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Tyrese Maxey added 25 points, Kelly Oubre Jr.
scored 15 and Cameron Payne had 11 for the Sixers, who dropped
two close games in New York to start the best-of-seven series.
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 39 points and 13 assists. Josh
Hart added 20 points and OG Anunoby had 17. Isaiah Hartenstein
chipped in with 14.
Magic 121, Cavaliers 83
Paolo Banchero collected 31 points and 14 rebounds to fuel host
Orlando past Cleveland in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference
first-round series.
Banchero sank four 3-pointers and had seven rebounds on the
offensive glass for the fifth-seeded Magic, who trail 2-1 in the
best-of-seven series. After scoring just 83 and 86 points in the
first two games of the series, the Magic had 96 at the end of
three quarters.
Jarrett Allen collected 15 points and eight rebounds and Caris
LeVert added 15 points off the bench for Cleveland, whose
38-point loss is the worst in the club's postseason history.
Nuggets 112, Lakers 105
Nikola Jokic compiled 24 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists as
Denver moved one win away from the Western Conference semifinals
with a victory at Los Angeles.
Aaron Gordon added 29 points with 15 rebounds as the Nuggets
grabbed a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Jamal Murray
scored 22 points and Michael Porter Jr. added 20 points and 10
rebounds to help the Nuggets extend their winning streak over
the Lakers to 11 games.
Los Angeles' Anthony Davis logged 33 points and 15 rebounds,
while LeBron James produced 26 points and nine assists. The
Lakers are on their first losing streak of at least three games
since the start of the new year, when they were in the midst of
a four-game skid.
--Field Level Media
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