Indiana and New Orleans defeated their opponents with surprising ease heading into the main event.
The NBA continued its intraseason tournament, an innovation that the league only started this season. On Tuesday, December 5, the first semi-finalists were determined here.
They were Indiana and New Orleans, who quite easily defeated their rivals from Boston and Sacramento, who were considered the favorites of the confrontation.
NBA. Intraseason tournament. Quarterfinals
Indiana – Boston – 122:112 (22:24, 26:31, 37:23, 37:34)
Indiana: Haliburton (26+10 rebounds + 13 assists), Hield (21), Turner (17+10 rebounds), B. Brown (13+8 rebounds), Toppin (12) – start; Maturin (16), Nesmith (14), McConnell (2), Nembard (1).
Boston: Tatum (32+12 rebounds + 6 assists), Brown (30+9 rebounds), White (18+8 assists + 5 losses), Holiday (9), Horford (2+7 rebounds) – start; Houser (15), Cornet (6+4 blocked shots), Benton (0), Pritchard (0).
Sacramento – New Orleans – 117:127 (36:35, 25:34, 30:31, 26:27)
Sacramento: Fox (30+6 turnovers), Sabonis (26+13 rebounds + 10 assists), Murray (14), Herter (12), Barnes (4) – start; Monk (21), Ellis (5), Lyles (5), Vezenkov (0), McGee (0).
New Orleans: Ingram (30+7 rebounds + 6 assists), Jones (23), Valanciunas (18+11 rebounds), McCollum (17+7 assists), Williamson (10+6 assists) – start; Murphy (16), Alvarado (9), Marshall (4), Daniels (0), Zeller (0).
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