NBA Boston Confirms First PO Advance this Season
NBA Boston Confirms First PO Advance this Season... Defeated Phoenix and Won 4 Times in a Row
Oklahoma City regains the lead in the West by defeating Doncic's Dallas.
The Boston Celtics, who are leading the NBA's Eastern Conference, were the first to advance to the playoffs this season.
Boston won 127-112 in the 2023-2024 NBA regular league home game against the Phoenix Suns held at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the 15th (Korean time).
Boston, which won four games in a row to reach 52 wins and 14 losses on the season, firmly maintained its lead in the Eastern Conference.
They are 9.5 games behind the second-place Milwaukee Bucks, who defeated the Philadelphia 76ers that day and accumulated 43 wins and 24 losses. 파워볼사이트
In particular, with this win, Boston opened up a 16-game gap over 7th place Philadelphia (36 wins, 30 losses) and secured a spot in the top 6 to advance to the playoffs regardless of the results of the remaining regular season games.
As a result, Boston succeeded in advancing to the playoffs for 10 consecutive seasons starting from the 2014-2015 season.
Boston, which became the NBA champion in the 2021-2022 season, is boosting its dream of regaining the top spot by recording the NBA's highest winning percentage (0.788) this season.
On this day, Jaylen Brown led the way to victory with 37 points and 5 rebounds, Jayson Tatum with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Al Horford with 24 points.
Including Horford's 6 and Brown's 5, Boston made 25 3-point shots, tying the team's season record.
The first score of the second half, which started at 65-60, was Brown's 3-pointer, and eight 3-point shots were made in the third quarter alone, laying the foundation for widening the gap.
Devin Booker contributed 23 points and 7 assists, and Bradley Beal contributed 22 points and 7 assists, but Phoenix was unable to avoid defeat and ranked 7th in the Western Conference with 38 wins and 28 losses.
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Dallas Mavericks 126-119 on this day, becoming tied for the lead in the Western Conference with the Denver Nuggets with 46 wins and 20 losses.
In the West's lead, Oklahoma City, Denver, and third-place Minnesota Timberwolves (45-21) are tightly packed within one game of each other.
On this day in Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous Alexander had 31 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists, and Jaylen Williams had 27 points and 5 assists.