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Two games took place tonight (between Monday and Tuesday) in the NBA playoffs as part of the regional semifinals, and in the first it was Philadelphia who beat Boston outside.
Phoenix and Denver meet in the second game.
Tonight's results:
Boston (2) - Philadelphia (3) 119:115 (the Sixers went 0:1 in the series)
Denver (1) - Phoenix (4) (Denver leads 0:1 in the series)
boom.
Harden buries it again (Photo: GettyImages, Maddie Meyer)
Boston (2) - Philadelphia (3) 115:119 (the Sixers went 0:1 in the series)
The semifinals opened with a statement from James Harden, who equaled his career high in the playoffs and bombed 45 points, including a big 3-pointer 8.7 seconds to the end over Al Horford, and in the end the Sixers win on the road, in Boston, in the very first game, and do it without c Val Embiid is injured.
Tyrese Maxey scored 26 points and Tobias Harris added 18 points for Philadelphia and helped cover the absence of the injured Embiid, who has been suffering from a knee injury since Game 3 of the previous series against Brooklyn.
The Sixers hit 17 3-pointers at 45 percent, covering up rebounding deficits.
On the other side, Jayson Tatum scored 39 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 23 and Malcolm Brogdon scored 20. Trailing 117:115, the Celtics had another chance to equalize, but Tatum lost the ball to Paul Reed, who also drew a foul and scored the last two from the line .
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came back to himself.
Harden (Photo: GettyImages, Maddie Meyer)
Lost the ball, lost the home team.
Tatum (Photo: GettyImages, Maddie Meyer)
Without Embiid, the game was faster, the Celtics enjoyed the paint and scored high percentages (74 percent from the field in the first half, at the end of which they led 63:66), but the Sixers made up for it with 11 of 19 from three (55 percent).
In the second half, the game was close, the last quarter started with a tie 102:102, Boston already led 107:111, but Maxi answered Philadelphia well with a three, PJ Tucker warmed up the story a bit with urgency with Tatum, who gave Boston the last advantage , 114:115 with 26 seconds left.
But good old Harden buried his putback three-pointer, which tied the playoff scoring record he set against Golden State in May 2015. The home court advantage goes to Philadelphia, the next game in the series is in Boston in two days, Embiid is still in doubt.
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