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AUSSIE Olympians, Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova have moved on to the second round of the NBA playoffs, Aron Baynes is out and Andrew Bogut needs one more win.

On a drama-filled day for Australia’s NBA players, Mills’ San Antonio Spurs were the first to advance, beating Memphis Grizzlies 116-95 to sweep their first round series 4-0.

Dellavedova’s Cleveland Cavaliers beat Baynes’ Detroit Pistons in a 100-98 thriller to also clinch their Eastern Conference series 4-0.

Bogut’s defending champion Golden State Warriors demolished the Houston Rockets 121-94 to take a 3-1 lead, despite concerns for superstar teammate Stephen Curry who suffered his second leg injury of the playoffs when he fell and hurt his knee.

“He’ll have an MRI tomorrow. That’s all I can tell you,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

Curry badly sprained his right ankle in Game 1 and was forced to sit out two games. He slipped and went down awkwardly on the last play before halftime with the scores locked 56-56 and took no further part.

It appeared he lost his footing on the same part of Houston’s Toyota Center court where sweaty Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas had just fallen.

The top-seeded Warriors showed their great allround talent as they shrugged off Curry’s injury and shared the workload to extend their lead to 97-76 by the end of the the third quarter, with Klay Thompson hitting four 3-pointers in the period and Draymond Green dropping three.

“Steph’s our leader and MVP, but at the same time and without sounding insensitive to Steph, we have a game we are trying to win,” Bogut said.

"... We weren’t around here lighting candles and holding hands.”

Game 5 in the best-of-seven series will be played at the Warriors’ Oracle Arena, Golden State 3-1 ahead.

Dellavedova and Baynes went head-to-head with aggressive play and traded baskets during the intense Cavaliers-Pistons match-up in Detroit.

Late in the third quarter Dellavedova used a hesitation step to get around Baynes for a lay-up and shortly after Baynes grabbed an offensive rebound and put it in the basket while Dellavedova was hanging off his arm.

Dellavedova had 11 points while Baynes finished with two points and three rebounds.

Cavs' guard Kyrie Irving was the star, scoring 31 points, including a clutch three-pointer with 42 seconds to go and a buzzer beater earlier from halfcourt.

The Cavaliers will play the winner of the Atlanta Hawks-Boston Celtics series which is 2-2 after the Celtics won 104-95.

Mills had nine points in the Spurs’ sweep of the Grizzlies and will face Oklahoma City or the Dallas Mavericks in the next round.

Kawhi Leonard led the way for the Spurs with 21 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots in a game that was delayed when a power outage blacked out Memphis’ FedEx Forum arena in the second quarter.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Indiana 100, Toronto 90
Indiana 87, Toronto 98
Indiana 85, Toronto 101
Indiana 100, Toronto 83
Series tied 2-2

Atlanta 102, Boston 101
Atlanta 89, Boston 72
Atlanta 103, Boston 111
Atlanta 95, Boston 104
Series tied 2-2

Cleveland 106, Detroit 101
Cleveland 107, Detroit 90
Cleveland 101, Detroit 91
Cleveland 100, Detroit 98
Cleveland advances, 4-0

Miami 123, Charlotte 91
Miami 115, Charlotte 103
Miami 80, Charlotte 96
Miami leads 2-1

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Golden State 104, Houston 78
Golden State 115, Houston 106
Golden State 96, Houston 97
Golden State 121, Jouston 94
Golden State leads 3-1

Oklahoma 108, Dallas 70
Oklahoma 84, Dallas 85
Oklahoma 131, Dallas 102
Oklahoma 119, Dallas 108
Oklahoma leads 3-1

San Antonio 106, Memphis 74
San Antonio 94, Memphis 68
San Antonio 96, Memphis 87
San Antonio 116, Memphis 95
San Antonio advances 4-0

Los Angeles 115, Portland 95
Los Angeles 102, Portland 81
Los Angeles 88, Portland 96
Los Angeles leads 2-1