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The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 132-126 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night. Nikola Jokić recorded his sixth triple-double of these playoffs with 34 points, 21 rebounds and 14 assists, while Jamal Murray scored 31. For the Lakers, Anthony Davis had 40 points and 10 rebounds, and LeBron James finished with 26 points, 12 boards and nine assists, while Austin Reaves added 23 points to help LA's come back in the fourth, nearly erased Denver's 14-point lead. The Nuggets led by as many as 21, with the Lakers pulling within three points twice in the fourth quarter. Game 2 is Thursday night at Ball Arena, where the top-seeded Nuggets hold a 7-0 records in the playoffs, and 41-7 overall giving them the best home record in the league this season. Editorial credit: Oleksii Sidorov / Shutterstock.com
The Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in Game 1 of the second round playoff series at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday. Matthew Tkachuk had three assists, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, and forward Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, the second wild card in the East. For the No. 2 seed Maple Leafs, Matthew Knies scored his first NHL goal, and Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves. The Panthers and Maple Leafs will face off in Game 2 on Thursday, May 4th at 7pm in Toronto. The Seattle Kraken came back after losing a two-goal lead in the third period to defeat the Dallas Stars 5-4 in OT in Game 1 of the Western Conference Second Round at American Airlines Center on Tuesday. Yanni Gourde scored from the right circle 12:17 into overtime after he secured a rebound, and the Kraken earned another huge win. The Stars' Joe Pavelski scored all four goals for Dallas in his return to their lineup after he had missed the last five games in the first round while i