{"id":216018,"date":"2024-05-13T07:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T11:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=216018"},"modified":"2024-05-13T08:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:05:04","slug":"216018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/05\/13\/216018\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA playoffs: Boston does well; Timberwolves and Nuggets tied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Al-Horford-is-a-star-1-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180055\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Al-Horford-is-a-star-1-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Al-Horford-is-a-star-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Al-Horford-is-a-star-1-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Al-Horford-is-a-star-1.png 1206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Al Horford is a star<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boston Celtics with Dominican Al Horford has the lead of the NBA Eastern Division playoffs after winning game 3 \u2013 106 to 93. The series is now 2-1 in favor of Boston versus the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other playoff that involves a Dominican player is that of the Minnesota Timberwolves versus the Denver Nuggets. The Timberwolves won the first two games in Denver, but then the Nuggets landed the next two games in Minneapolis, including the Sunday, 115-107 win. Karl Anthony Towns, a key Timberwolves player, is a member of the Dominican national basketball team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series continues with these games:<br>Monday, May 13<br>Game 4: Cavaliers vs. Celtics, 7 p.m., TNT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, May 14<br>Game 5: Nuggets vs. Timberwolves, 10:30 p.m., TNT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, May 15<br>Game 5: Celtics vs. Cavaliers, 7 p.m., TNT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, May 16<br>Game 6<em>: <\/em>Timberwolves vs. Nuggets, 8:30 p.m., ESPN\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Friday, May 17 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gam<em>e <\/em>6: Cavaliers vs. Celtics, 7 p.m., TNT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, May 19<br>Game 7<em>: <\/em>Celtics vs. Cavaliers, TBD <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game 7: Nuggets vs. Timberwolves, TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba-playoffs-cavaliers-stun-celtics-with-dominant-11894-win-in-game-2-at-boston-013648391.html\">Sports Yahoo <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M11O65blI0Y\">Boston vs Cavaliers <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/el-deporte\/baloncesto\/20240511\/24-puntos-murray-nuggets-recuperan-vencen-timberwolves_807872.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19 May 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics with Dominican Al Horford has the lead of the NBA Eastern Division playoffs after winning game 3 \u2013 106 to 93. The series is now 2-1 in favor of Boston versus the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals matchup. The other playoff that involves a Dominican player is that of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/05\/13\/216018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216018"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216089,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216018\/revisions\/216089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}