Playoffs – 1st Round
East- Game 4:
- Milwaukee Bucks 114 – Miami Heat 119 (MIA leads series 3-1)
Highlights: Not LeBron James. Not Dwyane Wade. Not Alonzo Mourning. But Jimmy Butler. The six-time All-Star put the Miami Heat on his back and set a playoff franchise record with 56 points in Monday’s 119-114 victory in Game 4 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Miami now leads 3-1 and is one win away from eliminating the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed. Read more at: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10073674-jimmy-butler-wows-embiid-twitter-by-scoring-56-as-heat-beat-giannis-bucks-in-game-4 (Scott Polacek/Bleacher Report)
West – Game 4:
- Memphis Grizzlies 111 – Los Angeles Lakers 117 (LAL lead series 3-1)
Highlights: LeBron James and the Lakers didn’t make it easy, but they survived a wild and ugly Game 4 matchup Monday night in Los Angeles against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Lakers surged ahead in overtime to beat the Grizzlies, 117-111, in their opening-round playoff series. That gave L.A. a 3-1 series lead, and pushed the Grizzlies to the brink of elimination headed into Wednesday’s Game 5 in Memphis (7:30 p.m., TNT). The Lakers haven’t made it past the first round of the playoffs since their title run inside the COVID-19 bubble in 2020. James led Los Angeles with 22 points, 20 rebounds and 7 assists. He’s the first Lakers player to record at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game since Shaquille O’Neal did in 2004. Read more at: https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-playoffs-lebron-james-lakers-survive-wild-ot-win-over-grizzlies-to-take-3-1-series-lead-050432483.html (Ryan Young/Yahoo Sports)