The Miami Heat defended home-court and went up 2-0 in their second-round series over the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers won their two home games and tied up the series. But Joel Embiid returned for the fourth-seeded Sixers in Game 3 and made an immediate impact. Kyle Lowry returned for the Heat in Game 3, but hasn’t looked like the marquee off-season acquisition in his two games back.
Lowry, by the way, is listed as questionable to play in Tuesday night’s Game 5 with a strained left hamstring. Some Miami fans have even said it may be time to shut him down for the rest of this series.