Heat keeps home streak alive; Kings even series

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 13, 2004

MIAMI (AP) - Lamar Odom scored 22 points and Caron Butler added 21 to lead the Miami Heat to a 100-88 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, extending their home winning streak to 18 games and evening the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals at two games apiece.

Game 5 is Saturday at Indiana, while Game 6 is Tuesday back in Miami.

Jermaine O'Neal, who was quiet for the first two games of the series, scored 37 points for the Pacers, while Ron Artest added 28.

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Dwyane Wade scored 20 points, Eddie Jones had 11 and Brian Grant added 10 for the Heat.

The Heat snapped their NBA playoff record streak of consecutive games under 100 points at 38.

Kings 87, Timberwolves 81

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Chris Webber scored a playoff-high 28 points and Brad Miller added 20 to lead Sacramento and even the Western Conference semifinal series at two wins each.

Mike Bibby had 15 points and a playoff-best 12 assists for the Kings. Webber scored six points over the final 3:20, quashing the Timberwolves' hopes for a third straight last-minute victory.

Game 5 is Friday night in Minnesota, where the clubs split the first two games of the series. Game 6 is back in Sacramento on Sunday.

Kevin Garnett had 19 points and 21 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who made 24 turnovers while losing in Sacramento for the first time in four games this season. Minnesota's Big Three - Garnett, Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassell - combined to shoot 17-for-48 as both teams' defenses dominated.