Heat & Knicks progress to set up semi-final series

The Miami Heat will face the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semi-finals after both teams progressed from the first round of the playoffs.

The Heat clinched a 128-126 overtime win in game five to knock out the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks.

The Knicks eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers with victory on Wednesday.

The Golden State Warriors are one win from the West semi-finals while the Memphis Grizzlies stayed alive in their series with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Miami’s Jimmy Butler, who had a record 56-point haul in game four, forced overtime by scoring with less than a second remaining in game five and finished with 42 points.

The eighth-seeded Heat overcame a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter while two-time Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo had 38 points for the Bucks.

Jalen Brunson scored 23 points as the fifth-seeded Knicks beat the Cavaliers 106-95 to make it through the opening round of the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

Donovan Mitchell scored a game-high 28 points for Cleveland, who were held to fewer than 100 points for the fourth time in the series.

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The Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns have already sealed their spots in the Western Conference semi-finals and Golden State are on the brink of joining them after the defending champions won 123-116 at the Sacramento Kings.

Stephen Curry scored 31 points and dished out eight assists as the Warriors became the first team to win a road game in the best-of-seven series, taking a 3-2 lead.

Desmond Bane recorded 33 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as second-seeded Memphis won 116-99 at home to the Lakers.

Ja Morant added 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Grizzlies cut the Lakers’ lead to 3-2.

Anthony Davis scored 31 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for the seventh-seeded Lakers, who can clinch the series in Los Angeles on Friday.

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