With the NBA postseason still in its first week we had two fantastic games from Monday night’s slate of games as the Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets vs Minnesota Timberwolves. Let’s go through each game and give a brief summary of how these games played out.
First game of the night we had was the Celtics vs Hawks as the Hawks stole a game to close the series 1-2 with a 130-122 home win. Trae Young and Dejonte Murray both had terrific games as they combined for 67 points on efficient shooting, Hawks center Clint Capela also did a great job on the boards as he had 11 rebounds.
Next up we had the Cleveland Cavaliers taking on the New York Knicks in which the Cavaliers were the first team to score under 80 points this season, the Cavs got whooped by 20 points and are now trailing in the series 1-2. With Cavs guard Darius Garland having only 10 points he really let the team down coming off of his terrific game two performance early in the week.
Lastly we had the Denver Nuggets quickly taking care of the Minnesota Timberwolves as they won 120-111 and now lead the series 3-0. back to back MVP Nikola Jokic had himself a game with a 20 point triple double but this was a team effort as the Nuggets had six players score in double digits.
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