Western conference ROUND 1
Los Angeles Lakers (1) vs Portland Trail Blazers (8)
Lakers win 4 - 0
Game 1 - 123 - 109
Lebron James with 33 points/ 7 rebounds/ 7 assists to power up Lakers to victory over Portland despite Lillard scoring 31 points
Game 2 - 106-104
Joel Embiid with the fadeaway inside paint shot at the buzzer beater helping Lakers win game 2 without having to proceed to Overtime. Trailblazers put up a good effort at both ends of the floor but still didn't manage to get over the line
Game 3 - 110 - 99
James Harden with 31 points and 13 assists leading the way as Lakers make a hattrick of wins. Anfernee Simmons and Lillard both managed a combine 40 points
Game 4 - 121 - 110
Portland Trailblazers were leading up by 7 points in the half time but Jarred Vanderbilt went into beast mode locking up Damian Lillard from half court. Marvin Bagley made use of the mismatch and was able to rack up 23 points and 13 boards but wasn't enough to get them over
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Phoenix Suns (2) vs Dallas Mavericks ( 7)
Suns win 4- 1
Game 1 - 111 - 113 OT
Luka Doncic the MVP stuns Phoenix Suns as he turned out to be a walking bucket scoring 41 points to lead them to victory. Kevin Durant managed to score 33 points but mavericks always kept him on check and forced him to take shots
Game 2 - 134 - 105
Devin Booker was on the money right from the start scoring 35 points in which 17 were in the first quarter itself. Fred Vanvleet scored 21 points for Dallas and Luka only managed 19 points this time around
Game 3 - 124-109
Chris Paul, Booker,KD all had double digit scores as they blew up the Mavericks by 15 points. Christian Wood had 26 points
Game 4 - 108 - 106
Luka and Al Horford was doing okayish with the pick and roll but the duo of Chris Paul and Ayton couldn't be matched as Suns draw up a marginal win over Dallas as Durant takes a clutch 3 over Christian Wood.
Game 5 - 100-88
Phoenix Suns come up with a 12 point victory as KD scores 33 points 8 assists and 9 rebounds in a low scoring game. Ayton built a brick wall in the paint
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Golden State Warriors (3) vs New Orleans Pelicans
Warriors win 4 - 2
Game 1 - 128-123
Stephen Curry pulls up from deep scoring 34 points to sink the New Orleans Pelicans despite Zion Williamson wrecking the paint with 26 points and 12 rebounds
Game 2 - 120 -113 OT
Welcome to the splash brothers show says Steph and Klay as they combined for 62 points as the Warriors beat the Pelicans in overtime. Brandon Ingram drived to the basket and scored with the foul over DFS to force overtime but came up short as Klay Thompson was a machine gun with 8 3 pointers to his name
Game 3 - 109 -116
CJ McCollum had 24 points and 9 assists while Ingram had 23 points which led to the first win of Pels in the series. Jordan Poole caught fire off the bench as he went for 21 points but wasn't enough to cut the lead as Herb Jones was playing iso defense on Curry all night long
Game 4 - 105 - 114
Brook Lopez dominated over the Small Ball Warriors to tie the series as he scored 26 points and recorded 4 blocks. Both Ingram and Zion had 20 points each.
Game 5 - 106 - 101
Andrew Wiggins exploded for 40 points as the Warriors take back the lead. Herb Jones yet again locked up Stephen Curry but it didn't have any effect as Wiggins was cooking the Pels all night long
Game 6 - 132 - 95
Warriors with the statement WIN here to advance to Semi Finals as Stephen Curry the greatest showman takes over the floor with 36 points to his name. DFS locked up Ingram limiting him to just 18 points
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Denver Nuggets (4) vs Memphis Grizzlies (5)
Nuggets win 4 -2
Game 1 - 135 - 110
Jayson Tatum and Jamal Murray smoked the Grizzlies as JT had 31 points and Jamal Murray had 29 points. Ja Morant had 26 points *
Game 2 - 101 - 117
Memphis Grizzlies make a comeback to tie the series as Jaren Jackson Jr had a monster night of 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks to crush the Denver Nuggets *
Game 3 - 110 - 122
Desmond Bane with 27 points and Ja with 24 points as the Grizzlies yet again beat the Nuggets. Jayson Tatum had 37 points but it was invain as Grizzlies had 4 players in double digit scores. So teamwork was always gonna win over individual brilliance
Game 4 - 115 - 109
Aaron Gordon had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks while Jayson Tatum had 24 while they levelled the series despite Ja puting up 30 points
Game 5 131 -112
Jayson Tatum delivered for his new found home with a 34 point extravaganza as the Nuggets beat the Grizzlies in back to back games.
Game 6 106 - 103
Jayson Tatum scores the dagger with 8 seconds to go sending the Grizzlies packing. Jayson Tatum had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists while Jamal Murray had 21 points