At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
The NBA Playoffs continued on Friday with two games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and dished out seven assists as the Boston Celtics ended the Toronto Raptors' reign as NBA champions by capturing their conference final series four games to three after their 92-87 game-seven victory.
Jaylen Brown added 21 points and eight rebounds to the Celtics' coffers.
Fred VanVleet paced the Raptors with 20 points.
Boston will open the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat on Monday (Time TBD, ESPN).
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
Jamal Murray scored 26 points, pulled in eight rebounds, and dished out seven assists as the Denver Nuggets avoided elimination by holding off the Los Angeles Clippers 111-105 in game five of their conference semifinal series.
Nikola Jokic helped the Nuggets' cause by scoring 22 points and grabbing 14 boards.
Kawhi Leonard topped the Clippers with 36 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Paul George added 26 points to the Los Angeles coffers.
The Clippers, who still lead three games to two, can close out the series with a game-six victory on Sunday (10:00 AM Pacific Time, ESPN).
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