Miami Takes Toll on Celtics Once and For All

Miami Heat moved up to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a score of 97-91 over Philadelphia 76ers, Wednesday night in Miami. With a touchdown of a 4-1 series win, the Heat advance in order to face the Boston Celtics, which swept the New York Knicks off their feet in the first round. Game 1 for the series is set for Sunday, which will be May 1 in Miami at 3:30 pm ET on ABC.

The Celtics had beat the Heat three out of four times during the regular season.

After taking a 3-0 series lead over the Sixers, and Miami fell on 86-82 in Game 4 as Lou Williams and Jrue Holiday hits high three-pointers near the end of the game in order to uplift Philly. There would be less glamour in Game 5, but then Sixers flaunted much to keep the show interesting.

Philadelphia kept it just close over the last five minutes, and Andre Iguodala’s three pointer with 36 seconds left made the score soar to 92-91 in Miami but the 76ers weren’t able to hit a bucket the rest of the way, with Joel Anthony made two perfect free throws and Dwayne Wade went on 1-for-2 from the line before his dunk top off the finishing game. Wade scored a whopping 26 points and 11 rebounds plus seven assists while Chris Bosh had 22 points and 11 rebounds for Miami. LeBron James piled it up 16 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, while Mario Elton Brand scored 20 points off the bench.

If you really want the bracket of scores, here you go!

Miami Heat vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers
Game 1: Miami 97, Philadelphia 89
Game 2: Miami 94, Philadelphia 73
Game 3: Miami 100, Philadelphia 94
Game 4: Philadelphia 86, Miami 82
Game 5: Miami 97, Philadelphia 91

Miami Heat Moves on to 2-0 Lead Against Philadelphia 76ers, 94-73

Game 2 was over but Philadelphia 76ers still remain zero against Miami Heat. In the second game between the Heat and 76ers, the amazing LeBron James outscored Philadelphia’s entire starting five in the first half all by himself. But let’s also give credits to Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade who also contributed to their team’s scores. James scored 29 points, Bosh had his second straight double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds and over-all, Miami took a 2-0 series lead with a 94-73 victory over the awfully shooting 76ers. To see more of the exciting games between Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers, I say you watch 2011 NBA Playoffs online at watch2011nba.blogspot.com.

LeBron James said, “It was a really complete game for us both ends of the floor.” Also, Dwayne Wade contributed to Miami’s victory by scoring 14 points. And as for Miami, the team is now on 17-3 in its last 20 games and halfway to winning its first playoff series since the 2006 NBA Finals. Showing no more signs of the migraine that he battled last Sunday, Dwayne, who wasn’t able to eat last Sunday and was very low-energy at times before Monday’s games, said, “I’m feeling a lot better. I lost a lot of weight tonight… but I think I did my job, to come out there and help my team get a win.”

Miami went wire-to-wire on the lead, and moved two wins from advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Two wins more and they are definitely off to semifinals so the 76ers must really work hard on the third game. Do you think Miami Heat will go all the way or will Philadelphia 76ers win over them on the next game? Watch 2011 NBA Playoffs online at watch2011nba.blogspot.com for you to witness the exciting hoop smashes and slam dunks of the great basketball players of the world.