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Wednesday, August 19, 2020Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by BOS (vs PHI) and TOR (vs BKN).

Final · R1 · G2 · Box score
Nets99
Raptors104
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +5
Final · R1 · G2 · Box score
Jazz124
Nuggets105
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +19
Final · R1 · G2 · Box score
Sixers101
Celtics128
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +27
Final · R1 · G2 · Box score
Mavs127
Clippers114
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
The lead · First round · Game 2 · Nets-Raptors

Toronto beats Brooklyn by 5, moves within two of advancing

Joel Embiid goes for 34 points

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-3-6+5TOR AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets3320271999
Raptors29212430104
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 13, 36, 21, 13, 14, 10, 30, 24TOR24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 14, 11, 16, 21, 17, 15, 6, 24TOR24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 9, 19, 0, 12, 19, 15, 12, 21BKN21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Timothe Luwawu-CabarrotPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 26, 4, 10, 3, 24, 19, 26, 17BKN17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Nets-Raptors5
Jazz-Nuggets5
Sixers-Celtics2
The night in charts
Mavs-Clippers combined for 241, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-ClippersMavs 127, Clippers 114
241
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 124, Nuggets 105
229
Sixers-CelticsSixers 101, Celtics 128
229
Nets-RaptorsNets 99, Raptors 104
203
TOR won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Nets-RaptorsNets 99, Raptors 104
+5 TOR
Mavs-ClippersMavs 127, Clippers 114
+13 DAL
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 124, Nuggets 105
+19 UTA
Sixers-CelticsSixers 101, Celtics 128
+27 BOS
BOS rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sixers-CelticsBOS won · Sixers 101, Celtics 128
6 pts
Nets-RaptorsTOR won · Nets 99, Raptors 104
6 pts
Mitchell shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MitchellUTA · 30 PTS, 8 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
71% (10-14)
GobertUTA · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
PowellTOR · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
BurkeDAL · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
Lou WilliamsLAC · 23 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Nets-Raptors
Nets 99Raptors 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets3320271999
Raptors29212430104
The story
Fred VanVleet had 24 points and 10 assists as Toronto beat Brooklyn 104-99

Jarrett Allen led Brooklyn with 15 REB, 14 PTS, 5 AST 24 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB · 8-22 FG, 3-11 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Raptors took the fourth 30-19.

TOR lead by quarter
200 −4−3−6+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Clippers
Mavs 127Clippers 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs29323729127
Clippers25312929114
The story
Dallas beat LA 127-114 behind 28 points from Luka Doncic

Lou Williams paced LA: 23 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 28 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST · 8-17 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

A 37-29 third quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +4+5+13+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Celtics
Sixers 101Celtics 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers33241826101
Celtics27383330128
The story
Jayson Tatum's 33 points carried Boston past Philadelphia, 128-101

For Philadelphia, Tobias Harris had 13 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 33 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 12-20 FG, 8-12 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 33-18, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
300 −6+8+23+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+19.5points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
24.0Reg. season avg43.5Last 2 playoff games

43.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 24.0 in the regular season (69 games). Today: 30 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Reg. season avg13.0Last 2 playoff games

13.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 27.4 in the regular season (53 games). Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Reg. season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in the regular season (47 games). Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Sixers-Celtics · R1 · G2

Boston goes up 2–0 on Philadelphia

Game 2 went to the Celtics, 128–101. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · Sixers-Celtics
G1 · @ BOSBOS109–101G2 · @ BOSBOS128–101
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 35

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 28, 24, 27, 29, 39, 26, 29, 35Clippers-Mavs · L
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
35 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 30, 41, 27, 29, 23, 2, 5, 14, 26, 34Sixers-Celtics · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 34, 23, 19, 18, 29, 29, 32, 33Celtics-Sixers · W
32.5 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 20, 13, 33, 18, 35, 11, 57, 30Jazz-Nuggets · W
43.5 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 25, 8, 30, 12, 17, 2, 29, 28Nuggets-Jazz · L
28.5 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 40, 34, 29, 36, 25, 18, 42, 28Mavs-Clippers · W
35.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST