{"id":27976,"date":"2017-05-01T11:33:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=27976"},"modified":"2017-05-01T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T11:33:49","slug":"highlights-sundays-nba-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/highlights-sundays-nba-games.html","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of Sunday’s NBA games"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHighlights of Sunday's NBA games<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tHighlights of Sunday's National Basketball Association games:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJazz 104, Clippers 91
\n\tGordon Hayward scored 26 points and collected eight rebounds to lead seven Utah players in double figures, and the Jazz eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers from the Western Conference playoffs with a 104-91 road victory in Game Seven on Sunday at Staples Center.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGeorge Hill and Derrick Favors contributed 17 points apiece as the Jazz advanced to the second round, where they will meet the Golden State Warriors. Game One is Tuesday at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFavors also grabbed 11 rebounds before fouling out with 5:24 remaining to fill a void left by Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who also was plagued by fouls. Gobert finished with one point and four rebounds in 13 minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Jazz won three of their four games on the Clippers' home court.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDeAndre Jordan had 24 points and 17 boards to lead the Clippers. Jamal Crawford added 20 points and Chris Paul scored 13 points and handed out nine assists.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Jazz used a third-quarter spurt to grab a double-digit lead and retained it for almost the rest of the contest.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tClippers forward Paul Pierce, in his final NBA game, scored six points.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCeltics 123, Wizards 111<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Boston Celtics spotted Washington the first 16 points of the game and then roared to a 123-111 home victory over the Wizards in the first game of the Eastern Conference semi-finals.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTop-seeded Boston, winning its fifth straight playoff game after losing the first two games of the first round, both at home to the Chicago Bulls, trailed 22-5 just 5 1\/2 minutes into the contest. But the Celtics caught up in the second quarter, stayed close and then exploded in a 36-point third quarter to lead by 15 after three before holding off a Washington charge.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGame Two in Tuesday night at TD Garden.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIsaiah Thomas, who flew from Chicago to Tacoma, Washington, to attend the funeral of his sister, Chyna, on Saturday before flying back late Saturday night, scored 12 of his 33 points and Jae Crowder 11 of his playoff career-high 24 in the 36-16 third quarter.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThomas, who gave an emotional speech at the funeral, lost a tooth to an Otto Porter inadvertent elbow in the first half — the tooth flying up into the air before Thomas, who finished with nine assists, picked it up off the floor.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBradley Beal led the Wizards with 27 points.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Wizards scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter but the game then belonged to Al Horford, who scored 10 of his 21 points in a 3:25 span to ensure the win.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington's Markieff Morris suffered a left ankle sprain after being fouled by Horford in the second quarter. He stayed in the game after a long delay, left with 7:16 remaining in the second quarter and didn't return.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 16-0 start was the biggest in the playoffs dating back to at least 2002-03, according to STATS Inc., as the Wizards grabbed the first 12 rebounds and Boston opened 0-for-8 from the floor.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tsource:-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-basketball-nba-highlights-idUSKBN17W0RJ<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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