Ua hāʻule ʻo Luka Doncic ma luna o ka Dallas Mavericks i ka Suns (121-114) ʻoiai ʻo ke kahua Slovenian i pāʻani ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani maikaʻi loa o ke kau (45 mau helu). No ko lākou ʻaoʻao, ua paʻi ikaika ka Miami Heat a me ka Phoenix Suns i kēia Pōʻakahi ma ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā lanakila ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā lākou mau semifinals Conference ma ka pāʻani pāʻani NBA.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia e Deandre Ayton lāua ʻo Devin Booker, ua lanakila ka Suns i nā Mavericks i ka semifinals Western Conference. Ua piha ʻo Ayton lāua ʻo Booker me nā helu 25 a me nā rebounds a me nā manawa 23, nā ʻeke hou a me nā lawelawe no ka helu, kēlā me kēia, e uhi ana i ka hana maikaʻi loa o ka Slovenian Doncic.
ʻO Doncic, ka mea i loaʻa iā ia he 45 nui, 12 rebounds a me ʻewalu mau kōkua, e ʻimi e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i kona laki i kēia Pōʻakolu ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokūkū i ka moʻo i nā pāʻani maikaʻi loa o ʻehiku.
Ua kūkulu ʻo Suns i kahi alakaʻi 9-0 i nā minuke mua a ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu i ka throttle. Ua pana lākou i ka 50,5% mai ke kahua, kūʻai aku i nā rebounds 51-36 a lanakila i ka Mavericks no ka XNUMX mau manawa, e helu ana i nā pāʻani maʻamau.
ʻO ia ka manawa mua i neʻe ai ʻo Dallas i ka pōʻai ʻelua o ka postseason ma kā Doncic ʻehā makahiki ʻoihana NBA.
Ua like ʻo Doncic lāua ʻo Maxi Kleber no ka hoʻokūkū, akā ʻaʻole i hana nui nā koena o ka Mavs a hiki i ka lohi. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Kleber me nā helu 19.
ʻO Booker, ka mea i nalowale wikiwiki loa i ka lanakila ʻana o Phoenix i ka pōʻai mua e ka Pelicans ma muli o ka ʻāʻī ʻana o ka hamstring ʻākau, ua hoʻi mai i kēia lā akā ua ʻoi aku ka makaʻala ma mua o ka maʻamau e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke olakino.
Ua nalo mālie kēia kānalua i ka hapaha mua o ka Pōʻakahi i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā helu 13 a hoʻohui i ʻeono mau rebound a me ʻehā mau kōkua. No kāna ʻāpana, ua lanakila ʻo Ayton i ka pena a me ka waena waena, e hoʻokokoke ana i kāna ʻano maʻamau o nā pana a me nā dunks.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻo Chris Paul i ke kiaʻi makaʻāinana he 19 a ʻo Cam Johnson i loaʻa he 17 ma waho o ka noho no ka Suns. Ua helu ʻelua ʻelima mau mea hoʻomaka o ka Suns.
Hāʻule nā Sixers me ka ʻole o Embiid
I ka 'Capital del Sol', me Tyler Herro lāua ʻo Bam Adebayo ma ka pahu hopu, ua paʻi ka Heat i kā lākou pāʻani mua ma ka hopena o ka Hikina Hikina me ka Philadelphia 76ers ma ka lanakila ʻana iā lākou 106-92.
Ua piha ʻo Herro lāua ʻo Adebayo me nā helu 25 a me nā kōkua ʻehiku a me nā helu 24 a me 12 rebounds, e hāʻawi iā Miami i ka helu mua. E pāʻani ʻia ka pāʻani ʻelua o kēia pūʻulu i ka Pōʻakolu ma Miami.
ʻO ka Heat, ka hua kiʻekiʻe ma ka Hikina, ua pāʻani me ke kiaʻi hōkū ʻole ʻo Kyle Lowry, ka mea i ʻeha i kona ʻāʻī.
No ko lākou ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka Sixers ko lākou hōkū Cameroonian scorer Joel Embiid, ka mea i hele mau loa ma muli o ka haʻihaʻi orbital i loaʻa iā ia i ka pāʻani hope loa o ka hoʻokūkū hoʻomaka i lanakila ai lākou i ka Toronto Raptors (4-2).
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Jimmy Butler i 15 mau helu no Miami, a he 10 mau helu pakahi mai Gabe Vincent a me PJ Tucker i mua.
ʻAʻohe o ka 76ers iā Embiid, ka MVP hope loa o ka manawa maʻamau, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ma Miami i kona hoʻōla ʻana mai kona ʻeha.
ʻAʻohe mea i manaʻo e pāʻani ka Cameroonian i ka pāʻani lua o kēia pūʻulu i ka Pōʻakolu. A e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, ua hala ʻo ia.
No ka ʻeono, ua loaʻa iā Tobias Harris he 27 mau helu, a ua kākoʻo ʻia e Tyrese Maxey me 19 a me James Harden me 16 pahu pahu, ʻeiwa ʻeke a me ʻelima mau kōkua.
Ua lele ikaika ʻo Miami i ka wā mua, ua lanakila ʻo Tucker ma luna o Harden a manaʻo ʻo ia e pale iā ia ma kahi hihia e like me ka mea āna i hoʻohana ai iā Trae Young i kahi moʻolelo mua e kūʻē i ka Atlanta Hawks.
Ua loaʻa i ka poʻe kamaʻāina ka pōmaikaʻi a hiki i ka 12 mau helu i ka hapaha mua, ma hope o ka holo ʻana o 10-2 i alakaʻi ʻia e nā pahu ʻewalu mai Herro, nāna i hoʻomaka i ka pāʻani ma ka pā. Ua ʻoluʻolu ka palena (46-36) i ka waena o ka lua ma hope o kahi hīnaʻi hou a Herro.
ʻO ka lele lele ʻana a Harden me 28 kekona i koe i ka hapaha ʻelua ua hoʻonui i ka 76ers i ka 51-50 ma ke poʻo i ka hapalua, ko lākou alakaʻi mua o ka pō.
Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa iā Adebayo kahi pā mai Tucker no kahi dunk i hoʻokau iā Miami i ka 62-61 i ke kolu, a ʻo ia ka hoʻololi alakaʻi hope loa o ka pāʻani.
Ma hope o ke kolu o ka manawa, he 10-0 ka holo ʻana i mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a laila, he 13-2 holo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hapahā ʻehā i hoʻokuke i ke alakaʻi o ka Heat 98-77.
