Nba Playoffs 2020

NBA: Boston Celtics top Miami Heat 117-106, cut Eastern Conference Finals deficit to 2-1

Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum added 25 and the Celtics got right back into the East finals with a 117-106 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 3 on Saturday night. Kemba Walker added 21 to help Boston pull to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.

NBA: 'Pissed off' LeBron James sees Los Angeles Lakers roll past Denver Nuggets 126-114 in West finals opener

Anthony Davis had 37 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James added 15 points and 12 assists hours after finishing a distant second in the MVP voting, and the Lakers rolled to a 126-114 victory on Friday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

NBA: Comeback Miami Heat do it again, rally past Boston Celtics to take 2-0 series lead

Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo led a big third-quarter rally to finish with 21, and the Heat pulled off another comeback to beat the Celtics 106-101 and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

NBA Playoffs: James, Davis help Lakers ties series with Rockets; Bucks beat Heat to stay alive

LeBron James had 28 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, Anthony Davis added 34 points and 10 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers evened the Western Conference semifinals by beating the Houston Rockets 117-109.

NBA Playoffs: Heat surge late to push Bucks to brink of elimination; Harden powers Rockets' to victory over Lakers

Miami Heat out-scored the Milwaukee Bucks 40-13 in the final period and it was the most lopsided final period in a playoff game since the NBA introduced the shot clock in 1954.

NBA: Seven of the eight first-round playoff matchups set, last to be decided with play-in series

The full list of NBA Playoff matchups won't be known until at least Saturday, when the West play-in series begins with Portland, Memphis, Phoenix and San Antonio bidding for those two spots.