NFL play-offs LIVE: Divisional Round 2024 - Kansas City Chiefs defeat Buffalo Bills after Detroit Lions beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers - scores, updates

Summary

Tampa Bay 23-31 Detroit
Kansas City 27-24 Buffalo
Patrick Mahomes beats Josh Allen in battle of two superstar quarterbacks
Chiefs v Bills a re-match of 2022 play-off classic, that Kansas won in overtime
Chiefs travel to Baltimore next week in AFC Championship game
Lions come out on top of nail-biting thriller
Bucs' Baker Mayfield throws late interception in fourth-quarter comeback effort
Detroit will travel to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Championship game

Live Reporting

Paul Higham

One win from historypublished at 23:22 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
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Only one NFC team hasn't been to a Super Bowl, bet you can't guess which one? Yep, it's the Lions, but they have the chance to fix that next week.
Baker Mayfield was excellent on the road but just had those two interceptions, while Jared Goff was mistake-free and led his team brilliantly in the second half.
For the first time since 1957 the Detroit Lions have won two play-off games in a season, as they head off for just their second NFC title game and the chance to finally get into the Super Bowl for the first time.
'Lions can upset the 49ers'published at 23:17 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
They lost eight play-off games between 1995 and 2016. They had that famous 0-16 season in 2018. The 49ers are going to be favourites next week but maybe not by as much as people thought and a lot of people are going to have the Lions as a sneaky upset pick.
FT - Lions advance to NFC Championship!published at 23:14 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
Wow! The scenes are incredible inside Ford Field, many of the Lions players can't believe it as they seal a thrilling victory that means they'll go to San Francisco for the NFC title.
I can't believe I'm writing this - but the Detroit Lions are one win away from the Super Bowl!
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Interception for the game!published at 23:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
Oh no! Baker Mayfield has been excellent all game but he's just tried to squeeze a throw in to Cade Otton and Derrick Barnes has jumped highest to grab the interception that seals the game!
The Lions are heading to the NFC Championship game!
'This is football at its finest'published at 23:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
Jason Bell, former NFL cornerback, on Sky Sports: "We've got a little momentum shift here. This is all about the clock now. Let's see how the Bucs manage it. This is football at its finest."
Two-minute warningpublished at 23:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
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Here's the game! Huge stop from Tampa Bay forces a Detroit punt and now Baker Mayfield will come back on the field with 90 yards to go to try and save this game and keep their season alive.
Can he do it?
Lions running the clockpublished at 23:04 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
Detroit want to play keep ball now, which is helped when a sack of Jared Goff is taken away by a silly penalty by Carlton Davis - that's a criminal flag to get at this stage of the game.
Can Lions hold on to the ball?published at 23:00 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
The biggest thing there was not to chew up five minutes there for the Bucs. With 4:37 left, the question is can the Lions keep the ball long enough to force the Bucs to use up their timeouts.
Touchdown - Bucs!published at 22:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-31 Detroit Lions
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Not that he hasn't been all day, but Baker Mayfield is really swinging for the fences now, and he's fired a rocket for Mike Evans to score.
The throw was majestic from Mayfield as it exploded out of his hand and only gave the big bodied Evans the chance to catch it - not really sure how you defend that!
That superb drive took less than two minutes but they remain eight points behind as they opted to go for the two-point conversion but it was no good.
It means that they'll need to find a two-pointer if they score again - provided they can get a stop!
Great play!published at 22:54 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-31 Detroit Lions
Think Baker Mayfield has given this up? Not one chance! Again he's under pressure, but he hangs tough, escapes out the front door and then finds Mike Evans for the first down.
That's a big-time completion right there from the former number one overall pick.
Sack - Baker brought downpublished at 22:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-31 Detroit Lions
Baker Mayfield is just swarmed upon by Lions leaping all over him in the backfield and he's brought down for a loss of four yards.
After a timeout he then overthrows his receiver and is left facing a fourth and 14....
'Clock against Bucs now'published at 22:51 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-31 Detroit Lions
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
What an amazing drive and a lovely pass to the back corner of the endzone from Goff. He gets it at one of the biggest moment. Now Tampa are 14 points down and the clock is a massive issue. You’ve got to score quickly and then your defence get a stop.
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Touchdown - Lions!published at 22:48 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-31 Detroit Lions
And it's there! Jared Goff floats a ball over the top for Amon-Ram St Brown for a nine-yard touchdown that could be the killer blow.
That's absolutely textbook stuff from the Lions, with a 10-play drive going 89 yards and a superb touchdown connection at the end of it.
Detroit have now gone touchdown-touchdown-touchdown on their last three drives and they've motored away from Tampa Bay.
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Big conversion!published at 22:47 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-24 Detroit Lions
Jared Goff needs 15 yards, and he gets 16 thanks to a second effort from Amon-Ra St Brown who fights and scraps his way to a first down.
And the very next play, Goof hits Jahmyr Gibbs with a short pass and the rookie rushers takes it 20 yards and into the red zone
Sackpublished at 22:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-24 Detroit Lions
Lavonte David gets Jared Goff down just when Tampa Bay needed something - that leaves Detroit facing a tough third-and-15.
Big Goff gainpublished at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-24 Detroit Lions
Jared Goff lashes a 24-yard pass to speedy receiver Jameson Williams, who was given plenty of room by the Bucs defence given the wheels he has.
Detroit moving the chains.
'Lions need to run down the clock'published at 22:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-24 Detroit Lions
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Ideal scenario for the Lions here is take six, seven minutes off the clock here and kick a field goal.
Still to come...published at 22:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Kansas City Chiefs @ Buffalo Bills (23:30 GMT)
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Patrick Mahomes helps the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills in all-time classic
This game in Detroit is going down to the wire, and after this we've got another cracker - the Chiefs v Bills in a re-run of one of the best play-off games ever...
Bucs stallpublished at 22:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-24 Detroit Lions
Huge noise coming from the Lions fans inside Ford Field as they can taste this now - they're closing in on what's been unthinkable for years, a place in the NFC Championship game.
And the defence responds by swarming all over the Bucs, who have to punt it away to give Jared Goff the chance to try and increase this lead.
Touchdown - Lions!published at 22:31 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-24 Detroit Lions
Rookie Jahmyr Gibbs makes the breakthrough - another one for Detroit - with a brilliant 31-yard touchdown run that showed exactly why the Lions spent a first-round pick on him.
Gibbs bursts through a big gap in the middle of the line and once he's in the open field he dances beyond Antoine Winfield, who had no chance#.
That's the 12th rushing TD of the season for the rookie.