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April 26, 2013, Friday
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SAN Antonio, Oklahoma City and Indiana all took big strides toward the next stage of the National Basketball A playoffs by winning their home games on Wednesday and taking 2-0 series leads.
San Antonio's Tony Parker had 28 points and seven assists as the Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-91, Oklahoma City Thunder squandered a 15-point fourth-quarter lead but regrouped to edge the Houston Rockets 105-102 and Indiana's Paul George had his highest-scoring playoff game with 27 points to lead the Pacers to a 113-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
San Antonio's Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard had 16 points each while Manu Ginobili added 13 points and Matt Bonner had 10.
Dwight Howard and Steve Blake had 16 points each to lead Los Angeles. Metta World Peace and Pau Gasol added 13 points each, but no other player had more than nine as the Lakers shot 45 percent from the field.
Game 3 is in Los Angeles.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook both scored 29 points to lead the Thunder over the Rockets.
James Harden scored 36 points and spearheaded a 21-2 comeback that wiped out the big deficit and put the Rockets up 95-91. But the top-seeded Thunder were able to respond and protect the home-court advantage they'd spent all season earning.
Game 3 is in Houston.
George followed his triple-double in Game 1 with an even more prolific outcome to lead the Pacers past the Hawks. George Hill added 22 points.
Atlanta was led by Devin Harris with 17 points. Jeff Teague and Josh Smith both had 16. Game 3 is in Atlanta.
San Antonio's Tony Parker had 28 points and seven assists as the Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-91, Oklahoma City Thunder squandered a 15-point fourth-quarter lead but regrouped to edge the Houston Rockets 105-102 and Indiana's Paul George had his highest-scoring playoff game with 27 points to lead the Pacers to a 113-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
San Antonio's Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard had 16 points each while Manu Ginobili added 13 points and Matt Bonner had 10.
Dwight Howard and Steve Blake had 16 points each to lead Los Angeles. Metta World Peace and Pau Gasol added 13 points each, but no other player had more than nine as the Lakers shot 45 percent from the field.
Game 3 is in Los Angeles.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook both scored 29 points to lead the Thunder over the Rockets.
James Harden scored 36 points and spearheaded a 21-2 comeback that wiped out the big deficit and put the Rockets up 95-91. But the top-seeded Thunder were able to respond and protect the home-court advantage they'd spent all season earning.
Game 3 is in Houston.
George followed his triple-double in Game 1 with an even more prolific outcome to lead the Pacers past the Hawks. George Hill added 22 points.
Atlanta was led by Devin Harris with 17 points. Jeff Teague and Josh Smith both had 16. Game 3 is in Atlanta.
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