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NBA playoffs: Heat surge in 3rd quarter to eliminate Sixers in 6 games

It was an unusually dramatic season for the Philadelphia 76ers, and now the season is over.

The Sixers were eliminated by the Miami Heat in six games on Thursday, losing Game 6 of the second-round series 99-90 in a game that slipped away quickly in a catastrophic third quarter. The Heat will advance to face the winner of the Boston Celtics-Milwaukee Bucks series, which the Bucks currently lead 3-2.

The game started inauspiciously, with Danny Green's significant knee injury and Matisse Thybulle's early foul trouble.