After a thrilling four quarters of regulation, the game needed five more minutes to be decided. Milwaukee jumped out to an early lead in overtime thanks to a scorching hot performance from Gary Trent Jr., but the Pacers crawled back to stay in the game.

The Pistons, meanwhile, staved off elimination and forced a Game 6 against the Knicks by beating New York Tuesday night. The winner of that series will face the Celtics in the second round. Elsewhere, the Warriors are up 3-1 in the series against the Houston Rockets and the Minnesota Timberwolves lead the Los Angeles Lakers 3-1.

The Thunder are the first of eight teams to advance to the NBA playoffs' second round. In a Round 1 series that got competitively closer with each game, they did just enough to su

Meet reporters Joel Lorenzi, Justin Martinez, Joe Mussatto, Jenni Carlson and editor Jeff Patterson, the team helping tell the story about the Oklahoma City Thunder's rise in the NBA.

With OKC having completed its first round in a four-game sweep by April 26, that could mean 7-10 days between games — that gap coming after a series in which there was a single off-day in between each game.