Capela and the Hawks face the Hornets in NBA play-off
Brooklyn secured its 7th place in the East, giving it the advantage of the floor in the qualifying play-off. Atlanta, for its part, secured its 9th place. Make way for the play-offs, then the play-offs.
Clint Capela, who defends here on Alperen Sengun, and the Atlanta Hawks did the right thing against the Houston Rockets.
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Brooklyn secured its 7th place in the East, giving it the advantage of the floor in the qualifying play-off for the NBA play-offs, after its victory against Indiana (134-126), Sunday, during the last day of the season. regular.
The Nets will therefore receive Cleveland (8th) on Tuesday at the Barclays Center. If they win, they will enter the play-offs as the No. 7 seed, for a first round against Milwaukee, the defending champion, or Boston, in the fight for 2nd place. If they lose, they will have a second chance, still at home, against the winner of the other play-off between Atlanta (9th) and Charlotte (10th), and then face Miami, the best team in the Conference.
In the meantime, they did the job against the Pacers, Kyrie Irving proving to be terribly effective (35 pts, 15/20 on shots, 7 rebounds) and Kevin Durant being in the oven and in the mill with a triple-double at the key (20 pts, 16 assists, 10 rebounds) “These last few weeks have been marked by ups and downs for us. It’s been a long year and it’s the perfect time to play our best basketball,” said “KD” in anticipation of the games without a net to come.
At the same time, the Cavs beat (133-115) the Bucks, certainly deprived of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, spared. Coming off the bench, veteran Kevin Love found his shot of yesteryear (32 pts, 10 rebounds) with a nice 8/11 behind the arc.
18 points and 13 rebounds for Capela
Lower in the fight for the play-offs, Atlanta secured its 9th position, winning (130-114) in Houston, thanks to Trae Young (28 pts, 11 assists) and Danilo Gallinari (26 pts). The Geneva pivot Clint Capela managed a new “double double”: 18 points (7 out of 10 in shooting and 4 out of 4 in free throwing) and 13 rebounds, figures to which must be added 2 blocks.
The Hawks will receive the Hornets (10th), who beat Washington (124-108), relying on LaMelo Ball (24 pts, 10 rebounds, 9 assists).
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