“Blazers” has reduced backlog in a series from the “Golden State”, and “raptors” regained the home court advantage.
Golden state’s Stephen Curry could not resist the house courage “Portland”, still never lost at home. “Blazers” efforts of Lillard, Makaluma and Aminu was stopped by Thompson and Greene, together scored 75% of all points “Golden State”.
Key in the match was the second quarter – Lillard scored 14 points, and Portland has reached a double-digit advantage and thanks to the excellent work on the arc (17 of 30) have caused “the Golden State their first defeat in the series.
Portland — Golden state 120:108 (22:28, 36:18, 35:34, 27:28), the account in a series 1:2
P: Lillard (40 + 5 rebounds + 10 assists), Aminu (23 + 10 rebounds), McCollum (22), Crabbe (10)
GS: green (37 + 9 rebounds + 8 assists), Thompson (35)
For the first time in the playoffs, Kyle Lowry recalled of his leadership status in Toronto – canadian point guard made 11 of 19, giving a fitting rebuff to Dwayne Wade, who suddenly was cut by a far shot.
During the third match of the series both teams lost their main center – Hassan Whiteside was out with an injury of the right knee, and Jonas Valanciunas in the third quarter injured his right ankle.
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Miami – Toronto – 91:95 (19:23, 21:26, 28:19, 23:27), the account in a series 1:2
M: Wade (38 + 8 rebounds), dragic (12), Johnson (10 + 6 rebounds).
T: Lauri (33), of Derozan (19 + 6 rebounds + 5 assists), Valanciunas (16 + 12 rebounds).
