With the NBA post season officially starting we have the first two NBA play-in games, the first two were the Los Angeles Lakers vs the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Atlanta Hawks vs Miami Heat. Let’s go through both of these games and how they played out.
The first game was the Atlanta Hawks vs Miami Heat, this game was a shocker as the Hawks upset the Heat and won by 11. With most media and fans picking the Heat to win this game, this was a big upset. Hawks star Trae Young had a decent game as he finished with 25 8 and 7 but on poor shooting (44.4% FG 12.5% 3PT). Overall this was a great win for the Hawks as they will now face the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs next week.
The second game of the night was the Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves, this game was a long one as the Lakers and Timberwolves went to overtime but the Lakers edged out Minnesota with a 108-102 victory. This game was more about the Timberwolves poor play down the stretch as Anthony Edwards and Karl Anthony-Towns, with Rudy Gobert and Jaden McDaniels missing this game the Timberwolves could have easily won this game and punched their ticket to the playoffs but will now face the winner of the New Orleans Pelicans vs Oklahoma City Thunder.
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