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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics discuss, starting Friday morning at 2:00 am, at Oracle Arena, the playoffs of the North American Professional Basketball League, NBA, the best of seven games.<\/b><\/p>\n

Qualified for the final to the fifth game, the Warriors only met yesterday, the opponent of the final.<\/p>\n

The Celtics qualified for the 22nd time in the final after beating the Miami Heat, 100-96, in the seventh game of the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n

The team led by Nigerian Ime Udoka led the decisive challenge from start to finish, but still got a big scare in the last minute, after an 11-0 partial by the Heat, who were two points behind (98-96) and had a throw to flip the result.<\/p>\n

After gaining a defensive rebound, the tireless Jimmy Butler, who played the full 48 minutes, ran down the field and chose to throw a triple, with 16.6 seconds left to play, but the ball hit the rim, didn’t go in and the Celtics secured the bounce.<\/p>\n

Marcus Smart didn’t flinch from the free throw line and sentenced, 11.4 seconds from the end, the qualification of Boston, who hadn’t been in the final since 2010 and snatched the 17th and last title in 2008, in a final with the Los Angeles Lakers ( 4-2).<\/p>\n

Jason Tatum, voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the conference final, which earned him the Larry Bird trophy, created this season, was also the team’s top scorer, with 26 points, to which he added 10 rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

The other two major offensive references in the Boston squad were also in good shape, with Jaylen Brown adding 24 points, six rebounds and six assists and Smart adding 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n

Also noteworthy, in the foreigners, for the 14 rebounds of Al Horford, who stayed for five points, and the 19 points coming from the bench – 11 of Grant Williams and eight of Derrick White.<\/p>\n

In the home team, Jimmy Butler was the great protagonist, with 35 points and nine rebounds, but he couldn’t be the hero, when he missed the triple for the lead, in the last minute, after another to tie the game, at the beginning of the fourth. period.<\/p>\n

Bam Adebayo, with 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Kyle Lowry, with 15 points and seven rebounds, also stood out in the hosts, who again had Tyler Herro, but only for 6.43 minutes, showing that, after all, they were not in a position to , reported the Portuguese sports newspaper O Jogo, in yesterday’s online edition.<\/p>\n

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