“NBA Playoffs Recap: Miami Heat and Sixers Advance, Lakers Respond to Dillon Brooks’ Provocation”

The Miami Heat crushed the Milwaukee Bucks, first in the regular season but deprived of their star Giannis Antetokounmpo (121-99), to take the advantage 2-1, but Jimmy Butler and Victor Oladipo were injured.

Without their star pivot Joel Embiid, who injured his right knee, the Sixers were able to count on Tobias Harris (25 pts, 12 rebounds) and James Harden (17 pts, 11 assists, 8 rebounds) to eliminate the Nets.

This is the Sixers’ first “sweep” (victory of a play-off round without losing a game) since 1991, and the first best of seven games since 1985.

The Sixers will face the winner of the series between Boston and Atlanta, where the Celtics lead 2-1 before Game 4 on Sunday.

In the West, the words of Dillon Brooks, who provoked LeBron James on his age, seem to have had the effect of motivating the Lakers winger and his teammates.

LeBron James finished the game with 25 points, while Brooks was ejected early in the third quarter after hitting “King James” in the groin.

Phoenix, who had lost the inaugural game of their series, revived perfectly in their first round of play-offs against the Clippers, who have had to play without Kawhi Leonard for two games and without Paul George for the entire series.