With the NBA postseason officially tipping off on Saturday afternoon we had our first four playoff games of Philadelphia 76ers vs Brooklyn Nets, Atlanta Hawks vs Boston Celtics, New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings. Let’s go through my top 3 playoff performances on Saturday night.
With the best performance of the night I have to give it to De’aaron Fox, this was his first ever playoff game and he had the second most points in a playoff game debut just behind Luka Doncic. Fox had 38 1 and 5 with 3 steals on relatively efficient shooting (48.1% FG, 50% 3PT), with the Kings taking the 1-0 lead in the series it’s a good start for the underdog Kings.
The second best performance of the night has to go to James Harden, Harden had a nice 23 and 13 game on good efficiency considering he has struggled in the playoffs in his career, but with teammate Joel Embiid taking most of the attention away from Harden he really shined in this game.
Jalen Brunson absolutely dominated in this first game as he had 27 points 2 boards 2 assists and 2 steals on good shooting splits. Brunson and the Knicks are serious underdogs in this series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, with this being Brunson’s first playoff game with New York he definitely shined when the lights were brightest. Knicks take a 1-0 series lead.
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