Wade leads Heat to 113-103 road win, ties series with 76ers

Brown and the 76ers had to recruit both players when they became available this winter.

After nailing 18 3-pointers at a scorching 64.3 percent clip in Game 1, the Sixers hit just 7-of-36 from long range in Game 2, falling 113-103 to the Heat. “I’ve just been hearing it since I was 28 years old. There were several high-profile suitors, championship-caliber suitors, that wanted them”. Philly turned up the intensity and went on a 21-7 run to make it a two-point game with 4:29 to play. Second in points for the 76ers was Marco Belinelli who dropped a whopping 25 points despite coming off the bench.

Leave it to Dario Saric to drop some playoff truth bombs. But the second-quarter drought put the Sixers in a huge hole that they couldn’t dig themselves out of. And although it looked for 35 days as though the home team had what it takes to go unbeaten all the way through the National Basketball Association finals, they had an off night.

“Today we will get up and down and do some script stuff, not entirely physical stuff, but it is progressing”, he said. “What that translates in regards of when he will play again with us on the court, we don’t know”. So, I just want to have these moments for these guys when I can. They bounced back from their 27 point loss on Sunday in a big way; they were in control of this game for most of it. Whiteside must get going if the Heat are going to keep the pressure on the 76ers. Philadelphia re-signed the 6-10 Ilyasova after the Hawks waived him at the end for February.

Miami made the first adjustment after opening with a 130-103 loss to the Sixers on Saturday.

Redick, who struggled from the 3-point line all night, appeared to look at Dragic in anger. His perimeter shooting makes it hard for teams to defend Philadelphia.

How did Brown convince the two to sign with Philadelphia?

“I hate this feeling but maybe it’s a good reminder for everybody for next game to lock in”, Simmons said. “These are the type of minutes (you’re going to play)”.

Saric has always been a voice of reason when the Sixers lose, suggesting a return to basics, and to play with more physicality. The partnership grew from there. “That’s one thing they did against us”.

The star center fractured an orbital bone on March 28, although he has trained with the Sixers on a limited basis after being fitted with a protective mask.

The 76ers announced bad news on that front Wednesday: Embiid isn’t likely to play in Thursday’s Game 3 in Miami. “We’ll coach and plan and think like that until somebody tells me otherwise”. “He’s the difference maker”.

With the absence of Joel Embiid, replacements down low are the hot commodity. “What I can say is there is a very unified effort with his representation and the people around him”.