With the NBA postseason still in its first week we had two fantastic games from Monday night’s slate of games as the Phoenix Suns vs Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers. Let’s go through each game and give a brief summary of how these games played out.
First game of thx night we had the Phoenix Suns taking on the Los Angeles Clippers in game 2 as the Suns won 123-109. Suns star Devin Booker had a great game we’re he finished with 38 points and led the team to a victory to tie the series at one game a piece. Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard was also great in this game as he finished with 31 8 and 7 with 3 steals, recently added Russell Westbrook had possibly his best game of the season as he finished with 28 5 and 5.
Second game of the night was the Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks, the Celtics took a commanding 2-0 lead as Boston beat Atlanta 119-106. Celtics superstar Jason Tatum had another great game as he finished with a 29 point double double, Derrick White also had an outstanding game as he finished with 26 and 7 on efficient shooting.
One of the better first round matchups is the Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks, the Cavaliers tied the series up 1-1 with a dominant 107-90 win in Cleveland on Tuesday night. Cleveland guard Darius Garland had one of his best games of his career as he finished with 32 3 and 7 in relatively efficient shooting. Donovan Mitchell also had a great game which he finished with a 17 point double double with a career high 13 assists.