(Sports Direct) – Dwyane Wade scored 21 points and Chris Andersen sparked a big run at the start of the fourth quarter as Miami took a 2-0 lead over visiting Milwaukee with a 98-86 win.
LeBron James collected 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Andersen scored eight of his 10 points in the fourth as the Heat picked up their 10th straight win going back to the regular season.
The best-of-seven series shifts to Milwaukee for Game 3 today.
The Bucks closed to 68-65 at the beginning of the fourth quarter but Andersen got things started for the Heat with a pair of offensive rebounds and a three-point play that began a 12-0 run and put the game out of reach.
Ersan Ilyasova scored 21 points and Mike Dunleavy added 16 to lead Milwaukee.
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Knicks 87, Celtics 71
Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points and hosts New York used another dominant second half to take a 2-0 series lead.
J.R. Smith scored 19 points off the bench and Raymond Felton added 16 for the Knicks, who erased a six-point halftime deficit by limiting the Celtics to 23 points in the second half – a franchise playoff low for Boston.
Paul Pierce had a team-high 18 points and foul-ridden Kevin Garnett added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics. The series shifts to Boston for Game 3 on Friday.
The Celtics led by as many as nine points in the second quarter before settling for a 48-42 halftime edge.
Iman Shumpert opened the third quarter with a pair of three-pointers and Anthony had nine points in a 24-4 burst as New York stormed ahead by 14 and took a 74-59 lead into the fourth.
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Warriors 131, Nuggets 117
Stephen Curry scored 30 points and had 13 assists as visiting Golden State evened the first-round Western Conference series with Denver at one game apiece.
