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Boston Celtics take a 2-0 lead in the semifinals of an Eastern Conference against Toronto Raptors. After LeBron James' departure from the East, Boston Celtics is one of the favorites to win East titles and favorite to make into the NBA finals.
Jayson Tatum scored playoff career-high points in a game as he scored 34 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Jayson Tatum becomes the first Celtics with three 30-point games in the playoffs before turning 24. It was a Marcus Smart who turn around the game for Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter.
Toronto got 8 points lead in the first quarter when 5:44 remaining in the 1st quarter. They made a 9-0 run in a span of 2:32 minutes. Celtics made 8-0 to tie a game at 17-17 in the quarter. Boston cut a lead of 8 points of the first quarter and took a lead of 4 points in the second quarter when 5:55 remaining in the quarter. 3:34 to go in the second quarter, VanVleet scored 5 points in 2 possession to give 3 points lead to the Raptors. Pascal Siakam hit a buzzer at the end of the second quarter which cut a 5 points lead of Celtics to 2 points.
3rd quarter started with some lead changes. 3:06 to go in the third quarter, Ibaka made a long-range shot on Pascal's dimes which gave Toronto 9 points lead in a game. Toronto Raptors made an 8-0 run-in couple of minutes span. Just one minute to go in the 3rd Toronto Raptors got 10 points lead in a game. VanVleet shot rejected by Theis, Tatum took a ball and drove towards a Toronto's bucket but he passed a ball to Smart who banged a 3-pointer.
Smart made 3 consecutive 3-pointers and all of them are Jayson Tatum's wonderful passes which cut Toronto's 8 points lead to only 1 point. This was the turn around of a game. 8:53 to go in a game, Marcus Smart drained a 3-pointer to tie a game at 82-82. 7:55 to go in the 4th quarter, Smart launched a ball from the long-range which connected a bucket. Marcus Smart made 5 3-pointers in 3 minutes in the fourth quarter to give 1 point lead to the Boston Celtics. Jayson Tatum made 3-pointer just under 6 minutes to go in the quarter for Boston Celtics 6 points lead. Lowry's 2 free throws cut a lead to only one point for Toronto but Walker made a stepback which gave 3 points lead to the Celtics. Celtics win a game with 102-99.
5 threes in the fourth 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾@smart_MS3 turned the game around tonight when we needed him most. pic.twitter.com/PwDpw7OxXv
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 2, 2020
Boston Celtics' Scorers
Jayson Tatum is getting his level higher and higher every season. In this game, it looked like he developed his game as he provided some very good assists to his teammates, Specially to Marcus Smart in the fourth quarter. He scored a career playoff-high 34 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Jaylen Brown added 16 points with 8 boards. Smart scored 19 points in a game from that he scored 16 points alone in the fourth quarter with 5 3-pointers. Kemba Walker dropped 17 points, 6 boards, and 4 dimes. Williams scored 11 points in a game.
34 PTS, 8 RBS, 6 AST@jaytatum0 was a steady force in our Game 2 win ☘️ #BleedGreen pic.twitter.com/u97RpA3X9R
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 2, 2020
Toronto Raptors Scorers
Siakam scored 17 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Anunoby led a team in scoring with 20 points. VanVleet put 19 points on board with 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Lowry added 16 points with 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Ibaka also put a good number coming off the bench with 17 points and 9 rebounds.
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