The Denver Nuggets secured their first win of the second spherical on Friday as Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic mixed for 48 factors in a 117-90 victory on the Minnesota Timberwolves, who dropped their first sport of the playoffs. Jokic, the three-time league MVP, added 14 rebounds and 9 assists, Michael Porter Jr. scored 21 factors and the Nuggets sliced Minnesota’s sequence result in 2-1 on the power of their 14-for-29 taking pictures from 3-point vary.

Anthony Edwards had a quiet 19 factors to guide the Wolves, who went simply 10 for 32 from deep even with a 4-for-5 effort from Karl-Anthony Cities.

Within the different sport on Friday, Andrew Nembhard knocked down a 31-foot, tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16 seconds to go, giving the Indiana Pacers a essential 111-106 victory in Sport 3 over the New York Knicks. Tyrese Haliburton completed with 35 factors, his second straight profession excessive, and had seven assists. Pascal Siakam added 26 factors and 7 rebounds, whereas Myles Turner had 21 factors and 10 rebounds for the Pacers.

Donte DiVincenzo led the Knicks with 35 factors, going 7 of 11 on 3-pointers. Jalen Brunson had 26 factors and 6 rebounds, together with a tying 3 with 42 seconds left. 

On Saturday, there might be two Sport 3s in two extra second-round playoff sequence, that are each tied 1-1. Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks will host the top-seeded Thunder after stealing the final one in Oklahoma Metropolis. The Cavaliers answered again with a blowout win towards the Boston Celtics in Sport 2 and now head again to Cleveland with a little bit of momentum on their facet.

The postseason area began with 20 groups. The Warriors, Kings, Hawks and Bulls had been ousted within the Play-In Event earlier than the Pelicans, Suns, Clippers, Lakers, Warmth, 76ers, Bucks and Magic had been eradicated within the first spherical.

This is a have a look at the upcoming schedule, in addition to all of the playoff scores. All video games airing on ABC, ESPN and NBA TV are streaming on fubo (strive totally free).

Saturday’s playoff schedule:

• Sport 3: Celtics vs. Cavaliers, 8:30 p.m. ET — Sequence tied 1-1
• Sport 3: Thunder vs. Mavericks, 3:30 p.m. ET — Sequence tied 1-1

Under is a have a look at the entire playoff bracket.

2024 NBA playoff bracket

Upcoming NBA playoffs schedule

(All instances Japanese)

Saturday, Could 11
Sport 3: Mavericks vs. Thunder, 3:30 p.m., ABC/fubo
Sport 3: Cavaliers vs. Celtics, 8:30 p.m., ABC/fubo

Sunday, Could 12
Sport 4: Pacers vs. Knicks, 3:30 p.m., ABC/fubo
Sport 4: Timberwolves vs. Nuggets, 8 p.m., TNT

Monday, Could 13
Sport 4: Cavaliers vs. Celtics, 7 p.m., TNT
Sport 4: Mavericks vs. Thunder, 9:30 p.m., TNT

Tuesday, Could 14
Sport 5: Knicks vs. Pacers, 8 p.m., TNT
Sport 5: Nuggets vs. Timberwolves, 10:30 p.m., TNT

Wednesday, Could 15
Sport 5: Celtics vs. Cavaliers, 7 p.m., TNT
Sport 5: Thunder vs. Mavericks, 9:30 p.m., TNT

Thursday, Could 16
Sport 6*: Timberwolves vs. Nuggets, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/fubo

Friday, Could 17
Sport 6*: Cavaliers vs. Celtics, 7 p.m., TNT
Sport 6*: Pacers vs. Knicks, TBD, ESPN/fubo

Saturday, Could 18
Sport 6*: Mavericks vs. Thunder, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/fubo

Sunday, Could 19
Sport 7*: Celtics vs. Cavaliers, TBD
Sport 7*: Knicks vs. Pacers, TBD
Sport 7*: Nuggets vs. Timberwolves, TBD

Monday, Could 20
Sport 7*: Thunder vs. Mavericks, 8:30 p.m., TNT

NBA playoffs: Second-round scores

Celtics vs. Cavaliers
Sport 1: Celtics 120, Cavaliers 95
Sport 2: Cavaliers 188, Celtics 94

Knicks vs. Pacers
Sport 1: Knicks 121, Pacers 117
Sport 2: Knicks 130, Pacers 121

Thunder vs. Mavericks
Sport 1: Thunder 117, Mavericks 95
Sport 2: Mavericks 119, Thunder 110

Nuggets vs. Timberwolves
Sport 1: Timberwolves 106, Nuggets 99
Sport 2: Timberwolves 106, Nuggets 80

NBA playoffs: First-round scores

Celtics vs. Warmth
Sport 1: Celtics 114, Warmth 94
Sport 2: Warmth 111, Celtics 101
Sport 3: Celtics 104, Warmth 84
Sport 4: Celtics 102, Warmth 88
Sport 5: Celtics 118, Warmth 84
(Boston wins sequence 4-1)

Knicks vs. 76ers
Sport 1: Knicks 111, 76ers 104
Sport 2: Knicks 104, 76ers 101
Sport 3: 76ers 125, Knicks 114
Sport 4: Knicks 97, 76ers 92
Sport 5: 76ers 112, Knicks 106 (OT)
Sport 6: Knicks 118, 76ers 115
(Knicks win sequence 4-2)

Bucks vs. Pacers
Sport 1: Bucks 109, Pacers 94
Sport 2: Pacers 125, Bucks 108
Sport 3: Pacers 121, Bucks 118 (OT)
Sport 4: Pacers 126, Bucks 113
Sport 5: Bucks 115, Pacers 92
Sport 6: Pacers 120, Bucks 98
(Indiana wins sequence 4-2)

Cavaliers vs. Magic
Sport 1: Cavaliers 97, Magic 83
Sport 2: Cavaliers 96, Magic 86
Sport 3: Magic 121, Cavaliers 83
Sport 4: Magic 112, Cavaliers 89 
Sport 5: Cavaliers 104, Magic 103
Sport 6: Magic 103, Cavaliers 96
Sport 7: Cavaliers 106, Magic 94
(Cleveland wins sequence 4-3)

Thunder vs. Pelicans
Sport 1: Thunder 94, Pelicans 92
Sport 2: Thunder 124, Pelicans 92
Sport 3: Thunder 106, Pelicans 85
Sport 4: Thunder 97, Pelicans 89
(Oklahoma Metropolis wins sequence 4-0) 

Nuggets vs. Lakers
Sport 1: Nuggets 114, Lakers 103
Sport 2: Nuggets 101, Lakers 99
Sport 3: Nuggets 112, Lakers 105
Sport 4: Lakers 119, Nuggets 108
Sport 5: Nuggets 108, Lakers 106
(Denver wins sequence 4-1)

Timberwolves vs. Suns
Sport 1: Timberwolves 120, Suns 95
Sport 2: Timberwolves 105, Suns 93
Sport 3: Timberwolves 126, Suns 109
Sport 4: Timberwolves 122, Suns 116
(Minnesota wins sequence 4-0)

Clippers vs. Mavericks
Sport 1: Clippers 109, Mavericks 97
Sport 2: Mavericks 96, Clippers 93
Sport 3: Mavericks 101, Clippers 90
Sport 4: Clippers 116, Mavericks 111
Sport 5: Mavericks 123, Clippers 93
Sport 6: Mavericks 114, Clippers 101
(Dallas wins sequence 4-2)