Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Heat Eliminated By 76ers

     The 2017-18 season came to an end for the Miami Heat as their playoff run was stopped. They fell to the Philadelphia 76ers 104-91 in Game 5 at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night.
     The Sixers won their first playoff series since 2012. It was the first time that the Heat were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since 2010. Tony Fiorentino announced his final game as the Miami Heat television game analyst after 15 seasons.
     Philadelphia had a 23-21 edge after one quarter and were tied with Miami 46-46 at the half. The 76ers began the second half on a 20-8 run to make it 66-54 with 6:11 left in the third quarter. The Heat trailed 80-66 after the third and they scored 10 straight points to cut the deficit to 87-79 with 5:58 remaining in the fourth.
     Goran Dragic had 15 points for Miami and Tyler Johnson added 16. Kyle Olynyk put together 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists while Dwyane Wade contributed 11 points. Justice Winslow chalked up 12 points with seven rebounds.
     Joel Embiid compiled a double-double of 19 points along with 12 rebounds for the Sixers. Ben Simmons had 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assists while J.J. Redick dropped in a game-high 27 points.

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