Two more NBA playoff matches were played, and the victory was achieved by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who defeated the Phoenix Suns with a score of 122:116 and ended the series, that is, the Indiana Pacers, who were better than the Milwaukee Bucks (126:113).
The Phoenix Suns had high expectations for this season, the tandem Kevin Durant – Devin Booker and Bradley Beal came to the rescue, but in the end everything ended disastrously for the team from Arizona.
Phoenix did not manage to celebrate even in the fourth match of the series, Minnesota was better this time by a score of 122:116 and thus went on with 4:0 in the series.
Masterful Anthony Edwards led the guests to victory with 40 points and nine rebounds, while Karl Anthony Towns had 28 and ten rebounds. On the other hand, Booker and Durant played an excellent match, the guard ended the game with as many as 49 points, the legendary “KD” with 33, but even that did not help Frank Vogel’s team to achieve at least one victory.
The Suns had a chance to do that, five extra points at halftime (61:56), and then two more before entering the last quarter (92:90), but in the end Edwards ruled against them and the playoffs ended before the end of April. .
In this way, Minnesota sent a strong message to Denver, who will be their next rival, if they defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in any of the three possible duels.
Indiana won a very important victory, beating Milwaukee 126:113.
The Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard in this duel, and after six minutes they were also without Bobby Portis, who was sent off after a duel with Andrew Nembhard, and despite good resistance, the champion from 2021 fell in the finish and thus came to on the brink of relegation, as the Pacers are 3:1 in the series.
It turned out that the key difference was made by Rick Carlisle’s team at the end of the third quarter, when they jumped to a big 17-point lead and there was no way back for Milwaukee (95:78).
Myles Turner was great again with 29 points and nine rebounds, Tyreese Halliburton added 24, while Nembhard finished the match with 15 and nine assists.
For the guests, Brook Lopez had 27 and nine rebounds, Chris Middleton scored 25, with ten rebounds and five assists, while Malik Beasley had 20.
The series now returns to Wisconsin, the next match is scheduled for Wednesday morning (03.30), and Bucks fans hope that at least one of the two best players could be ready for the fifth duel. Otherwise, Milwaukee will be very close to relegation.