76ers shock Celtics, even series

Andre Iguodala snapped a tie game with five straight points in the final 90 seconds to help the host Philadelphia 76ers storm back from 15 points down in the first half and stun the Boston Celtics, 92-83, on Friday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The young Sixers were a team reborn in the second half and played like a squad that refused to roll over for the championship-tested Celtics.

"I don't even know where to start," Philadelphia coach Doug Collins said. "Our guys are pretty amazing. They really are."

The Sixers tied the series at 2 with the huge comeback and guaranteed a return home for one more game. Game 5 is Monday in Boston

Iguodala, one of the more maligned athletes in recent Philadelphia history, put the Sixers ahead, 85-83, with a step-back jumper and buried a three-pointer for a five-point lead.

Iguodala scored 16 points, Evan Turner had 16 and Lou Williams 15.

Kevin Garnett had his first bad outing in an otherwise monster series with nine points. With Garnett in a funk, so were the Celtics.

The Sixers just kept attacking, turning a first half of airballs, botched dunks and sloppy defense into a full-blown display of near-flawless basketball.

Iguodala, who has been branded as the face of a mediocre franchise over his eight seasons, has had a clutch postseason. He sank the winning free throws in Game 6 to finish off the top-seeded Bulls in the first round. And it was Iguodala who finished off the Celtics in Game 4.

Paul Pierce had 24 points and Rajon Rondo had 15 points and 15 assists. Garnett, who turns 36 Saturday, missed 9 of 12 shots.

"Coming out of halftime, they came out more physical, and we got into that instead of playing basketball. We lost our composure," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.

Lakers 99, Thunder 96:.Kobe Bryant didn't miss on 18 free throws and scored 14 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, as the host Lakers rallied late in Game 3, cutting the Thunder's second-round series lead to 2-1.

Metta World Peace swiped the ball from Kevin Durant and hit two free throws with 12.9 seconds left for the third-seeded Lakers, who shook off the memory of their late collapse in Game 2. When Kevin Durant missed a three-pointer, and Andrew Bynum blocked Serge Ibaka's shot at the buzzer, the Lakers' frenzied crowd celebrated their second win in the last six playoff games.

Durant scored 31 points before missing his last shot for Oklahoma City, which could have moved to the brink of its second straight trip to the Western Conference finals.

Game 4 is Saturday night at the Staples Center.

LA's Blake gets death threats

Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife received multiple online threats after he missed a big shot late in Game 2 of Los Angeles' second-round playoff series at Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

Blake has contacted the Lakers' security team about the threats, the backup point guard said during a shootaround for Game 3 in Los Angeles late Friday.

"I hope your family gets murdered," read one post that Kristen Blake retweeted with the comment, "Wow."

Drew will return to Hawks

Larry Drew is returning for his third season as the Atlanta Hawks' coach despite the team's first-round exit from the playoffs. The Hawks announced Friday the team is exercising its option on Drew's contract for next season. Drew led the Hawks to a 40-26 regular-season record before losing to the Boston Celtics in six games in the first round of the playof -- AP