Washington , Cleveland and Houston all earned 2-0 leads in their NBA first-round playoff series with victories on Tuesday , continuing the previous day 's pattern . All five of the series that have played two games now stand at 2-0 , with the Wizards , Cavaliers and Rockets joining Monday 's winners Chicago and Golden State with the early two-game buffer in the best-of-seven series . Washington 's 117-106 victory at Toronto owed most to John Wall , who had 26 points and 17 assists , and Bradley Beal , who scored 28 points . LeBron James scored 30 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers moved into a 2-0 lead over the Boston Celtics . Cleveland 's 99-91 win followed their victory at the weekend to put them in a strong position in the tie . Marcin Gortat scored 16 points , Otto Porter had 15 and Paul Pierce added 10 for the Wizards , who return home to host Game 3 on Friday . Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Sixth Man Award winner Lou Williams scored 20 points for the Raptors , who have lost four straight playoff games over the past two seasons . Washington lost 15 of their final 19 road games in the regular season but rediscovered their best away from home in time for the playoffs . Dating back to last year , the Wizards have won seven of eight away from home in the post-season . Paul Pierce celebrates after his Washington Wizards team moved 2-0 ahead on the Toronto Raptors . Wizards guard Bradley Beal scored 28 points in a 117-106 victory on Tuesday in Toronto . DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points , Patrick Patterson had 15 and Amir Johnson added 10 for Toronto , who have won just one playoff series in six previous post-season appearances . Cleveland shook off a persistent Boston to win 99-91 at home , with LeBron James leading the way with 30 points and Kyrie Irving contributing 26 . James scored 15 points in the fourth quarter , moved past Hall of Famer Jerry West on the career playoff scoring list and made sure the Cavs did n't slip up at home . He and Irving combined for all of Cleveland 's 24 points in the final period . Timofey Mozgov added 16 points and Tristan Thompson had 11 rebounds for Cleveland . Dwight Howard and Josh Smith celebrate the Houston Rockets taking a 2-0 lead over the Dallas Mavericks . Howard scored 28 points and had 12 rebounds in a 111-99 victory for the Rockets at the Toyota Center . Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points for the Celtics , whose bench outscored Cleveland 's 51-7 but did not get anywhere near enough from the starting five . Game 3 is Thursday in Boston . Houston also pulled away in the last quarter to beat Texas rival Dallas 111-99 . Dwight Howard , who scored 28 points , and James Harden , who added 24 , dominated early in the final period to steer the Rockets to victory . The Mavericks scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to take a three-point lead . But with Harden on the bench , Houston scored the next 11 points , powered by three alley-oop passes from Smith to Howard , to take a 92-84 lead with about eight minutes left . Smith finished with 15 points , nine assists and eight rebounds . Monta Ellis had 24 points for Dallas , which hosts Game 3 on Friday .
LeBron James scores 30 points as Cleveland beat Boston . Cavaliers beat Celtics 99-91 to extend their lead in series to 2-0 . Washington Wizards beat Dallas Raptors 117-106 in Canada . Houston Rockets take 2-0 lead over Toronto Mavericks with 111-99 win .