Welp. Last night was a bit of a dud in the NBA playoffs if you like close, competitive games. Instead we got two routs, with the Cavs returning from their week-long sabbatical looking sharp and took care of the Raps with ease, while the Rockets, in a stunning display of pace and shooting made the Spurs look old and slow in a game that was never close.
The 116-105 final score flatters the Raps—they closed the game on a run in garbage time but it wasn’t nearly that close. The Cavs jumped out early, led by 12 after the first quarter, 14 at halftime, and put it away by dominating the third quarter behind the brilliance of LeBron James, who had 35 and for whom the Raps had no answer.