“Cavaliers” for a minimum of eight matches reached the conference finals, and the thunder evened the score in the series with the spurs.
“Atlanta” second season in a row got 0:4 from “Cleveland” – the hawks were close to their first victory over the main favourite of the East, but at the crucial moment the individual skills of LeBron James allowed the Cavaliers to avoid returning series in Ohio.
The hosts tried to take the “Cleveland” with his own weapon, however, the rate for three-pointers (9 of 31) did not work. In the end a kind of duel staged James and shredder, the leader of the guests, double-scored with the game and confident ottamisesta against the German playmaker.
Atlanta – Cleveland – 99:100 (36:27, 22:29, 19:25, 22:19), the account in a series 0:4
A: Schroeder (21 + 6 assists), Millsap (19 + 9 rebounds), Sefolosha (16 + 6 rebounds).
To: Lav (27 + 13 rebounds), James (21 + 10 rebounds + 9 assists + 6 turnovers), Irving (21 + 8 assists).
Kevin Durant saved for the “Oklahoma” series, “San Antonio”, because when the score was 1:3, “thunder” would be very difficult to extend the playoffs for just one more match. The hosts exploded in the last quarter and has caught the team Gregg Popovich, not smelling the proximity of the turning point in the game.
In the last 12 minutes, Kevin Durant scored 17 points – San Antonio” the whole team scraped together 16 points. “Spurs did not go distant throws (2 of 12), there was no usual ball movement (12 assists against 23 from “Oklahoma”). Revelation for “San Antonio” was the game of Steven Adams, one of the best matches in the season were given, and Dion, Waiters.
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Oklahoma — San Antonio 111:97 (17:27, 28:26, 32:28, 34:16), the account in a series 2:2
About: Kevin Durant (41 + 5 rebounds + 5 losses), Waiters (17), Adams (16 + 11 rebounds).
SA: Parker (22), Leonard (21 + 6 rebounds + 4 steals), Aldridge (20 + 6 rebounds).
