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The heart of the defending champion Toronto Raptors came from two games against the Boston Celtics to a 2-2 tie, after beating them 100-93 on Saturday in the semifinals of the NBA Eastern District, while the Denver Nuggets drew 1-1 at his opponent Los Angeles Clippers in the West.
In the first game, Cameroonian Pascal Siakam made up for his slow start to finish the game with 23 points and 11 rebounds. His resounding distributor partner, Kyle Lowry, added 22 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, including 4 hat-tricks.
Toronto seeks to achieve a third consecutive victory this Monday to advance for the first time in the series in the Orlando bubble, similar to the rest of the play-off games due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
Two days after Britain’s OJ Unnobi scored a deadly hat-trick that gave the Raptors victory, the Canadian team put on a strong defensive game and forced Boston to settle for 20% of the shot from outside the arc, while scored 17 hat-tricks on ESPN Wide World of Sports. Complex ”.
“It seems that we are starting again … We are facing a great team,” said Siakam. It will not be easy. We know. So we have to keep working hard. “
His teammate Lowry said his team couldn’t relax after two straight wins. “We have to keep focusing on every possession, every game. We know how cruel these young people are. “
Shooting from outside the arc played an important role in Toronto’s victory (38.6%), including 5 successful attempts by Fred Van Fleet (17 points) and 4 of 4 for Spanish giants Serge Ibaca (18 points and 7 rebounds ).
Ibaka, of Congolese descent and a model for former 1990s league star Decimbe Mutombo, put on a strong defensive performance and signaled “no” when Dannias Taise forbade him from entering his basket.
Boston, by contrast, scored just 7 of 35 attempts.
Jason Taitum was Boston’s best scorer, with 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Kimba Walker added 15 points and 8 assists, and Gailen Brown 14 points, but was satisfied with two three of 11 attempts.
Boston coach Brad Stevens said: “We didn’t have a smooth ride all night. After wasting the balls, we began to adopt long-distance attempts.
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