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Denver – Utah 135: 125 PP, The third best shooting performance in Utah history was not enough to win

Ashley Landis, Reuters

Only Michael Jordan, who scored 63 points for Chicago in 1986, and Elgin Baylor scored more points than Mitchell in the playoffs. In 1961, he scored 61 points in the Los Angeles Lakers jersey. Both against Boston. Utah’s record so far was 50 points by Karel Malone from 2000.

At the same time, there was no indication for a long time that Mitchell would perform such a shooting explosion, when he had 29 points after three quarters. But then he started rioting. He scored 22 points in the last part, when he was with everything in the final nine minutes. Among his 22 points, five points were wedged by his teammates after Mitchell’s assistants.

At the same time, Mitchell lost the ball unnecessarily 106 seconds before the end, Denver reduced the counterpart to a difference of one point and then even took the lead twice. However, the Utah star always leveled and went into overtime. In it, Mitchel scored another six points, but was overshadowed by Jamal Murray, who scored 10 of his 36 points in the setup and led Denver to victory. Utah muk helped with the loss of the ball in five overtime.

“I’m very sorry for the loss in the end. It’s my fault and terrible mistake. It completely changed the whole match. This sequence cost us a victory. But we can’t deal with it much, it’s just the first match and the others are waiting for us,” said Mitchell. he missed star teammate Mike Conley, who left for the birth of his son.

Also in Dallas, the great performance of Luka Dončič was not enough. The Slovenian star scored 42 points, seven rebounds and nine assists, but the good defense of the Clippers also forced him to 11 losses. These led to a quick lead of the Clippers by 16 points, but Dallas rose thanks to Dončič, took the lead by 14 points, but then was ruled out for protests by the second key Mavericks player Kristaps Porzingis and the Clippers won. Also thanks to 29 points and 12 rebounds by Kawhi Leonard and 27 points by Paul George.

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Toronto’s victory was clear, leading by 33 points in the second quarter and clearly playing Brooklyn. Fred VanVleet helped 30 points, including eight threes out of ten attempts. The Raptors gave a total of 22 threes, which is a new club record in the playoffs.

A personal record in the playoffs was also set by Jayson Tatum, who helped Boston conquer Philadelphia by 32 points. He missed the injured Ben Simmons, who has to have surgery and the season is over, on the contrary, despite a recent injury, Joel Embiid returned to the game, but even his 26 points and 16 rebounds for the Sixers did not help.

At the beginning of the last quarter, Philadelphia led by 15: 0 by six points, but then Boston showed its own 9: 0 lead, regained the lead and did not let go. The Sixers reduced to three points a minute before the end, but the Celtics led the match to win with an accurate free throw.

Play off NBA v Orlandu – 1. kolo:
Eastern Conference – 1st matches:
Toronto – Brooklyn 134:110
Boston – Philadelphia 109:101.
Western Conference – Matches 1:
Denver – Utah 135: 125 after extra time
LA Clippers – Dallas 118:110

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