The Heat won the first two games in Miami with Embiid sidelined with a right orbital fracture and minor concussion.

After that, the Sixers won after subsequent home games with Embiid wearing a protective mask. Game 5 will be Tuesday in Miami.

If the Heat can’t figure out Harden and Embiid and improve the long-distance shoots, possibly the next thing they face could be the offseason.

The Heat got five points closer in the score until Harden hit his fifth three-pointer of the game with three minutes left.

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For Miami, the main scorer was his star Jimmy Butler with 40 points, but the Florida team missed 28 of 35 three-pointers.

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Doncic guides the Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns 111-101 to tie the NBA Western Conference semifinals at two wins apiece with a serious incident caused by a spectator against family members of veteran point guard Chris Paul.

Slovenian Luka Doncic shone with 26 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists at the American Airlines Center in Dallas (Texas), followed by forward Dorian Finney-Smith with 24 points and eight rebounds.

Devin Booker with 35 points and Jae Crowder with 15 stood out for the Suns, who lost Chris Paul to personal fouls with nine minutes left to play.

The veteran point guard, who had five points and seven assists, later denounced on Twitter an incident suffered by his relatives in the stands.

ESPN journalist Dave McMenamin reported that, according to a person close to Paul, Mavericks fans even put their hands on the player’s mother and pushed his wife in front of her children.

The Mavs later released a statement confirming the incident and attributing it to a single fan who was ejected from the arena.

Paul made no secret of his frustration on Twitter about the incident.

By: AFP

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Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo overflowed with 25 points and seven assists and 24 points and 12 rebounds, respectively, to give Miami the first point.

The second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals will be played on Wednesday in Miami.

The Heat, the top seed in the East, played without star point guard Kyle Lowry, who is injured in his hamstring.

For their part, the Sixers did not have their star Joel Embiid, who is out indefinitely due to the orbital fracture he suffered in the last game of the first-round series that they beat the Toronto Raptors (4-2).

Jimmy Butler added 15 points for Miami, which also had 10 points from Gabe Vincent and forward P.J. Tucker.

The 76ers were without Embiid, the regular-season MVP finalist, who isn’t even in Miami as he recovers from his injury.

The Cameroonian is not expected to play in the second game of this series on Wednesday. And as expected, he was missed.

For the Sixers, Tobias Harris scored 27 points, followed by Tyrese Maxey with 19, and James Harden with 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

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Fired up from the beginning

Miami came out aggressive from the start, putting Tucker on Harden and having him guard him in an approach similar to the one he used against Trae Young in their previous series against the Atlanta Hawks.

The locals came to have an advantage of up to 12 points in the first quarter, after a 10-2 run driven by eight goals from Herro, who started the game on the bench.

The margin was still comfortable (46-36) in the middle of the second after another basket by Herro.

Harden’s jumper with 28 seconds left in the second quarter put the 76ers up 51-50 heading into halftime, their first lead of the night.

However, Adebayo received a pass from Tucker for a dunk that put Miami up 62-61 in the third, and that would be the last lead change on the board of the game.

Late in the third period, a 10-0 run built a good cushion, and then another 13-2 run early in the fourth quarter pushed the Heat’s lead to 98-77.

By: AFP

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