The NBA game tournament of 2025 advanced on Tuesday and Althehegh, both seeds No. 7 advanced, the results were far from being predetermined, particularly at the West Conference, where the warriors of the Golden State barely lasted the Mephis Grizzlies.
Here is a summary of day 1 of the game tournament:
Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry threw their arms and hugged.
Playoff Jimmy in all his brilliance in the great scenario tok all the curry pressure, and are now taking the Golden State Warriors to the playoffs.
“I know I want to win a championship for him to need, his what, this would be. 5?” Butler said.
Butler had 38 points, seven rebounds and six assists creating opportunities both in Chance, Curry scored 37, and the Warriors obtained the seventh seed at the West Conference by beating Memphis Grizzlies 121-116.
Curry knocked down a baseline triple with 1:50 and one from the left wing with a minute on the clock and then turned four free throws at the end of five seconds.
Golden State now goes to a series of the first round of the best of seven with the rockets that begin with game 1 on Sunday in Houston.
“He took 83 games, but we are just where we want to be, he is back in the playoffs and we have a chance,” said coach Steve Kerr.
After a couple of curry free throws with the remaining 5.4 seconds, the Grizzlies had a last chance, but Santi Aldama could not enter the ball before a five -second rape.
Desmond Bane scored 30 points and yes Morant 22 for Memphis, who will go home to play Friday against the winner of the confrontation of the Mavericks-Kings on Wednesday night in Sacramento to determine the eighth place of playoffs.
With the Grizzlies in a roll in the middle of the third, Butler grabbed the impulse with a robbery and a dump. He triggered 12 for 20 in a second consecutive action of 30 points and his highest score game since he joined the Warriors on the exchange deadline. He made 12 or 18 free throws, after 63 or 68 of the line during the eight previous games in April.
Morant fell hard rolling his right ankle when he stepped on Buddy Hold Foot and Quinten Post received a foul with 4:25 removing in the third, but he got up and finished the three-point play, pull the Grizzlies within 82-81.
The years Jackson Jr. scored 18 points, while Zach Edey contributed 14 points, 17 rebounds and hit two free throws with 14.3 seconds.
Curry had eight rebounds, four assists and fired 9 by 22 while Scotty Pips Jr. Jr.
Curry had enlightened the Grizzlies for 52 points on their local floor in a 134-125 victory on April 1, and the Grizzlies made it a priority this Tokok rate, for time.
“It’s different,” Drayond Green said.
He led four consecutive scoring possessions to put the Warriors at 31-18 at the end of the first quarter of assistance in the court fall of Gary Payton II, trying to publish a 3 and making a 3-point shot and a three-point game himself. Butler showed no signs of being affected by a tender left quadriceps muscle after he knelt from Kawhi Leonard on Sunday.
The Warriors hoped to avoid this additional game, but lost in extra time against the clippers in the final of the regular season on Sunday for their third defeat at home during the last week.
Curry, Green and the Warriors had the 0-3 leg at the game games. The Grizzlies eliminated them in Chase Center with a 117-112 victory in overtime in the ’21.
Orlando Magic stars Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner entered the NBA game game on Tuesday with an average of more than 60 points combined against the Atlanta Hawks this season. But, while the two struggled to find their offensive, the Bank of Magic took a step forward and took them to a 120-95 victory.
Cole Anthony left the bank to lead Orlando with 26 points and six assists, while Anthony Black scored 16 points in 6 of 7 shots, and was a higher in the game in 28 minutes. With the victory, the Magic will advance to play in a series of first round playoffs against the Boston Celtics from Sunday in Boston.
After jumping to an early two -digit advantage, it seemed that the magic would pass to that seed of 7, but the Hawks left the half -time rest. They cut the margin to 71-68 with three minutes stirring in the third quarter, since Orlando’s offensive cooled. It is common for magic to have poor offensive duration games and that will be a problem to advance. He almost knocked them down on Tuesday, but they started and did not let Atlanta capture the advantage, before taking out the Hawks out of the water in the last quarter.
Magic tends to compensate for its lack of offensive with one of the best defenses in the NBA. That was exhibited on Tuesday when you have Hawks to 38.1% of shots from the field and 19% from the range of 3 points. While bringing Young ended with 28 points, it was an inefficient 8 of 21 and the magic got under his skin to the point that he kicked the ball with anger in addition to throwing the ball to an officer, which earned him a couple of technical faults and ejection.
Banchero ended with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, but Orlando will need more of him if it is a possibility of Boston.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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