Houston's basketball players tied the series 1-1 against Golden State in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in the American Professional Basketball League (NBA), after winning 109-94 at home.
Houston was led by Jaylen Green with 38 points, including eight of 18 three-pointers, and he also had six assists, four rebounds and three steals. Alperen Shengun scored 17 points, along with 16 rebounds and seven assists, Dillon Brooks had 16 points and Tari Eason had 14 points and six rebounds.
Golden State never led, and since the end of the first quarter they have been playing without Jimmy Butler, who injured his pelvis in a fall after a foul. The most efficient player for the team was Steph Curry with 20 points, nine assists and five rebounds. He became the 11th player in NBA history to score at least 4.000 points in the playoffs and now has 4.017 points.
Moses Moody and Quinten Post each added 12 points, while Jonathan Cumming and Pat Spencer each had 11.
The second game will be played on the night between Saturday and Sunday, and will be hosted by Golden State.
Boston took a 2-0 lead against Orlando in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, defeating them 109-100 at home. The defending champions were led by Jaylen Brown with 36 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, while Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Derrick White contributed 17 points, six rebounds and five assists, Peyton Pritchard had 14, and Jrue Holiday had 11 points and six assists. Jayson Tatum was absent from the team due to a right wrist injury, which forced him to miss his first playoff game of his career.
For Orlando, Paolo Bankero scored 32 points, along with nine rebounds and seven assists, Franz Wagner added 25 points, and Wendell Carter had 16 points and eight rebounds.
The third game will be played on the night between Friday and Saturday, and Orlando will be the host.
The Cleveland Cavaliers took a 2-0 lead against Miami in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 121-112 home win. Donovan Mitchell led the winning team with 30 points, six rebounds and six assists, his 27th playoff game in which he scored at least 30 points.
Darius Garland had 21 points and nine assists, and Evan Mobley had 20 points and six rebounds for Cleveland, which set an NBA playoff record with 11 22-pointers in the second quarter. The Cavaliers made XNUMX XNUMX-pointers in the game.
For Miami, Tyler Hiro scored 33 points, with six rebounds and five assists, Devin Mitchell scored 18 points with six assists, and Haywood Highsmith had 17 points. Bam Adebayo added 11 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, and Nikola Jovic had 11 points and eight rebounds.
Game 3 is played on Saturday night in Miami.
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