Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

76ers at Heat

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 2:30 p.m., AmericanAi­rlines Arena Tickets: Available at Heat.com or 800-4NBA-TIX TV: Fox Sports Sun, TNT. Radio: 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 98.3-FM (Spanish) Scouting report: This is the fourth game of the best-of-seven, opening-round playoff series, with the 76ers ahead 2-1 . ... The 76ers won the opener 130-103 Saturday, in the highest-scoring playoff game by a Heat opponent . ... The Heat then won Game 2 113-103 Monday in Philadelph­ia, to snap the 76ers’ 17-game winning streak . ... The 76ers then took the series lead with Thursday’s 128-108 victory at AmericanAi­rlines Arena, the second-highest-scoring game by a Heat playoff opponent . ... The Heat are 5-3 all-time in the playoffs against the 76ers, after winning 4-1 in the 2011 first round . ... Even with Thursday’s loss, the Heat have won 13 of their last 15 first-round games at AmericanAi­rlines Arena, with the Game 3 loss just the Heat’s third loss over their past 13 home games, dating back to the regular season . ... Thursday’s victory snapped the 76ers’ seven-game losing streak at AmericanAi­rlines Arena, with Philadelph­ia on an eight-game road winning streak, dating back to the regular season . ... The winner of Game 3 in a best-of-seven NBA playoff series wins the series .733 of the time . ... Dario Saric is the first 76er to record 20 points in each of his first three postseason games since Julius Erving in 1977 . ... The 18 3-pointers made by the 76ers in Games 1 and 3 are the playoff high by a Heat opponent . ... The game will mark the Heat’s 100th consecutiv­e playoff sellout . ... Heat forward Justise Winslow recorded his first career playoff double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds in Game 3 . ... The last time the Heat lost a first-round series was in 2010 against the Celtics, when they split their two home games.

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