Heat scorch Hornets in Game 7 blowout

Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Gerald Green added 16 and the Heat emphatically ended the Hornets’ season Sunday in Miami with a 106-73 win in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Luol Deng scored 15 points, Dwyane Wade added 12 and Hassan Whiteside had a 10-point, 12-rebound, five-block clincher for the Heat, who have won their last four Game 7s — each of the previous three coming along the way to winning NBA championships.

Frank Kaminsky scored 12 for the Hornets, who got 11 from Courtney Lee and 10 from Nic Batum. The Hornets’ Kemba Walker shot 3-for-16 and scored only nine points, while Al Jefferson put up a mere four points and two rebounds. Raptors 89, Pacers 84: DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points to lead the Raptors to a win in Game 7 of their first-round series.

The victory marks the Raptors’ first playoff series win since 2001.

Paul George led the Pacers with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Warriors 118, Trail Blazers 1 06: Klay Thompson scored 37 points in another brilliant performance as fellow “Splash Brother” Stephen Curry watched injured, and the Warriors again dominated without their MVP to beat the Trail Blazers in the opener of the West semifinals.

Draymond Green had his second career postseason triple- double with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for the defending champions. Thompson hit seven more 3-pointers to become the first player in NBAhistory to make at least seven 3s in three straight playoff games.

Warriors reserve Anderson Varejao and the Blazers’ Gerald Henderson were ejected late in the third quarter after receiving their second technical fouls.