The NBA playoffs standings and schedule has the Indiana Pacers looking to get even with the Atlanta Hawks in Game 4 on Saturday and that comes after the Chicago Bulls won against the Washington Wizards on Friday night to get the series 2-1 and the later games on the weekend has the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies play Game 4 and Kevin Durant will try and tie things up for OKC.
The Bulls were in a must-win situation on Friday night after losing the first two games at home against the Wizards and things got very close at the end of things and Washington was able to cut it down to two towards the end, but they couldn't pull it even. The Bulls are now down 2-1 with Game 4 coming at the Verizon Center on Sunday and that is another big matchup for Joakim Noah and company. The games on Friday had the Bulls get things closer, while the Rockets were able to win in overtime over the Blazers and early in the schedule the Brooklyn Nets won over the Toronto Raptors and now that series is 2-1 as well.
The Nets let the Raptors get things close at the end, as Brooklyn was up 15 points and they allowed Toronto to get within two and eventually they held on for the victory after losing Game 2. Joe Johnson led the way with 29 points for the Nets, while DeMar DeRozan was tops with 30 points for the Raptors and that was his second straight solid game for the team and now they are up one heading into Game 4 at Barclays Center on Sunday.
Mike Dunleavy scored 35 points for the Bulls against the Wizards and now they have the chance to tie things up, while Nene was ejected at one point and Bradley Beal had 25 points to lead Washington. The Blazers got 30 points from Damian Lillard in the game, while James Harden led the way for the Rockets with 37 points and now they are down 2-1 in the series as well. Joakim Noah led the way with nine rebounds and DJ Augustin was tops with seven assists along with John Wall for the Wizards and now they have the chance to tie things up as well.
The games on Saturday has the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks at 2 pm and that game will be on TNT from Philips Arena with the Hawks leading 2-1, while the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks are the second game and that series is tied 1-1 and the game starts up at 4:30 pm ET. The Miami Heat and Charlotte Bobcats play at 7 pm, while Oklahoma City and Memphis play at 9:30 pm ET as the Thunder look to even up with the Grizzlies.
