NBA Minnesota Defeats Phoenix for 3 Consecutive Wins in First Round of Playoffs
The Minnesota Timberwolves won three games in a row in the first round (4 wins out of 7) of the National Basketball Association (NBA) 2023-2024 Playoffs (PO) Western Conference.
Minnesota won 126-109 in the third away game against the Phoenix Suns held at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the 27th (Korean time).
Minnesota, which won the first and second games at home and the first away game, won the first three games and was in a very advantageous position to advance to the second round. 카지노사이트
There has never been a case where a team that lost games 1 to 3 in an NBA short-term game turned the tables by winning games 4 to 7.
Until last season, in 151 cases where a team won three games in a row, the team that won three games in a row first won the series, without a single exception.
The winner of the Minnesota-Phoenix game will meet the winner of the Denver Nuggets-LA Lakers game in the second round.
In the first round between Denver and the LA Lakers, Denver won all three games, so unless there is a major upset, there is a high possibility that Denver, ranked second in the Western Conference regular league, and Minnesota, ranked third, will clash in the second round.
Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards scored 36 points, and Rudy Gobert (19 points, 14 rebounds) and Karl-Anthony Towns (18 points, 13 rebounds) both achieved double-doubles.
If Minnesota advances to the second round, it will advance to the next round of the playoffs for the first time in 20 years since the 2003-2004 season.
Phoenix’s ‘big three’, including Bradley Beal (28 points), Kevin Durant (25 points), and Devin Booker (23 points), all scored more than 20 points, but were pushed to the brink by a 28-50 score in rebounds.
The fourth game between the two teams will be held at the same location on the 29th.
In the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 121-118 thanks to Tyrese Haliburton’s three-point play with one second left in overtime.
Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton hit a tying 3-pointer 2 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime, and he hit another 3-pointer 8 seconds before the end of overtime, but ultimately lost the game.