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Cavs rout Bulls to advance, Rockets rally
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THE Cleveland Cavaliers punched their ticket to the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Thursday, but in the West the Los Angeles Clippers stunningly failed to get past the Houston Rockets.
Cleveland superstar LeBron James got plenty of help from his supporting cast in the Cavaliers’ 94-73 victory over the Chicago Bulls. With the win, the Cavs completed a four-games-to-two triumph over the Bulls in their best-of-seven second-round series, and will now face either the Atlanta Hawks or Washington Wizards for a place in the NBA finals.
James connected on just seven of 23 attempts from the floor, but he still finished one rebound shy of a triple-double with 15 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds.
The four-time NBA Most Valuable Player said that, as always, he just tried to make the most of his team’s chance to advance.
“I just love the moment and I just try to not waste the opportunity,” he said. “Is it always going to work out that way? No. There’s going to be series where you can close out and win and you just don’t do it. For me, my mindset is just to go out and try to win every game.”
In Los Angeles, the Clippers had appeared to be heading for a similar series win.
But the Rockets put together a stunning comeback, erasing a 19-point third-quarter deficit to shock the Clippers 119-107 and force a decisive game seven back in Houston tomorrow.
“We gave this one away, there’s no doubt about that,” said Clippers coach Doc Rivers, whose team was outscored 40-15 in the fourth quarter. “But it’s still 3-3, and we have a game seven.”
Rivers admitted it would be tough for his players to regroup after their second straight failure to put away a series which they had led 3-1.
It was an outcome that looked impossible when Rockets star James Harden went to the bench with 1:33 remaining in the third quarter, his team trailing by 17.
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