In the main basketball League in the world continues with the first round of the playoffs.
Nearly two dozen of losses is not allowed “Atlanta” to cling to victory in the first match of the series against Washington. “Wizards” expected took its toll at the expense of productive games starting five, which managed to compensate the negative performance of the regular reservists. The main driving force of the capital team became the John wall – star point guard scored 32 points 14 times and assisted his team mates.
The main favorite of the season “Golden state” in the final quarter finished off Portland who didn’t have a third player is able to offload the Duo of defenders of Lillard-McCollum The warriors lost custody of the leaders of the “Portland” (75 points for two), but 61 points from Durant and Curry and almost triple-double green (19+12 rebounds+9 assists) in “Portland” additional arguments not found.
The winner of the East “Boston” in the first match of the series with “Chicago” lost the advantage of home flooring. The bulls were expected to dominate on the boards, securing there are plenty of second tempo attacks. Did not disappoint, and reservists – Portis off the bench scored 19 points and ended the match with a utility indicator “+12”. Of course, the best of the guests was Jimmy Butler (30+9 rebounds), a cold-blooded game in the final quarter provided Chicago’s first win in the playoffs.
Westbrook failed miserably in his first game against Houston. “Oklahoma” was held before the break, but the second half is hopelessly behind the hosts, who dominated in the paint and on the arc, regularly throwing out the trash “thunder” distant throws. Harden broke Westbrook in the first intramural match – 37 points and 9 rebounds and 22 points (6 out of 23 games) and 9 losses.
The results of the matches of the day:
Washington – Atlanta 114:107 (25:29, 20:19, 38:28, 31:31), the account in a series 1:0
Golden state – Portland– 121:109 (31:27, 25:29, 32:32, 33:21), the account in a series 1:0
Boston – Chicago – 102:106 (28:23, 18:25, 28:26, 28:32), the account in a series 0:1
Houston – Oklahoma— 118:87 (27:29, 32:25, 30:20, 29:13), the account in a series 1:0
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