Basketball
NBA. Memphis beat Lakers, Milwaukee beat Miami
On the night of April 20, 3 games of the first round of the National Basketball Association playoffs took place across the ocean.
Memphis beat the Lakers, Milwaukee beat Miami, and Denver beat Minnesota.
NBA. Playoffs
Memphis – Lakers – 103:93 (30:19, 29:25, 24:27, 20:22)
Rahunok in the series – 1:1
“Memphis”: Tillman 22 + 13 rebounds, Jaren Jackson 18 + 9 rebounds, Bain 17 + 5 turnovers, Brooks 12, Jones 10 + 8 assists – start; Kennard 13, Roddy 9, Konchar 2, Z. Williams 0, Lofton 0, Deception 0 + 7 rebounds.
Lakers: James 28 + 12 rebounds, Davis 13 + 8 rebounds + 5 blocks, Reeves 12, Vanderbilt 8 + 8 rebounds, Russell 5 + 7 rebounds – start; Hatimura 20, Beasley 7, Schroeder 0, Walker 0, Christy 0, Bamba 0, Brown 0, Gabriel 0, Harrison 0.
Milwaukee – Miami – 138:122 (35:28, 46:27, 37:30, 20:37)
Rahunok in the series – 1:1
Milwaukee: B. Lopez 25, Holiday 24 + 11 assists, Allen 16, Middleton 16 + 7 assists, Portis 13 + 15 rebounds – start; Connaughton 22, Ingles 17, Carter 3, Dragic 2, Crowder 0, Lenard 0, Bouchamp 0, T. Antetokounmpo 0.
“Miami”: Butler 25, Adebayo 18, Vincent 16, D. Robinson 14, Strus 4 – start; Oladipo 15, Caleb Martin 15+6 assists, Lauri 5, Love 4, Zeller 4+8 rebounds, Highsmith 2.
Denver – Minnesota – 122:113 (31:22, 33:27, 23:40, 35:24)
Rahunok in the 2:0 series
Denver: J. Murray 40, Jokic 27 + 9 rebounds + 9 assists, Porter 16, Gordon 12 + 10 rebounds, Caldwell-Pope 8 – start; Green 11, B. Brown 6, C. Brown 2.
“Minnesota”: Edwards 41, Gobert 19 + 8 rebounds, Conley 14 + 7 assists, Prince 12, Towns 10 + 12 rebounds + 5 losses – start; Anderson 10+7 rebounds, Alexander-Walker 5, Nowell 2.
Source: Sport UA
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