Basketball – NBA: Brooklyn on the verge of elimination, Utah and Minnesota equalize

The sweep for Brooklyn? It’s a threat that hovers more than ever over the Nets, defeated at home 109-103, and dominated by the more organized and combative Celtics, with Jayson Tatum in charge. The latter scored 39 points, took 5 rebounds and offered 6 assists. Marking Kevin Durant in defense, Tatum also mastered the Nets’ star scorer, limited to 16 points, just like Kyrie Irving.

Despite a team of champions on paper, Brooklyn is very close to elimination: no team has ever recovered from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs. “I think it shows the growth of our team”said Jayson Tatum. “At the start of the season, we were always giving up big leads. And we understood. We will never be perfect, what matters is how we react. We knew how to react”.

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The Utah Jazz meanwhile returned to a tie (2-2) by winning 100-99 at home once morest Dallas, which had nevertheless recorded the return of Luka Doncic, absent since the start of the series. “I was really happy”, said the Slovenian. “I missed basketball. I had fun on the court. What’s better than the playoffs?”. The star point guard scored 30 points and 10 rebounds, including a 3-point shot that gave the Mavericks a 4-point advantage with 40 seconds remaining.

Victory for Gobert

But that was without counting on the talent of Donovan Mitchell (23 pts, 7 assists), who, following a 2-point shot and a free throw, found his teammate Rudy Gobert on an alley-oop, who took charge of the winning dunk 11 seconds from the end. While many questions arise regarding the relationship between Mitchell and Gobert and the future of the team, the French pivot reacted strongly following the match: “Don’t give a fuck regarding the talks (regarding the team). We just try to be the best team we can be, we try to enjoy the moment, and whatever happens will happen.”

“We have an opportunity and we are going to make the most of it,” added the French international pivot (17 pts, 15 rebounds). “We believe in each other. We have to keep moving forward.”

The Minnesota Timberwolves also came back to 2-2 in the series once morest the Memphis Grizzlies following their 119-118 win at home. Karl-Anthony Towns scored a big double-double with 33 points and 14 rebounds. “I did my job, that’s what I have to do,” he said, when he only scored 8 points in the N.3 game, lost by Wolves.

On the Grizzlies side, Desmond Bane finished as his team’s top scorer (34 points), while point guard Ja Morant was limited to 11 points (4/13 shooting), even if he also distributed 15 assists.

The results of the night

Dallas 99 – 100 Utah
Boston 109 – 103 Brooklyn
Memphis 118 – 119 Minnesota

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