LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Jamal Murray-Donovan Mitchell duel will be settled in the first Game 7 in the bubble. Murray extended his torrid run with 50 more points, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 119-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Murray had his second 50-point game of the series to match Mitchell, who finished with 44 in this one. They will go at it one more time on Tuesday night, with the winner advancing to face the Los Angeles Clippers. Denver is trying to become the 12th team to rally from a 3-1 deficit to win a series.
Boston Celtics are 5-0 under the NBA Playoff bubble
The Celtics have opened their Eastern Conference semifinal series with a surprisingly easy victory against the defending champs, 112-94 over the Raptors.
Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart each scored 21 points for the Celtics, who never trailed and improved to 4-1 versus Toronto this season. Brad Stevens’ club is the only one to knock off the Raptors more than twice.
Kemba Walker added 18 points and 10 assists, while Daniel Theiss (tys) delivered 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Toronto has dropped its two meetings with Boston in the bubble by a combined 40 points. The Raptors are 11-0 against everyone else.
Kyle Lowry had a team-high 17 points for the Raptors.
The Clippers have advanced to the Western Conference semifinals by taking out Luka Doncic and the Mavericks in six games.
Kawhi Leonard had 33 points and 14 rebounds for Los Angeles in a 111-97 downing of Dallas. Paul George and Ivica Zubac added 15 points apiece for the Clippers, who turned up their defense after winning Game 5 with the best offensive performance in their postseason history.
Doncic capped a superb first postseason with 38 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.