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Oklahoma City Thunder 131-122 Phoenix Suns
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points and 8 assists arsenic nan Oklahoma City Thunder vanished disconnected a first-round playoff expanse pinch a 131-122 triumph complete nan Phoenix Suns connected Monday night.
Chet Holmgren added 24 points and 12 rebounds and Ajay Mitchell had 22 points and six assists arsenic nan top-seeded Thunder swept their opening Western Conference bid for nan 3rd consecutive season.
Isaiah Hartenstein produced 18 points and 12 rebounds and Alex Caruso added 14 points disconnected nan chair for Oklahoma City. Mitchell and Caruso each made 4 3-pointers for nan Thunder, who will look either nan Los Angeles Lakers aliases Houston Rockets successful nan 2nd round.
Devin Booker scored 24 points and Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green added 23 apiece for nan Suns, who person mislaid 10 consecutive playoff games making love backmost to 2023.
Detroit Pistons 88-94 Orlando Magic
Desmond Bane scored 22 points and made 1 of his 5 three-pointers pinch 1:16 near arsenic Orlando hit visiting Detroit to return a 3-1 lead successful their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
Orlando guardant Franz Wagner had 19 points earlier exiting precocious successful nan 3rd play pinch a calf injury. Paolo Banchero scored 18 points, and Wendell Carter Jr had 12 points and 11 rebounds. The top-seeded Pistons were held without a section extremity successful nan last 5 minutes earlier Isaiah Stewart scored astatine nan buzzer. Cade Cunningham led Detroit pinch 25 points, 9 rebounds, six assists and 8 turnovers.
Minnesota Timberwolves 113-125 Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jokić recorded 27 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds arsenic big Denver stayed live pinch a triumph complete Minnesota successful Game 5 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series.
Jamal Murray scored 24 points, Spencer Jones posted a playoff career-high 20 points and Cameron Johnson vanished pinch 18 for third-seeded Denver, who had mislaid 3 consecutive pursuing a Game 1 location victory.
Julius Randle led Minnesota pinch 27 points and 9 rebounds. Bones Hyland and Terrence Shannon Jr scored 15 apiece. Jaden McDaniels, loudly booed whenever he possessed nan ball, added 13 points for nan Timberwolves, who committed 25 turnovers.
