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Apr 16, 2024, 10:44 PM | Up to date: <\/span>11:55 pm
Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns drives to the basket towards Anthony Edwards #5 of the Minnesota Timberwolves within the first quarter at Goal Middle on April 14, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photograph by David Berding\/Getty Photographs)
(Photograph by David Berding\/Getty Photographs)
BY<\/span> ARIZONA SPORTS<\/span><\/a>
The Phoenix Suns will meet the Minnesota Timberwolves within the first spherical of the NBA playoffs for a collection beginning Saturday in Minneapolis.
Tipoff for Recreation 1 of the lean is slated for 12:30 p.m. MST on ESPN and might be heard on the Arizona Sports activities app, 98.7 and ArizonaSports.com<\/em>.
Right here is the complete schedule for the first-round matchup:
#6 Phoenix vs.\u00a0<\/b>#3 Dallas<\/b>
DAY<\/b>
DATE<\/b>
AWAY<\/b>
HOME<\/b>
GM<\/b>
TIME<\/b>
TV<\/b>
Sat
4\/20
Phoenix
Minnesota
1
12:30 p.m.
ESPN
Tue
4\/23
Phoenix
Minnesota
2
4:30 p.m.
TNT
Fri
4\/26
Minnesota
Phoenix
3
7:30 p.m.
ESPN
Solar
4\/28
Minnesota
Phoenix
4
6:30 p.m.
TNT
Tue
4\/30
Phoenix
Minnesota
5*
TBD
TBD
Thu
5\/2
Minnesota
Phoenix
6*
TBD
TBD
Sat
5\/4
Phoenix
Minnesota
7*
TBD
TNT
The sixth-seeded Suns beat the third-seeded T-Wolves on Sunday, whereas the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans of their respective regular-season finales. The outcomes helped Phoenix to keep away from the play-in match, incomes every week off earlier than its first-round collection begins.
Talking of the Lakers, they knocked off the Pelicans of their play-in match matchup to safe the No. 7 seed within the Western Convention. L.A. will now face No. 2 seed Denver within the first spherical of the playoffs.
Victories by the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder moved the Wolves all the way down to No. 3 after three groups got here into their common season finales tied at No. 1 for the primary time in NBA historical past.
The Suns will play the primary of as much as seven video games towards the T-Wolves on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. MST.
The collection will start in Minnesota on the Goal Middle the place the Timberwolves are 30-11 this season. The Suns completed the common season 24-17 away from residence.
Phoenix completed its common season 10-4 over its final 14 video games. Minnesota completed 9-5 over its last 14, the distinction being two head-to-head wins by the Suns over the stretch.
The Suns received the sooner matchup within the season as nicely, a three-point win in November, setting the muse for a regular-season sweep.
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