This week in the NBA: Playoffs produce a series of shocks

Toronto’s lack of size caught up on them here, as five of their cast including Pascal Siakam, Serge Ibaka, Fred VanVleet, Norman Powell and Kyle Lowry, who average listed height stands a tick under 6-foot-2.

They only narrowly lost out to the Magic at 104-101 win, but it was the ‘nil-pois’ or zero point score from Kyle Lowry that caught everyone by surprise.

Lowry and the Raptors will have to go hard in paint and come out swinging On Wednesday. You can get 10/11 for the home side to win on the spread -9.5.

Winners

San Antonio Spurs

The Spurs’ win over the Nuggets also saw Gregg Popovich become the NBA coach with the most wins under his belt.

Popovich claimed his 1,413rd victory, which edged him ahead of Seattle SuperSonics legend Lenny Wilkens.

The Texas outfit have made the play-offs for the 23rd year under the 70-year-old, winning five championships along the way.

Their whole roster pulled together in a 101-96 victory over Denver Nuggets. This has put them in the driving seat and they are 12/5 to double their lead in game two.

Orlando Magic

We’ve already touched on this, but the Magic sprung a big surprise on the Raptors.

The Magic stayed in the game, when many would have floundered and got their rewards when D.J Augustin came to the party as the clock ran down.

The point-guard had been somewhat of a journeyman for much of his career, but the 31-year-old came up clutch with a three-pointer to steal the points for Orlando.

You need your big players to come to the fore in the play-offs and that’s what Augustin did here.

Upcoming games

L.A Clippers @ Golden State Warriors – GSW to win on spread -13.5 @ 10/11

Brooklyn Nets @ Philadelphia 76ers – Under +226.0 points @ 10/11

Utah Jazz @ Houston Rockets – Rockets to win @ 5/14

Detroit Pistons @ Milwaukee Bucks – Over +211 points @ 10/11

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