NBA. Last night, the Brooklyn Nets won against the Cleveland Cavaliers (115-108), during the play-in. Kevin Durant’s teammates, now qualified for the playoffs, will face the Boston Celtics in the first round. After their victory against the Los Angeles Clippers (109-104), the Minnesota Timberwolves are also qualified for the playoffs where they will find the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Brooklyn Nets will see the NBA playoffs. They won last night at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers (115-108) during the play-in. Author of 34 points, Kyrie Irving led his franchise to success and the playoffs. But the Nets leader was well helped by Kevin Durant, another star of the team who scored 25 pawns in the game. If the Nets find the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, the Cavs will face Atlanta or Charlotte in the play-in.
In the other game last night, the Minnesota Timberwolves also qualified for the NBA playoffs after beating the Los Angeles Clippers (109-104) in the NBA play-in. They join the playoffs where they will face the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. Top scorer of the Timberwolves with 30 points, Anthony Edwards has largely contributed to the qualification of his franchise as D’Angelo Russell, author of 29 pawns.
- Brooklyn Nets 115-108 Cleveland Cavaliers
- Minnesota Timberwolves 109-104 Los Angeles Clippers
The NBA regular season is over. The next play-in matches will take place overnight from Wednesday to Thursday:
- Atlanta Hawks – Charlotte Hornets (at 1:00 a.m. French time)
- New Orleans Pelicans – San Antonio Spurs (at 3:30 French time)
The 30 NBA franchises are divided into two conferences: the Western conference and the Eastern conference, here is the ranking in the West: NBA finalist last year, Phoenix continues its momentum this season, the Suns finished first in the Western conference with 64 wins and 18 losses. They are ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors. With 62 losses, the Houston Rockets finished last in the conference.
15 franchises make up the Eastern Conference standings, here is the latest standings: With 53 wins and 29 losses, the Miami Heat dominated the Eastern Conference during the regular season. Jimmy Butler’s teammates finish ahead of Jayson Tatum’s Boston Celtics. The Milwaukee Bucks of Giannis Antetokounmpo complete the podium. At the end of the standings, Orlando Magic is last with 60 defeats.
Each NBA franchise plays 82 games in the regular season. At the end of this regular season, the top eight franchises in each conference are ranked from 1 to 8. 1st faces 8th, 2nd is opposed to 7th,… The winners of the first round 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 series 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 made its appearance in the NBA in which the teams ranked from 7th to 10th place play 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 match 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:
Western Conference:
- Dallas Mavericks
- Denver Nuggets
- Golden State Warriors
- Houston Rockets
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Phoenix Suns
- Portland Blazers
- Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio Spurs
- Utah Jazz
Eastern Conference:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Boston Celtics
- Brooklyn Nets
- Charlotte Hornets
- Chicago Bulls
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Detroit Pistons
- Indiana Pacers
- Miami Heat
- Milwaukee Bucks
- New York Knicks
- Orlando Magic
- Philadelphia Sixers
- Toronto Raptors
- Washington Wizards
Prestigious event of the NBA, the best players come together for a weekend. Several events are organized such as the three-point contest, the dunk contest, the “skills challenge” and at the end, a gala match between the superstars of the American basketball league.
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Who will succeed Nikola Jokic? The Denver Nuggets center won the title of best regular season player last season. Among the favorites this year, Joel Embiid, pivot of the Philadelphia Sixers, top scorer of the season with 29.8 points on average. Nikola Jokic is also among the favorites at his own estate where the Serbian tops all stats in his franchise except for three-point shooting percentage (Bryn Forbes) and steal percentage (Facundo Campazzo). Stephen Curry with the Golden State Warriors or Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Milwaukee Bucks are also among the contenders for the MVP title for this 2021-2022 season.
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