Paul has another stellar fourth as Suns blow past Mavericks
PHOENIX » Chris Paul scored 28 points, including 14 in another spectacular fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Dallas Mavericks 129-109 on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
Paul — a 12-time All-Star who turns 37 years old on Friday — almost singlehandedly turned a tight game into a comfortable victory, the Suns’ 11th win in a row against the Mavericks counting regular-season games.
Game 3 is on Friday in Dallas.
HEAT 119, 76ERS 103 » Bam Adebayo scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler had 22 points and 12 assists, and Miami beat Philadelphia for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Victor Oladipo scored 19 points on his 30th birthday and Tyler Herro added 18
for the Heat, the East’s No. 1 seed. Oladipo had 10 of those points in the fourth quarter.
The question going into Friday will revolve around whether Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid could be ready for
Game 3. The league’s scoring champion has, not surprisingly, been big-time missed by the 76ers.