After a Game 1 loss, the Philadelphia 76ers tied up their Eastern Conference semi-finals matchup against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.
Toronto won the first game by a 108-95 margin, but Philadelphia was able to eke out a 94-89 win in one of the lowest-scoring games of this year’s NBA playoffs.
This win is even more important considering that they traveled to the Air Canada Centre to achieve it and that now they have home-court advantage in the remaining five games of the series.
Monday night’s game can be resumed as a duel between 76ers forward Jimmy Butler and Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard, two of the biggest stars on either team who both put up big numbers on Monday.
Butler scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to spur his team to its victory on Monday. No other Sixers player scored more than 13 points all night.
Kawhi Leonard outdid Butler, scoring 35 points, but it was ultimately not enough for his team to take home the victory. The Raptors got only a paltry 5 points from bench players on Monday night, while the 76ers totaled 26.
Game 3 of the series will move to Philadelphia and be played on Thursday night.
