LOS ANGELES.- The Cleveland Cavaliers They won 126-113 over the Toronto Raptors this Saturday and took a lead (1-0) in the first round of the playoffs of the NBAwith Donovan Mitchell as the main figure scoring 32 points.
Cleveland built its first victory of the postseason from the three-point line, where it made 16 of its 32 attempts.
Mitchell, 29 years old and looking to get past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in his career, played 70 regular season games, in which he averaged 27.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists.
“We have to keep fighting,” Mitchell said after the game. “We must find ways to win, I scored 32 points, but I focus on the small details because they are what will take us far.”
“It’s hard for defenses to find a way to stop us, we have to keep working together to win the series.”
The experienced James Hardenwho came to Cleveland in a controversial midseason trade with the LA Clipperswas the Cavs’ third-best scorer with a double-double of 22 points and 10 assists.
For the Raptors, RJ Barrett scored 24 points, while the Georgian Sandro Mamukelashvili He added eight rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.
Toronto had a five-point lead early in the second quarter, which quickly turned into a 24-point deficit as the hosts allowed 36 points in the third quarter.
The Cavaliers have home field advantage in the series by finishing as the fourth best seed in the regular season and will play their second home game this Monday at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tottenham continues in free fall
He Tottenham their situation worsened a little more with a 2-2 draw against the Brighton which leaves them in relegation positions, on the 33rd day of the Premier League marked by Sunday’s duel between Manchester City (2nd, 64 points, one more game) and the Arsenal (1st, 70).
In his second game in charge of the Spurs, and the first in his stadium, Roberto De Zerbi he could expect more from his players, both in terms of the result, the overall performance and the terrible outcome, which saw Brighton equalize in added time.
