Basketball world champion Franz Wagner and the Orlando Magic have the playoff finals of the NBA reached. The Florida team prevailed in the first game of the Play-in tournament against the Atlanta Hawks with 120: 95. As number seven from the Eastern Conference, Orlando is dealing with defending champion Boston Celtics in round one of the playoffs.
Wagner came up with mixed 13 points and did not meet a single of his five attempts from a distance. However, he was able to set accents on the defensive and contributed 13 rebounds – maximum value of all players of the game. Best actor at Orlando Was Cole Anthony with 26 points, the German professional Tristan da Silva scored four points. At Atlanta, Topstar Trae Young protruded with 28 points.
The Hawks still have one last chance to participate in the playoffs. In the final play-in duel for eighth place in the east Atlanta On Friday (local time) on the winner of the game between the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat.
Warriors around curry beat grizzlies scarce
In the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors secured the playoff participation through the first detour. The team led by superstar Stephen Curry struck the Memphis Grizzlies with 121:116 in home hall. In the first round of the final series, the ex-master from San Francisco meets the Houston Rockets.
Like the Hawks in the east, the grizzlies in the Western Conference still have a possibility on the playoffs. In the last play-in game, Memphis welcomes the duel between the Sacramento Kings and the Dallas Mavericks. The winner of this game moves into the playoffs as number eight in the west and gets it to deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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