Sixers vs. Heat Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Thread

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2011 NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
(2) Miami Heat vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers

Game 1: Saturday, April 16 at Heat (3:30, ABC)
Game 2: Monday, April 18 at Heat (7:00, Comcast Network/TNT)
Game 3: Thursday, April 21 at Sixers (8:00, Comcast SportsNet/TNT)
Game 4: Sunday, April 24 at Sixers (1:00, ABC)
Game 5: Wednesday, April 27 at Heat (TBA)*
Game 6: Friday, April 29 at Sixers (TBA)*
Game 7: Sunday, May 1 at Heat (TBA)*

*-if necessary

When the 2010-11 NBA season began, most people assumed the Philadelphia 76ers would be preparing for the draft lottery by the time the postseason got underway. They were coming off a nightmarish 27-55 campaign and didn't figure to be any better this season. But after a 3-13 start, the Sixers regrouped under head coach Doug Collins to finish 41-41 and earn the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race

This will be the third playoff appearance in the last four seasons for the Sixers, with each coming under a different coach, as Maurice Cheeks guided them to the postseason in 2008 and Tony DiLeo (who took over after Cheeks was fired early in the 2008-09 campaign) did the same a year later. In both years the Sixers were ousted in the first round. They won Games 1 and 3 against the Detroit Pistons in 2008 before falling in six games, and the exact same scenario took place against the eventual Eastern Conference Champion Orlando Magic in 2009. The Sixers have not advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs since 2003, when they defeated the New Orleans Hornets in six games in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals before falling to the Pistons in six in the conference semifnals

If the Sixers are to emerge victorious in the first round of this year's playoffs, they'll have to pull off a monumental upset of the Miami Heat. No team was under a bigger microscope this season than the Heat, who signed LeBron James and Chris Bosh as free agents while retaining Dwyane Wade. The regular season had its ups and downs, but the Heat appeared to hit their stride late, finishing 58-24 and for the moment silencing talk of head coach Erik Spoelstra's job security. Miami has not won a playoff series since defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals. They suffered first round defeats at the hands of the Chicago Bulls (4-0), Atlanta Hawks (4-3), and Boston Celtics (4-1) in 2007, 2009, and 2010 respectively

The Heat swept the regular season series from the Sixers this season. The only meeting in Philadelphia came in what was the season opener for the Sixers (it was Miami's second game) on October 27. Up by eight at the half, the Heat broke the game open by outscoring the Sixers 31-13 in the third quarter. Their lead would swell to 28 before a late Sixers run made the 97-87 final score look a little closer than the game actually was...The second meeting of the season came in Miami on November 26. The Sixers hung tough in this one, but the Heat were able to pull away late for a 99-90 victory. The loss dropped the Sixers to 3-13 on the season, but they would go 38-28 from that point on...The teams last met on March 25, again in Miami. The Sixers held the lead for the majority of this one, but were undone by two big Heat runs. The first one was a 21-2 uprising before halftime after the Sixers had built up a 42-26 lead in the second quarter. The Sixers were able to recover from that and take an 88-80 lead in the fourth quarter, but a 21-4 Miami sprint proved too much to overcome and the Heat would prevail by a score of 111-99...The Heat were the only Eastern Conference opponent the Sixers did not register at least one victory against this season. The two teams have never met in the postseason

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFd9fr1xyM

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Mike Breen just said this is the 20,011 NBA Playoffs. How long have I been asleep?

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Underway in the 2011 Playoffs

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Iguodala tips home a Meeks miss for the first points of the series a little over a minute in

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Bosh does the same after an Ilgauskas miss, 2-2

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Holiday for three, 5-2 two minutes in

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Brand with a jumper, Sixers have made their last six shots to lead 13-8

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Meeks for two off a steal with Wade all over him, 15-8

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Brand for two to make it eight straight and a 17-8 lead. Timeout Heat

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Is anyone in that stadium? Its really quick right about now

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Brand for two and a foul off a nice feed from Holiday, started by Hawes. Free throw good, 20-8

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Bibby answers with a three, Holiday misses a jumper. First miss for the Sixers after nine straight makes, 20-11

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Meeks for three and DOWN IT GOES! Five straight after the Bibby three, 25-11

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Sixers get called for a defensive three-second violation. James makes the free throw for his first point of the series, 25-12

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Wade makes it a three-point possession with a short jumper, 25-14

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Bibby left alone for three, 25-17. Timeout Sixers

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Is anyone in that stadium? Its really quick right about now

Guess they'll cheer when the scoreboard tells them to

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These fast starts always concern me. Seems like they have a hard time getting the momentum back after it shifts for the first time

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Williams and Young miss on their first touch, but Young keeps it alive and ultimately gets two and it's 27-17

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Brand puts back a Meeks miss, 29-17

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The center position will be key in this series. Whether its Hawes or Brand moving over, the Sixers needs some points from there.

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Brand forces Miller to miss wildly, Miller takes a questionable charge on Iguodala at the other end. Looked like Miller was still moving

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James fouled and makes a pair at the line, 29-19. Iguodala was called for his second foul, so that phantom charge looms large

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Holiday drives the lane for a tough two, Miller misses a long three as the first quarter comes to a close. Can't ask for a much better opening 12 minutes, as the Sixers hold a 31-19 lead

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Turner feeds Young for two on the first play of the second quarter, 33-19

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Turner and Nocioni out there at the same time. Interesting

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Its amusing when they show Collins talking to the team in a huddle that they are all listening and paying attention...When its Miami's coach no one is listening and they are all talking to each other and looking elsewhere.

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Six straight for the Heat makes it a 33-25 game

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Hawes stripped, Bosh gets a mismatch on Turner at the other end and is fouled in the act. Bosh splits a pair at the line, 33-26

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Nocioni misses a three, Bosh for two and a foul at the other end. Free throw good, 33-29. Collins given no choice but to but Brand back in a little earlier than he'd like

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Meeks answers with a three, 36-29

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Bosh with two at the line, Chalmers with a layup and it's 36-33. Second unit guys are struggling big time

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Nobody boxes out Jones, who puts back a Wade miss, 36-35

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Holiday stripped, but a ticky-tack foul goes against the Heat this time

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Holiday then fouled en route. He makes the first, misses the second, but the Heat get called for a lane violation. He makes the extra free throw, 38-35

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Young turns it over to James, Meeks fouls him. Officials rule a clear path foul, although Brand also appeared to be in the area

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Officials confer again, then rule a regular foul. Sixers are in the penalty, so James will get two at the line. He splits a pair at the line, 38-36

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Chalmers for three to give the Heat their first lead of the game, 39-38 with five and a half minutes left in the first half

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Iguodala rejects James, but too late. Goaltending makes it 41-38

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Wade and James with a couple of fancy layups, 45-38. Timeout Sixers

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This game is eerily similar to the one the teams played in Miami a few weeks back. Sixers had the big early lead, but the Heat killed them with a couple big runs. Let's see if they're able to respond out of this timeout

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Brand breaks the spell with a short jumper, 45-40

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Iguodala with a nice save off a steal to Holiday, who springs Young for a slam, 45-42

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Iguodala chases down a deflected ball in the backcourt, Williams nails a three with the shot clock expiring, 48-45

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Wade leans in and draws contact on Holiday, who doesn't like the call but who do you think is gonna get the call there? Ruled to be beyond the arc, Wade makes two of three and it's 50-45

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Turner gets the first two playoff points of his career, 50-47

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Young misses twice from in tight, but gets fouled on the third try. He makes both free throws, 50-49 with less than a minute before halftime

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James misses a three as the first half comes to a close. Heat got the last two buckets of the second quarter to lead 54-49 after 24 minutes

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Hawes goes backdoor to Iguodala after a Wade jumper, 56-51

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Bosh blocked by Brand, but Hawes is whistled for his fourth foul. Bosh makes both free throws, 58-51

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James lobs a pass in the general area of Ilgauskas, who taps the ball in for two. Heat have their largest lead at 60-51

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Speights for two on his first touch, 60-55

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Meeks and Wade down after Meeks is fouled en route. Meeks splits a pair at the line, 64-56

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Wade with an off-balance jumper, Heat take their first double digit lead of the game at 66-56

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Speights loses the ball, no call forthcoming. Bosh slams for two at the other end, 74-60. Coach Collins giving the officials an earful

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Williams for three, 78-67 as the Sixers look to get back in it

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James fouled by Holiday en route, both players shaken up. James makes both free throws, 80-67

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Williams with a tough runner in the lane as the third quarter comes to a close. After 36 minutes, the Heat lead 80-69

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Young gets the first two points of the fourth quarter, 80-71

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Nocioni misses an open three that could've gotten the Sixers to within seven

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Young takes a charge on Wade, that's his fourth

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Brand puts back a Young miss, 82-75 as the clock ticks under eight minutes

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Wade whistled for his fifth foul with 7:20 left

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Jones for three after Bosh kept a missed free throw alive, 88-75 coming up on six minutes left

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Young loses his shoe but gets a couple buckets in a row, 88-79

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Holiday for three, 88-82. Ain't over yet

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Holiday for three as the shot clock expires, 88-85 with 3:58 left. Timeout Heat

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Lots of silicon and botox in the first few rows down in Miami

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Holiday misses a three, but Young grabs the offensive rebound and is fouled on the putback. He misses both free throws, however

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Young with an acrobatic layup off a high feed from Iguodala, 88-87 coming up on two minutes left

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Bosh fouled and makes two at the line, 90-87 as the clock ticks under two minutes

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Brand short on an open jumper

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Wade throws up a prayer, good and a foul. Are you kidding me? Free throw no good, 92-87

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Iguodala feeds Young for two, 92-89 coming up on a minute left

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Wade fouled en route with 1:10 left. He makes both free throws, 94-89

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Iguodala with a jumper that rolls around before rimming out. Jones misses an open three at the other end

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Holiday rejected, ball out of bounds to the Sixers but with only 33.7 seconds left

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Holiday, Meeks, and Williams pass up threes before Iguodala is finally forced to shoot and misses. James fouled with 15.6 seconds left. He makes both free throws, 96-89

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Williams misses a long three, rebound to Wade, who is fouled with 6.8 seconds left. He splits a pair at the line, 97-89

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Time runs out on this one. Holiday misses at the buzzer and the Heat take the opener, 97-89. Game 2 on Monday

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Heat had 39 free throws in the game to 15 for the Sixers. When asked to comment on the disparity, Doug Collins said "I could comment, but my grandkids would lose their college fund"

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Underway in Game 2

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Heat jump to an 8-2 lead three minutes in

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Wade goes coast-to-coast for a slam, 10-3

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Timeout Sixers as the Heat lead 13-5. Maybe it'll be a little role reversal in this one

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Not a whole lot of scoring here, Heat lead 15-9 coming up on two minutes left in the first

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Jones for two as the first quarter comes to a close. After 12 minutes, the Heat have a 19-13 lead

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Turner for three, Heat lead 26-18 just over three minutes into the second

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James slams for two, 37-23

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Bibby for three, 49-31

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James misses at the second quarter buzzer, but not much goes right for the Sixers in the first half as they trail 49-31 after 24 minutes

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How's D Wades headache? Poor guy..

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Iguodala rejects James, but the Heat still lead 55-37

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How's D Wades headache? Poor guy..

Shoulda flashed some lights in his face before the game or something

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Holiday called for a phantom foul on James, who completes a three-point play to make it 67-47. Holiday and Collins politely tell the officials they disagree with that call

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The third quarter comes to a close. After 36 minutes, the Heat are in total control, 75-52

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Heat win, 94-73. Not much to say about this one. Wasn't even as close as the final score would suggest. Game 3 at home Thursday

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Game airing on both CSN and TNT. Marv Albert and Steve Kerr calling the action on TNT

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Underway in Game 3

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Hawes with a jumper on the first shot of the game. More, please

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Iguodala for three, 5-0. More, please

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Brand with a turnaround jumper, 7-0

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Holiday feeds Hawes for a layup, 9-0. Timeout Heat 2:10 in

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Ilgauskas tips back a Bosh miss for the first Heat points a little over three minutes in, 9-2

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Holiday breaks Bibby's ankles and gets two, 13-4

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Wade fouled en route, he makes both free throws to cap a 6-0 Heat run, 15-12

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Williams nails a jumper on his first touch, 17-12

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Holiday for three, 24-14

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Battie puts back a Young miss for his second bucket, 26-16

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Bibby and Williams exchange threes, 29-21

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James misses as the first quarter comes to a close. After 12 minutes, the Sixers lead 29-21

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Iguodala with a couple offensive rebounds, Brand is ultimately fouled in the act. He splits a pair at the line, 30-25

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Meredith Marakovits towering over Commissioner Stern

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Wade grabbing at his shoulder after having the ball stolen from him. Holiday was fouled en route to the hoop, but misses both free throws. Sixers lead 36-31. Iguodala may have had a chance at a dunk there, but chose to pass

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Bosh loses the ball, Young fouled while going up for a slam on the fastbreak. He'll get two at the line after a timeout

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Young makes both free throws, 40-31

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During the timeout, the Carlton Dance Cam was on. A couple middle aged ladies were dancing, but were obviously not familiar with the Carlton Dance

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Have to start watching for the touch fouls now. Officials did a good job letting them play to this point, but Young gets called for one on Bosh, who makes two free throws to make it 40-33

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Holiday for three with the shot clock winding down, 43-35

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James with a long outlet for Wade, who gets two and a silly foul on Williams. Free throw good, 43-40

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Meeks for three...YES! Big shot after momentum had shifted to the Heat, 46-41

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Jones hits a pair of threes around a Turner jumper, 48-47

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Brand puts back a Turner miss after he'd made two free throws on the previous possession, 52-47

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Wade with a reverse layup and a foul apparently. Free throw good, 52-50

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Williams misses a three that wouldn't have counted anyway since it came after the buzzer as the first half comes to a close. After 24 minutes, the Sixers lead 52-50

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Bosh hits a jumper on the first shot of the second half to tie it, 52-52

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James hits a jumper off a steal, Heat lead for the first time at 54-52

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James gets away with pushing off Meeks, Ilgauskas puts back a Wade miss, 56-52. Timeout Sixers. Coach Collins voicing his opinion to the officials during the timeout

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Meeks with a three out of the timeout, 56-55

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Iguodala feeds Brand for two, Sixers lead 57-56

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Iguodala sets up Hawes for a slam, 59-56

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Meeks sets up Holiday for three to cap a 12-0 Sixers run, 64-56

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Iguodala slams back a Hawes miss, 68-60

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James with a steal and setup of Wade for a slam, 68-64

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Wade slams back an Anthony miss to tie it, 68-68

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Hawes with a running floater to put the Sixers back up, 70-68

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Williams called for an absolute phantom foul on James, who splits a pair at the line, 72-71

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Williams lays in two after James airballs a three, 74-71

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James fouled and makes two free throws, Iguodala fouled en route with 0.3 left in the quarter. He splits a pair at the line, 75-73

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The third quarter comes to a close. After 36 minutes, the Sixers lead 75-73

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James for three to give the Heat a 76-75 lead a minute into the fourth

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Bosh makes a deep jumper with the shot clock expiring, 78-75

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Heat starting to pull away in this one, they lead 88-79 with 5:42 left

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Ron Jaworski in attendance tonight. Apparently Doug Collins was the one who gave him the Jaws nickname

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Williams fouled while shooting a three. He makes just one of three at the line, however, 88-80

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Iguodala corraled by Jones en route. I've seen that called a flagrant before, but that won't be the case here. Iguodala makes both free throws, 90-84 with 3:40 left. Timeout Heat

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Wade slams back a missed James three, 92-84 coming up on three minutes left

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Holiday for three, 94-89 with just over two minutes left

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James and Young exchange baskets, 96-91

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Holiday fouls Wade shooting a jumper with 51.6 seconds left. He makes both free throws, 98-91

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Williams for three, 98-94

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Williams misses a long three in the closing seconds and that should do it

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Time runs out on this one. Sixers hang tough but fall in a 3-0 series hole as the Heat win it, 100-94. They'll try to avoid a sweep in Game 4 at home on Sunday

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Sixers stay alive with an 86-82 win in Game 4. They jumped to an early 16-point lead before the Heat went on a 22-2 run late in the first half. Holiday and Williams hit threes in the final minute, with the three by Williams winning it with 8 seconds left. Game 5 in Miami on Wednesday

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Underway in Game 5

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Brand and Holiday force James to travel on the game's first possession

Meeks hits a three at the other end for the game's first points

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James steals a Holiday pass, then Holiday returns the favor to James. The possession ends with a Brand jumper, 9-2

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Holiday with an alley-oop for Iguodala, 11-4

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Lots of contact on both ends early, officials letting them play. We'll see if that's the case in the second half

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Hawes goes backdoor to Brand for a layup, 13-4. Bosh is whistled for a technical after the basket. Free throw will be shot after a timeout

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Meeks makes the free throw, 14-4. Sixers have a double-digit first quarter lead for the fourth time in this series

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Hawes with another backdoor feed, this time for a Meeks layup, 16-5

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Iguodala feeds Holiday for a layup on the fast break, 20-10

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Heat score five straight, capped by a Chalmers three to make it 20-15

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Wade drives for two and the Heat take their first lead at 21-20

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Jones for three, 24-20

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Young for two and a foul to break a 14-0 Heat run with 4.9 seconds left in the quarter. Free throw good, 24-23

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Chalmers pulls up for three with 0.1 seconds left. No time for the Sixers to get off a shot as the first quarter comes to a close. After 12 minutes, the Heat lead 27-23

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Iguodala off to the races after a long rebound for the first points of the second quarter, 27-25

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Battie rejects Wade, Young sets up Williams for a layup on the break, 27-27

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Turner with a behind-the-back feed for a Young slam, 31-31

Iguodala was called for his third foul on the previous Heat possession

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Jones with another three, 34-31

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Holiday undresses Bosh and Wade for a layup, 34-33

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Holiday fouled by Bosh en route. He splits a pair at the line, 36-36

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Hawes goes backdoor again to Brand for a slam, Sixers take a 38-36 lead coming up on three and a half minutes left in the half

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Heat respond with five straight, capped by a Chalmers three to lead 41-38

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Meeks misses a three as the first half comes to a close. After 24 minutes, the Heat lead 45-42

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Brand with a turnaround jumper on the first play of the second half, 45-44

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Meeks for three, 48-47

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Chalmers hits his fifth three, 51-47

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Iguodala with a personal 4-0 run to tie it, 51-51

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Bosh and Brand exchange jumpers, 53-53

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Hawes is stripped but recovers, possession ends with a Holiday layup, 55-55

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James gives the Heat a 58-55 lead with a three

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Iguodala slams back a Brand miss, 60-60. James blew a layup and was stripped by Holiday on two straight possessions, Spoelstra gets a technical. Meeks makes the free throw to give the Sixers a 61-60 lead

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All well and good for the moment, and neither one of those plays was a foul. Still, you have to think the Heat are going to get every ticky tack call in the fourth quarter now

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Chalmers makes it six threes and the Heat go up, 63-61

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James puts back a Jones miss, 67-61. Largest lead of the night for the Heat

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Iguodala takes off for a one-hand slam, 67-65

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James for three with Iguodala in his face, 70-65

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Iguodala hits a deep jumper with 1.1 seconds left in the third after James had given the Heat their largest lead. Heat just run out the clock after inbounding. After 36 minutes, the Sixers trail 72-67

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Jones for three, 77-69

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Heat have made 11 threes on the night

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Williams for two and a foul. Free throw no good, 77-71

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Sixers hustle to a few loose balls, Young fouled en route at the end. However, he misses both free throws. Can't afford that

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Make your free throws!

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James fouled and splits a pair at the line. He gets his own miss on the second free throw and feeds Wade for a three, 81-71

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Young with a jumper, 82-76 as the clock ticks under seven minutes

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Wade gets away with a travel before making a jumper, 86-78 with 5:04 left. Timeout Sixers

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Fadool showing more leg..

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ET gotta make those shots

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Holiday feeds Young for a hook shot in the lane, 86-82

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Heat deflect a couple passes, but both end up with the Sixers. Holiday gets fouled, Heat are in the penalty with 3:15 left. He makes both free throws, 86-84. Timeout Heat

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James fouled by Brand en route. Nothing ticky tack there. If you're gonna foul, might as well get your money's worth. James makes both free throws, 88-84

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Iguodala with a jumper over James, 88-86 with two and a half minutes left

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Iggy

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Sixers appear to get a steal, but instead a foul is called on Young. Bosh makes both free throws, 90-86 coming up on two minutes left

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All these fouls suck.. tough to watch NBA for me. That and the fact that these last 2 mins will take a half hour.

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Young with a turnaround jumper, 90-88

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Turner nearly gets a steal, but all is well as Bosh airballs a long three with the shot clock expiring

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Turner gets a clean look in close, but leaves the shot a little long. Heat get the rebound and call timeout with 1:04 left

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Turner rejects Wade, but Bosh gets the loose ball and is fouled. Wade gets slapped with a technical, though. Wow

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Holiday makes the technical free throw, 90-89 with 51.2 seconds left

Bosh makes both free throws, 92-89

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Iguodala steps back on James and nails a jumper, 92-91

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Heat run the shot clock down, Young fouls Anthony in close with 16.8 seconds left. He makes both free throws, 94-91. Timeout Sixers

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Iguodala misses a jumper, rebound to the Heat. Brand gets called for his sixth foul and he's out with 9.3 seconds left. Wade splits a pair at the line, 95-91. Timeout Sixers

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Didn't really like that play call there. Thought they might've snuck someone out on the wing for a three

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Meeks misses a three, Wade gets the rebound and dunks the ball to end the Sixers season. Heat win Game 5, 97-91 and will go on to play the Celtics in the second round

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The record books will show the Heat won this series, 4-1, but I think the Sixers really grew a lot as a team. Now the key will be to keep growing moving forward. Very encouraging season