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NBA: Toronto for the first time will play in the Eastern conference finals

НБА: «Торонто» впервые сыграет в финале Восточной конференции“Raptors” in the seven matches were “Miami” and set off to Cleveland.

Dominance on the boards was the main factor behind the convincing victory of “Toronto” in the final match of the conference semifinals, the Canadians collected 50 rebounds, including 20 on another shield, which allowed Toronto to perform on 13 shots from the game more.

If Miami was unable to compensate for the absence of Hassan Whiteside, then “Toronto” was his trump card – the Bismakom, Biombo and Patrick Patterson provided the hosts a comfortable advantage in the paint.

Of course, the main hero of the final game of the series was the point guard, “Toronto’s Kyle Lowry, who converted 11 of 20, including 5 of 7 shots. The leader of “Miami” Dwayne Wade his opponent the same efficiency could not answer – a three-time NBA champion in 34 minutes threw only 13 shots to the side of the ring owners.

Thus, “Toronto” was the last finalist of the conference. In the East final a pair of “raptors” formed with “Clevedon”, and in the West in the NBA Finals will compete “the Golden state” and “Oklahoma”.

See also: NBA: Golden state in the finals of the West, “Toronto” ahead in the series with “Miami”

Toronto — Miami— 116:89 (25:24, 28:23, 33:31, 30:11)

T: Lauri (35 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists + 4 steals), Derozan (28 + 8 rebounds), Biombo (17 + 16 rebounds).
M: dragic (16 + 6 rebounds + 7 assists), Wade (16), Johnson (13).

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