By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Serbian sharpshooter Bogdan Bogdanovic had 18 points last night as he was trying to help his team even up the series, but it was not enough as Boston beat Atlanta 119-106 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.
While Tatum had the exclamation point and finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds, he said the night belonged to White. The defensive-minded guard contributed all over the court, pouring 26 points, seven rebounds, and three blocks.
Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with 29 points. Young had 24, but shot 9 of 22 from the field and 2 of 8 from beyond the arc. He also had five turnovers, bringing his total to 11 for the series.
Devin Booker wouldn’t let the Phoenix Suns fall into an 0-2 hole. Booker dropped 38 points to lead the Suns past the Los Angeles Clippers 123-109 in Game 2 of their opening-round playoff series. That tied the series up 1-1 before it heads to Los Angeles later this week.
Leonard led the Clippers with 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Westbrook — who had just 9 points in Game 1, but came up with the game-sealing block at the end — finished with 28 points and shot 9-of-16 from the field.
Booker added 9 assists to his 38 points on the night and shot 14 of 22 from the field. Durant finished with 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists, and Torrey Craig dropped 17 points off five 3-pointers. Paul put up 16 points and 8 assists and shot 8 of 14 from the field.
Croatian big man Ivica Zubac had eight points and six rebounds.
Darius Garland couldn’t change what happened in a disappointing playoff debut but he made sure he didn’t repeat it.
Setting the tone with his aggressiveness from the start, Garland scored 26 of his 32 points in the first half and the Cavaliers evened their Eastern Conference playoff series against New York at one game apiece with a 107-90 victory. German big man Isaiah Hartenstein had 4 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists for the Knicks.
Turk forward Cedi Osman played 22 minutes for Cleveland Cavaliers and he scored 5 points and 6 rebounds.