Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat moved closer to clinching the No. 6 seed and a potential first round date with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night without doing a thing.
The Heat, which entered the day with a half game lead over Washington and Milwaukee in the conference standings, extended its lead to a full game over both teams when the Bucks were upset at home by the Brooklyn Nets and the Wizards blew a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter on the road at Cleveland.
Miami (43-36) own the tiebreaker with both Milwaukee (42-37) and Washington (42-37) and a potential three-team tiebreaker between the teams if they were to finish tied.