On the night of December 9-10, the quarterfinals of the intra-season tournament started.
Miami started the match against Orlando like in the good old days – 15:0 from the first minutes, the first quarter remained for the Heat 30-17. But in the second, the “wizards” suddenly woke up, gave their series 17-4 and got close, and then they completely took the lead. Before the big break, the teams were neck and neck, and yet Miami went to rest with a minimal advantage of 57-56.
In the third quarter, Orlando pressed down a little bit, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter he ran away to +14 (101-87) and did not look back. The result is 117:108, the Magic are going to Vegas for the semifinals.
Paolo Bankero scored 37 points, Wendell Carter Jr. scored a double-double with 14+10.
In the parallel match between Toronto and New York, the first quarter turned out to be stubborn – 39-35 in favor of the Canadians. And then the Knicks show started. Immediately after the break, they scored 19-4, then another 9-0, and now it’s +18 (65-47). The teams went on a long break at 69-52.
In the second half, Toronto failed to get closer than 12-13 points. New York calmly brought the matter to victory – 117-101 and is also flying to the semifinals.
Jaylen Brunson scored 35 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 14+16 rebounds. That’s it, we’re waiting for Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas.
