the ticket for the ‘playoffs’ as seventh classified.
The team that loses this duel, scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, will face on Friday the 15th the winner of the cross between the Hornets and the Hawks.
The Hawks finished ninth in the table after closing his regular season with a 130-114 victory against the Houston Rockets, with 28 points and eleven assists from Trae Young.
The Hornets added their third consecutive victory by beating the Washington Wizards with 25 points from Terry Rozier and a LaMelo Ball that touched the triple-double, with 24 points, ten rebounds and nine assists.
The loser of the clash between the Hawks and Hornets will be eliminated directly.
In the Western Conference, The ‘playoffs’ will be played by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the Los Angeles Clippers and the New Orleans Pelicans against the San Antonio Spurs.
The ‘play-in’ will be played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, while the ‘playoffs’ will begin on Saturday, April 16.