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The National Basketball Association (NBA) will have new champions. That became clear after the Toronto Raptors defeated the Boston Celtics: 87:92 (27:26, 19:24, 25:22, 16:20).
A moody fight raged throughout the game, and with a minute and a half to go, Kyle Lowry narrowed the gap to just two points (87:89). Jayson tatumas and Norman Powell then traded unsuccessful attacks.
Grant Williams excelled on both sides of the penalty shootout both times, but when the Celtics rallied, Tatum also managed to provoke a foul. This goal was once, and when Fred VanVleet was shot from afar, victory was thrown by Kemba Walker with a free kick.
Tatum and Kemba showing raw emotion after beating the defending champs 🙏 pic.twitter.com/WGYzatAShc
– Bleach Report (@BleacherReport) September 12, 2020
The Celtics won the Eastern Conference semifinal series 4: 3 and will face the Miami Heat club, which eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks 4: 1, in the final.
J.Tatumas became the brightest star of the match. The 22-year-old forward scored 29 points in 44 minutes (5/15 from two points, 4/8 from 3s, 7/10 free throws), bounced 12 balls, made 7 assists, intercepted the ball, blocked the pitch, committed 3 errors and committed 2 fouls.
Both teams performed nervously, attacking “offside” with just over 40 percent accuracy and falling extremely poorly by three points (Celtics – 9/38, 24 percent, Raptors – 8/28, 29 percent). The Boston club also stalled at the penalty line (13/23, 57 percent), with the team’s reserve basketball players scoring just 7 points together.
Symbolic, but in the usual way, all the games were won by the teams that had to play outside, although in the “bubble” it only meant a different color for the advertising screens. The Celtics technically became the first team in NBA history to win four road games in a single series. At the same time, it will be the first time since 1984 that neither team that finished first in the regular season will be in the Eastern Conference finals.
“Celtics”: Jayson Tatumas 29 (12 rebounds, 7 res.), Jaylen Brown 21 (8 rebounds, 4 rebounds, 1/7 triples), Marcus Smart 16 (6 res., 3 per room, 2/10 of three points), Kemba Walker 14 (6 rec., 1/7 of three points).
“Raptors”: Fred VanWleet 20 (6th set, 4/9 triples), Kyle Lowry 16 (6th set, 4th set), Serge Ibaka 14 (8th set), Pascal Siakam 13 (Rev 11), Norman Powell 11.
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