Wins for Suns, Heat

Basketball: Devin Booker scored 28 points and led a thirdquarter surge as the host Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 11080 yesterday to take a 32 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.

The Suns can advance to the conference finals by winning Game 6 tomorrow, but that would require the first victory by the visiting team in the series.

In the Eastern Conference, the Heat moved one win away from a trip to the finals by topping the Philadelphia 76ers 12085 in Miami. The topseeded Heat now leads the East semifinal series 32, and improved to an NBAbest 60 at home in these playoffs.

Game 6 is in Philadelphia tomorrow. — Field Level Media/AP