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 Washington became the fifth team to go up 2-0 on the road since the
first round expanded to best-of-seven in 2003.
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 guard Lou Williams and
DeMar DeRozan, face a tough road. Only three teams in NBA history
won a best-of-seven series after falling behind 0-2 at home.
Cavaliers 99, Celtics 91
CLEVELAND -- Forward LeBron James and guard Kyrie Irving combined to
score all 24 of Cleveland's fourth-quarter points, and the Cavaliers
survived a scare from Boston to grab a 2-0 lead in their
opening-round playoff series.
James scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth, and Irving added
nine of his 26 points in the fourth. James also had nine rebounds
and seven assists, while Irving had five rebounds and six assists.
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 outscored the Cavs' reserves 51-7.
Rockets 111, Mavericks 99
HOUSTON -- With Josh Smith producing a crowd-pleasing passing
exhibition, one that led to several rim-rattling dunks from Dwight
Howard, Houston pulled away from Dallas and took Game 2 of its
Western Conference first-round series at Toyota Center.
Smith finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and nine assists,
recording seven assists in the fourth quarter. During one decisive
stretch, he fed Howard (28 points, 12 rebounds) on four alley-oop
dunks, turning a three-point deficit into a 94-86 lead with 7:39
left.
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During that stretch, Smith also converted a driving layup, and he
tallied the final basket for the Rockets with a thunderous dunk
working the pick-and-roll with guard James Harden (24 points, six
assists).
The Rockets grabbed a 2-0 series lead by scoring 60 points in the
paint. Reserve forward Corey Brewer added 15 points for Houston.
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