USA. The Boston Celticswith 29 points from Jayson Tatum, certified the failure of the Brooklyn Netsby winning 116-112 and sentencing the first round series of the ‘playoffs’ with a humiliating 4-0 to advance and meet the winner of the series between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls.
Built to go for it all, the Nets of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving ended a season marked by many lows and few highs and were surpassed by a few Celtics in which teamwork triumphed, led by Tatum, Marcus Smart and Jalen Brown.
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Tatum, who ended up out for six fouls with 2.49 left, contributed 29 points, three rebounds and five assists, although his Celtics were about to be traced back by the Nets when they were left without their leader.
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Mavericks take the lead in the series
the slovenian Luka Doncic crushed the Utah Jazz with a double-double of 33 points and 13 rebounds in the 102-77 victory of the Dallas Maverickswho took a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.
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Doncic was the great protagonist of Dallas, scoring 19 of his 33 points in the third period, in addition to contributing 13 rebounds and five assists.
For the former Real Madrid player, it was the tenth game with more than thirty points in his career in the ‘playoffs’, in which he exceeded 40 points on five occasions.
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Jalen Brunson contributed 24 points, five rebounds and four assists.
The Raptors refuse to die
Los Sixers fell at home, and among the boos of their fans, 88-103 against the Raptors which leaves the playoff series 3-2 for the Philadelphia team that this Thursday will have another opportunity to try to eliminate the Canadian team in Toronto.
Despite Raptors starting point guard Fred VanVleet not playing after suffering a hip injury in Game 5 of the series, the Toronto team was able to dry out the Sixers and their two best players, Joel Embiid and James Harden, with an intense defense.
Pascal Siakam, who scored 34 points in the fourth game, once again became the top scorer for his team and the game and got a double double with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
In the Sixersthe best was Embiid, with a double double of 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
