NBA Playoffs: Heat, Wizards, Spurs, Blazers (In OT) Take Series Openers

The NBA Playoffs continued on Sunday with four games.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Miami:

LeBron James scored 27 points while Dwyane Wade added 23 as the Miami Heat held off the visiting Charlotte Bobcats 99-88 in the opening game of their conference quarterfinal series.  Kemba Walker paced the Bobcats with 20 points.

At Chicago:

Nene scored 24 points while Trevor Ariza added 18 as the Washington Wizards seized home-court advantage in their first-round series following their game-one 102-93 road victory over the Chicago Bulls.  John Wall, in his playoff debut, added 16 points to the Wizards' coffers.



WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At San Antonio:

Veteran Tony Duncan scored 27 points while Tony Parker added 21 as the San Antonio Spurs took the opening game of their opening-round series with the Dallas Mavericks 90-85 at home.

At Houston:

LaMarcus Aldridge scored a franchise playoff single-game record 46 points and grabbed 18 rebounds before fouling out late in the overtime period while Damian Lillard added 31 in his playoff debut as the Portland Trail Blazers seized home-court advantage following their conference quarterfinal series-opening 122-120 road win over the Houston Rockets.  Dwight Howard scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds before he, too, fouled out late in overtime, to pace the Rockets.  James Harden added 27 and Chandler Parsons 24 for Houston.