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Bulls 121, Celtics 118, 2OT

CHICAGO — Another playoff thriller between Chicago and Boston, and this one went to the Bulls. If the Celtics want to advance, they’re going to have to earn it. Ben Gordon scored 22 points, hitting the tying 3-pointer in the first overtime, and the Bulls beat the defending champions in double overtime Sunday to tie their first-round series at two games apiece. The teams split two tight games in Boston, before the Celtics blew out the Bulls in Game 3. This time, they stretched the drama into a second overtime. “Everybody I’m talking to is saying this is the most exciting series that they’re watching right now,” Gordon said. Derrick Rose added 23 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. John Salmons scored 20 points after a slow start, hitting four free throws in the final 26 seconds of the game and blocking Paul Pierce’s tying 3-pointer. Boston’s Ray Allen buried a 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 96 before Rose missed a potential winning fadeaway in the closing seconds.

Magic 84, 76ers 81

PHILADELPHIA — Hedo Turkoglu answered the Philadelphia 76ers’ late-game heroics with a big shot of his own. Turkoglu nailed a 3-pointer over Thaddeus Young with 1.1 seconds left to lift the Magic, evening their Eastern Conference first-round series at two games apiece. Dwight Howard had 18 points and 18 rebounds, and every Magic starter scored in double figures. Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis each added 17. Andre Miller led the Sixers with 17 and Young had 15. Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night in Orlando. The Sixers earned both of their victories on clutch shots at the end.

Associated Press