Heat are in the second round

The 97:94 Miamis on Tuesday evening (local time) was the fourth victory in the fifth game of the series. The victory was achieved without the injured stars Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry. The best thrower for the winners was Victor Oladipo with 23 points. Next, the Heat meet either the Philadelphia 76ers or the Toronto Raptors. In this series, Philadelphia leads 3: 2.

Miami took control in front of her own audience with increasing playing time and was never left behind in the second half. With 35 points and eleven rebounds, De'andre Hunter had a strong evening, but it could not prevent the Hawks around her Star Trae Young.

The HEATs are the second team that has already qualified for the second playoff round. The Boston Celtics ended their series against Brooklyn Nets on Monday. The team around international Daniel Theis won all four games. The Heat and the Celtics meet when, then in the final of the Eastern Conference.

In the Western Conference, the Memphis Grizzlies got the home win for the 3-2 lead in the series against the Minnesota Timberwolves through a late comeback. The guests played a lead of 13 points in the last quarter and are now no longer allowed to allow themselves any further defeat.

Yes Morant (M.) led the grizzlies to victory in game five. Getty Images

At 111: 109, Morant met the crucial basket for the victory of the grizzlies a second before the end. The 22-year-old posted 30 points, 18 of them in the final section, which made him decisive part in the late victory.

Sun's win game five - coach Williams for referee criticism punished

The favorite Phoenix Suns meanwhile took an important step towards the second round in the west. After the 112: 97 home success over the New Orleans Pelicans, the team around Point Guard Chris Paul leads the series 3-2.

Sun's coach Monty Williams has to pay a fine of $ 15,000 due to his criticism of the referees. The NBA drew him on Tuesday because after the defeat in the fourth game of the Play-Off series of his Suns at the New Orleans Pelicans, he had complained that the Pelicans had received significantly more free throws than his team.

In the days before, coach Taylor Jenkins from the Memphis Grizzlies and Joel Embiid also had to shell out $ 15,000 each for a similarly stored criticism of significantly more free throws for the host team.