Kyle Lowry goes for the unthinkable

One of Lowry's last plays sent the game into overtime with less than a second to spare on the timer, unfortunately the same can be said for his most recent game but for all the wrong reasons. With only moments to go of the game, you'd think there would be a pretty high chance of an overtime but with Lowry in possession of the ball, it was all hopes and dreams for him to make an amazing play and make it an easy win for the Raptors. However, this wasn't what we saw at all. What we saw was Lowry taking his time to make his way up the court and attempting to make a 3-pointer to win the game. Unfortunately this resulted in just an airball - causing the game into overtime. In my opinion he could've simply went for a 2 and guaranteed a win there and then instead of extending the game further. 

It's quite obvious the Lowry simply wanted to play the hero and make an amazing shot, but at the same time this placed his whole team in danger of losing. Thankfully for Lowry, the Raptors ended up winning, but by only a small amount with 96-92.

Based on the recent games of this series, we can almost expect there to be 7 games due to the plays witnessed after overtime.

The Toronto Raptors vs. The Miami Heat - Game 2

This game was just another great one to witness, with an amazingly close performance by both teams. At the beginning we find the Heat starting off strong with the Raptors only a few points behind trying to catch up. Only moments later into the game we find the Raptors catching their way up and surpassing the Heat with 13-12 with a soon to be 23-15 lead. 

One great play by the Heat was the deny by Richardson on Lowry, simply amazing to see the tables turn so quickly in this fast paced game. Overall, the regular time finishing of this game was great with so many amazing plays, but we can find that this was quite the opposite after overtime with some pretty anticlimactic plays.

Watch some of the highlights below to see what I mean.

A record broken!

Atlanta Hawks vs Cleveland Cavaliers - Game 2

As Gab pointed out in the previous post, the Cavaliers are definitely a strong powerhouse as shown in their most recent performance. I thought I’d just highlight a very interesting point from that specific game between the Hawks and Cavaliers. It’s the fact that a record was actually broken! As said by the TNT crew whilst I was watching this game, the highest recorded number of successful 3-pointers in a game is 23, and 21 in a playoff game. Notably, within this recent game, a total of 25 3-pointers were witnessed by many viewers, and was of course achieved by the Cavaliers. Absolutely smashing the previous 2 records mentioned out of the court. Such an amazing feat shown from this match and definitely one that I did not expect to see myself as well.

However, with the way the NBA is looking this year around, I am sure that this record will be broken again within only a couple of years. Overall, it was definitely an insane match to watch!

Atlanta no match for the almighty Cavs

Game 2 of the second round: Atlanta Hawks vs Cleveland Cavaliers is a blow out!
You'd expect a much more interesting match for a second round bout, but in no way, shape or form is the Atlanta Hawks a solid matchup for Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers line up. Although the Hawks lost Game 1 by 11 points (104 - 93), you would want them to do better as the round progressed. Currently live in the 4th quarter, the Hawks are down 27 points with 9 minutes left on the clock. Lebron James leads the charge with 27 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds whilst J.R. Smith is showcasing tremendous shooting, sinking 7 of 13 attempted shots from the 3-point line.

Atlanta Hawks need to step up their game with better performance if they want to compete for the Western Conference Finals.