NBA Playoffs 2018-19: 3 Talking points from NBA Playoffs - April 13th Steph Curry takes the Warriors to a 17 Point Win

Saturday night playoff scores

Los Angeles Clippers 104-121 Golden State Warriors - Warriors lead series 1-0
Orlando Magic 104-101 Toronto Raptors - Magic lead series 1-0
San Antonio Spurs 101-96 Denver Nuggets - Spurs lead series 1-0
Brooklyn Nets 111-102 Philadelphia 76ers - Nets lead series 1-0

#1 Steph breaks career records in Oakland

Stephen Curry takes the LA Clippers on a ride, reaching career highs and breaking playoff records

Stephen Curry lit up Oracle Arena last night with multiple career highs. He made a game high of 38 points, a career playoff high of 15 rebounds and beat a historical record of all time playoff threes. In this feat he beat Ray Allen (385) and managed to do it almost half the number of games now putting him well above greats like LeBron.

Stephen Curry alongside the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 121-104 in this volatile game, thus opening a series of wins in the post season. The Los Angeles Clippers are also not to be underestimated. They were the last Western Conference team to beat the Warriors back in 2014. Montrezl Harrell, 26 and Lou Williams, 25 kept the game interested till Curry really pushed it to a conclusion.

The game stayed interesting when towards the middle of the fourth quarter Kevin Durant and Patrick Beverly got into a verbal altercation and were both given their second technical fouls of the game and thus ejected.

The Warriors led almost wire to wire and alongside Curry, there were more Warriors who made a big difference. Draymond Green showed his offensive spark with 17 point with 7 for 12 shooting and seven assists. Kevin Durant before being ejected made 23 points and Klay even made 12.

The next game for this particular match-up will also take place in Oakland on Tuesday morning (3:30am EST).

#2 Constant ties and lead changes in the even matchup between Magic and the Raptors

Orlando Magic work their magic to beat the higher ranked Toronto Raptors

This game was a series of ups and downs. There were 13 lead changes and 12 ties with seven ties in the fourth. In the 3.4 seconds DJ Augustin made a three pointer, breaking the tie and beating the home team 104 -101 for game one.

This came as a surprise to most as Orlando Magic were the seventh seed in the East whereas the Raptors have been second and performing constantly well all season. Kawhi Leonard scored four points in a row to bring thr Raptors to 101-99 with a little mire than a minute left and it seemes impossible for Magic even after Marc Gasol's open 3-pointer rimmed out.

The time outs really seemed to be markers for change in the direction of the game and Magic seemed to know exactly when not to call them.

#3 Bothered Joel Embiid comes back from his injury

The lower ranked Brooklyn Nets upset the higher up Philadelphia Sixers to grab game one for themselves

Joel Embiid had been out for 14 of the last 24 of the 76'ers games due to a knee injury. With his left knee still sore, he was only cleared to play 10 minutes before the actual game. Despite the obvious discomfort, he finished with 22 points and 15 rebounds.

The visiting Brooklyn Nets managed to beat the higher rated Philadelphia 76ers 111-102 in Game one. This was a team effort, but D'angelo Russel contributed the most with 26 points for the winning team and Caris LeVert followed with 23 points of his own.

On the Sixers side Jimmy Butler led the team with a playoff career high of 36 points which proved to not be enough for the win. The Sixers kept the margin small for the most part of the game with their world class defence.