The Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Golden State Warriorsreigning champion, and qualified for the Western Conference final, while Miami Heat beat New York Knicks and will define the East, in another electrifying day of the NBA playoffs.
Lakers won 122-101 at its Crypto.com Arena stadium and won the series to the best of seven games by 4 to 2 and He got his ticket to the Western Conference final against the Denver Nuggetsthe team with the best performance in the regular season.
Led by the hand by a remarkable LeBron James, with 30 points, the Lakers left the Warriors on the road, who had a great Stephen Curry, with 32 points, but who had no company from the rest of the team. Curry’s Warriors, Klay Thompson (8 points) and Draymond Green (9) had not lost in a West playoff since coach Steve Kerr took over the team in the 2014-15 season.
in the lakers Austin Reaves added 23 points, followed by D’Angelo Russell with 19while Curry only had Donte Divincenzo as an aid with 16 goals.
For his part, Miami Heat defeated the New York Knicks at the Kaseya Center in Florida 96-92 and stayed with the series by a global of 4-2. Now The Heat await the finalist who will come out of the game between Boston Celtics-Philadelphia Sixers that even 3-3 and they will meet this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. in Argentina at the TD Garden stadium.
The Knicks had another huge performance from their point guard Jalen Brunson, who totaled 41 points, but ended up losing to Jimmy Butler’s team, author of 24 points, and Bam Adebayo, who finished with 23 baskets. Brunson, who spent 45 minutes on the court and matched his best mark in the playoffs with 41 points (he made five triples) and added four rebounds and three assists. Instead the other two figures of the Knicks, Julius Randle (15 points) and RJ Barrett (11), failed before the pressure and the defense of Miami and between them they added a bad statistic of 4/24 in field goals.