Wednesday, April 22, 2015

LeBron, Cavs hold off Celtics in Game 2



Cavaliers 99, Celtics 91

LeBron James and Kyrie Irving combined to score all 24 fourth-quarter points as Cleveland survived a scare from Boston to take a 2-0 lead in their opening-round series.

James scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth and Irving added nine of his 26 points in the same quarter. James also had nine rebounds and seven assists, while Irving had five rebounds and six assists.

Center Timofey Mozgov scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds and forward Kevin Love had 13 points and six rebounds while battling foul trouble.

Boston guard Isaiah Thomas, who finished second this week in Sixth Man of the Year balloting, finished with 22 points, including 10-of-10 shooting at the free-throw line on a night the Celtics' bench out-scored the Cavs 51-7.

Game 3 is in Boston on Thursday.

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Wizards 117, Raptors 106

Bradley Beal scored a game-high 28 points and grabbed five rebounds as Washington took a 2-0 series lead with a comfortable win over Toronto at Air Canada Center.

Wizards point guard John Wall added 26 points while setting a franchise playoff record with 17 assists. Center Marcin Gortat had 16 points and eight rebounds, while forward Otter Porter added 15 points and eight rebounds off the bench.

The Raptors, who got 20 points apiece from Lou Williams and DeMar DeRozan, face a tough road. Only three teams in NBA history have won a best-of-seven series after falling behind 0-2 at home.

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com