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Houston Rockets stunned the Lakers with their performance in a game. Laker's weakness exposed in this game where they are not good at playing against a team with very good guards. 


Rajon Rondo made his debut for the Lakers in the playoff who missed the last round series against Portland Trail Blazers due to the thumb injury where he broke it in July.  


The biggest issue for the Lakers is that LeBron James was not as himself as in the playoffs. He was unable to score even one point in the fourth quarter. LeBron James showed some highlight play in a game where he made a sequence play by blocking Russell Westbrook's dunk at the rim, Russell is a very athletic player and very few players could hand with Russell but LeBron did it and after that, he scored and drew a foul for one point through Covington a full sprint.  



First Quarter 


8:49 to go in the quarter, Antony Davus put a ball into the bucket on LeBron James pass. James Harden scored over McGee when 7:36 to go in a quarter with a touch of glass to tie a game at 12-12. 3:57 remaining in a quarter, James Harden nailed a 3-pointer to get 4 points lead in the quarter. Rajon Rondo finished with the 3-pointer at the end of a quarter to cut 4 points lead to 1. Houston took quarter with a one-point lead. 


Second Quarter 


9 minutes to go, Covington made a deep 3 to give 5 points lead to the Rockets. 8:34 remaining, Alex Caruso made a cross-cut pass to LeBron James who finished with a heavy dunk with a foul. What a dunk by LeBron. 7:23 to go, James Harden finished a layup which gave 7 points lead to the Rockets. Green stole a ball from James Harden and scored a bucket with a dunk to cut a lead to 2 points. Rondo tied a game at 52-52 with his floater with a touch of glass. 13.3 seconds to go, James Harden 3-pointer gave 8 points lead to the Rockets. 


Third Quarter 


This was the highlight play of a game, Rissell Westbrook was one on one against LeBron James and He tried to finished with a dunk at a rim but LeBron James matched him and blocked his shot with two hands. After a block he took a block he finished on the other end by drawing a foul on Covington. 7:30 to go, Once again LeBron tried to block James Harden's dunk but he was unable to block it which gave 6 points lead to the Rockets. Houston got 6 points lead after the third. 


Fourth Quarter


10:52 to go, Eric Gordon scored a 3-pointer on Russell Westbrook's dime for 8 points lead to the Rockets. 9:51 to go, Russell Westbrook nearly scored a bucket but LeBron James was there to block it with a punch on a ball. Just over 9 minutes to go, Russell Westbrook drained a 3-pointer which gave 15 points lead to the Rockets. 7:15 to go, Harden with a dance on a Lakers' player and finished with a floater drawing a foul on Anthony Davis. Rockets got 19 points lead in a game. Lakers were unable to score even a single point in 4:10 minutes before 7:05 remaining in a quarter. Houston Rockets made a 14-0 run in that time where the Lakers missed all of their shots.  

 


Houston Rockets' Scorers 


James Harden led a game with 36 points, 2 assists, and 5 points. Russell Westbrook added 24 points with 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Eric Gordon dropped 23 points in a game. Aston Rivers scored 10 points with 3 rebounds. 


Los Angeles Lakers' Scorers


Anthony Davis scored team-high 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. LeBron James scored 20 points in a game with 8 rebounds and 7 assists. He made some highlight plays in a game but it wasn't enough to give a win to the Lakers. Caruso scored 14 points in a game. Green added 10 points.  


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After a tough and hard-fought series against Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets looks a little tired against the Clippers. Especially their guard Jamal Murray who is the main reason for Denver to get a victory against Utah and Donovan Mitchell.  


Kawhi Leonard was superb in this game to give his team a 1-0 lead in a series against Denver Nuggets. He scored 29 points on 12 for 16 shooting in a game.  


Kawhi looks unguardable in a game, He scored as he likes. Denver Nuggets don't have any player who can guard Kawhi and It will be troublesome for them in the upcoming games in a series. Jamal Murray scored his all 12 points from shooting of 5 from 15. There was no tight contest in a game, it was total domination by the Clippers in a game. 


Los Angeles Clippers was superb in the shooting as they made 48 shots out of 84 with a shooting percentage of 57.1%. Denver Nuggets made 35 FG from 83 with a shooting percentage of 42.2%. Clippers also made 10 3-pointers from 24 and Denver Nuggets made 9 from 36. These are the 2 things where Clippers got an edge and win a game by a big margin.


 

Los Angeles Clippers' Scorers


Leonard led a team with 29 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Paul George added 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals in a game. Morris was also efficient in a game by scoring 18 points on 7 for 10 shooting and also grabbed 5 rebounds with 2 steals. Harrell scored 15 points with 1 block coming off a bench. William added 10 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists.



Denver Nugget's Scorers 


Not even one player was able to score more than 15 points in a game. Jokic led a team with 15 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. Murray scored 12 points and assisted a ball 6 times in a game. Morris and Grant added 12 points for the team. Milsap added 13 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in a game. 


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Wow, the Series was on the line for Toronto Raptors when only 0.5 seconds left in the game and they were 2 points behind in a game. Anunoby received a pass from the inbound player Kyle Lowery at the 3-points line and he needs to launch a ball from the hand just 0.5 seconds remaining in a game. He shot a ball and made a 3-pointer to steal a game from the Celtics. Toronto Raptors back with 2-1 from going down to 3-0 in a series. 


 Kyle Lowry and Gasol scored all first 16 points in a staring of a first half. 4:10 minutes to go in the second quarter, Jaylen Brown's jumper gave 10 points lead to the Boston Celtics. Kemba Walker hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer of a second quarter. Boston Celtics got 10 points lead after the first half of a game.


6 minutes remaining in the third quarter, Toronto Raptors made 13-4 run in the first six minutes of the 3rd which cut 10 points lead to only 1 point for Toronto Raptors. 3:37 tp go in the third quarter,  Saikam drained a 3-pointer on Tatum which gave 2 points lead to Toronto Raptors. 54 seconds remaining in the third, Williams hammedred a rim with a dunk and drew a foul. 


Toronto had 4 points lead in the fourth quarter but Celtics made 8-0 run to get back 4 points lead just to 3 minutes to play in a fourth quarter. What a two handed jam by Jaylen Brown on the assists of Marcus Smart who was able to stay inabound. 21.5 seconds to go in the fourth, What a finish by VanVleet, He scored with his left hand. Another great move by Walker, Who made 2 Toronto players danced around him and Passed him to give a crazy assist to Theis. Theis finished a play with a dunk. Just 0.5 seconds to go and Boston Celtics got 2 points lead in a game. Timeout by Toronto whch turn a game. Kyle Lowry who was on the line, made a long pass over the all players to Anunoby. Anunoby just caught in and not even think to hold a ball. He shot a ball and a ball went into the bucket. This play could turn around a series. 



Toronto Raptors' Scorers 


Kyle Lowry top the scorer with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Vanvleet supported him with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Anunoby scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He scored only 12 points but made a biggest shot in a game. Gasol added 10 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists. 


Boston Celtics' Scorers 


Kemba Walker was a top scorer for Boston, He scored 29 points with 3 assists and 3 rebounds. Jayles Brown dropped 19 points with 12 boards. Jayson Tatum was not as good as in his last two game but he scored 15 points with 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Marcus Smart made 11 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists. 


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Milwaukee Bucks is favorite to win a series but they are not playing like a favorite to win all. Now Milwaukee Bucks lost both of their games against the Miami Heat which is an underdog in the East.



Tyler Herro's 3-pointer gave 10 points lead in a game to the Heat when 1:15 to go in a game. What a play by Giannis at the last seconds of the game. He made a wonderful pass to Hill. Just over 5 minutes passed in the second quarter, Miami Hear got 13 points lead in a game. 6:14 to go in the 2nd quarter,  Giannis blocked a shot of Butler. Miami got 6 points lead after the first half. 


4:21 to go in the third quarter, Milwaukee Bucks tied a game by making a 15-5 run in 5 minutes with Lopez scoring on a lob pass. Herro with a lob pass gave a ball to Adebayo who smashed it with authority. 

Bucks took a one-point lead in the starting of a fourth-quarter with Korver made a 3-pointer on Middleton's assist. Dragic made a step-back 3-pointer and after this Crowder got a steal picking off the pass of the Bucks' player and on the other end he got a layup which gave 4 points lead to Miami. Just under 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, 


Miami got 6 points lead in the game. 7:51 remaining in the fourth quarter, Miami got 10 points lead with Crowder making 3-pointer for the Heat. Milwaukee Bucks made a 7-0 run in the fourth quarter in 1 and a half minutes when 5:30 remaining in the fourth quarter but Olynyk's 3-pointer gave 6 points lead to the Miami. Butler made a mistake as he threw a ball toward his basket which was stolen by Lopez. His bucket cut a lead to 2 points with 8.5 seconds to go in the game. 4.3 seconds to go, Middleton fouled and went to the free-throw line for 3 free throws. Middleton didn't make any mistake and he made all of those to tie a game at 114-114. Butler missed a shot but he was fouled by Matthews. Butler scored both free throws which sealed a deal for the Heat.           



Miami Heat's Scorers


7 players scored in double-figure which was the most in the franchise history  Dragic scored team-high 23 points with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Herro scored 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists. Bam Adebayo added 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists. Crowder made 16 points with 6 rebounds and 2 assists in a game. Jimmy dropped 13 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals in a game. Robinson and Olynyk were on the scoresheet with 13 and 11 points.


Milwaukee Bucks' Scorers


Giannis led the Bucks with 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 assists. Khris Middleton put a good number with 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Lopez and Bledsoe both scored 16 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Hill added 14 points coming off the bench. 


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It was a team effort by Houston Rockets as they defeated OKC in a thriller game with 104 - 102. Houston Rockets will face Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals.


Lu Dort scored career-high 30 points in a game that is the most ever for an undrafted rookie in a game since the draft was introduced in 1947. He also got some records on his name as a rookie for OKC like most points, Most FGs made and most 3PT FGs made by a rookie. 


Chris Paul missed a very important shot of a game when 41 seconds to go in the quarter. James Harden blocked a shot of Dort at the last second of a game. It was James Harden's defensive play which stole a show at the end. Dort did a great job guarding him in a game but James Harden blocked his longe range shot at the last moment of a game which could change a result of a game. 



Houston Rockets' Scorers 


James Haden was not a leader in this game for Houston in scoring but he did a great job from the defensive end. He scored only 17 points in a game by making 4 shots out of 15 in a game. He grabbed 3 rebounds, assisted a ball nine times, and made a game-winning block on Thunder Rookie Dort.


 Covington scored 21 points with 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Russell Westbrook added 20 points, 9 rebounds in a game. Jeff Green dropped 13 points. Eric Gordon scored 21 points with 3 rebounds and 2 assists.  


OKC Thunder's Scorers 


Another great game for Chris Paul to score triple-double in a game. He scored 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists in a game. Dort who led away in scoring with 30 points and 4 rebounds. he scored 6 3-pointers from 12 in a game which was unthinkable for him. 


 Dennis Schroder scored 12 points with 6 rebounds and 5 assists coming off the bench. Adams made 10 points with 9 rebounds. Alexander added 19 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists.  


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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.



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. 



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.


Game Thread: Nuggets Vs Utah


Nuggets come back from 3-1 to win a series against Utah Jazz.

   

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It's not Murray who steals a show in the last game. It's a Nikola Jokic who scored 30 points with 14 rebounds and four assists in a game. Denver Nuggets becomes only the 12th team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in any series. This series registered many records in the NBA. 


This game was a low scoring game, Denver won a game 80-70 and now they will face heavy favourite to win this season's NBA title. Donovan Mitchell makes another record in this series by hitting 33 3-pointers in a playoff series. Stephen Curry has this record of making 32 3-pointers in any playoff series. Jamal Murray tied with curry with 32 three-pointers in a series. 


Donovan Mitchell was on the floor after a heartbreaking loss to Denver Nuggets but Jamal Murray was there to help him with a handshake and a hug. It was great respect from both players who played this series at their highest level.


 

Denver got maximum 10 points lead in the first quarter of a game. Garry Harris' long-range shot gave 11 points lead to the  Denver Nuggets. 8:24 minutes to go in the second quarter, Craig finished with a dunk and before this Michaell Porter Jr scored 3 points. Denver Nuggets got 14 points lead in a game. Michael Porter Jr's 3-pointer extended Denver's lead to 15 points in a game when 6:03 remaining in the 2nd quarter. 4:29 to gom Jokic with a point guard move and finished with a dunk for 19 points lead in a game.


Utah Jazz made 12-0 run in 5 minutes when 6:26 to in the third quarter which cut 19 points lead to only 7 points lead. Gobert scored with grabbing offensive rebound by the tip in the ball. A lead cut to only one point. Denver was scoreless in the last 6 minutes of a game when 8:09 remaining in the fourth quarter. Rudy Gobert's two points play gave Utah 3 points lead. Jamal Murray's two big buckets gave 4 points lead to Denver at the crucial moment of a game which was a turning point for them. Utah tied a game with Rudy Gobert's alley-oop dunk. Just 28 minutes to go in the game, Jokic with 2 turns around made a tough shot on Gobert. Mitchel and Utah had two chance to win or a tied a game but they both missed opportunities. This was the last bucket of a game and Denver advanced into the next round of playoff.


 
Denver Nuggets' Scorer 


Nikola Jokic led with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists. Murray scored 17 points with 7 shots made from 21 which is not as good as his calibre in this series. Michael Porter added 10 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assist. 


Utah Jazz's Scorer 


Mitchell scored 22 points with 9 rebounds and 1 assist in a game. Rudy Gobert dropped 19 points with 18 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson scored 10 points with 3 rebounds and 1 assist.


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