Thunder Rout Lakers as 76ers Tie NBA Playoff Series With Celtics

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The Oklahoma City Thunder showed no ill effects from an eight-day postseason layoff, routing the Los Angeles Lakers 119-90 in the opening game of their National Basketball Association second-round series.

The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics 82-81 in yesterday’s early NBA playoff game to tie their Eastern Conference series at one game apiece.