Call him Century signatureBut the arrival of Luka Dončić to Lakers has been closed with a bitter drink. The Los Angeles team was eliminated tonight of the Anthony Edwards Timberwolves, which starts with 23 years to have a family name in the battle for the American Professional League title. Minnesota, the sixth in the West, defeated the angels at home (103-96) and in five dominant matches. The team will face in the semi-finals who win the series between Golden Stayette and Houston Ructas, which has been overlooked at the present time and Oremers 3-2. This is the first time in the story that the Lakers team is canceled, which closed the third place in the conference schedule in the first round.
It was a difficult battle that ended with Dončić to receive back pain and Lubron James Hort from the knee after a clash with Donte Divinnzo. On the arrival of the Slovenian star to Lakers, a pair of direct favorites to fight for the tournament, but Lakers wore tired tonight. It seems that they did not realize that they faced the end of their season.
James, 40, scored 5 out of 22 points in the last quarter, only when his team pressed and stood in front of the results board only once. Dončić, who was not touched by the back clouds and harassment by Minnesota’s defense at the end. He was wearing only three points from 28 points in the last minutes. Sunday, In the fourth match, which was also lost38 points.
You cannot talk about Anthony Edwards, the ambitious tuning of Minnesota, which was eliminated by Donnic and Dallas Maverx last year. Edwards was essential in previous matches, but tonight had irregular moments (failed at thirteen three times) who forced others to his colleagues to become leaders. This was very clear Rudi Jubert.
Dončić signing a lot of joy among Lakers, but also this is concerned when he is sent to Dallas Anthony Davis The team has run out of the real pivotal wing to control basket. Wow missed him tonight as Frenchman Jubert made his second home around the Los Angeles painting.
The four defense player was in the year, he had more than a quick performance during the previous games of the series, but tonight was the Minnesota star with 27 points and 24 rebounds, 9 of whom fell into Lakers. Sometimes, the French was surrounded by up to three of the yellow T -Hirts that tried to capture a plate. The most dominant performance of a axis wing of Timberwolves has been in the qualifiers since Kevin Garnett.
Minnesota doubled while Julius Randel and Jadien McDaniels were on the field. The presence of the former Nix player to Timberwolves gave a winning series since the beginning of March. Tonight was the key to neutralizing James and Dunic. Randel scored 11 out of 23 points in the last quarter. The only thing that I kept in Raya is the problems of his mistake.
Lakers again showed the shortcomings of their bank. Minnesota alternatives contributed 22 points. Nickel Alexander Walker is especially shone. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles coach, JJ Redick, had to resort to Gabe Vincent, who scored the zero point after two shots in 26 minutes. He also gave the German Maxi Kleber opportunity, who watched Action for the first time since one foot was broken in January.
Redk was criticized after Sunday’s defeat for using the same five titles during the second half of the fourth match. The team was losing the gas and ended up with three points (116-113) in a match where Edwards scored 43 points. The coach will have to think about how to strengthen the team after Luca stumbled in his first year with Lakers.
Houston is a victory and anger on Golden Station
Houston Ructas was against the strings in the fifth match against Golden Station. Thus they acted because they left the dressing rooms. With their victory (131-116) they expanded an intensive series, full of physical communication and anger. Ructas will play the season on Friday (early morning in Spain) in the sixth match, which will be played in San Francisco.
Houston ended the second regular season in the West. On Wednesday, the speed of the first minutes to stop the Steve Carrie and Jimmy Bater team Which strengthened the team in February.
Farid Vanflett, ancient Houston warriors in a young team, the great series in which he closed a defeat on Monday, in which he scored eight three times. This afternoon scored 26 points. With only 13 minutes of play, he had already led three of four long -distance attempts. 14 early points have been supported by the rest of the main addresses, especially the Turkish alternity Sengun and Dillon Brooks always controversial, which he had Beck with Patel in the four match.
Warriors lack the rhythm from the beginning. It was nearly six minutes in the first half without scoring one point. Bater and Carrie reached the second period without a basket, despite the presence of seven attempts between them. Bater, who won the name “Jimmy Qualifiers” when he was in Miami, opened his personal account just three minutes before rest.
Houston wins 31 points. The feature was so loose that both coaches sat their stars since the end of the third period to give their stars. However, in the last quarter, San Francisco Bank answered and removed the seven inactivity heroes. Musa Modi was the best scorer with 25 points. Kevin Nox followed, with 14 points in 17 minutes (Carrie scored 13 points in 23 minutes on the field).
Secondary employees suggested to visitors to return. He showed many characters after Bat Spence gave Sengun a light head, causing the game to be paid. The referees gave technical crimes to both teams and sent bathing to the Golden State base, which left the game with 11 points.
The alternatives of the warriors reduced the feature at 13 points in the last quarter and seven minutes to play. The threat to the position of the IME UDOKA coach’s position in Broks again, Sengun and IN Thompson, who closed tonight with 25 points. Steve Care, on the other hand, threw the towel and left his best players waiting for them to advance on Friday to the semi -finals, where Anthony Edwards and Minnesota Timberolves are waiting for them.
