They are celebrating their first qualification to the playoffs after ten years Knicks. Tom Thibodeau’s team won for the second time in Cleveland, 106-95and with a total score of 4-1 it passed to the semifinals of the East, where it will wait for Bucks or Heat, with a home handicap.
Jaylen Brunson with 23 and ARJ Barrett with 21 points led the New Yorkers offensively, who also got 19 points from Immanuel Quickley, while Mitchell Robinson had 13 and 18 rebounds.
Donovan Mitchell had 28, Darius Garland 21 and Carys LeVert 17 points for the Cavaliers, who had home-court advantage in the series but trailed nearly the entire game in Game 5.
Twelve minutes: 26-33, 51-61, 75-87, 95-106
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The Grizzlies they got a life extension by winning Game 5 against the Lakers with 116-99 in Memphis and cut the series to 3-2.
Taylor Jenkins’ team went on a 15-4 run in the first quarter to close out the first twelve minutes with a 38-24 lead and didn’t look back in the process. The “lake people” were down by one point (75-74) in the third quarter, but an impressive 19-2 run followed that decided the match until the end of the period.
Desmond Bane had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, while Ja Morad had 31 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners. Anthony Davis with 31 points and 19 rebounds stood out for the Lakers, Austin Reaves followed with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, but LeBron James was far from his best self with 15 points on 5/17 shooting and 5 fouls .
Game 6 will be the early Saturday morning (05:30) in Los Angeles.
Twelve minutes: 38-24, 61-52, 94-76, 116-99
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Source: Sport Fm
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