ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The Los Angeles Lakers still win, which in the Italian night lead the first round of the Nba playoffs against the Houston Rockets. The success, this time, comes to the overtime for 112-108 after risking, a few seconds from the end of the regulatory time, to cash out the first defeat after the two claims of the past days. The protagonist in the final is a LeBron James who at 41 years played does not want to stop being decisive. It is his triple that equals the accounts to 14 seconds from the mermaid at the end of the last quarter, as is his throw from the failed arch that would close the game in favor of the Californian franchise without need of extra. In the end, for James, in the field 45 minutes (only Kennard spends on the parquet a few seconds more), are 29 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Marcus Smart is also decisive in the overtime, which records eight points for a total of 21 and 10 assists. To keep Houston afloat to the last, with the heavy absence of Kevin Durant, there is mainly Alperen Sengun from 33 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists.
A performance that is not enough to avoid the third consecutive defeat: in order to avoid elimination it will serve a real enterprise. The Philadelphia 76ers without Joel Embiid fight point-to-point throughout the match, but in the end they are the Boston Celtics running for 2-1 in the series. In the success for 108-100 there is the visible footprint of the pair Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown, once again protagonist in a Boston victory. The tabellino says 25 points per head, with seven assists and five rebounds for Tatum and seven rebounds and four assists for Brown. But there is a fact that shows even better their importance in the final result, since the two mark 19 of the 29 points arrived for Boston in the last quarter. Victor Wembanyama is missing, but the San Antonio Spurs still manage to take 2-1 in the Toronto Raptors series. In the 120–108 win, Stephon Castle is 33 points in reference.
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