Zach Randolph had a remarkable night of 30 points and 13 rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies continued their memorable playoff road of the NBA Western Conference, avoiding elimination by beating on Friday 95-83 to Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Grizzlies, who had never won a playoff game to be swept in their three previous trips to this stage (2004, 2005 and 2006), leveled at three wins apiece his duel with the Thunder.
Memphis team making history goes, it has now won more games than any other eighth-placed Western.
The Grizzlies now go to Oklahoma City for a decisive seventh game on Sunday, which will define the rival Dallas Mavericks in the final of the Conference.
OJ Mayo, who started in place of injured forward Sam Young scored 16 points for Memphis, while point guard Mike Conley worked with 11 boards and 12 assists and Tony Allen with 10 points.
After losing the first half for 10 points (54-4), the Grizzlies responded with fury in the second half to crush the Thunder 51-29 in that stretch, with Randolph unleashed on the board.
The power forward for Memphis, which had been limited to an average of 19 points per game in the series since he collected 34 points in the first match, managed to remove the mark of the Thunder to pounce on his team in key moments.
With Randolph scoring eight points in the 11-2 streak that allowed the Grizzlies to flip the scoring in the third quarter, the home team took the command of the match and held the dangerous attackers Oklahoma.
Russell Westbrook led the Thunder with 27 points, but the canastero Kevin Durant was held to only 11 cartons enn 37 minutes his lowest total in postseason games. Results
semifinal series of the Eastern and Western Conferences of the 2010-2011 NBA season, and calendar of the Eastern Conference finals. All series are played best of seven games (all times GMT): EASTERN CONFERENCE
Chicago Bulls (1) vs Atlanta Hawks (5)
(Bulls won the series 4-2)
Atlanta to Chicago 103 -95
Chicago to Atlanta 86-73 99-82
Chicago to Atlanta Atlanta to Chicago 100-88
Chicago to Atlanta 95-83 Chicago to Atlanta 93-73
Miami Heat (2) - Boston Celtics (3)
(Miami wins series 4-1)
Miami to Boston 99-90 Miami to Boston 102-91
Boston to Miami 97-81 Miami to Boston 98-90
time
extra
Miami to Boston WESTERN CONFERENCE 97-87
Memphis Grizzlies (8) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (4)
(Series tied 3-3)
Memphis Oklahoma Oklahoma
114-101 111-102
Memphis Memphis 101-93 Oklahoma Oklahoma
Memphis 133-123 in three overtimes
Oklahoma
Memphis Memphis 99-72 to Oklahoma
Memphis 95-83 in Oklahoma, Sunday, May 15 19H30
Los Angeles Lakers (2 ) vs Dallas Mavericks (3)
(Dallas won 4-0)
Dallas to Los Angeles 96-94
Dallas to Los Angeles to Dallas 93-81
The Lakers 98-92 Lakers 122 Dallas -86
- END OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE
Chicago Bulls (1) vs. Miami Heat (2) Miami
in Chicago, Sunday, May 15 00H00
Miami in Chicago, Wednesday, May 18th 00h30
Chicago in Miami, Sunday 22 May 00h30
Chicago in Miami, Tuesday, May 24 00h30
Miami at Chicago, Thursday, May 26 00h30 - if necessary
Chicago in Miami, Saturday 28 May 00h30 - if necessary
Miami Chicago Tuesday, May 30 00h30 - if necessary
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