Hawks vs. Cavs and Pelicans vs. Clippers, for the last tickets to the playoffs

Atlanta will face Cleveland and the LA Clippers will do the same against the New Orleans Pelicans, in search of the last passes to the NBA postseason

UNITED STATES — Bring Young recovered from a slow start to finish with 24 points and De’Andre Hunter led a wave that brought the Atlanta Hawks to a 132-103 beating over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, in the game of Eastern Conference play-in.

The Hawkswho finished ninth in the East after reaching the conference finals last year, will travel to cleveland to face the Cavaliers Friday night.

The winner will claim the eighth spot in the East standings and face that conference’s number one Miami Heat in the opening round of the playoffs.

The season is over for hornetswho were overwhelmed in the 9th-10th playoff game for the second year in a row and haven’t advanced to the playoffs since 2016.

While, The ‘Big Three’ formed by CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram Y Jonas Valanciunas was key to the triumph of the New Orleans Pelicans, who defeated Wednesday 103-113 San Antonio Spurs and now they will face the LA Clippers to define the eighth seed of the Western Conference.

With 32 points, 6 boards and 7 assists, the base of the Pelicans He was the most dangerous man for the locals. He was perfect from the free throw line going 5-5, while he was 12-23 from the field and 5-3 from the arc in 39 minutes on the court.

Forward Brandon Ingram contributed 27 units, while center Jonas Valanciunas added a double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds to exert a clear dominance over the black and silver who were erratic in front of the basket.

According to the research of ESPN Stats & InfoMcCollum and Ingram worked efficiently on both ends of the floor, combining to score 59 points on offense, while the spurs they kept 19 points with 32% shooting on defense.

Devin Vassell It was the best element for the coach Gregg Popovich adding 23 points, while the All-Star, Dejounte Murray got into foul trouble very early, which limited him to playing 34 minutes in which he contributed 16 units, nine rebounds and five assists.