Tuesday, April 26, 2011

NBA Playoffs: Bulls Finish Off Pacers; Magic Stay Alive By Roasting Hawks; Lakers Take 3-2 Series Lead

Three Tuesday games were played as the opening round of the NBA Playoffs continued.


Eastern Conference:


At Chicago:


Derrick Rose scored 25 points and Luoi Deng added 24 as the Chicago Bulls clearly played their best game in their conference quarterfinal series with Indiana, thumping the Pacers 118-89 at home in game five to win their best-of-seven series four games to one.


At Orlando:


Jason Richardson scored 17 points while J. J. Redick added 14 as the Orlando Magic roasted the visiting Atlanta Hawks 101-76 to stay alive in their opening-round series, cutting the Hawks' lead to three games to two.


Western Conference:


At Los Angeles:


With a sprained left ankle, Kobe Bryant still scored 19 points and threw down two big dunks while Andrew Bynum added 18 to go with his 10 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers took a three-games-to-two lead in their first-round series with a 106-90 home win in game five over the New Orleans Hornets.

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