Jalen Green scored 36 factors, Devin Booker added 20 and the Phoenix Suns locked down Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, successful 111-96 within the NBA’s play-in event Friday evening.
The Suns took the No 8 seed within the Western Conference playoffs and can face the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in Game 1. The Warriors’ season is over.
Green shot 14 of 20 from the sector, together with 8 of 14 on three-pointers. Jordan Goodwin scored 19 factors, had 9 rebounds and was a menace on protection with six steals.
Booker and Golden State’s Draymond Green have been each assessed two technical fouls late within the fourth quarter after exchanging phrases a number of instances and have been ejected.
The 38-year-old Curry couldn’t get many clear appears to be like and completed with 17 factors on 4-of-16 taking pictures. Brandin Podziemski led the Warriors with 23 factors.
Phoenix led by 5 on the break and constructed a 69-53 benefit with 5:12 left in third after a fast-break layup by Royce O’Neale. It was 85-72 with 10:12 remaining.
Charlotte Hornets 90-121 Orlando Magic
Paolo Banchero scored 25 factors and Orlando constructed a 35-point lead within the first half on the way in which to a rout of Charlotte in a play-in event sport and superior to a first-round playoff matchup in opposition to the Detroit Pistons.
The Magic earned the No 8 seed in playoffs and can begin their best-of-seven sequence at Detroit on Sunday.
LaMelo Ball scored 21 of his 23 factors within the third quarter for Charlotte.
Banchero had 12 factors and Wendell Carter Jr added 10 as the Hornets shot 5 for 20 with six turnovers within the first quarter and fell behind 38-16.
Ball was scoreless with two turnovers when he went to the bench with three fouls with 7:10 left within the first half. He didn’t rating till Orlando’s lead had reached 35 factors within the last seconds of the half.
The Magic have been eliminated within the first spherical of the playoffs in every of the final two postseasons and haven’t received a playoff spherical since 2010.
The Hornets, who beat the Magic of their final three regular-season video games, haven’t been within the playoffs since 2016.
