Everything was normal on the second day of the first round of the NBA playoffs with comfortable wins for Spurs in San Antonio, Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat, while the Cavaliers Cleveland had it more complicated victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Eave figure Kawhi Leonard shone again in the individual game and Spurs team that won 106-74 Memphis Grizzlies decimated in the opening match of the tie of the first round of the playoffs.
Leonard added 20 points and led a list of five Spurs players who had double-digit numbers.
Among them was LaMarcus Aldridge power forward who scored 17 points, while veteran French guard Tony Parker arrived at 15 with six assists.
Another veteran, the power forward Tim Duncan was the best inside game and had 11 rebounds, including 10 defensive, scored seven points (3-4, 0-0, 1-2) and made two blocks.
The Grizzlies without starters, the Spanish center Marc Gasol and guard Mike Conley, suffered the worst defeat ever in a game of the finals and tied for the lowest score in a period (13 points), the first.
The veteran guard Vince Carter scored 16 points that left him as the top scorer for the Grizzlies.
The worst defeat the Grizzlies had suffered so far in the playoffs was given on May 11, 2011 when they lost to the Oklahoma City Tunder with a handicap of 27 points.
The second game of the series best of seven will be played next Tuesday at the same stage of the AT & T Center in San Antonio.
Comfortable victory that got the Clippers guard Chris Paul with the leader by winning 115-95 to the Portland Trail Blazers in the opening match of the first round knockout.
Paul contributed a double-double of 28 points, 11 assists and six rebounds that left him in front of the Clippers' balanced attack and a list of six players, including four starters who had two-digit numbers.
The Blake Griffin power forward played his best game since returning recovered from the fracture he suffered in his right wrist and brought another double-double of 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.
Since Griffin returned to competition after missing 45 games, the Clippers have perfect 6-0.
Another player of the Clippers had a double-double was the power forward DeAndre Jordan to get 18 points, 12 rebounds, including 10 defensive, and put four caps.
The Trail Blazers, who were always down in the score back to the base had Damian Lillard as the leader of the attack to get 21 points and eight assists.
The second game of the series between the two teams will be played on Wednesday at the same stage of the Staples Center.
The balanced attack led by the Sudanese forward Luol Deng, the feeling of NBA power forward, Hassan Whiteside, and a great defense was the key that allowed the Heat win 123-91 blowout of the Charlotte Hornets in the opening game of the first round of the Eastern Conference.
Deng, who made his debut in a match of the finals, was the leader of the attack to get 31 points by scoring 11 of 13 shots, including 4 of 6 triples, and 5 of 7 from the line staff, plus capture seven rebounds.
While Whiteside imposed his power inside game with a double-double of 21 points (9-11, 0-0, 3-5), 11 rebounds, he recovered two fumbles, lost one and put three blocks.
Whiteside became the thirteenth player who achieved at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in team history in playoffs.
Heat tied the mark of 41 points in the first quarter and team with 123, which exceeded the 121 who had succeeded in the NBA Finals in 2012 against Oklahoma City Thunder.
Coach Erik Spoelstra won the hundred victories in games of the finals as coach of the Heat and has 64-36 mark, a percentage of 64.0 percent, the second-best in NBA history, surpassed only by champion Phil Jackson has 68.8 percent.
The second game of the series best of seven vying be played next Wednesday at the same stage of the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
The combination of the base Kyrie Irving, the power forward Kevin Love and forward LeBron James was again the key that allowed the Cavaliers 106-101 win Pistons in the opening match of the series of first round of the playoffs Eastern Conference.
Irving became the leader and playmaker and attacking the Cavaliers to get 31 points and six assists.
While Love played his best basketball in the paint and with shots from outside the perimeter contributed a double-double of 28 points and 13 rebounds, including 10 defensive.
The team's star, James also met with a double-double of 22 points, 11 assists, six rebounds, recovered two fumbles, lost one and made two blocks, which on Wednesday will return to action.
Besides his work, James also starred when the Pistons coach, Stan Van Gundy, pointed him out as the player who referees allow you to "do whatever he wants in attack and did not squeak faults". Then he softened and said his team did not lose for the work of the referees he called "perfect".
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