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Los Angeles Lakers superstars Anthony Davis and LeBron James are back in the arena. Together, they scored 79 points and the California team edged out the Portland Trail Blazers for the fourth time in a row. 131: 122 (35:31, 33:37, 32:24, 31:30) and won the series with a score of 4: 1.
Although the representatives of the state of Oregon worked without hurting their leader Damian Lillard, until the middle of the last quarter there was a point-to-point battle – 109: 109.
At a crucial moment, however, Davis blew his muscles, clinching an 11-0 victory, after which the Lakers broke 125: 112, laying the groundwork for victory.
AD has played the most productive playoff game of his career. He has 43 points (10/12 from two points, 4/6 from three points, 11/13 from penalties), 9 grabs and 4 assists.
L. James was also very effective, with a triple-double: 36 points (10/12 of two points, 4/7 of three points, 4/4 of penalties), 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points to the winners, 11 – Dwight Howard.
Neither 36i CJ McCollum nor 27 Carmelo Anthony (3/4 of three points) saved the Blazers from elimination.
Jusufas Nurkičius (10 rebounds, 6 rebounds, 5 rebounds) and Gary Trentas added 16 points each.
The Rockets winners of the Lakers and Oklahoma Thunder will be waiting for the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals (3: 2 in the series thus far).
In Game 5 of the series, the Rockets even crushed their opponents 114: 80 (24:14, 24:31, 37:18, 29:17).
The Thunder, led by Dennis Schroder, held just two halves against Texas, followed by a pitch: 45:48.
After the big jump, the Rockets climbed to the next level and won the second half of the game 66:35.
The Houston club carried 31 James Harden (7/7 of two points, 4/8 of three points, 5/6 penalty), 22 Robert Covington (6/11 of three points) and 20 points from Eric Gordon to the next round.
Russell Westbrook, who finally returned to the park, was more modest than usual: 7 points and 7 assists.
D. Schroder scored 19 points, 16 – Chris Paul, 12 – Steven Adams (14 pm) for the Oklahomists who were one step away from capitulation.
At that point, the first round of repeats in the East ended. He closed the fourth victory of the Milwaukee Bucks over the Orlando Magic – 118: 104 (26:21, 41:29, 23:29, 28:25), allowing the series to win 4: 1.
Giannis Antetokounmpo with 28 points and 17 rebounds paved the way for the deer to reach the conference semifinals, where they will have to face the Miami Heat.
Khris Middleton had 21 points (10 rebounds, 7 res.), 16 – Brook Lopez.
“Magic” this time was not enough for Nikolas Vučevičius’s magic. The pivot scored 22 points for Montenegro (15 rebounds, 5 rebounds). 18 points were proposed by Evan Fournier from France and 15 points by DJ Augustine.
We remind you that the next couple in the Eastern semifinals will be the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics defending the title. Their first clash is already tonight, at 8 pm Lithuanian time
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