Mitchell’s offensive recital for Utah and the Sixers even their series against the Hawks

Updated:09/06/2021 08:01h

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The star Donovan Mitchell gave an offensive recital Tuesday in the NBA playoffs to give his Utah Jazz their first Western Conference semifinal victory, while the Philadelphia 76ers tied their series in the East against the Atlanta Hawks.

Mitchell had a night out to guide his Jazz to a 112-109 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, to kick off their West semi-final series 1-0 up.

Mitchell had a very profitable offensive day with 45 points and the Jazz They will look to extend their perfect playoff history against the Clippers who have won three previous series in a row (1992, 1997 and 2017).

That’s the most playoff series wins for Utah without a loss to an opponent, and that’s the most setbacks of the Clippers without a victory against an enemy.

Other standouts for Utah’s were Jordan Clarkson and Bosnian Bojan Bogdanovic, with 18 points each. Frenchman Rudy Gobert stood out in the rebounding section with 13 sacks under the boards.

The next game in this best-of-seven series will be on Thursday at the Jazz headquarters. Mitchell He also scored a basket with just over a minute left to put the 112 point on the board, while Paul George immediately hit a triple with 37 seconds left to bring the score closer to 112-109, but it didn’t reach the Los Angeles team.

Mitchell did most of his work in the second half, scoring 32 points to pull the Jazz out of a double-digit deficit. Mitchell has averaged 33.45 points per game over the past two postseason, second-highest in the season. NBA, behind the Slovenian Luka Doncic (33.54).

For the Clippers the best were Kawhi Leonard, with 23 points and seven rebounds, and George with 20 and 11 sacks. Luke Kennard came off the bench for the Clippers for a total of 18 cards.

Leonard was coming off hitting 61.2% of his shots against the Mavericks in the first round, the highest by a player in a postseason series since Shaquille O’Neal made 66% for the Magic against the Pacers in the Finals. 1995 Eastern Conference.

The Clippers They came very inspired by an excellent seventh game in the previous stage against the Mavericks with 24 of 24 free throws, the most free throws without fail in an NBA playoff game since the Spurs finished 25-25 against Portland in Game 3 of the 2014 Western Conference Semifinals.

But Jazz he had scored 120 or more points in each of his last four playoff games, tying the longest streak in team playoff history. Utah has had five straight 120+ point games in the regular season just twice, in 1982 and 1984.

Previously, in Philadelphia, the Atlanta Hawks went flat in the fourth quarter and the Philadelphia 76ers won 118-102 to tie the NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series to one win per side, thanks to an offensive overflow from Cameroonian Joel Embiid. . Embiid finished the day with 40 points and 13 rebounds, seconded by Tobias Harris with 22 points and Seth Curry with 21 cards, while Shake Milton finished with 14 points off the bench. The australian Ben Simmons he was limited on offense with just four points, three sacks and seven assists. The Sixers, top seeds in the East, did not take long to show themselves as such and had a spectacular fourth quarter by winning it 27-18.

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