Toronto
Raptors and
Hawks in Atlanta did assert the advantage in their respective qualifying playoff first round of the Eastern Conference and again 3-2 lead them to better seven at the end of the day of the NBA.
The star guard
Raptors DeMar DeRozan, asserted his status as leading scorer with 34 points and led the comeback of the Canadian team that won by 102-99 Indiana Pacers in the fifth game of the series.
Raptors (3-2) will play the sixth game next Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Raptors were during most of the match down in the score and reached the fourth period with a handicap of 13 points, resurfaced with a 21-2 run that opened the way to victory and kept them with field advantage .
DeRozan, who scored 10 of 22 shots, including 2 of 4 triples, and 12 of 13 from the line staff, established his best mark as a professional in the playoffs, and was key in the victory of the Raptors.
The basis Kyle Lowry had 14 points, five assists and four rebounds that left him as the second top scorer and Lithuanian center Jonas Valančiūnas reached 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks.
Along with DeRozan, the surprise winner and sixth man was the Congolese Raptors power forward Bismack Biyombo, 23, who won the game inside a double-double with 10 points monumental (3-5, 0-0, 4-4) --12
defensivos-- 16 rebounds and an assist.
The poor performance of veteran power forward Luis Scola in series so far cost him the title and not go out in fifth game.
Its position was occupied by the power forward Patrick Patterson who contributed seven points and two rebounds, but could not be highlighted on the individual game of the
Raptors factor.
The Pacers had the opportunity to have forced extra time, but Solomon Hill three times in the last action of the party, reviewed by the referees, was when the time was over.
This time, the Raptors were able to survive the 39 points scored by star forward Pacers Paul George , but only got two in the fourth quarter when the team began the comeback Toronto and eight rebounds.
The guard George Hill reached 15 points and power forward rookie Myles Turner had 14 and eight rebounds, which also could not avoid the defeat of the Pacers, who came to have up to 17 points of advantage over the first three quarters of the game, played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
The attack, which led the bodyguard Ken Bazemore, great defense and allowed the
Hawks 110-83 win easily by the Celtics of Boston in the fifth game of the series.
The victory allowed the Hawks regain the winning track after two consecutive defeats and after reaching the sixth game, to be played on Thursday at the TD Garden in Boston with a 3-2 lead, and if necessary a seventh on Saturday They return to Philips Arena in Atlanta.
Bazemore scored 16 points, including four three - pointers from nine attempts, and next to baseman Jeff Teague also achieved the same production were part of a list of five players with double digits, led by power forward reserve Mike Scott , who came as surprise winner and sixth man to contribute 17 goals in their 2 minutes played.
Guard Kyle Korver had 13 points, power forward Paul Millsap, who in the fourth game had achieved its best mark of playoffs with 45 points, this time got only 10 points.
While the Dominican center Al Hoford still did not have his best touch and contributed six points by missing the first eight shots he made a field goal in 24 minutes played.
Horford scored 2 of 11 shots, missed two-point attempts and scored 2-2 from the line staff, plus eight rebounds --six defensivos--, four assists, recovered two fumbles, lost one and put a plug.
The key to the game was given in the absence of 6:35 minutes of the second quarter when the Celtics were up on the scoreboard with partial 19-29, and Bazemore scored three consecutive three-pointers that changed the history of the game.
From the triple Bazemore,
Hawks dominated the Celtics with a 74-33 streak getting them up early in the fourth period of the deciding set 93-62, which made people forget the bad start of team match Atlanta.
Forward Evan Turner with 15 points led the Celtics attack they suffered in the final stretch of the game's low base and leading scorer star, Isaiah Thomas, who suffered a slight sprain in his left ankle.
Thomas, who in the previous two games had achieved an average of 35 points before the injury had only seven failed after 9 of 12 shots from the field.
Celtics preparers consider that Thomas could be ready to play the next game, but would have to wait to see how it evolves in the coming hours.
