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 The Heat advance to face the Raptors in the second round, with
Game 1 on Tuesday in Toronto.
Miami, which never trailed, also got 15 points from Luol Deng, 12
points from Dwyane Wade and 10 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks
from Hassan Whiteside.
In franchise history, Miami is 6-3 in Game 7s. Before Sunday, the
Heat's most recent Game 7 came in 2013, when they beat the San
Antonio Spurs for the NBA championship.
Charlotte, which just a few days ago had a 3-2 series lead, failed
to close out the Heat. Hornets guard Kemba Walker, who had 37 points
against Miami on Friday, was held to nine points on 3-for-16
shooting. He also had a team-high three turnovers.
 Raptors 89, Pacers 84
TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and Toronto defeated
Indiana in the seventh game of their first-round Eastern Conference
playoff series.
The Raptors led most of the way and used a 28-20 third-quarter surge
to take a 14-point lead into the fourth quarter. Indiana had the
ball with 26.9 seconds to play and the Toronto lead still at three,
but the Raptors made the stop. DeRozan sank two free throws to
stretch the lead to five with 6.5 seconds left to clinch the game.
Jonas Valanciunas had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Toronto, Norman
Powell scored 13 points, and Patrick Patterson had 11. Kyle Lowry
added 11 points and nine assists.
Paul George scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds for Indiana. George
Hill added 19 and Monta Ellis 15. George broke Indiana's
playoff-series record with 191 points, topping the mark of 181 set
by Reggie Miller in the 1995 Eastern Conference finals.
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Warriors 118, Trail Blazers 106
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Klay Thompson bombed in a game-high 37 points and
Draymond Green recorded his second career postseason triple-double
as Golden State ran away early from Portland en route to a victory
in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Hitting four 3-pointers, Thompson poured in 18 of his 37 points in
the first quarter, during which he single-handedly outscored the
Trail Blazers 18-17. For the game, Green produced 23 points, 13
rebounds and 11 assists in 37 minutes. The Warriors were again
without reigning league MVP Stephen Curry (knee).
Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 30 points but shot just 8-for-26
while being covered mostly by Thompson.
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