Heat Blow Out Hornets To Take Game 7

Heat blow out Hornets to take Game 7 Goran Dragic scored 25 points in his first Game 7, Gerald Green added 16 and the Heat ousted the Charlotte Hornets with a 106-73 victory. Miami won two elimination games to take the series 4-3, and will play either Toronto or Indiana in the Eastern Conference semifinals starting Tuesday night. “Just great competition,” Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra said, lauding the Hornets. A contentious series, with too much attention getting placed on courtside fan behavior and NBA officiating reports, pushed Miami to the limit. Charlotte had a chance to close out the Heat on its home floor in Game 6, wasting the opportunity. Miami did not trail, taking a 12-point lead at the half and stretching it to 24 by the midpoint of the third quarter — the period that has been a problem for the Heat all season but became the catalyst to what became a rout Sunday. Wade has played in 29 postseason series; the Heat have won 22 of them. [...] under Spoelstra, the Heat are 15-4 in postseason series, 8-4 when facing elimination games and 15-5 in games when they have a chance to oust an opponent. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 38 points and the Spurs did not trail in Game 1 of the second-round series. The Spurs led by as many as 43 points and sat their starters in the fourth quarter to rest for Game 2 on Monday.

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