ProBallin: Hornets 86 vs. Nuggets 107 & Heat 91 vs. Hawks 106

Hornets 86, Nuggets 107

DENVER -- With a little help from the hometown kid,Carmelo Anthony is finally moving on.

Behind Anthony's 34 points and the floor leadership ofChauncey Billups, the Denver native who came home this season and galvanized a city and a team, the Nuggets advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs, 107-86 over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.

Heat 91, Hawks 106

               

ATLANTA -- A series of blowouts is now about survival. The Atlanta Hawks hope they have enough players left to finish off Miami. The Heat are counting on Dwyane Wade to save the season, despite a bump on his head and a balky back.

The Hawks kept up the theme of this matchup between division rivals -- no game has been close -- but there were several subplots after a night of hard fouls and staredowns left the Heat feeling as though Atlanta rubbed it in a little too much in a 106-91 victory Wednesday

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ProBallin: Celtics steal Game 5 Pierce delivers again

                                                        

Paul Pierce made three straight jumpers in the final 77 seconds of overtime and the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Chicago Bulls 106-104 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series. 

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ProBallin: Best NBA Playoff Performances

Relishing his duel with Chris Paul, Billups hit a career-high eight three-pointers, scored 36 points and had eight assists and no turnovers to lead Denver past New Orleans 113-84.

After Portland's no-show in Game 1, Roy stepped up in Game 2 with 42 points as the Blazers won a playoff game for the first time in six years. Roy shot 15-of-27 from the field and 10-of-12 at the free-throw line against one of the NBA's top defensive teams.

The All-Star guard followed up his 1-for-12 in Game 1 by scoring only two points in the first half of Game 2. But he erupted for 28 second-half points, including a tiebreaking three-pointer with two seconds left that propelled Boston to a series-tying 118-115 victory.

Boston's Rajon Rondo recorded 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists ... and was clearly the second-best point guard on the floor. That's because Rose went for 36 points and 11 assists in Chicago's 105-103 overtime victory. Rose, the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft, matched Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record for most points in a playoff debut.LeBron didn't have a single turnover in 40 minutes while closing with 38 points (13-of-20 from the field, 11-of-14 at the free-throw line), eight rebounds and seven assists in Cleveland's 102-84 win.

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Funny Cats Balancing Basketball

If they had a team of harlem globetrotters for cats, this guy would be the lead cat. Thats amazing. How many cats could balance on a basketball?