The Clippers conclude the regular season in style and send the Warriors to the dam

Golden State Warriors against Los Angles Clippers, the most important meeting on Sunday, which saw the 30 NBA franchises playing their last regular season game, ended last, for a perfect scenario, after a superb game in a successful premiere of the play-offs. At the end of a meeting completed in overtime, the Clippers beat the Warriors to ensure a direct qualification in play-offs. Conversely, the strip to Stephen Curry will have to go through the dams.

While the suspense remained whole for places 4 to 10 in the final classification of the Western Conference, the Clippers managed to follow an eighth success (124-119) to keep their 5^e Place and challenge the 2023 Champion Denver in the first round, winner in Houston (126-111), who was already sure to finish 2^e.

Veterans at the rendezvous

The match, tight and undecided, knew 23 leader changes, with equality 103 everywhere at 3 minutes from the end. In front of his audience, Stephen Curry (36 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists), supported by Jimmy Butler (30 points), was monumental at the end of the game, but saw the collective of Clippers answer him. Ivica Zubac equalized a minute from the end, Kawhi Leonard (33 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists) missing a first match ball at the Siren.

In overtime, two distant baskets of James Harden (39 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists) gave a quick advantage to the Clippers, who then held. The Warriors fell from a place in 7^e position and will welcome Memphis on Tuesday (8^e) for a dam whose winner will challenge Houston in the first round of the play-offs.

Utah jazz winners (116-105), the Minnesota Timberwolves by Anthony Edwards (43 points) and Rudy Gobert (19 points, 18 rebounds) confirmed their good dynamics to climb to 6^e place and challenge the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the play-offs (3^e) The lebron James and Luka Doncic. Sacramento (9^e) will welcome Dallas on Wednesday (10^e), which no longer really resembles the 2024 finalist, between the departure of Luka Doncic and the absence on injury of Kyrie Irving.

The Oklahoma City Thunder has completed its superb season with a 68^e Success (14 defeats) in new Orleans (115-100), and will have the advantage of the field up to a possible final thanks to the best assessment of the whole League.

Atlanta-Orlando Acte I

The positions in the ranking being frozen in the east, many teams turned the workforce on Sunday, leaving the usual replacement shining. For the Hawks of Zaccharie Risacher (6 points), this last meeting was an opportunity to study the Magic d’Orlando more closely, beaten 117 to 105, which they will find on Tuesday in the first meeting of dams in Florida.

The winner of this dry match will be propelled into a play-offs for a first round against the defending champion Boston, winner against Charlotte 93 to 86 with 34 points of Payton Pritchard. The Hawks-Magic loser will have a new opportunity on Friday to reach the play-offs against the Wednesday match winner between Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls.

Miami ended up losing Sunday against Washington 119 at 118 despite 41 points and 10 rebounds by Jaime Jaquez Jr. Alexandre Sarr compiled 10 points, 8 rebounds and 4 passes for Wizards. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who ended up to the east (64 victories – 18 losses), lost after two extensions against Indiana (126-118).