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After defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in seven games to win their East semis series with Philly, will the Heat prove to be a tougher opponent?

The story lines that will define the conference finals and determine who will advance to the NBA Finals.

Title holders Golden State Warriors exited the NBA playoffs on Friday as they were trounced 122-101 by Los Angeles Lakers, who booked a place in the Western Conference Finals where they will face Denver Nuggets, while Miami Heat had to slug it out for a 96-92 victory to eject New…

Miami Heat almost did enough to erase a 19-point deficit in their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal against New York Knicks, who then held their nerve better to pull away for a 112-103 win and take the best-of-seven series to Game 6.

The All-Star power forward hasn’t come close to his regular-season numbers in his second postseason run, and the Knicks’ approach isn’t doing him any favors.

Not sure what Mike Budenholzer was doing here.

MIAMI — There will be basketball at the Miami Heat’s arena beyond Monday night’s Game 4 of this best-of-seven opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.

MILWAUKEE — This is what happens when you are a No. 1 seed playing a No. 8 seed:

In the moment, the gravity was difficult to discern. On one hand, in this case the right hand, Tyler Herro was in considerable anguish. On the other hand, he still was ambulatory and able enough to launch a successful 3-pointer in the waning seconds of the first half of Sunday’s…

MILWAUKEE — The Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks both lost important players in the opening game of their first-round series. But it was the Heat that escaped Game 1 with an impressive win to send a statement to the heavily favored Bucks.

Miami Heat grabbed the No. 8 seeding in the Eastern Conference on Friday with a 102-91 play-in victory over Chicago Bulls, which booked them a ticket to the NBA playoffs, where they will take on top seeds Milwaukee Bucks in the first round.