A clearly exhausted Miami Heat fell 106-102 to the Philadelphia Sixers, who grabbed a commanding three games to one advantage in the first round of the playoff series.
Trailing 83-73 with a minute 1:19 left in third period, Philadelphia scored 14 unanswered points to grab a four-point 87-83 lead, which turned out to be the final margin of victory.
In the all-important fourth quarter an exhausted Goran Dragic played all 12 minutes without scoring a single point and committing 3 fouls, while Josh Richardson made one basket in his minutes of action.