Apr 21, 2025
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) reacts within the first half half in Sport 1 of an NBA first-round playoff collection in opposition to the Miami Warmth, Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Picture/Sue Ogrocki)
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 factors, Ty Jerome had 16 of his 28 factors within the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Warmth 121-100 on Sunday night time in Sport 1 of the Japanese Convention first-round playoff collection.
It was the seventh straight collection the place Mitchell has scored at the least 30 factors in Sport 1, tying Michael Jordan, who had two streaks of seven video games.
Bam Adebayo had 24 factors and Tyler Herro added 21 for the Warmth. They’re the primary No. 10 seed to advance to the playoffs out of the Play-In Event.
Darius Garland added 27 for the Cavaliers, who host Sport 2 on Wednesday night time. Garland and Jerome every had 5 3-pointers for Cleveland, and the Cavaliers have been 18 of 43 from past the arc.
Cleveland had a 16-point lead halfway by the second quarter, however Miami steadily lower it down and bought to 98-90 with 7:26 remaining within the fourth. Cleveland put it out attain although with a 13-4 run that included 10 straight factors by Jerome, who was participating in his first playoff sport.
Jerome was 6 of seven from the sector, and made all three of his 3-point makes an attempt within the fourth quarter.
THUNDER 131, GRIZZLIES 80
The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 131-80 in Sport 1 of their Western Convention playoff collection on Sunday, the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason historical past.
Jalen Williams scored 20 factors and Chet Holmgren had 19 factors and 10 rebounds.
Oklahoma Metropolis, which completed the regular-season with a league-best 68-14 file, regarded each bit the a part of an general No. 1 seed.
Oklahoma Metropolis’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league’s scoring champion with almost 33 factors per sport, scored simply 15. The Thunder nonetheless shot 50.5% from the sector.
Ja Morant scored 17 factors for Memphis on simply 6-for-17 capturing. Jaren Jackson Jr., who averaged simply over 22 factors within the common season, scored 4 factors on 2-for-13 capturing. Marvin Bagley III additionally scored 17, however the Grizzlies shot simply 34.4% general.
There have been two 58-point playoff margins in NBA historical past: Denver beating New Orleans 121-63 on April 27, 2009, and the Minneapolis Lakers beating the St. Louis Hawks 133-75 on March 19, 1956.
The Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State by 56 (126-70) on April 21, 1973, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Milwaukee Bucks by 54 (120-66) on April 30, 2015.
And now, a 51-point sport — the place the Thunder had it properly in hand by early within the second quarter.
This was Memphis’ first playoff sport below interim coach Tuomas Iisalo. He coached simply 9 NBA regular-season video games earlier than the play-in video games.
Sport 2 is Tuesday.
CELTICS 103, MAGIC 86
BOSTON (AP) — Derrick White scored 30 factors, Jayson Tatum had 17 factors and completed the sport after a scary late fall, and Boston beat Orlando in Sport 1 of their first-round playoff collection.
Payton Pritchard added 19 factors off the bench for Boston, which hosts Sport 2 on Wednesday night time. Jaylen Brown performed 31 minutes and had 16 factors on 6-of-14 capturing after lacking the ultimate three video games of the common season resulting from a lingering knee concern.
With Boston main 89-73 with 8:28 remaining, Tatum went up for a dunk and was hit arduous by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as he tried to dam it. Tatum landed awkwardly on his proper aspect.
He stayed down briefly earlier than ultimately rising to his toes, clenching his proper hand. After a video overview by referees, Caldwell-Pope’s foul was upgraded to a flagrant foul. Tatum subsequently missed the 2 ensuing free throws however remained within the sport.
Paolo Banchero led the Magic with 36 factors and 11 rebounds. Franz Wagner added 23 factors for Orlando, which has not made it out of the primary spherical of the playoffs for the reason that 2009-10 season.
Orlando led by some extent at halftime, limiting a Boston staff that set an NBA file for 3-pointers this season to 7 of 15 from past the arc within the opening 24 minutes and 16 of 37 for the sport.
However the Magic turned the ball over six occasions within the third quarter and have been outscored 30-18 because the Celtics took a 78-65 lead into the fourth. The Celtics’ lead grew as excessive as 19 within the last interval.
For the sport, Orlando completed with 15 turnovers which led to 24 Boston factors.
WARRIORS 95, ROCKETS 85
HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 31 factors and Golden State constructed an enormous lead and held on to beat Houston in Sport 1 of the first-round playoff collection.
The seventh-seeded Warriors led by 23 within the third quarter, however second-seeded Houston lower it to 69-60 getting into the fourth.
A basket by Amen Thompson with about 5 1/2 minutes remaining bought the Rockets 4. Curry hit his fifth 3-pointer of the night time a couple of seconds later to make it 82-75.
The Rockets lower it to 4 once more with about 2 1/2 minutes left on a 3 by Fred VanVleet. This time Moses Moody hit a 3-pointer to start out a 7-0 run that made it 91-80 and despatched followers streaming for the exits.
Sport 2 of the best-of seven collection is Wednesday night time in Houston.
It was the a centesimal profession playoff teaching victory for Golden State’s Steve Kerr, who moved right into a tie with Larry Brown for sixth-most playoff wins.
Curry was 12 of 19 from the sector, hitting 5 of 9 3-pointers. Jimmy Butler added 25 factors, seven rebounds, six assists and 5 steals in his playoff debut for the Warriors after becoming a member of them in a commerce from Miami in February.
The Rockets, who returned to the playoffs for the primary time since 2020, bought 26 factors from Alperen Sengun in his first profession postseason sport. However VanVleet and Jalen Inexperienced struggled, making simply 7 of 34 photographs.
VanVleet was 2 of 13 from 3-point vary on an evening Houston made simply 6 of 29 3-pointers and was 11 of 20 on free throws.
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