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Nuotr .: AFP-Scanpix
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The Toronto Raptors basketball players, who played a survival game, proved their championship character.
Man of the match
Nick Nurse’s students in a thriller that asked for two extensions 125: 122 (21:25, 27:27, 33:25, 17:21, 8: 8, 19:16) broke the Boston Celtics and started the seventh game of the series. The decisive match of the series will take place in the evening from Friday to Saturday at 4 pm Lithuanian time.
1 minute before the end of the duel. 10 sec. Daniel Theis charged from above and returned the lead to the Celtics (117: 115). Still, OG Anunoby scored three points, Norman Powell added a foul with 38.8 seconds left, the Raptors led 121: 117.
After a minute break from Brad Stevens, Jayson Tatum made two points, but on the other side of the field, Kyle Lowry responded at the same time, leaving 11.7 seconds for Toronto basketball players to hold a four-point lead: 123 : 119.
The Celtics called for another one-minute break, after which Tatumas shone again, stabbing the three-point team and keeping Boston’s deficit to a minimum (122: 123).
Without expecting anything, the Celtics missed Powell, who took both penalties 5 seconds later and increased the Raptors to 3 points – 125: 122.
The Celtics had no more minute breaks and had to pass the ball from their side of the court. Tatumas made a pass across the field to Marcus Smart, who hit a difficult triple, but the shot missed and the winner of the match was clear.
Powell, who became the leader of the Raptors in the highlights of the game, scored 15 of his 23 points in both overtime. The defender played 3 points of 5, 3 points of 6 and 8 of 9. Powell also rebounded and took 2 balls, made a pass, blocked the shot and made a mistake.
“Thanks Norma. That was great. We needed it,” Lowry thanked the teammate after the meeting.
As soon as the final siren sounded, the basketball players’ emotions did not subside. Virtually all of the Raptors and Celtics basketball players settled with each other, but a more serious conflict was avoided.
“Game 7 to reach the Eastern Conference final. “All we can ask for is an opportunity,” VanWleet said after the match.
4 minutes before the end of the fourth quarter. In 24 seconds, Anunoby hit two points and increased the Raptors’ lead to 4 points (98:94). As time has shown, these were the last points for the Canadian team in the fourth quarter.
After this episode, Theisas scored 4 points in a row and tied the score for 2 minutes with 98:98. For the rest of the time, neither team was able to excel. Pascal Siakamas managed to land a difficult shot with the siren, but the ball bounced off the backboard and hit the goal.
The first overtime was point by point and the score was equalized by Jaylen Brown, who scored a free throw 18.9 seconds later (106: 106). The decisive pitch was entrusted to Powell, but his triple was off the mark.
After a long break, the Raptors’ biggest lead was 8 points (79:71) in the third quarter, when the Celtics held a short-term lead of 4 points (62:58).
“We had a lot of opportunities to close the game, but we didn’t take them. It doesn’t matter. We go to Game 7 and we feel confident,” Brown said.
“Great basketball game. We’ll see what we can improve on our game, put ice on our feet and prepare for Friday’s game, “said Celtics boss coach Stevens.
These games required a lot of strength on the part of the basketball players. Siakamas played 54 minutes, Lowry 53, Kemba Walker 52, Fred VanVleet, Brown and Tatum 51, Marcus Smart and Anunoby 50.
It was the first time in the history of the NBA playoffs that 8 basketball players played for 50 minutes or more.
There were great performances on both teams. Among the winners, Lowry scored 33 points (6/10 doubles, 6/10 trit., 3/4 penalty), bounced 8 and took 2 balls, made 6 assists, blocked the shot and made a mistake.
At that time, Brown scored 31 points (7/17 dvit., 4/13 trit., 5/5 penalties), grabbed 16 and got hold of 2 balls, made 2 assists and made 3 errors.
Smart, who scored the second triple-double of his career, scored 23 points (1/4 double, 6/11 trit, 3/3 penalty), bounced 11 balls and gave 10 assists.
Celtics: Jaylen Brown 31 (51 min., 7/17 diat., 4/13 trit., 16 reb.), Jayson Tatumas 29 (51 min., 5/13 d., 14 sec., 9 res., 6 vol.), Marcus Smart 23 (50 min., 6/11 trit., 11 rep., 10 res.), Daniel Theisas 18 (9/10 dvit., 7 atm. Kam.).
Raptors: Kyle’as Lowry 33 (53 min., 6/10 dvit., 6/10 trit., 8 atk. Kam.), Normanas Powellas 23 (3/5 dvit., 3/6 trit.), Fredas VanVleetas 21 (51 min. 4/9 dvit., 3/13 trit., 9 atk. Kam., 7 rez. Lost), OG Anunoby (50 min., 3/8 dvit., 13 atk. Kam. ) ir Serge’as Ibaka (3/5 trit.) po 13, Pascalis Siakamas 12 (54 min., 5/14 dvit., 0/5 trit., 8 atk. kam., 6 rez. lost).
Decisive moments of the match:
Jaylen Brown performance:
Jayson Tatuma performance:
Match summary:
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