West playoffs: Nuggets and Lakers win as the playoffs begin
Here's what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Western Conference's first round.
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Here's what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Western Conference's first round.
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Jalen Brunson scored 22 of his game-high 28 points in the first half Saturday at Madison Square Garden, and New York posted a 113-102 victory over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

James is rationing his energy and dictating games, trying to keep the Lakers alive long enough for reinforcements to arrive
Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant's injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 1.
Continuing an undesirable pattern for fans at American Airlines Center, Dallas lost Game 1 for the ninth time in the past 11 playoff series on Saturday, as Jake Oettinger and the Stars lost to the Minnesota Wild 6-1 in a contest they quickly trailed 4-0.