2023-05-10 05:40:24
Matches 5 for the Sixers, Celtics, Nuggets and Suns! Who made the break? Who did the best performance of the night? We summarize everything here!
- Philadelphia Sixers 3-2 Boston Celtics
What a surprise and what a performance from the Sixers! With their backs to the wall at the end of Game 4 with mad pressure on their shoulders, they had found the resources to win in overtime and equalize in the series. Last night, in a very hot TD Garden and facing a very bland Boston team, the Sixers did much better by recovering the advantage of the field and offering themselves two games to end the series!
It all started with the usual trio, made up of James Harden the wand and the duo Maxey-Embiid in scoring. The latter two are doing everything they want once morest the Celtics’ very passive defense and, like the previous game, Boston is relying mainly on Jaylen Brown offensively. The C’s winger takes care of everything and seems comfortable offensively, helping himself in addition to two outside shots from Smart. But opposite, Embiid on the one hand then Maxey at the end of the quarter are very hot. Philly unrolls and recovers a 15-point lead at the start of the second quarter, quickly calming TD Garden. Despite this, Boston wakes up and Tatum finally out of its box. The latter chained the throws and now with more intensity, manages to bring his own -5! But Embiid is determined to react and unrolls, too on the throwing line. Philly thus regains a ten-point lead and seems determined to win this game, unlike the very irregular Celtics.
The return from the locker room is of the same ilk for both teams. Boston is only holding on to one player, this time once more Tatum who will score 16 points in this new quarter. Horford continues his complicated evening with a 0/7 on shots… In addition, the infernal trio are in great shape in front and continue their demonstration. So Boston continues to crack little by little and the gap to increase. The Celtics are doing everything they can to come back, but every moment Philadelphia finds the parade to give back a boost. Tyrese Maxey continues his superb game at the start of the fourth quarter and Boston is losing more and more of the game. The spectators leave the room and the rotations come out of the bench, it’s over.
Boston missed its game, or rather Philadelphia went completely for it with a trio on fire: Harden finished in 17/8/10, Maxey scored 30 points and Embiid 31. Opposite, Tatum finished with 36 and Brown with 24 Boston will have to save Philly in Game 6, or go on vacation!
- Phoenix Suns 2-3 Denver Nuggets
Here too, following a very close series with a parity score, we were impatiently awaiting this game, to find out who was going to take the lead and a big option on the final victory.
Like the match earlier in the evening, there was not so much discussion regarding the second. Or at least there was but for a few minutes and a Denver air pocket. Until that moment at the end of the second quarter, the Nuggets were unrolling their basketball. Despite 12 points of Devin Booker in the first quarter time and a good passage from Kevin DurantDenver shows all its talent with a Michael Porter Jr already completely on fire with 14 units. In every game we have the right to fire duels and this one is one of them. The two players go blow for blow but next to them, it is the Nuggets who have the advantage with the other players well at the level! Thus the gap is only increasing due to the very lonely duo of the Suns and a lack of external success. But everything falls for the locals in the second quarter. No success on shots, lost balls, an excellent Kevin Durant in front and a small ankle injury for Jamal Murray ! Nothing is going well for the Nuggets on this quarter who only register 17 points and see the Suns back on the scoreboard for the break: 52-49.
However, the storm was over for Denver and unfortunately for them, Phoenix didn’t even manage to take the lead. It’s too late now and when they return from the locker room, Denver goes on. Jokic is completely unstoppable and registers 17 units. Opposite, Nobody can do it, even Devin Booker is unsuccessful in the shoot and the gap explodes, reaching +20. Denver delivers a boost early in the last quarter time to show who is the boss and is too much for the Suns who drop the case. Phoenix is thus blown up 118-102 (a small run at the end of the Suns) due in particular to 29/13/12 from Jokic or even 19 points from Murray and Porter Jr. Opposite, the 29 points and 26 points from Booker and Durant will not have been enough and the Suns are now back to the wall for game 6, with perhaps a return of Chris Paul.
Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey cool down the TD Garden
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