LeBron James had 28 points and the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated Houston with a 98-78 win in Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series by holding the Rockets to a season low in points.

The No.4 seed Lakers move on to meet the top-seeded Thunder with Game 1 on Tuesday in Oklahoma City.

LA used a 27-3 run in the first half to take an 18-point lead at halftime, which they improved on.

Rui Hachimura added 21 points, with five three-pointers, while Austin Reaves had 15 and Deandre Ayton seven points and 16 rebounds.

Amen Thompson had 18 points and Alperen Sengun added 17 for the fifth-seeded Rockets, who had won two straight after falling into an 0-3 hole without injured superstar Kevin Durant.

Earlier on Friday (Saturday AEST), Cade Cunningham scored 32 points and top seeds Detroit erased a 24-point deficit and beat Orlando 93-79 to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference series.

"Detroit grit," Cunningham said.

"That's what we've been talking about all year."

The Pistons trailed by 22 at the half and the Magic's lead went to 62-38 early in the third quarter. They looked absolutely poised to become the seventh No.8 seed to eliminate a No.1 seed in the conference quarter-final round.

And then everything went wrong for Orlando.

The home side became the first team since 1996-97 ? when play-by-play began getting tracked digitally ? to lose at home after leading by at least 24 points with a chance to win a series.

The Magic missed 23 consecutive shots from the field, the Pistons went on a 35-5 run and just like that, the story of the game ? and quite possibly the series ? changed wildly.

Tobias Harris scored 22 points for Detroit, while Paolo Banchero and Desmond Bane each had 17 for Orlando.

In Toronto, RJ Barrett hit a three-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime and the Raptors pushed their series in the East to a seventh game by beating Cleveland 112-110.

Scottie Barnes had 25 points and 14 assists, with Barrett and Ja'Kobe Walter both scoring 24 points as Toronto held on after blowing an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter.

Mobley had 26 points and 14 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell scored 24 points and James Harden had 16 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Cavs.

Game 7 is in Cleveland on Sunday. The home team have won all six games so far in the series.

"This is why you fight so hard to get home-court advantage," Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said.

"We knew this wasn't going to be easy. This is the playoffs, this is what it's about."