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Wizards, Cavs, Rockets go 2-0 up
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WASHINGTON, Cleveland and Houston all earned 2-0 leads in their National Basketball Association first-round playoff series with victories on Tuesday, continuing the previous day’s pattern.
All five of the series that have played two games now stand at 2-0, with the Wizards, Cavaliers and Rockets joining Monday’s winners Chicago and Golden State with the early two-game buffer in the best-of-7 series.
Washington’s 117-106 victory at Toronto owed most to John Wall, who had 26 points and 17 assists, and Bradley Beal, who scored 28 points.
Marcin Gortat scored 16 points, Otto Porter had 15 and Paul Pierce added 10 for the Wizards, who return home to host Game 3 tomorrow.
Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Sixth Man Award winner Lou Williams scored 20 points for the Raptors, who have lost four straight playoff games over the past two seasons and have won just one playoff series in six previous postseason appearances.
Cleveland shook off a persistent Boston to win 99-91 at home, with LeBron James leading the way with 30 points and Kyrie Irving contributing 26.
James scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, moved past Hall of Famer Jerry West on the career playoff scoring list and made sure the team didn’t slip up at home. He and Irving combined for all of Cleveland’s 24 points in the final period.
Timofey Mozgov added 16 points and Tristan Thompson had 11 rebounds for Cleveland.
Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points for the Celtics, whose bench outscored Cleveland’s 51-7 but did not get anywhere near enough from the starting five.
Houston also pulled away in the last quarter to beat rival Dallas 111-99.
Dwight Howard, who scored 28 points, and James Harden, who added 24, dominated early in the final period to steer the Rockets to victory.
Monta Ellis had 24 points for Dallas, which hosts Game 3 tomorrow.
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