Nets hold off Bulls, head home for Game 7

CHICAGO. Brooklyn Nets defeat flu-ridden, vomiting Chicago Bulls 95-92 to set up Game Seven on Saturday; Golden State Warriors advance to second round after beating Denver Nuggets

Saturday, May 04, 2013
Joakim Noah (L) and Nate Robinson (R) of the Chicago Bulls pressure Deron Williams (C) of the Brooklyn Nets in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Net photo

NBA Playoffs: 1s round ThursdayChicago     92-95    Brooklyn     Series tied 3-3     Golden State     92-88    Denver Warriors win series 4-2     CHICAGO. Brooklyn Nets defeat flu-ridden, vomiting Chicago Bulls 95-92 to set up Game Seven on Saturday; Golden State Warriors advance to second round after beating Denver NuggetsIn a season of firsts, Brooklyn will get its first NBA playoff Game Seven after the Nets clawed their way to victory in Chicago against a Bulls seriously depleted by injuries, flu and vomit.The Nets clung on to win 95-92, leading most of the way, but wary of what happened last time out in Chicago, when a 14 point lead disappeared in the final four minutes and a ball of energy named Nate Robinson.This time it wasn’t to be for a Bulls side not only missing the long-term wounded, Derrick Rose, but also Kirk Hinrich with a bruised calf and British Olympian Luol Deng sent home with a bad case of flu. Robinson also had flu, but played - and vomited into a trash can during timeouts.The Nets routed the Bulls in Game One, but then lost three straight, before fighting back in Games Five and Six. In this see-saw series anything is possible in Game Seven on Saturday night.Only eight NBA teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-7 series. And the Bulls cannot possibly be more incapacitated on Saturday than they were in Chicago. The winner will earn the unenviable right to play the Miami Heat.The sixth-seeded Golden State Warriors held off a late rally by the third-seeded Denver Nuggets to advance to the second round of the western conference playoffs. The Warriors will now face the San Antonio Spurs in the second round.