The NBA and some spectacular Play-Ins: the top scorer, the latest MVP and the best three-point shooter in history

Lebron James and its Los Angeles Lakers, Warriors of the Golden Statecurrent MVP Joel Embiid and the current runners-up Miami Heat will shine starting this Tuesday to some Play-ins of the NBA with a very high competitive level, with eight franchises competing for access to the playoffs. The Lakers will face the New Orleans Pelicans, for 7th place, while the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings will face each other for 8th place in the West. On the Eastern Conference side. The Philadelphia 76ers will face the current NBA vice-champion, the Miami Heat, for seventh place while the Chicago Bulls will be the rivals of the Atlanta Hawks. The Western Conference games will be played this Tuesday, while the Eastern Conference will take place on Wednesday.

The seventh place winner will directly qualify for the NBA Playoffs.which will begin on Saturday 20 April, while the winner of the eighth place will have to play a final against the loser of the seventh, on Friday 19 April, to see who is the second team from the conference to qualify for the final part of the tournament. the tournament.

In the west you will be able to see more than exciting duels, like the one in Lebron James vs. Zion Williamson, when the Lakers face the Pelicans again. Both teams met last Sunday, when the regular phase was defined and Los Angeles put on a show, beating New Orleans 124-108, removing them from the playoff positions and leaving them in the play-in. For the other key to the conference, you can see the star duel between THE Spruzzi BrothersSteph Curry and Klay Thompsonn against the talented De’Aaron Fox and the powerful Domantas Sabonis, when the Warriors take on the Kings.

The winner of the challenger between New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers, which will be played in the Californian city, will not only qualify directly for the playoffs, but will have to face the reigning champion in the first round of the NBA final. , Denver Nuggets. The other position in the West will have the surprising as its rival Oklahoma City Thunder.

In the Eastern Conference, a high-flying clash with a guaranteed spectacle is expected between the Philadelphia 76ers, revitalized after the return of their leader Joel Embiid, and the Miami Heat of Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo, finalists last year. This key will be played in Philadelphia and the winner of this match will automatically qualify for the playoffs, where they await him New York Knicksseconds in the regular phase.

The other match will be between the Chicago Bulls, six-time winners of the NBA in the days of the glorious Michael Jordan, and the Atlanta Hawks of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray. This matchup will take place at the United Center in the city of Chicago. The last qualifying spot from the East will face the Boston Celticsclear dominator of the regular phase, in the first round of the playoffs.

The teams already qualified for the playoffs, in addition to the aforementioned Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets, are: Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers.

The NBA playoffs will begin on Saturday, April 20th AND the finals on June 6 and will end, at the latest, on the 23rd of the same month, with a hypothetical seventh match.