The results of the night in the NBA -

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The Paul George and Kawhi Leonard doublet in play-off mode.

The winger disgusted the Nuggets who thought they had achieved a significant gap and discouraged the Clippers.

But the latter, without ever panicking, resurfaced each time, erasing ten points behind in the 2nd and 3rd quarter and even 7 at the start of the last, before accelerating in turn to win (113- 107).

The 32 points of PG-13 were decisive, but the one who held the White House was the MVP of the 2019 Finals Kawhi Leonard author of 23 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks including an exceptional one, in the money time.

His steel fingertips having prevented Jamal Murray from succeeding in a dunk that brought the Nuggets to four lengths.

“Defense is what we have to hang on to.

Tonight, we made a difference in this sector at the end of the game.

It's going to be a battle, because in front there is a great offensive team.

We are up to the challenge, ”said George after the game. 

Opposite the intensity and the quality of the attacking play deployed was impressive, in the wake of Nikola Jokic, formidable creator and finisher (32 pts, 12 rebounds), author of magical passing gestures (8 decisive). 

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😱😱 When Michael Porter Jr. destroys Montrezl Harrell with one of the biggest dunks of the year!

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The 4th duel of this exciting series will take place on Wednesday.

Boston in Chief

More aggressive, more skillful, more consistent in their game, the Celtics have stifled (111-89) the Raptors who never entered the game, and are under the threat of elimination on Wednesday.

This is the second time in this series that Boston has recited his basketball without Toronto finding anything to complain about, like an admission of helplessness.

However, it was believed that the tide had turned somewhat after Toronto equalized at 2-2, driven by the energy to defend its title.

In view of this N.5 match with the final verdict, it turns out that the final victory is approaching the players of Brad Stevens.

If Jaylen Brown (27 pts) symbolized the almighty power of the Celtics with a magnificent dunk on the red defense in the first period, it is indeed the five major that is to be put forward, with 97 points to his credit (50% of success).

27 PTS, 6 RBS, 3 STL @ FCHWPO led the charge to put us up 3-2 🔥 pic.twitter.com/szCsRzB8NO

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“We were able to play hard, we had not done enough in the last two matches.

This is what must be done.

It allowed us to execute our game plan and above all we were able to play all together, ”Brown summarized afterwards.

Complicated match for Toronto but you must not sell the skin of the Raptors before having killed them.

Even if the bankruptcy was almost on all floors, especially inside and at the address (38%), they will come Wednesday to Boston in a series where all the victories were made on the outside with the ambition of 'a match 7.

Tonight, Milwaukee continues to play for its survival.

Leading 3-1 in the series, the Heat will move with the objective of qualifying while taking advantage of the great uncertainty surrounding MVP Antetokounmpo.

In the other series, in the west, Houston and the Lakers stand tall.

The rockets are hosting for the first time and hope to annoy the first of the conference.

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