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Here is a preview of the NBA Playoffs Conference Finals as the Celtics take on the Pacers and the Timberwolves face the Mavericks.
A trip to the 2024 NBA Finals is up for grabs when the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers square off in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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12:35 - 20.05.2024
NBA Playoffs: Timberwolves and Pacers win Game 7
Here is a recap of the NBA Playoffs as the Timberwolves and Pacers win Game 7 to advance to the Conference Finals.
These teams will meet each other in the playoffs for the seventh time ever.
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17:00 - 19.05.2024
NBA Playoffs: Luka Doncic bags triple-double as Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City Thunder to Western Conference Finals
In the NBA Playoffs, Luka Doncic bags a triple-double as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
The Celtics had won four of the previous six series, all of which ended in the first round.
The Boston Celtics, who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the second round on May 15, will come into this series well-rested.
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Prior to Game 1 on Tuesday, they will have had five days of rest.
To get past the New York Knicks in the second round, the Pacers had to win a road Game 7 at Madison Square Garden after falling behind 3-2 in the series.
In the past eight years, the Celtics have made six trips to the conference finals.
For the first time since 2014, the Pacers are in the conference finals.
The Pacers don't have any serious injuries, and the Celtics are expected to start the series without Kristaps Porzingis. Both teams are nearly at full strength.
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Timberwolves vs Mavericks
When the Timberwolves play the Mavericks, all eyes will be on Luka Doncic and Anthony Edwards, but this series might be more about defense than flashy offense.
This season, Luka Doncic averaged 36.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 10.5 assists in two regular-season games versus Minnesota.
Since this is only the second postseason series between both teams, take this series as a rarity.
When these teams last faced off in the playoffs, it was in the first round in 2002, with Dallas, with 57 wins, defeating Minnesota, 3-0.
During the regular season, superstars Luka Doncic and Anthony Edwards faced off ten times, with five victories for each player.
During the 2023–24 regular season, the Timberwolves defeated Dallas 3–1, but Doncic missed two of those games and Kyrie Irving missed three.
Minnesota prevailed 3-1 in the regular-season series. However, those contests took place prior to Dallas' trade deadline acquisitions of P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford.
In the previous round, Dallas outplayed the smaller Oklahoma City Thunder in the paint.
However, the three big men from Minnesota—Gobert, Towns, and Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year Naz Reid—offer a more formidable opponent.
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