The Pistons, meanwhile, staved off elimination and forced a Game 6 against the Knicks by beating New York Tuesday night. The winner of that series will face the Celtics in the second round. Elsewhere, the Warriors are up 3-1 in the series against the Houston Rockets and the Minnesota Timberwolves lead the Los Angeles Lakers 3-1.

It's on to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the second year running for the Indiana Pacers. Indiana dispatched of the Milwaukee Bucks in five games, completing the job Tuesday in improbable fashion.

It wasn't pretty, but it was enough. The Indiana Pacers have eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 and will advance to the second rounds of the NBA playoffs. The win was supplied by, naturally, Tyrese Haliburton, who put the Pacers ahead with 1.3 seconds on the clock.