Joel Embiid scores 33 points, 76ers finish off Raptors in Game 6
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Raptors guard Fred VanVleet to miss Game 6 against 76ers due to strained hip flexor
Raptors all-star guard Fred VanVleet sat out Thursday's do-or-die Game 6 of Toronto's opening-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Raptors able to keep cool heads in the absence of VanVleet
PHILADELPHIA — In enemy territory, and on the biggest stage for many of them, the young Toronto Raptors could have withered without their all-star point guard in Philadelphia on Monday night.
Raptors top 76ers 103-88 behind Pascal Siakam, force Game 6 at home
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Los Sixers se complican la vida
Estos Sixers son, ahora sí, los que esperábamos. Tras tres victorias consecutivas llegan los problemas para el equipo de Doc Rivers, que pierde la segunda oportunidad de pasar a semifinales, su segundo partido seguido y la oportunidad de cerrar una serie que se alarga más de la cuenta. Nadie jamás, en la historia de la NBA, ha remontado un 3-0 y nadie espera, al menos por pura estadística, que lo hagan los Raptors. Pero los Sixers ganaron el tercer partido de milagro, cayeron en el cuarto y lo han vuelto a hacer en el quinto, esta vez ante su público. Y ahora tienen que volver a viajar a Toronto para disputar un sexto que no querían jugar, ante un rival con dinámica ascendente (y que acaba de salvar otra vida), que se ha atrincherado en defensa, que no tiene nada que perder y que piensa y siente que todo es posible.
Siakam scores 23 as resilient Raptors beat 76ers on road to extend playoff series
Pascal Siakam led the way with 23 points as the Toronto Raptors defeated the 76ers 103-88 in Game 5 of their first-round series to avoid elimination on Monday in Philadelphia.
What to know for another must-win Raptors game
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Celtics push Nets to brink, Mavs and T-Wolves pull level in NBA playoffs
Jayson Tatum scored 39 points to lead the Celtics in a 109-103 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn that pushed their lead in the NBA Eastern Conference first-round series to 3-0. No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series, and the Celtics will try to wrap this one up on the Nets' home floor on Monday. "It's about our character now," Nets coach Steve Nash said.