Indiana won by 18pts at home to beat Toronto and force a game 7. Paul George scored 21pts with 11reb and 6asts, whilst Derozan and Lowry were held to a combined 18pts. Indiana were down by as many as 12pts, but were able to score 18 consecutive points in the 2nd half to take control of the game.
Dwyane Wade and the Heat avoided elimination by beating the Hornets on the road to force a game 7 back in Miami. Miami had a 9pt lead after shooting 60% in the first half. With 3 minutes left in the game, Wade hit a 3-pter with the shot clock running down to extend Miami's lead to 9 points. He had not made a 3-pter since the month of December, and it was only his 2nd attempt in this series. On the Hornets next possession, Whiteside fouled out after fouling Walker on a layup. Walker would miss the free throw, but the Hornets retained the possession and Walker followed with a 3-pter to cut the lead to 4. With 1:39 to go, Walker scored again to give him 12 straight points for the Hornets who had trimmed the lead to only 2. But with 46sec left, Wade hit another 3-pter to give the Heat a 5 point lead. Walker assisted on an Al Jefferson layup to cut the lead to 3, but Wade came back hitting a well-defended turnaround jumper to extend the lead back to 5 with 19sec left. Walker almost had a wide open layup after a timeout, but Wade came up big with a block, ending any hope of a Hornets comeback. Walker finished with a career playoff high 37pts and Wade finished with 23pts and now holds the record for most blocks by a guard in playoff history, surpassing Michael Jordan.
Portland narrowly won by 3 at home to eliminate the Clippers and will face the Warriors in the next round. They won 4 games in a row after being down 0-2 in the series. Portland started the 3rd quarter with 7 3-pointers, and were led by Lillard who had 28pts. Austin Rivers was elbowed above the eye in the first quarter and required 11 stitches before returning to finish with 21pts, including 14 in the 3rd quarter. Jamal Crawford finished with 32pts, but missed a running jumper that would have tied the game on the Clipper's final possession. The Clippers, who were playing without injured Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, also lost Deandre Jordan to injury late in the game.
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