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Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. Conference quarterfinals. "East". “Atlanta” – “Milwaukee” – 96:86 (series score 2--0), “Boston” – “Miami” – 106:77 (2--0). "West". “Phoenix” – “Portland” – 119:90 (1--1), “Lakers” – “Oklahoma” – 95:92 (2--0).
For the second year in a row, Orlando center Dwight Howard was named best defensive player during the regular season. Phoenix took more than convincing revenge for the defeat in the first home match. The hero of the meeting was Jason Richardson, who showed an excellent shooting percentage - 11/16 from the field, including 4/5 from long range. And his teammate, Canadian Steve Nash, made 16 assists. Near the Lakers' home arena, before the second game of the series, a monument was unveiled... to commentator Chick Gern, who died six years ago. The master worked at thousands of matches for “residents of the lake region”. The hosts' leader Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, the current world champion Spaniard Pau Gasol scored 25, adding a dozen rebounds to his asset.
The Penguins don't spare Ottawa's defense
Hockey. NHL. Playoffs. Conference quarterfinals. "East". "Philadelphia" -- "New Jersey" -- 4:1 (3--1) -- Kovalchuk "N" (1+0), "Ottawa" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 4:7 (1-- 3) -- Malkin “P” (1+0), Gonchar “P” (0+3). "West". "Detroit" -- "Phoenix" -- 3:0 (2--2) -- Datsyuk (1+0), "Colorado" -- "San Jose" -- 1:2 OT (2--2) , “Nashville” – “Chicago” – 4:1 (2--1).
Evgeni Malkin, having opened the scoring in the victory for Pittsburgh, scored his fourth goal in the playoffs and in this indicator is minimally inferior only to Henrik Zetterberg from Detroit. The Russian's teammate Sidney Crosby scored four (2+2) points in Ottawa, single-handedly leading the list of playoff scorers with 11 points. At the match in the Canadian capital, eight out of 11 goals were scored in the second period, and this happened within 15 minutes.