The New Jersey Nets survived another heroic effort by Reggie Miller and outlasted Indiana in double overtime 120-109 to win game five of their National Basketball Association first-round playoff series.

Detroit also advanced to the second round with a narrow game five victory. Jerry Stackhouse salvaged a dismal game, his go-ahead lane jumper with 1:43 remaining lifting the Pistons to an 85-82 victory over the Toronto Raptors and their first playoff series victory in 11 years.

At New Jersey, Jason Kidd had a playoff career-high 31 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and countless big plays for the top-seeded Nets, who reached the second round for just the second time in franchise history. They will face the fifth-seeded Charlotte Hornets in the best-of-seven series beginning Sunday.

But the story was Miller, who added another remarkable chapter to his postseason lore and nearly lifted the eighth-seeded Pacers to a stunning upset. He made one of the great buzzer-beaters in playoff history to force overtime, then caught the Nets entirely off guard with a driving dunk that forced the second extra session.

Led by Kidd, the Nets showed some resiliency. He set up Kerry Kittles for a driving three-point play and made a jumper around a missed 3-pointer by Miller, giving New Jersey a 112-107 lead with 3:07 to go.

Ron Mercer made a jumper and Indiana had a chance to get closer. The Pacers tried to run Miller off a screen by Austin Croshere and the Nets switched, leaving Kidd on the bigger player. But Kidd stole the entry pass to Croshere, then hit an 18-footer that beat the shot clock and gave the Nets a 114-109 advantage with 1:10 left.

Indiana again tried to free Miller with a series of screens, but New Jersey defended well and Jeff Foster was called for an illegal pick with 56 seconds to play.

On Indiana’s next possession, Kidd partially blocked a shot by Miller, who scored 31 points but was shut out in the second overtime.

A disconsolate Miller couldn’t help pointing the finger at his teammates.

At Detroit, the second-seeded Pistons closed out their Eastern Conference first-round series in five ugly, hard-fought games. They await the winner of the Boston-Philadelphia series, with Game One on Sunday at Detroit.

In a pair of defeats in Toronto, Stackhouse scored just 26 points on 8-of-28 shooting. The poor play carried into this contest as Detroit’s leading scorer missed his first eight shots and the Pistons found themselves trailing late by four points with less than four minutes to go.

Detroit battled back for a 79-79 tie and went to Stackhouse, who dribbled left to right into the lane, pulled up and sank a 12-foot jumper that gave the Pistons the lead for good.

None of the teams scored for over a minute and the Raptors deflected a pass out of bounds, leaving the Pistons just two seconds on the shot clock. After a timeout, Stackhouse inbounded from underneath the basket to Corliss Williamson, who had muscled inside of Jerome Williams. Williamson’s lay-up gave Detroit an 83-79 lead with 26 seconds to go.