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- Mavs walked on Suns, Celtics beat Bucks, Conference Finals Preview
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Mavericks 123 Suns 90
Doncic scored 35 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 30 and the Mavericks blitzed the Suns with a 123-90 knockout Sunday night, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011.
“A lot of people said it would be a blowout,” Mavs coach Jason Kidd said with a grin. ”They were right.”
Mavericks
Jale Burnons G – 24pts
Luka Doncic – 35 pts
Spencer Dinwiddie – 30pts
Suns
Cameron Johnson – 12pts
Chris Paul 10pts
Devin Booker 11pts
Ishamial Wainright – 10pts
Bucks 81 Celtics 109
Grant Williams scored a career-high 27 points and hit seven 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum added 23 and Boston set a Game 7 record with 22 3-pointers to eliminate the NBA champion Bucks 109-81 on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Bucks are now 3-9. They went 4 for 33 (12.1%) from the 3-point line. That’s the second-worst 3-point percentage in a playoff game ever (minimum 30 attempts).
It helped silence another relentless night from Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 25 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists. But he was just 3 of 11 in the paint in the second half, including 1 for 6 the fourth quarter.
Middletown factor?
The Celtics will face top-seeded Miami beginning Tuesday in a rematch of the 2020 East finals. The Heat beat the Celtics in six games in that series at Walt Disney World.
Bucks
Giannis – 25pts
Brook Lopez – 15pts
Jrue Holiday – 21pts
Bobby POrtis – 10pts
Celtics
Grant Williams – 27pts
Jayson Tatum – 23pts
Jaylen Brown – 19pts
Marcus Smart – 11pts
Payton Pritchard 14pts
Hockey
Panthers advanced against Capitals
Rangers advanced against Penguins
Predictions
Celitcs at Heat?
RC: Heat, win series 6-7
Mavericks at Warriors?
RC: GSW, Mavs in 7
Lightning at Panthers – Game 1?
RC: Panthers
Blues at Avalanche – Game 1?
RC: Avalanche