Best game: Bucks 92, Bulls 90.  The Bulls literally handed the game to the Bucks.  Twenty-eight turnovers from Chicago is a lot. It's the most turnovers Chicago has had in a game this season, in fact. And it's probably not surprising that Milwaukee would be the team to create such havoc. The Bucks' long-armed defenders employ a switch-heavy scheme that offensive players aren't completely used to seeing yet, with the strong-side pressure defense of Tom Thibodeau still preferred by many teams. And it works for Milwaukee; the Bucks led the league in opponent turnover percentage this season.  So, yes, the 28 turnovers from the Bulls were a lot. The 39 points Milwaukee generated off those turnovers were a lot, too. But one instance loomed larger than any other on the night.  Derrick Rose brought the Bulls back with some stellar play in the final two minutes after struggling for much of the night. But with the game-winning shot Rose's for the taking, Khris Middleton stripped Rose and earned one final possession for Milwaukee with 1.3 seconds remaining. And, well, Jason Kidd drew this up and Jerryd Bayless executed:  Game over. Milwaukee stays alive. And a big night from Jimmy Butler (see below) is all for naught.  Best stat line: Stephen Curry, G, Warriors: 39 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 6-of-8 on 3's.  We're all going to need to become much more creative, because Curry will have us all out of superlatives sooner or later.  Curry seems an affable chap, and it comes through in his reputation as a fan favorite. More than once, we've heard how Curry is the role model to which young girls and boys can aspire. No one can ever work so hard that he or she grows up to be 7 feet tall. But the exquisite shooting accuracy and deft ball-handling of Curry seem attainable, if only we work hard enough.  Don't let the nature of the gifts fool you: Curry is ruthless. He's shown a knack this season for delivering when his opponents take their game to the next level — in game or across the country on the night before, and here, we're talking about you, James Harden. Curry is not to be outdone by anyone (except maybe Klay Thompson), and Saturday night was no exception, as the Warriors beat the Pelicans 109-98 to complete a first-round sweep.  Anthony Davis put up another monster performance with 36 points and 11 rebounds. Against anyone else, it's the best stat line of the night, and the Pelicans go home with a win. But Curry isn't anyone else. He's the likely MVP, a star equally likely to bury a dagger or throw a pass that would make Magic Johnson get out of his seat and shimmy.  One can never discount the King as he reigns in Cleveland. But on nights like Saturday, it's hard to believe this long season belongs to anyone but Steph Curry.  Best stat line, pt. 2: Jimmy Butler, G, Bulls: 33 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals.  If the Bulls are just going to keep alternating massive games from Butler and Rose, this team has a chance to make the Eastern Conference finals. But a bit of balance could go a long way toward Chicago surprising Cleveland and Atlanta and earning a spot in the NBA Finals, and it could have earned the Bulls a sweep on Saturday.  In a helter-skelter Game 4, Butler stood head and shoulders above every other player on the floor. No one came close to matching his 33 points — the second-highest scorer in the game, O.J. Mayo, scored just 18 points. But there's more to glean from that difference than might first meet the eye. One of the biggest reasons no Buck could hold a candle to Butler was Butler's outstanding defense on whomever the Bulls needed him to guard. In fact, Milwaukee had its greatest success when it ran out a lineup with Mayo, Jared Dudley and Jerryd Bayless, too many Bucks shooters for Butler to guard on his own.  The Bulls struggled with turnovers, and Butler coughed it up four times. But he was forced to assume much of the playmaking burden because of a quiet Rose (14 points on 5-of-13 shooting, 8 turnovers to 6 assists), so a handful of turnovers can be forgiven.  Milwaukee staved off elimination for at least one more game thanks in large part to those turnovers (see below). But when Bucks fans are asked which Bull put the fear of summer vacation into them, they'll have but one answer: The Butler did it.  Best individual play that symbolizes a Warriors sweep and the future of the NBA: Stephen Curry hits a ridiculous step-back jumper over the outstretched arm of Anthony Davis.  Seriously, there is no better metaphor for where the NBA is, where the NBA is going, and this single first-round series than this shot:  The Pelicans were game in each of the four contests in the series. They nearly overcame insurmountable deficits, and they gave away a 20-point advantage in Game 3 that will haunt New Orleans fans for a while. And all of it was because of Davis. He couldn't have done it without Tyreke Evans or Ryan Anderson or any of the other Pelicans who stepped up, but it was The Brow who kept New Orleans within arm's reach for four incredibly entertaining games.  And Curry and the Warriors were just out of reach each time, coming up with plays out of nowhere that broke the backs and dreams of the Pelicans.  This one goes to the Warriors. But it's safe to say that we haven't seen the last of Curry vs. Davis.  Best quote: Steve Kerr has seen the future, and it is The Brow.  Steve Kerr on A.D.: "The guy will be the MVP within in the next few years, I think."  Best impersonation of your opponent: The Nets became the Hawks to beat the Hawks.  Maybe Brooklyn as a basketball entity is just a giant chameleon, and playing in the Eastern Conference meant that the Nets took on a bad basketball environment and reflected it in their own play. Introduce a passing machine like the Hawks into Brooklyn's home environment, however, and the Nets turn into a whirling buzzsaw of passes and finishes at the rim.  Can we talk about that Brooklyn home environment for a second, though? Granted, Saturday's game was a pretty early start. But this isn't the greatest showing in playoff fan history, Nets supporters.  Best picture that is clearly not at all a foul: Zach Randolph and Robin Lopez are besties.  Listen, referees will let marginal contact go if it doesn't create an advantage for either player, and this collision between Randolph and Lopez is clearly nothing out of the ordinary. It's just two very, very large men trying to get a rebound. Nothing to see here. Next play!  Unlike Lopez, Blazers fans are likely anxiously tugging at their collars, as Saturday night's 115-109 loss to the Grizzlies leaves Portland in 3-0 first-round hole.  Best insight into why Mike Budenholzer is the Coach of the Year: Budenholzer started to draw up a play, decided against it.  The sign of a true genius is the ability to recognize that simplicity is best. Sure, you could desperately design some crazy set to try to get your team back into the swing of things on the road. Or you could trust the system, shrug your shoulders, and say, "Let's just play."  It didn't work out in the end for the Hawks, but it was a refreshing glimpse of a coach conceding that sometimes you just need to let players make plays.  Best visual: Kosta Koufos jams all over C.J. McCollum.  Credit to McCollum for putting his body and pride on the line here, but this highlight is not for the faint of heart.  Best use of film study to make an opponent sad: Bojan Bogdanovic perfectly read a Hawks play, got the steal.  Technology has changed the NBA.  It's perhaps an under-discussed part of the way the league has evolved, but film study is easier today than it's ever been — and it's becoming even easier by the day. A player can fire up Synergy on the plane, in the locker room, at the hotel, hell, even on the bench. Whenever and wherever he is so inclined to study, the material is always available.  That easy access to information makes each and every player who chooses to use it that much smarter and that much more prepared. And it makes going up against such thoroughly informed defenses all the more difficult. Banning hand-checking on the perimeter undoubtedly opened up the game, and that maybe made things easier for elite wing scorers to get past the first line of defense. But once that primary defender is in the dust, an entire system of switches and hedges, of helping and communicating, waits to swallow up all but the very best offensive efforts.  It might seem that this is a simple steal from Brooklyn's Bogdanovic, on a missed opportunity by Atlanta. But note the switch Bogdanovic makes based on what he knows of the Hawks offense and his faith in the information he's gathered and the studying he's done.  Hours and hours of work likely went into that one play. In the playoffs, it's all worth it.  Best improvisation that was completely ineffective and thoroughly hilarious: Leandro Barbosa throws a pass to no one to avoid a travel.  It might have been better to just suck it up and take the up-and-down violation on this one, Brazilian Blur. But thank you for sacrificing your pride for the sake of the people's entertainment.  Best at being the worst: Aaron Brooks got up close and personal with Jerryd Bayless.  Let it never be said that you have to be a big human being to turn a basketball game into a chippy affair. Brooks is generously listed as 6 feet tall, but he has no problem playing the instigator.  Brooks picked up three fouls in just six minutes, including a flagrant for the shove on Bayless.  Best blatant disregard for the mid-quarter entertainment during a game: Joey Crawford has places to be, people!  Listen, elderly Nets dancers, we understand that you're just trying to thrill the crowd with your choreographed shenanigans. But Crawford needs to get from here to over there, and he doesn't have time to wait for you. There's basketball to be officiated.  Best wishes to a player after a scary injury: Mike Conley suffers blow to the head, taken to medical facility.  Here's hoping that the Grizzlies point guard make a speedy and full recovery after an inadvertent elbow from C.J. McCollum forced Conley from Game 3 in Portland in the third quarter.
Plus: Mike Budenholzer shows why he's Coach of the Year, Taj Gibson hangs around at -- and on -- the rim, and Bojan Bogdanovic demonstrates how technology has changed the NBA forever.