Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Heat at 76ers

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 8 p.m., Wells Fargo Center, Philadelph­ia TV: Fox Sports Sun, ESPN. Radio: 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 98.3-FM (Spanish)

Scouting report: This is the first game of the best-of-seven, opening-round playoff series . ... The teams split the four-game season series, each winning twice on their home floor . ... That had the 76ers winning the season’s first two meetings and the Heat winning the final two . ... This will be the second postseason meeting between the teams, with the Heat winning 4-1 in the 2011 first round on the way to the NBA Finals . ... The Heat closed the season 5-5 in their final 10 games, with only two road victories since Jan. 29 . ... The 76ers ended the regular season on a 16-game winning streak, the longest such streak to end a season in NBA history . ... The Heat have won their last 12 playoff games when scoring 100 or more points, the NBA’s longest such active streak . ... The Heat have won at least one road game in their last 18 playoff series, an NBA record. The second longest such streak is the current 15-series run by the Warriors . ... Heat coach Erik Spoelstra enters with a .619 postseason winning percentage, second all-time only to Phil Jackson (.688) and Billy Cunningham (.629) . ... For the Heat, Dion Waiters (ankle) is out, with Goran Dragic (knee) probable . ... For the 76ers, Joel Embiid (eye) and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrat (knee) are out.

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