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 Grizzlies 99, Trail Blazers 93
Center Marc Gasol scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and the
Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in Game Five
to wrap up their first-round Western Conference playoff series 4-1.
The fifth-seeded Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Golden State Warriors
in the conference semi-finals beginning Sunday.
Leading by seven at halftime, the Grizzlies opened the second half
with a 6-0 run, but Portland came back as reserve guard CJ McCollum
scored 16 of his career-high 33 points in the third quarter.
Memphis led by only one point with 7:28 to go in the final quarter,
before going on a 9-0 run to go up by 10 on a jump shot by forward
Zach Randolph with 3:27 left.
Memphis guard Courtney Lee scored 20 points, and Randolph finished
with 16 points and eight rebounds. Forward Jeff Green had 10 points
and seven rebounds off the bench.
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Hawks 107, Nets 97
The Atlanta Hawks regained the edge in their first-round playoff
series against the Brooklyn Nets with a home win that was anything
but comfortable.
Forward DeMarre Carroll had a game-high 24 points and point guard
Jeff Teague and forward Al Horford made big shots down the stretch
to hold off Brooklyn's late push.
The Hawks, who took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern
Conference series, never trailed but again struggled to put away the
resilient Nets.
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Atlanta led by as many as 17 points in the first half and took an
82-70 lead into the fourth quarter before the Nets scored the first
nine points of the final stanza.
Brooklyn guard Jarrett Jack had a big fourth quarter, scoring 12 of
his 18 points as the Nets got within one point inside the final five
minutes.
But the Hawks closed with a 10-2 run to secure victory. They can
clinch the series by winning Game Six in Brooklyn on Friday.
(Compiled by Andrew Both; Editing by Ian Ransom/Sudipto Ganguly)
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