"Golden State despite Curry's injury"...POT2R overpowered Minnesota in Game 1
"Golden State despite Curry's injury"...POT2R overpowered Minnesota in Game 1
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The NBA's Golden State Warriors dominated the first round of the Western Conference Playoff (PO) against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Golden State defeated Minnesota 99-88 in the first round of the 2024-2025 NBA PO at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the 7th (Korea time).
Golden State, which ranked seventh in the Western Conference regular league (48-34) this season and advanced to the PO through a play-in tournament, continued its momentum in the second round after catching the second-place Houston Rockets in Game 7 in the first round.
Minnesota, ranked sixth in the West, advanced to the second round by beating the Los Angeles Lakers, ranked third in the West, and gave up its first game at home, signaling a bumpy second round.
Golden State won on the day, but met with the injury of "Ace" Stephen Curry.
Curry scored with a floater with 8:40 left in the second quarter and signaled to be replaced by holding on to the back of his left thigh, and eventually fell out shortly after.
Curry, who scored 13 points, including three 3-pointers, later failed to play, but Golden State won.
Buddy Hield had 24 points and eight rebounds, including five 3-pointers, and Jimmy Butler led the victory with 20 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, close to triple-double. Draymond Green added 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
In Minnesota, Anthony Edwards worked hard with 23 points and 14 rebounds, but it faded.
In the second round of the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-119 to win their second straight game.
Indiana ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference (50-32) this season, and in the first round, it turned the Milwaukee Bucks, the fifth-ranked team, to four wins and one loss.
In the second round against Cleveland (64-18), the top-ranked team in the regular league, they beat Game 1 121-112 two days ago, and won a thrilling victory thanks to Tyreece Halliburton's three-point run in the come-from-behind final 1.1 seconds before the end of the game. 메이저사이트
Six players scored in double digits for Indiana, led by Miles Turner and Aaron Nissmith, who scored 23 points side by side.
Cleveland couldn't laugh even though Donovan Mitchell had a one-man show of 48 points, 9 assists, and 5 rebounds.