The madness continues.
The most wild and unpredictable opening round in recent NBA Playoffs history continued with two more road teams pulling out victories. On Tuesday, April 29, one of those teams advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals to complete a series upset, while the other pulled within one game of a massive stunner.
Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action.
1. In what was easily the ugliest game of the postseason thus far, the Washington Wizards secured a series win with a 75-69 road victory over the Chicago Bulls. John Wall scored a game-high 24 points and Nene Hilario returned from suspension for 20, while Joakim Noah posted six points, 18 rebounds, seven assists, three blocks and a steal for Chicago.
This is the first time Washington has won a playoff series since 2004-05.
2. Mike Miller scored 21 points as the Memphis Grizzlies continued to turn heads with a 100-99 overtime victory at the Oklahoma City Thunder. Russell Westbrook posted 30 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, and Kevin Durant scored 26, but they shot a combined 20-of-55 from the floor.
This is the first playoff series in NBA history to feature four consecutive overtime games.
3. Derek Fisher passed Robert Horry to set an NBA-record by appearing in his 245th career playoff game.
4. DeAndre Jordan went off for 25 points, 18 rebounds, four blocks and a steal to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Golden State Warriors 113-103. Chris Paul added 20 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals, and Blake Griffin tallied 18 as the Clippers secured a 3-2 series lead.
Jordan is the first player with at least 25 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks in a playoff game since Tim Duncan in 2008. He’s the first player in NBA history to post those numbers while shooting better than 80 percent in a playoff game.
5. Lower-seeded teams improved to 19-17 during the 2014 Playoffs. Lower-seeded teams went 18-27 during the first round of the 2013 Playoffs.
Bonus Fact: The victor of Game 5 in a tied best-of-7 series goes on to win and advance 83% of the time. That’s bad news for Golden State and Oklahoma City.