National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules

May 17, 2012 - 5:09 AM Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Kevin Durant scored the go-ahead basket with 18.6 seconds left Wednesday night and the Oklahoma City Thunder closed on a 9-0 run to beat the Lakers 77-75 in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Durant snaked his way to the baseline on the right side and dropped in a one- handed floater over Pau Gasol for the lead. Earlier in the game-ending run, he leapt in the LA backcourt to steal a pass from Kobe Bryant, racing down for a fastbreak dunk. Indeed, the Thunder may have stolen a win. Despite trailing 75-68 with just two minutes left, they will go to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Friday with a 2-0 lead in the series. Durant scored 22 points, Russell Westbrook had 15 and James Harden added 13 off the bench for the second-seeded Thunder, who were coming off Monday's 29- point win in Game 1, when they led by as many as 35. Durant and Harden scored all nine points on Oklahoma City's 9-0 run at the end. Bryant and Andrew Bynum scored 20 points apiece to lead LA and Gasol had 14.

Final Score: Boston 107, Philadelphia 91

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce all recorded double-doubles by the time the fourth quarter began, as the Boston Celtics rolled over the Philadelphia 76ers, 107-91, in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The upstart Sixers, after earning a split in Boston, came out Wednesday poised to take a series lead, but the Celtics outscored the defensive-minded club by a 61-33 count in the second and third quarters to win going away. Garnett finished with 27 points and 13 rebounds, Rondo added 23 points and 14 assists and Pierce put up 24 points and 12 boards despite dealing with an ailing left knee. Boston committed just seven turnovers and shot 52 percent from the floor against a Sixers club that allowed the third fewest points (89.4 ppg) during the regular season. Thaddeus Young had a team-high 22 points off the bench for Sixers, whose starters combined for 36 points on 30-percent (12-of-40) shooting. Wells Fargo Center will again be the setting for Game 4 on Friday.