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Kawhi Leonard helps Clippers to take a lead in a series with 36 points. 
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Kawhi is there for Clippers but bad news for Luka and Mavericks in a game as Luka hurt himself in the game with left ankle sprain which is not good news for Dallas Mavericks. Luka scored 18th  triple-double of the season before he left a game due to injury. Kawhi Leonard scored 100 points in his first 3 points for Clippers in the Playoff which is a record for any player to score 100 points in his first 3 games.


Luka returned to play in the fourth quarter but he went back to the locker room for checking of an injury. George had a very bad night from shooting he made only 3 shots out of 16. 


Luka achieved another milestone, He becomes the third player to score triple-double after The Great Magic Johnson and LeBron James.


Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals at the half time of a game. Paul George added 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Shamet, Morris, and Williams each scored 8 points in the first half.


Clippers took a lead of 14 points with 68- 54 scoring in the first half.


 Los Angeles Lakers took 17 points lead in a 3rd quarter with the remaining 1 and half minutes in the quarter. Porzingis buried a long-range 3-pointer to cut 17 points lead to 13 but the end of the third quarter Clippers took back their 17 points lead over Dallas. 


Approaching 2 minutes in the game, Clippers were 11 points ahead of Dallas Mavericks. Kawhi Leonard's 2 free throws to give 13 points lead to the Clippers. No comeback for Dallas in a game. It was all the Clippers game in the second half of the game.  Clippers got a win with 130-122.


Clippers' Scorers

One again Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 36 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals. Paul George had a bad night on scoring but he did a little bit of everything in a game by grabbing 9 rebounds, assisting a ball 7 times with 11 points, steal a ball 2 times. 


For Clippers 7 players scored in a double-figure. Morris dropped 14 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Shamet added 18 points with 3 3's made, Williams made 10 points with 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Harrel put a number of 13 points with 2 rebounds. Zubac played very well in a game as he scored 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 block.  



Mavericks' Scorer 


Porzingis tried to lead his team by scoring 34 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block. Seth Curry scored 22 points, 3 assists, and 1 steal. Tim Hardaway Jr added 22 points, 2 assists, and 6 rebounds. 


Luka scored 13 points with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Burke made 10 points in a game. Fenny Smith was there on the scoring sheet with 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists.  







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 Milwaukee Bucks were too good in this game, not like the first game. Orlando Magic was able to score only 13 points in the first half where Bucks got a lead of 12 points. In the first game, Orlando Magic has dominated Bucks but it didn't happen in this game. 


Connaughton made back to back 3-pointer on Giannis assists at the starting of the second quarter to give 16 points lead to the Bucks. Bledsoe with a nice shake, He froze his defender to score a bucket, 18 points lead to the Bucks. Bucks got a huge 23 points lead after half of the play completed in the second quarter. 


Pat Connaughton scored all his 15 points by scoring from long range. He made 5 3's from 8. He also grabbed 11 rebounds.  

Milwaukee Bucks put a limit on Orlando's 3 point shooting. Magic was able to make only 7 3-pointer out of 33 with a shooting percentage of 21.2%. Milwaukee Bucks made 15 3 pointers out of 41 with a shooting percentage of 36.6%.  Orlando missed 13 consecutive field goal in the first half.  


Vucevic once again come back in a game with scoring 16 points in the third quarter alone and help Magic cut a lead to 12 points but it wasn't enough for them to get near of Milwaukee Bucks's lead as they lost by big margin in a game.  


Antetokounmpo said," I'm not going to say there is a fear factor, being down, but you know you have to be urgent. "



Milwaukee Bucks' Scorer


Giannis dropped 28 points and tied a season high with 20 rebounds. Brook Lopez scored 20 points, Bledsoe added 13 points with 2 rebounds and 7 assists. Patt scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and 3 assists. Korver made 9 points in a game. Most surprise in the game is that Khris Middleton is not putting any number for Bucks on the offense. he scored only 2 points by making only 1 shot from 8.


Orlando Magic's Scorer 


Once again Nikola was superb as he was in game 1. He scored 32 points with 10 rebounds. Fournier and Ross added 12 points. Fultz dropped 11 points Augustin made 10 points with 5 assists.


Orlando is playing without Their star forward Aaron Gordon and Guard Michael Carter Williams. 

  

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Danny Green, Alex Caruso, and Caldwell-Pope scored only 13 points in the first game. Caldwell-Pope didn't make any shot from his 9 attempts and Caruso made only 1 out of six. This is the players who are playing against Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum and If Lakers want to win these 3 players need to step up on defense to stop Damian and CJ McCollum. After dominating victory over Portland in a second game, Lakers tied a series 1-1. 


Anthony Davis is the first player to score 30+ points in less than 30 minutes in a playoff game. This is the first playoff victory for Lakers since May 2012.


Lakers did a great job on the defensive side of the game. They stopped Lillard and Nurkic who always grabbed important rebounds and stopped him under 10 points. Green, Caldwell-Pope, and Caruso did a great job to stop Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. 


First Quarter


7:32 left in the quarter Pope hit a 3-pointer to give a 6 point lead to the Lakers. 7 minutes to go, What an ally oop pass by Anthony Davis to LeBron James. Lakers get 8 points lead in the game. 6:26 to go McGee hammered another a rim with another dunk, 9 points lead for the Lakers. Lillard finished with the Euro step on McGee and draw a foul, 3 points play by Damian Lillard cut a lead to six.   


14.5 seconds to go, Anthony Davis grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked to score. Anthony Davis scored 11 points in the first half. Los Angeles Lakers got an 8 points lead after a quarter 1.



Second Quarter


9:53 remaining in the quarter, Kuzma's layup gave a first double-digit lead to the Lakers. Trent Jr banged a 3-pointer to cut a lead to 6 points. 6:04 to go team play by Lakers, Anthony Davis bucket got 10 points lead to the Lakers. 5:27 to go in the Quarter, Alex Caruso grabbed third foul. 5:11 to go Dwight Howard got his 3 fouls in just seven minutes. 4:45 remaining in the quarter, Kyle Kuzma with his first 3-pointer gave 11 points lead to Lakers before this Anthony Davis blocked a shot of Damian Lillard. LeBron James found Anthony Davis for the Slam. 1:06 to go, LeBron James bucket gave 13 points lead to the Lakers. 49 seconds remaining in the quarter, Anthony Davis knocked down 3-pointer to give 14 points lead to Lakers. In the Next position, Anthony Davis scored a bucket and drew a foul. 3 points play from Anthony Davis gave the largest lead of 17 points in the game. 


First Half 


Anthony Davis was superb in the first half, He scored 21 points with 11 rebounds and 8 assists. LeBron James added 10 points with 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Damian Lillard scored 14 points for Portland in the first half of the game.



Third Quarter 


10:30 to go, Pope buried 3-pointer, 18 points lead to the Lakers. On the next play, Anthony Davis' bucket gave 20 points lead to the Lakers. 9:28 to go in the quarter, Anthony Davis grabbed a rebound and gave a long pass to Pope who finished with a dunk. Lakers got the lead of 22 points.

 

9 minutes to go, Pope knocked down another 3-pointer on LeBron James' dish. Lakers got 27 points lead when McGee finished on a bucket. 5-0 run from Portland cut a lead to 22 points. 5:36 to go Anthony Davis made smoothest 3-pointer with a game with no touch on the bucket. 3:30 to go, Anthony Davis scored with a short break, spin, and drive, Lakers got 28 points lead. 3 minutes to go in the quarter, Lakers got 30 points lead in the game. 



Fourth Quarter 


Los Angeles never gave any chance to Portland to come back in a game. Reserved players played many minutes in the last quarter of the game. 


Portland Trail Blazers suffered a big loss as Damian Lillard dislocated his left index finger.  


Lakers Scorers 


Anthony Davis led a Lakers in scoring with 31 points, 11 rebounds, and a couple of blocks. LeBron James scored only 10 points in a game with 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Caldwell-Pope was super in this game as he scored 16 points, McGee scored 10 points with 8 rebounds. 


Portland Trail Blazers Scorers 


Damian Lillard scored 18 points, Lakers did a good job from scoring him from the long-range as he did in the first game. CJ McCollum added 13 points. Simmons scored 11 points in a game.


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Jayson Tatum is establishing himself as one of the best players in the league after scoring consecutive 30+ points in 2 games.  He made 8 3-pointer in this game and make a record of most 3PM  in a playoff game by player 22 years old or younger before him LeBron James made 7 and Kobe made 6 3-pointers.


Philadephia is missing Ben Simmons very badly after looking at these 2 games' performance by Them.


Philadelphia was on a roller coaster when they took a lead of 13 points in a game with 2:11 remaining in the first quarter. After this Celtics made a 9-2 run to cut a lead of 13 points to 6 points after play of the first quarter, thanks to Jayson Tatums long 3-points made nearly midway of the court at the last moment of the quarter. 


8:41 minutes remaining in the second quarter, Jayson Tatum buried a 3-pointer which gave 4 points lead to Boston. Boston made an 18-3 run-in last 5 minutes of a game when just over 7 minutes to go in the second quarter. Jaylen Brown knocked down 3-pointer which gave 8 points lead to the Celtics when 6:12 minutes to go in the second quarter. 4:10 to go in the second quarter, Boston Celtics took the lead of 11 points in the game. Kemba Walker was unstoppable in the last minutes of the second quarter. Celtics turn around a game from 13 points deficit to 8 points lead in the first half. 


Celtics started the third quarter with a 9-2 run and took a lead of 15 points when just under 8 minutes remaining in the quarter. 6:47 minutes to go in the third, Jaylen Brown's 3-pointer gave 18 points lead to the Celtics. Kemba Walker made a layup and drew a foul to give 19 points lead to the Celtics. The Celtics able to get 20 points lead when 4 and half minutes to play in a game. Walker finished with a jumper over the top of the Horford to give 23 points lead to the Celtics. 


After 25 points deficit in the fourth quarter, Philadelphia had no chance to return in a game. 



Celtics players were too good from the long-range, They were able to score on 19 3-pointers out of 43 with a 3 point shooting percentage of 44.2%. Philadelphia made only 5 3-pointers out of 21 with a shooting percentage of 23.8%. Boston Celtics won a game due to accuracy in a game on their shooting. 


Boston Celtics' Scorers 


Jayson Tatum led Boston Celtics with 33 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jaylen Brown is always best with him as he scored 20 points with 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker added 22 points. Kanter made 10 points and 9 rebounds in a game. 



Philadelphia 76ers' Scorers  


Joel Embiid made 34 points, 10 rebounds if he wants to give he need to be more aggressive and his teammates need to step up. Al Horford is not doing great in this series, He scored only 4 points. Harris added 13 points with 11 rebounds, Milton made 14 points and Richardson scored 18 points with 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

 


 


  

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Dallas Mavericks was superb in this game, They never gave any chances to Clippers in a game. Clippers shoot very bad from the long-range. They made 10 3-pointer out of 34. Clippers and Dallas both missed many free throws in the game, Clippers missed 9 and Dallas missed 11 free throws.


Boban does a great job for Dallas, He scored 13 points with 9 rebounds coming off the bench. His Presence in the first half gave a moment to take a big lead to Dallas. 


This is the first playoff game victory for Dallas after Dirk Nowitzki's time with Dallas. Luka Doncic scored 70 points in his first 2 games of the playoffs. He passed Kareem Abdul Jabbar for most points through first two career playoff games in NBA History. 

First Quarter 


This time Dallas scored fist points. They made 8-0 run in this quarter. In the last game, Dallas was 18-2 behind from the Clipper. Dallas made 15-2 run in the first 5 minutes of the game. Clippers were very sloppy in the first 5 minutes of the game.  Clippers come back in a game and cut 13 points lead to 4 points after the first quarter. 


Second Quarter


Dallas Mavericks got a huge 17 points lead in the quarter with 7:40 remaining. Luka missed his last 3 free throws out of 4. Dallas Mavericks took 5 points lead after the first half. Dallas had a maximum of 17 points lead in the first half. 


Third Quarter 


11:08 remaining in the quarter, Luka got 4th foul. 9:37 minutes to go in the quarter, Tim Hardaway Jr buried a 3-pointer which gave 8 points lead to Dallas Mavericks. Dallas took 13 points lead in the quarter. Porzingis scored 9 points in the quarter. Dallas made 13-2 run.    


Fourth Quarter 


Luka Doncic picked 5th foul at the starting of the fourth quarter. Doncic had to left a game. 10:58 to go in the quarter, what a throwback jam by Kawhi Leonard but Boban mad 3 points play to take back 13 points lead. Dallas got 15 points as Burke scored a bucket. Wright scored 2 free throws to give 18 points lead to Dallas. Dallas had a maximum  18  points lead in the fourth quarter. 


2:50 minutes remaining in the quarter, Paul George scored a 3-pointer but it was not counted where offensive foul committed by Clippers. 2:29 minutes to go Harrell scored a bucket and drew a foul on Porzingis. 3 points play for Harrell but he missed a free throws.1:52 minutes to go, Clippers had open look but Kawhi and Morris both missed open 3-pointer to cut a lead into a  single digit.  


Dallas Mavericks' bench also played a huge role in this game. They scored 47 points for Dallas compared to Clippers' bench 37 points. Clippers bench players are known for their great performance in any game from both sides of the game but in today's game, Dallas got an edge over them.  


Dallas Mavericks' Scorer :


Luka scored 28 points with 8 rebounds and 7 assists. 6 Dallas Mavericks players scored in double-figure. Porzingis scored 23 points. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 17 points. Seth Curry added 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and Trey Burke scored 16 points in a game coming off the bench.  

 


Los Angeles Clippers' Scorer :


Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points with 10 rebounds, Morris added 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in a game for Clippers. Paul George was not that good in this game as he was in the first game, He scored only 14 points with 10 rebounds. Jackson scored 11 points, Williams and Harrell are always there to help Clippers from the bench as Harrell added 10 points and Williams made 23 points with 4 rebounds and 7 assists. 







James Harden was the leader in the team effort win over Oklahoma City Thunder Russell Westbrook sits out in a game 1 and probably will miss game 2. This is a huge victory for Houston Rockets in the absence of Russell Westbrook. Chrich Paul is playing against his former team where he nearly made NBA finals against mighty GSW but he missed this opportunities in 2 season. 


This win is a team effort from Houston Rockets. Houston Rockets always solely depend on James Harden when it comes to scoring. In a game 1 against OKC it was a different story. Houston's other players supported Harden very well in this game. Jeff Green did a great job with +/- of +28 in a game with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 


When 10 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, Houston Rockets made 21-7 runs in last 5 minutes of the game to take a lead of 17 points. 4:26 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter, Houston Rockets got 20 points lead in the game. Houston Rockets got highest 21 points lead in the firs half. OCK made 14-5 run to cut a lead of 21 points to 11 points.     


Houston maintained 10+ points lead in the game. 2:40 left in the 3rd quarter James Harden's 3 pointer gave 23 points lead to the Rockets.  In the fouth quarter Houston never felt difficulties from OCK. Houston won this game with ease. 


Whenever it comes to 3-pointer attemp in a game Houston Rockets always comes on the Top. They tried shots from the long range for 52 times and connected 20 times. Half points of Houston Rockets scored from 3-pointer. 


Houston's Scorer 


James Harden scord 37 points, 11 rebunds and 3 assists. Eric Gordon get back his form and continue to shine as he scored 21 points with 3 rebounds and 4 assists. McLemore added 14 points and PJ Tucker scored 11 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists.


 

OCK's Scorer 


Danilo Gallinari doing a wonderful job for OKC with Paul and Schroder and Gallinari continue doing his job. Gallinari added 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Crish Paul nearly scored triple-double in a game with 20 points 10 rebounds and 9 assists. Steven Adams added 17 points with 12 rebounds. 


Maimi Heat Vs Indiana Pacers :




This is the only series where no one is favourite to win a series. Miami gets a slightly edge over after securing 1-0 lead over Pacers in 7 game playoff series. Indiana Pacers got hurt by injury of their star player Victor Oladipo. He played only 8 minutes in the game before he was hurt in the left eye when 3:26 minuted to go in the first quarter.    


Miami got 72-62 lead in the mid of third quarter but the Pacers got back and cut a lead to only 1 point after third. In the last quarter Jimmy Buttler took away game from Pacers. Heat made 11-2 run that got 12 points lead to Heat when 2 minutes remaining in the game. Maimi got a victory with 113-101. Dragic scored 21 points out of his 24 points in the second half of the game.


Miami gets all thing in thier lineup to win a game but only one things to win a chip is another superstar like Butler in their team.  


Indiana Pacers' Scorer 


T.J. Warren scored 22 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Brogdon scored 22 points with 1 rebound and 10 assists. Holiday made 11 points. For Pacers only these three players were able to score in double figure.   


Miami Heat's Scorer 


Jimmy Buttler scored 28 points with 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Dragic scored 2 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Adebayo added 17 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks. Herro scored 15 points.


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Milwaukee Bucks had no answer of Nikola Vucevic. He scored playoff career-high 35 points and 14 rebounds in a game. Two heavy favorites to win NBA titles this season lost their first game. Lakers fall to Portland Trail Blazers and Milwaukee Bucks lost to Orlando. The last time Magic player scored more than 30 points in the playoffs was on April 19.2011, when Dwight Howard scored 33 points against Atlanta.  


It looks like playing in Orlando benefits Orlando Magic a lot. Giannis scored 31 points with 17 rebounds and 7 assists. This is called a great performance by any player but it wasn't enough to give a win to Bucks.  


In a regular-season Milwaukee Bucks won all game and it was all with an average of 17 points but Orlando's solid play was enough to stop Giannis from scoring at a crucial time of the game. 


Orlando took early 10 points lead in the first quarter of the game. Orlando Magic made 16-4 run in 5:35 when 11:20 left in the 2nd Quarter. Orlando got 13 points lead in a game. 6:17 minutes to go in the second quarter, Vucevic made a layup shot to give 14 points lead to Orlando. 5:23 minutes to go in the second quarter, Orlando got a huge 18 points lead over Milwaukee Bucks. 


1:27 minutes to go in the second quarter, Milwaukee made 12-6 run to cut 18 points lead to 12. Milwaukee was able to cut a lead to 10 after the end of the first half.


11 minutes to go Giannis 3-pointer helped Milwaukee to reduce a lead by 7 points. 10:44 minute remaining in the third quarter, Eric Bledsoe stole a ball and scored bucket which cut a lead to only 5 points for Milwaukee Bucks. Giannis was on the spin and got what he wanted, A lead cut to only 3 points. Just over 8 minutes to go in the 3rd, Milwaukee reduced a lead within 1 point but once again Orlando made 9-2 run to take a lead of 8 points. Under 4 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter, Orlando got 11 points lead. After the 3rd quarter, Orlando got 13 points lead in a game.


8:14 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Book Lopez's jumper on a pocket pass of Middleton which cut a lead to 6 points. 6:42 to go, D.J.Augustin made a hug step-back 3-pointer to give Orlando 11 points lead in the game. After this Milwaukee was no near of Orlando Magic's score in a game. Orlando seal a deal with 122-110 in a game and took 1-0 lead in 7 game series.



 Orlando Magic's Scorer 


Six players scored in double-figure for Orlando. Fluitz scored 15 points with 6 rebounds. Ross added 18 points and 6 assists. Ennis III scored 11 points with 8 rebounds and 2 assists. D.J. Augustin scored 11 points with 11 assists. 


Milwaukee Bucks' scorer 


Middleton scored 14 points with 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Bledsoe made 15 points, Hill added 16 points and Matthews made 10 points in a game. 




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