Heat sweep Pacers to advance

Heat sweep Pacers to advance

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Heat sweep Pacers to advance

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Goran Dragic scored 23 points, Adebayo had 14 points and 19 rebounds and the fifth-seeded Heat completed a first-round sweep, beating the Pacers 99-87 on Monday night. Tyler Herro had 16 points for the Heat, who made it out of the first round for the first time since 2016.

Victor Oladipo had 25 points and Myles Turner added 22 points and 14 rebounds for the Pacers, who have been bounced in the first round of the playoffs in five straight seasons.

"The playoffs are unpredictable and you never know how they can go," Adebayo said. "The thing I took from this is you have to leave it all on the floor."

Miami's bench outscored Indiana's depleted reserves 38-3.

Dragic's layup at the end of the third quarter gave the Heat an eight-point lead and the Pacers never mounted a serious comeback in the fourth.

Indiana cut the lead to 91-85 with 3 minutes left, but the Heat got three offensive rebounds on one possession before Herro scored on a driving layup.

The Heat set a franchise playoff record with 124 points in Game 3, but this time they won with defense.

"They played four great games and won in four different ways," Oladipo said.

Heat guard Jimmy Butler left the game in the first quarter with a left shoulder strain. He returned after halftime and finished with six points in 23 minutes, although he made a handful of big plays on defense.

The Miami Heat move on to the East semis with a 4-0 series victory! #NBAPlayoffs 
 
Goran Dragic: 23 PTS (13 in 4Q)
Bam Adebayo: 14 PTS, 19 REB, 6 AST
Tyler Herro: 16 PTS
Victor Oladipo: 25 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM, 5 STL
Myles Turner: 22 PTS, 14 REB, 5 BLK
T.J. Warren: 21 PTS