Marie Mahé, Media365, published on Tuesday May 06, 2025 at 8:40 am
This Monday evening, as part of match 1 of the second round of the NBA play-offs, the Denver Nuggets had the last word against OKC, just like the New York Knicks at the Boston Celtics.
Denver ended up having the last word. This Monday evening, as part of match 1 of the second round of the NBA play-offs, the Nuggets, champions in 2023, won the prosecution of the Thunder of Oklahoma City (119-121). In this meeting, the visitors, led by an exceptional Nikola Jokic (42 points, 22 rebounds, 6 assists), had not led since the first quarter, but they received to win, thanks to a distant shot from Aaron Gordon, succeeded just three seconds from the mermaid. The Thunder, the best team of the regular season, had led almost the entire meeting, but counting a maximum of 14 points aheadas in the second quarter (55-41, 60-46) or even during the third and penultimate (82-68). 6’39 from the end, OKC was still thirteen lengths in advance but then missed his end of the match. The fault, in particular, to attacking problems and only twelve additional points scored to the siren.
Boston thought he had done the hardest
Boston can have regrets. The Celtics, reigning champions, bowed after extension, during match 1 of the second round of the NBA play-offs, against the New York Knicks (105-108). However, during the third and penultimate quarter, the locals were still 20 lengths in advance (72-52). An advantage which seemed, at that time, necessarily definitive. Finally, it was nothing and New York, thanks to a very nice end of the match, ended up overthrowing everythingunder the leadership, in particular, of Jalen Brunson (29 points) or even by Og Anunoby (29 points at 6/11 with three-points). It was 7’25 from the siren that visitors managed to equalize, before an irrespirable end of the meeting. The Celtics notably pay their clumsiness to three-point fire (15/60 to 25% success). This Monday, Jayson Tatum (23 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists) became the fifth best marker in the history of Boston in play-offs, but that was therefore not enough.
