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It passes for the Grizzlies, Dallas Tombers to spin in a play-offs. Memphis asserted his superiority throughout the game (120-106) by capitalizing on an offensively controlled first quarter (39-24), then a second in continuity to have a good lead in the break (66-49).
The Tennessee franchise, eighth of the regular season, was able to rely on a well -oiled collective with six players at more than ten points, led by Jaren Jackson Jr. (24). The Grizzlies will find in the first round in the West the Thunder of Oklahoma City, best assessment of the exercise 2024-2025 (68 victories – 14 defeats).
On the Texan side, Anthony Davis struggled with 40 units, but was the victim of discomfort in the right leg at the end of the game. Dallas, a NBA finalist in 2024, concluded a seasonal season, between the resounding transfer of his star Luka Doncic to the Lakers, against Davis, and the numerous injuries in his workforce, notably that of his other star, Kyrie Irving, victim of a break in the crossed ligaments of the knee.
Unpublished Miami
In the East, Miami has achieved unprecedented performance since the creation of the play-offs in 2021. The Heat became the first tenth conference team at the end of the regular season-the last qualifying place for dams-to access the play-offs. The men of Erik Spoelstra won 123 to 114, after extension, in the eighth Atlanta. They will meet in the first round the best assessment in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers (64 victories – 18 defeats).
“We had to fight to be in these play-offs. Now that we are there, we are not going to be shy“Said the ESPN microphone Haywood Highsmith, author of a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) for Miami. For the third consecutive year, the Floridians were successful and joined the play-offs. In 2023, the Heat had even gone to the NBA finals at the end of an already unprecedented course.
The Hawks will miss the final phase for the second season in a row. “”It's a failure for me “conceded the Leader of Atlanta, Trae Young, at a press conference. On Friday, the Heat took the head of entry and maintained the pressure on his opponent during most of the meeting, in a style opposition: slow and structured game on the Miami side, transitions and speed on the Atlanta side.
Until this sequence in the last minutes of the game, when the Hawks were in front for the first time, before tearing up the extension thanks to Trae Young, author of 29 points. Deja-vu for Miami, who has lost 15 games this season after leading to the fourth quarter, the only team to show such feverishness in the last resumption. But if he trembled, the Heat has recurred for this time to ward off the spell and impose itself, well helped by a Tyler Herro at 30 points and precise from afar (5 out of 10).
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