Otago Daily Times

Suns, Heat have wins

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Basketball: Deandre Ayton scored 25 points and Devin Booker added 23 as the NBA's topseeded Phoenix Suns rolled to a 121114 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series.

Phoenix never trailed, jumping to a 90 lead in the opening minutes, and rarely let off the gas to defeat the Mavericks for the 10th straight time.

In Miami, Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, and the Heat beat the Philadelph­ia 76ers 10692 in their Eastern Conference opener.

Herro was 4for6 from threepoint range, while everyone else in the game shot a combined 11for64 from deep. — AAP

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