Toronto will face Boston as planned in the semifinals of the NBA Eastern Conference. The defending Raptors also won their first round of the play-offs in four matches
The Canadian franchise crushed the Brooklyn Nets 150-122 Sunday in Orlando, thanks in particular to substitutes Nick Powell (29 points) and Serge Ibaka (27 points, 15 rebounds). The Raptors have won 11 of the 12 games they have played in the Florida ‘bubble’. But their only defeat was conceded to Boston …
Toronto could also approach the series against the Celtics without its titular point guard Kyle Lowry, who twisted his left ankle in the first quarter on Sunday and did not finish this meeting. A meeting in which the players left the bench shone on the Raptors side: they accumulated 100 points, an NBA record.
Luka Doncic also signed another capital performance Sunday, allowing Dallas to equalize 2-2 against the Los Angeles Clippers. The 21-year-old Slovenian carried the Mavericks at arm’s length in the absence of Kristaps Porzingis (knee injury): he managed 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists.
The youngest player in the history of the NBA to achieve a triple double to at least 40 points in the play-off, Luka Doncic notably scored the basket with three points of victory (135-133) at the ‘buzzer’ of overtime . To say that 48 hours earlier, he had sprained an ankle during act III.
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