Duel between the second team seeded in the east Toronto Raptors and the 4th in the western classification Portland Trail Blazers both teams come with good runs of straight wins and a high level duel is expected in this great NBA Friday.
Game Summary
Raptors began the encounter with great energy as a local, but Trail Blazers were not left behind because they made resistance, Toronto established a high offensive percentage and lead with some advantage the scoreboard, would win the first quarter.
The tendency in the game would not change followed the impulse of Raptors in the leadership of the scoreboard executing an excellent defense and better offense, Portland continued fighting for discount and approached in instances but immediately Raptors responded, finishes the first half 54 - 61 Raptors up.
Second Half
In the second half the story would begin to change, Raptors would be increasing their offensive and in turn their numbers on the scoreboard, Trail Blazers were a little lethargic but in the last minutes of the fourth some effective shots from the perimeter gave support to minimize the advantage to 4 possessions, Raptors would win the partial and would continue to dominate the game.
Certain variants on the part of the Trail Blazers and greater defensive intensity would make the game balanced and greatly discounted to place the game at 1 possession but the Raptors refused and continued with their offensive momentum through the performance of their offensive leader Leonard, 3 minutes to finish the game with a shot from the perimeter Lillard would tie the encounter, the game would take an interesting nuance and would be closed until the last seconds, ends the encounter with victory for Raptors over Trail Blazers 117 - 119.
Details and Personal Analysis
The encounter had many variants throughout its lapses, but was not in doubt the competitive character of both team, when we arrived to the last quarter the game began to take greater seriousness and concentration on the part of the quintets and would have like principal role in the denouement the performance of its main stars on the side of Trail Blazers would show their game Damian Lillard and on the part of Raptors Kawhi Leonard, the duel between teams and players would take another level and only one possession would define the encounter with a final shot of medium distance with a few seconds on the clock from Leonard who was responsible for giving victory to the Raptors, in a game that was extremely attractive with a suspenseful end.
Best Performances
Kawhi Leonard 38 Pts. 5 Ast.
Marc Gasol 19 Pts. 8 Reb. 6 Ast.
Kyle Lowry 19 Pts. 7 Reb. 10 Ast.
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