After pulling off first-round upsets, the Miami Heat and New York Knicks meet in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series on Sunday. The Heat (44-38), who survived the play-in tournament and entered the postseason as the eighth seed, outmuscled and stunned the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in five games in the first round. The Knicks (47-35), who finished third in the Atlantic D ivision to earn the fifth seed, dominated the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round to advance in five games. The Heat were 17-24 on the road this season, while the Knicks were 23-18 at home.
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