The Pacers won at home to even the series with the Raptors at 2-2. Pacer's Ian Mahinmi scored a career highs 22pts with a career playoff best 10reb and 5ast and the Pacers led by as many as 25pts in the first half.
The Hornets won their first playoff game in the last 14 years by beating the Heat. Michael Jordan, owner of the Hornets, watched the game from the end of the team's bench. The Hornets were led by Jeremy Lin who came off the bench to score 18pts, including 13pts in the first half. Luol Deng top-scored for the Heat with 19pts including 4 3-pters in the first 6min. After the game was tied, the Hornets went on an 18-0 run in the 3rd quarter and Miami were held to just 34% field goal shooting for the game.
OKC beat Dallas on the road to take a 3-1 series lead. The Thunder's Enes Kanter scored a career high 28pts whilst shooting 12-of-13 from the field. Westbrook added 25pts and 15asts, making it 2 playoff games in a row with 25 and 15 - numbers that were last put up by the Piston's Isiah Thomas in 1985. Durant was ejected for only the 2nd time in his career after committing a flagrant foul in the final minute. Nowitzki had 27pts for the Mavericks.
Damian Lillard scored 32pts and CJ McCollum - who was awarded the Most Improved Player of the NBA season, scored 27pts to help the Blazers win their first game of the series.
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