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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala made the go-aheadfree throws with 2.2 seconds remaining to give the 76ers a 79-78win over the top-seeded Chicago Bulls on Thursday, winning theseries 4-2 and advancing to the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. Omar Asik missed two free throws for the Bulls with 7 secondsleft that would have sealed the win. Iguodala grabbed the secondmiss, sprinted the length of the court, and was fouled by Asik onthe driving layup. He made both to send the crowd into a frenzy,then leapt onto the scorers table as the team anthem blared out. The Sixers are just the fifth No. 8 seed in NBA history to win afirst-round series against a No. 1 seed. Iguodala scored 20 points, and Jrue Holiday and Lou Williams eachscored 14 for the Sixers, who won even though the Bulls crushedthem 56-33 on the boards. Luol Deng had 19 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls. RichardHamilton scored 19 points and Carlos Boozer grabbed 13 rebounds. Chicago could not overcome the absence of star guard Derrick Rose.Center Joakim Noah was on the bench Thursday but failed to play inhis third straight game with a sprained left ankle. Nerves were frayed in the frantic closing stages. Williams buried a3-pointer to put Philadelphia ahead 73-72 lead with 4 minutes left. The Sixers were then whistled for goaltending and Taj Gibson madetwo free throws to put the Bulls up 76-73. Philadelphia's Spencer Hawes tried to draw a foul but settled for abasket underneath to shrink the deficit to one. Asik scored to pushthe Bulls' lead back to 78-75 with 25.8 seconds left, but that wasagain sliced to one as Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young made a basket,and then came Iguodala's free throws. Celtics 83, Hawks 80 In Boston, Kevin Garnett hitting a jumper togive Boston the lead with 31 seconds left, and the Celtics held onto beat Atlanta, clinching a 4-2 series victory and a berth in theEastern Conference semifinals for the fifth straight year. Garnett had a season-high 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds forBoston, which has won at least one playoff series every year sincethe new Big 3 was assembled. Paul Pierce had 18 points despiteplaying with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his leftknee, and Rajon Rondo had 14 points and eight assists. Josh Smith had 19 points and nine rebounds for Atlanta, whichfailed to advance in the playoffs for the first time in four years.Joe Johnson had 17 points, Marvin Williams added 16 and eightrebounds and Al Horford had 15 points and nine rebounds. The Celtics will open the second round against Philadelphia inBoston on Saturday. That result meant the Celtics will havehome-court advantage against eighth-seeded Philadelphia rather thanfacing the Bulls. The Hawks went 5 minutes without scoring early in the fourthquarter as the Celtics turned a two-point game into a 74-65 lead.But Atlanta scored 10 of the next 12 points, with Horford scoringthe last three baskets, making it a one-point game with 3:52 left. Smith dunked to give Atlanta its first lead of the second half,77-76. Horford drove to the basket to give the Hawks a three-pointlead. Atlanta still led 79-78 when Garnett made a turnaround jumper inthe lane to put Boston ahead by one. Smith had a chance to restorethe visitors' lead but missed a long rainbow jumper. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China KTEC AC Adapter , Linear Power Adapter, and more. For more , please visit AC DC Switching Power Supply today!
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