This Wednesday night, the teams that will fight for the last place at the Playoffs from NBA. First thing in the morning Chicago Bulls beat Toronto Raptors by 109-105, duel that was played in Canada.
There, Zach LaVine led a comeback by the Chicago team that went from less to more during the game. In fact, LaVine scored 30 of his 39 game points after halftime.
For his part, he was followed by DeMar DeRozan who scored 23 points and Nikola Vucevic with 14 points. In Toronto, Pascal Siakam shone with 32 points followed by Fred VanVleet with 26 points.
In this way, the Bulls will now face the Miami Heat this Friday, the team with which they will fight for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. Let’s remember that Miami lost the possibility of entering the Playoffs directly after falling with the Atlanta Hawks in recent days.
On the other hand, the other team that will fight for the eighth seed, but in the West, will be the Oklahoma City Thunder who defeated New Orleans Pelicans by 123-118.
In the Thunder the best was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with 32 points followed by Josh Giddey and Luguentz Dort with 31 and 27 points respectively. For his part, in the Pelicans Brandon Ingram scored 30 points and was followed by Trey Murphy III and Herbert Jones with 21 and 20 points, respectively.
It should be noted that Oklahoma will seek the eighth seed in the West against the Minnesota Timberwolves who lost their game for the direct quota against the Los Angeles Lakers.