Over in the West, the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers dispatched of the Houston Rockets in five games and will face the Denver Nuggets, who pulled off a second consecutive comeback from 3-1 down to defeat the LA Clippers, who still have never advanced to the conference finals.
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Eastern Conference
Miami Heat (5) def.Milwaukee Bucks (1), 4-1
- Game 1: Heat 115, Bucks 104
- Game 2: Heat 116, Bucks 114
- Game 3: Heat 115, Bucks 100
- Game 4:Bucks 118, Heat 115 OT
- Game 5: Heat 103, Bucks 94
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Bontemps: Giannis and the Bucks are now on the clock
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Boston Celtics (3) def.Toronto Raptors (2), 4-3
- Game 1: Celtics 112, Raptors 94
- Game 2: Celtics 102, Raptors 99
- Game 3: Raptors 104, Celtics 103
- Game 4: Raptors 100, Celtics 93
- Game 5: Celtics 111, Raptors 89
- Game 6: Raptors 125, Celtics 122 2OT
- Game 7: Celtics 92, Raptors 87
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Bontemps: No one expected the Raptors to be here
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Western Conference
Los Angeles Lakers (1) def.Houston Rockets (4), 4-1
- Game 1: Rockets 112, Lakers, 97
- Game 2: Lakers 117, Rockets 109
- Game 3: Lakers 112, Rockets 102
- Game 4: Lakers 110, Rockets 100
- Game 5: Lakers 119, Rockets 96
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Marks:Next for the Houston Rockets
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Shelburne: Lakers embrace D'Antoni's vision, out-small ball Rockets
Denver Nuggets (3) def. LA Clippers, 4-3
- Game 1: Clippers 120,Nuggets 97
- Game 2: Nuggets 110, Clippers 101
- Game 3: Clippers 113, Nuggets 107
- Game 4: Clippers 96, Nuggets 85
- Game 5: Nuggets 111, Clippers 105
- Game 6: Nuggets 111,Clippers 98
- Game 7: Nuggets 104, Clippers 89
Nuggets silence critics with historic 3-1 comeback
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Windhorst: This stunning failure has the Clippers' on the clock
Marks: Next for the LA Clippers
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