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The Miami Heat staved off a nearly historic comeback by the Boston Celtics Monday night, advancing to the NBA Finals in a thrilling seven-game Conference Finals—setting up a Finals match-up between two billionaire-owned teams seven days after the Denver Nuggets completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Key Facts
The Heat—the Eastern Conference’s eighth-seed Cinderella team—defeated Boston 103-84 Monday night, sending the Celtics home after Boston came one game away from an astonishing comeback, winning the last three games after finding themselves in a three-game deficit.
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