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
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.