Tonight (Sunday through Monday) the playoff games continued in the NBA as we were happy to get more home team wins and a tie in two great encounters between Philadelphia and Miami and between Dallas and Phoenix
Philadelphia - Miami 108: 116 (2: 2 in the series)
James Harden is without a shadow of a doubt considered one of the most infamous players in the best league in the world and may very well be right but tonight he took the responsibility to bring the Seacars back to the series against the Heat with a great performance.
The man and the old man finished with 31 points with 16 of them coming in the final quarter on the way to setting a 2: 2 that leaves the series in record tension.
Harden added 9 assists, 7 rebounds and thus became the first player in Philly history to reach 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 threes in a playoff game.
Joel Ambide, finished with a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds and after not playing in the first two games in which his team lost it seems the big guy will not give up on his goal of advancing to the regional finals.
For the loser, Jimmy Butler finished with 40 points, 6 assists, while Adbaio contributed 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists of his own but it was too little without help from the rest of their teammates when the big disappointment was Kyle Laurie who finished with just 6 points.
Harden vs. Laurie.
Great night for the man and the old man, Photo: EP
Dallas - Phoenix 101: 111 (2: 2 in the series)
If it seemed to us that the best team in the regular league would sail to the final, then apparently Luca Doncic and his friends have other plans and they are not going to give up easily on the Suns and with a tremendous threes display (20) the Mavericks dominated the game throughout and also a third quarter Changed the picture.
If Doncic was the man who excelled in the previous game, tonight whoever was the host's hero was Pini Smith who bombed with 8 threes while also adding 8 rebounds.
Doncic himself finished with 26 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals while Jaylen Bronson assisted with 18 points of his own.
For the Suns who suffered a weak west from Chris Paul (5 points) who was also sent off by 6 fouls, Devin Booker was the leading scorer with 35 points.
Diandra Eyton added 14 and 11 rebounds that were not enough for a guest to return to the home court on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Doncic among Phoenix players, tonight, Photo: AP
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