The Hornets narrowly won by 2 on the road in Miami to take a 3-2 lead in a game that went down to the wire. The Hornets were up by 12 halfway through the 2nd qtr, but Miami closed to within 2 at the half, as Wade scored 10 to end the half - including a rare transition dunk in traffic. The Hornet's Nic Batum returned from injury and hit 2 key 3-pters in the 4th qtr. With under 3min left, Wade hit a running shot and a pullup jumper on back-to-back possessions to give Miami a 3pt lead, but Lin came back with a long 2 to pull the Hornets within 1. Down by 1 with a minute to go, the Hornet's Courtney Lee missed a layup on fast break in the final minute. He would later redeem himself as he collected the offensive rebound off a Kemba Walker miss, passed it to Lin who then fed it back to him for a 3-pter to give the Hornets a 2pt lead with 25sec to go. In the closing seconds, Kemba Walker blocked a 3-pt attempt by Goran Dragic, Wade picked up the loose ball and missed a shot in close amongst heavy contact without a foul being called. Walker was held to 14pts on 4-of-18 shooting, Lin had 11pt, 7asts, 6reb, and all Heat starters scored in double-figures, led by 25 from Wade. Charlotte has won their last 3 games in a row, after losing the first 2 games in Miami, and will have a chance to upset 3rd-seeded Miami at home in game 6.
Portland took a 3-2 series lead by winning on the road against the Clippers - who played their best players Blake Griffin and Chris Paul due to injury. The game was tied heading into the 4th qtr, but Portland hit 6 3-pters - including 5 from Lillard, to win by 10 points. McCollum had 27pts and Lillard scored 16 of his 22pts in the 4th qtr, after starting only shooting 1-of-10 in the first 3 quarters. Deandre Jordan has 16pts and 17reb, and both teams had 6 players score in double figures. The Clippers are now 2-5 when both Griffin and Paul do not play.
The Warriors cruised to a 33pt victory against Houston to finish the series 4-1, and will face the winner of the Clippers/Trailblazers series. Harden scored 18pts in the first quarter, whilst the rest of his team shot an abysmal 0 of 16 field goals. Houston was only able to score 37pts in the first half, with 25 of those coming from Harden, who finished with 35pt, 6reb, 6asts. Howard finished with 21reb but only 8pts. Klay led the warriors with 27pts on 7-of-11 3-pters, including a long-range 3-pter from 31feet away. He became the first player in NBA history to score 7 3-pters in 2 consecutive playoff games. Draymond Green had 15pts, 9reb, 8asts. The Warriors improved to 4-2 when playing without Curry this season.
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