Golden State Warriors Eliminated As Suns Stifle Curry To Clinch No 8 Seed

Jalen Green scored 36 points, Devin Booker added 20 and nan Phoenix Suns locked down Stephen Curry and nan Golden State Warriors, winning 111-96 successful nan NBA’s play-in tourney Friday night.

The Suns took nan No 8 seed successful nan Western Conference playoffs and will look nan defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder connected Sunday successful Game 1. The Warriors’ play is over.

Green changeable 14 of 20 from nan field, including 8 of 14 connected three-pointers. Jordan Goodwin scored 19 points, had 9 rebounds and was a menace connected defense pinch six steals.

Booker and Golden State’s Draymond Green were some assessed 2 method fouls precocious successful nan 4th fourth aft exchanging words aggregate times and were ejected.

The 38-year-old Curry couldn’t get galore cleanable looks and vanished pinch 17 points connected 4-of-16 shooting. Brandin Podziemski led nan Warriors pinch 23 points.

Phoenix led by 5 astatine nan break and built a 69-53 advantage pinch 5:12 near successful 3rd aft a fast-break layup by Royce O’Neale. It was 85-72 pinch 10:12 remaining.

Charlotte Hornets 90-121 Orlando Magic

Paolo Banchero scored 25 points and Orlando built a 35-point lead successful nan first half connected nan measurement to a rout of Charlotte successful a play-in tourney crippled and precocious to a first-round playoff matchup against nan Detroit Pistons.

The Magic earned nan No 8 seed successful playoffs and will commencement their best-of-seven bid astatine Detroit connected Sunday.

LaMelo Ball scored 21 of his 23 points successful nan 3rd 4th for Charlotte.

Banchero had 12 points and Wendell Carter Jr added 10 arsenic nan Hornets changeable 5 for 20 pinch six turnovers successful nan first 4th and fell down 38-16.

Ball was scoreless pinch 2 turnovers erstwhile he went to nan chair pinch 3 fouls pinch 7:10 near successful nan first half. He did not people until Orlando’s lead had reached 35 points successful nan last seconds of nan half.

The Magic were eliminated successful nan first information of nan playoffs successful each of nan past 2 postseasons and person not won a playoff information since 2010.

The Hornets, who hit nan Magic successful their past 3 regular-season games, person not been successful nan playoffs since 2016.