The smallest player on the floor at 6-foot-1, Walker finished 13 of 28 from the field. Game 5 is Wednesday in Miami, where the Heat won the first two. “Tonight was a good example of it”.
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“We love playing with each other”, Walker said of Lin after the game. The home team Hornets were subsequently able to hold on for the victory down the stretch, tying the series up at two games apiece as they’ll now head back to Miami. “He’s crafty…. And every time we tried to make a comeback, he hit a big shot”.
Hornets: Were 21 of 22 from the foul line led by Walker, who was 8 of 8….
“Walker and Lin, they put you on your heels”, Spoelstra said. “He said, ‘When you get in the post, be patient and go at them'”.
The Heat committed eight turnovers in the first half that led to nine Charlotte points, while the Hornets committed only two first-half turnovers, with the Heat failing to score off either.
“We played a lot harder”. “Up 18 and then all of sudden up one. We want to keep on going”, Walker said of the win. The rookie had struggled the entire series on both ends, and Deng had his way with him early, scoring 12 points in the first six minutes of the game as Miami appeared to continue on their series-long torrid pace.
Jeremy Lin and Kemba Walker both had solid games and Miami’s 30-point combination between the second and third quarters proved to be costly.
A three-pointer by Gerald Green cut Charlotte’s lead to 76-75 with 6:07 to play.
Walker took over from there.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant combined to score 69 points, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to an 118-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday and a five-game series win in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Walker made a three-pointer from the left wing, added a floater in the lane and another pull-up jumper to push the lead to 87-80. Thy shot 39.5 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from deep in the game – it clearly wasn’t good enough. Courtney Lee finished with 11 and four rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points, Justin Anderson had 14 and Zaza Pachulia added 12 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Mavericks, who were hampered by injuries throughout the series. Whiteside had double-doubles in each of the first three games, making him the first Heat player in franchise history to have three straight double-doubles in the playoffs…. “. His great strength is the ability to drive the ball and get it off into the paint”.
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He had 13 points by half-time – a play-off career-high for points in a half – as Charlotte led by five. Since 2008, only two of 55 teams have come back from a 2-0 deficit to advance. In the first two games against the Miami Heat, Kaminsky scored 0 points in game 1 and 4 points in game 2. Several of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers were at the game showing their support to city’s crosstown National Basketball Association team, including linebackers Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis, running back Jonathan Stewart, wide receiver Devin Funchess and coach Ron Rivera.
