Memphis, Tennessee – JA MORANT raised the shoulders of a crowd to the right to score 22 points and add nine assists and the Memphis grizzly greeks beat the Dallas Mavericks, 120-106, Friday evening to qualify for the NBA qualifiers.
Memphis obtained the eighth seeded from the Western Conference and will open up against Oklahoma City with a series of seven best from Sunday on the original field of Thunder.
Morant was injured Tuesday evening in Golden State at the opening of the Grizzlies tournament and was questionable to play on Friday. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 24 points and Desmond Bane had 22.
Anthony Davis led Dallas with 40 points and nine rebounds. Klay Thompson had 18 points.
Davis drink in the fourth trimester with what seemed to be an injury on the right. He returned briefly but did not finish the match.
Memphis saw an advance of 25 points in the first half melted in the third quarter while the Mavericks designed a race of 27-12 extending to half-time. This brought Dallas’s deficit to a figure with a single figure halfway through the third.
The Grizzlies retained the advance at 96-80 before the last quarter and Dallas never threatened the rest of the path.
The Mavericks closed the first half with eight consecutive points to cut it to 66-49.
Davis had 22 in half-time, while Morant had 16 points for Memphis.
Dallas, who defeated Sacramento 120-106 Wednesday evening to win a place against the grizzlyats, did not seem to have the same spark to start the match, never leading against Memphis.
Davis did his part to strike Dallas’ offensive attack, but Memphis aTa with a balanced score.
Zach Edey collected 15 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, and Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 13 points.
In the game of the Eastern Conference …
Heat 123, Hawks 114 (OT): After making the story of the NBA tournament by winning two games on the road, Miami Heat will not be afraid to face Cleveland of seeded in the playoffs.
Tyler Herro scored 30 points while pouring two 3 points in overtime and the Heat gathered after losing an early advance to win at Atlanta on Friday evening.
Miami will play in Cleveland on Sunday evening in the opening match of the first round of the eliminations of the Eastern Conference.
“I know how much our group wanted to get into this thing,” said Miami coach Erik Spoelstra. “I could see him in their eyes and feel it in their hearts.”
Davion Mitchell scored only seven payment points before adding three 3 points in overtime for Miami.
The Heat has become the first seeded n ° 10 of one or the other conference to make the playoffs since the launch of the current game format during the 2020-2021 season. Miami has also become the first game team to move forward with two victories on the road.
“We did this hard. We are tested in combat,” said Haywood Highsmith of Miami, who had 12 points and 10 rebounds. “We can go anywhere and beat anyone.”
Asked about the challenge of facing Cleveland, Spoelstra said: “I am so grateful that we are in the playoffs. We are the first team to do so, and why not, to face two games on the road.”
Adding Highsmith: “We fought to enter the playoffs. Now that we are, we are not going to go out soft.”
The dismissal of Trae Young with 1.3 seconds remaining in the regulation equaled the scoring at 106, forcing overtime. Young scored 29 points with 11 assists. The former USC and Chino Hills High Onyaka Okongwu Halls collected 28 points with 12 rebounds for the Hawks.
“Not doing the playoffs is a failure for me,” said Young.
Miami started hard, scoring the first 10 points of the match and leading by 17 points to 45-28 in the second period.
The Hawks equalized the scoring for the first time at 88 on a Lay-Up of Térance Mann. Young’s 3 pointer gave Atlanta his first advance at 91-88 with 7:36 to play.
Atlanta led 93-92 before Okongwu hit a 3-point. After a flight from Dyson Daniels, the Dunk of Okongwu extended the advance at 98-92.
Heat Nikola Jovic striker, who had been released since February 23 with a broken right hand, was available but did not play. Goalkeeper Pelle Larsson (ankle) was also available for the first time since April 7.
After having established seasonal low -ends with four 3 points manufactured and 21 attempted Orlando in the first game game, coach Quin Snyder said that his players “should be more ready to take 3 disputed.”
The Hawks responded by trying 21 shots at 3 points in the first half against Miami, while doing five. For the match, Atlanta pulled 16 for 47 behind the arc.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
