ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drags Oklahoma to the 3-0 series against Phoenix, valid for the first round of Nba playoffs. The Canadian star puts together a 42-point test, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the success of the Thunder on Suns parquet for 109-121. For Chet Holmgren only 10 points, while from the bench comes a substantial contribution of Alex Caruso, which ends in contact with a personal loot of 13 points and 5 rebounds. Phoenix does not exploit the absence of Jalen Williams and the field factor and will be immediately behind the wall in race-4, scheduled Tuesday at 03.30 Italian. The Suns are not enough to score 33 points from an inspired Dillon Brooks to avoid a heavy 3-0.
Minnesota is not wrong and beats Denver in the house for the second time. Victory for 112-96 signed by the Timberwolves, which rise on 3-1 in the series thanks to a 43-star Ayo Dosunmu test, able to finish its performance with 76% from the field in 42 minutes of play. Sponda Nuggets, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic try with 54 combined points, but the second unit of the Colorado franchise provides too little input to think of moving to the Target Center. The series returns to Denver for race-5 Tuesday at 04.30 Italian, where Minnesota will have the first match point available.
New York expels the Atlanta Hawks plant in race-4 and brings the series in perfect parity (2-2). The Knicks came out for 114-98 using the craft of a Karl Anthony Towns in triple double (22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists) and an OG Anunoby from 22 points and 10 assists. Jalen Brunson adds 19 points and the quintet of Big Apple will be able to take advantage of the field factor in race-5 on Wednesday (at 02.00) to go to match point.
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