WADE BRINGS HEAT
Miami knocks Hornets 97-90
charlotte, n.c.» Dwyane Wade proved he still has some magic in his 34-year-old body.
Wade scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, making his first 3-pointer of 2016, and the Miami Heat forced their firstround series to a seventh game with a 97-90 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.
Luol Deng was 9-of-14 from the field and finished with 21 points, while Goran Dragic added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Heat, who will host Game 7 on Sunday.
The Heat overcame a playoff career-high 37 points from Kemba Walker to hand the Hornets only their 11th loss of the season at home. Al Jefferson had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Cody Zeller had 12 points off the bench for Charlotte.
With Miami leading by two, Wade hit his first 3-pointer since December with 46 seconds left and added an 18-foot turnaround jump shot over Courtney Lee to help seal the win.
The Hornets missed a golden opportunity to advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
They trailed the entire second half, never quite able to get over the hump, and the Heat made timely shots and grabbed crucial rebounds.
Miami outrebounded Charlotte 46-31.
Hornets forward Nicolas Batum left the game in the second half with a strained left foot.
Pacers 101, Raptors 83 B indianapolis» Paul George scored 21 points, Myles Turner added 15 and Indiana beat Toronto to force a Game 7 of their series.
That will be played Sunday in Toronto, and the winner will advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Indiana scored 18 straight points in the second half to pull away from the second-seeded Raptors, who haven’t won a postseason series since the first round in 2001.
DeMarre Carroll and Cory Joseph each had 15 points for the Raptors.
Kyle Lowry (4-for-14) and DeMar DeRozan (3-for-13) struggled again, and now the Raptors will head home and hear again about their troubled playoff problems: a Game 7 loss at home to Brooklyn in 2014, Washington’s four-game sweep last season and no series wins in a seven-game series. And their 15-year series victory drought is the longest active streak in the league.
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