Friday, April 25, 2014

NBA Playoffs: Bulls, Rockets Cut Respective Series Deficits To 2-1 After Road Wins; Nets Take 2-1 Series Lead Over Raptors

The NBA Playoffs continued on Friday with three games.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Washington:

Mike Dunleavy scored 35 points as the Chicago Bulls held on to outlast the home-standing Washington Wizards 100-97 in game three of their conference quarterfinal series, which the Wizards still lead two games to one.  Bradley Beal scored 25 points and John Wall added 23 to pace Washington.

At Brooklyn:

Joe Johnson scored 29 points while Deron Williams added 22 as the Brooklyn Nets held off the visiting Toronto Raptors 102-98 to take a two-games-to-one advantage in their opening-round series.  DeMar DeRosan paced the Raptors with 30 points.



WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At Portland, Oregon:

James Harden scored 37 points while Dwight Howard added 24 (to go with his 14 rebounds) and Troy Daniels converted a three-point shot with 11.9 seconds remaining in overtime as the Houston Rockets outlasted the Portland Trail Blazers 121-116 on the road in game three of their conference quarterfinal series, which the Blazers still lead two games to one.  Damian Lillard scored 30 points to pace Portland (whose overall winning streak ended at seven games) while Nicolas Batum added 26 and LaMarcus Aldridge 23 (to go with his 10 rebounds). 

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