The playoffs have started and the defending Warriors are in the tough in Sacramento, which leads 2-0.
Respectively arriving 3rd in the East and West, Philadelphia and Sacramento took the lead in their duel against Brooklyn and Golden State. Both franchises lead 2-0. On the night of Monday April 17 to Tuesday April 18, in Game 2, the Sixers relied on Tyrese Maxey who scored 33 points. Joel Embid again made a clean copy with 20 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists like Tobias Harris, at 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists. In the West, despite Stephen Curry’s 28 points, the defending champions fell again in the Golden 1 Center. De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis both finished the game with 24 points.
Next night, it’s the continuation of games 2 with Boston who will have the opportunity to take off at TD Garden against the Atlanta Hawks. Defeated at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, the Cavaliers will try to come back to the score, the Knicks having won the first game. With the arrival of Kevin Durant, the Suns could have seemed stronger. But it was necessary to take into account the adversity which is very high at the Clippers with a Kawhi Leonard who activated the play-offs mode. Two days ago, the American inflicted 38 points on the helpless Suns.
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Milwaukee Bucks – Miami Heat (1-0)
Cleveland Cavaliers – New York Knicks (0-1)
Philadelphia Sixers – Brooklyn Nets (2-0)
Boston Celtics – Atlanta Hawks (1-0)
Denver Nuggets – Minnesota Timberwolves (1-0)
Phoenix Suns – Los Angeles Clippers (0-1)
Sacramento Kings – Golden State Warriors (2-0)
Memphis Grizzlies – Los Angeles Lakers (0-1)
In the West, Nicolas Jokic led his team to victory. The Nuggets have the best record in this Western Conference with 23 wins and 29 losses. They narrowly edge out the Memphis Grizzlies who took advantage of a superb Ja Morant during the regular season. Sacramento placed third. The Suns who were joined by Kevin Durant came in 4th ahead of the Clippers who finished the regular season well with the return of Kawhi Leonard. The defending champions, Golden State Warriors provided the essentials like the Lakers of Lebron James who finally got away with it. Rudy Gobert’s Minnesota team completed the “Final 8”.
In the East Milwaukee, Boston and Philadelphia were the favorites and they held their ranks and took the top three spots in the conference regular season respectively. Fourth place went to the Cleveland Cavaliers carried by Donovan Mitchell. The New York Knicks are back in the playoffs. It’s only the second time in 10 years that the franchise has played in the finals. The Brooklyn Nets are victims of the departures of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks are the last two teams to qualify.
Each NBA franchise plays 82 regular season games. At the end of this regular season, the top eight franchises in each conference are ranked 1-8. 1st takes on 8th, 2nd takes on 7th,… Round 1 winners advance to the Conference Semi-Finals , the winners of the second round advance to the conference finals. The champions of each conference meet in the NBA Finals. The playoffs are played in the best of 7 games which are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, since the 2013-2014 season.
Since the 2020-2021 season, the play-in has been introduced in the NBA in which teams ranked 7th through 10th play in a mini tournament. The 7th and 8th of each conference face each other in a match, where the winner is qualified in 7th position of the playoffs. The loser plays the winner of the matchup between 9th and 10th in each conference, where the winner of the game advances to the playoffs in 8th place.
In the NBA, there are 30 franchises divided into two conferences:
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The double for Nikola Jokic! The Denver Nuggets pivot has won the title of best regular season player for the second consecutive season. The Serb edged out another interior, Joel Embiid who was among the favorites for the title.
