MIAMI -- The Miami Heat didn't have their best in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night -- but it was still good enough.
Despite again playing without starting point guard Kyle Lowry and shooting 9 for 36 from 3-point range, the Heat were good enough to topple the Joel Embiid-less 76ers, winning 106-92 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,620 at FTX Arena.
"You don't want to add more context to anything," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said when asked if there was more pressure to take advantage of the Embiid-less Sixers.