• Jayson Tatum led Boston with 33 points, 13 rebounds and six assists, while Jaylen Brown added 28 points and nine rebounds (13/17). Home team leader Donovan Mitchell had 33 points and 7/12 from long range.
• Boston regained the lead at the end of the first quarter and did not give it back until the end of the game, reaching +10 for the first time in the second quarter, already reaching +23 at the beginning of the second half and not allowing the rivals closer than nine points.
• Both teams continued to play without injured centers – Kristaps Porzingis missed the fourth game in a row, and Jarrett Allen missed the sixth game in a row.
• Dallas “Mavericks” took the lead in the series against the first number of the Western Conference, Oklahoma City “Thunder”, who added the first success at home to the away victory – 105:101.
• Dallas took a nine-point advantage in the first quarter and led most of the game, but was forced to fight back from a ten-point deficit in the third quarter, quickly doing so with a 16-point breakthrough (from 55-65 to 71-65).
• PJ Washington (3p. 5/12) was the most productive in the winning team with 27 points, while 22 points were scored by the leaders Luka Doncic (+15ab, 5rp) and Kyrie Irving (+7rp), who hit many masterful two-point shots in important moments.
• In the middle and end of the fourth quarter, the Oklahoma City Thunder tried to break the game with deliberate foul tactics against center Derek Lively, who shot only 51% of his free throws in the regular season (41/81) and 52% in the first round (11/21), but hit 67% last night (8/12).
Second round of the NBA playoffs
East1. sp. 2 sp. 3 sp. 4 sp. 5 sp. 6 sp. 7 sp. SeriesCeltics – Cavaliers120:9594:118106:9314.05.2-1Knicks – Pacers121:117130:121106:11112.05.2-1West1. sp. 2 sp. 3 sp. 4 sp. 5 sp. 6 sp. 7 sp.SeriesThunder – Mavericks117:95110:119101:10514.05.1-2Nuggets – Timberwolves99:10680:106117:9013.05.14.05.1-2
