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MIAMI -- If one play could tell the story of a five-game series, consider this one: Trae Youngs final shot from the field was a corner three-point try that he rushed because he knew a defender was coming his way.

The Grizzlies conjured an epic late fightback to stun the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-109.

Victor Oladipo and Bam Adebayo combined for 43 points as the depleted Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 97-94 to complete a 4-1 series victory in the NBA playoffs on Tuesday.

Trae Young’s rough series for Atlanta came to a close with an 11-point effort on 2-for-12 shooting.

Miami used team defense to smother Atlanta's Trae Young and then leaned on Jimmy Butler to take the scoring lead.

Atlanta 

ISTANBUL - The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Phoenix Suns 118-103 to tie the series at 2-2 in Game 4 of their first-round Western Conference NBA Playoffs series on Sunday. The Pelicans led 25-22 at the end of the first quarter but the Suns had a good start in the second period, building a 29-24 lead. New Orleans, however, took an 11-point lead at the end of the third quarter, 85-74 as they netted 35 points at Smoothie King Center. Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas grabbed a double-double with ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Miami used team defense to smother Atlanta's Trae Young and then leaned on Jimmy Butler to take...

Jimmy Butler scored a career-playoff-high 45 points, including seven over a critical stretch in the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat beat the visiting Atlanta

MIAMI -- Jimmy Butler walked off the floor when his night's work was complete, lifted his arms in the air and heard a sold-out arena serenade him with screams.