NBA Playoffs 2020: What you still need to know about the second round

The second round of the 2020 NBA playoffs is complete. The Miami Heat pulled off a stunning upset of the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks, winning the series in five games. In the next round, the Heat will face the Boston Celtics, who defeated the defending championToronto Raptorsin a hard fought Game 7.

Over in the West, the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers dispatched of the Houston Rockets in five games and will face the Denver Nuggets, who pulled off a second consecutive comeback from 3-1 down to defeat the LA Clippers, who still have never advanced to the conference finals.

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Eastern Conference

Miami Heat (5) def.Milwaukee Bucks (1), 4-1

• Game 1: Heat 115, Bucks 104


• Game 2: Heat 116, Bucks 114


• Game 3: Heat 115, Bucks 100


• Game 4:Bucks 118, Heat 115 OT


• Game 5: Heat 103, Bucks 94

Butler: Best performances yet to come for Heat

Bontemps: Giannis and the Bucks are now on the clock

Marvin Williams retires from NBA after 15 seasons

Arnovitz: How the Milwaukee Bucks lost momentum

Pelton: Why Giannis isn't the MVP of the playoffs

Boston Celtics (3) def.Toronto Raptors (2), 4-3

• Game 1: Celtics 112, Raptors 94


• Game 2: Celtics 102, Raptors 99


• Game 3: Raptors 104, Celtics 103


• Game 4: Raptors 100, Celtics 93



• Game 5: Celtics 111, Raptors 89


• Game 6: Raptors 125, Celtics 122 2OT


• Game 7: Celtics 92, Raptors 87

Siakam: I take a lot of blame for Raptors' ouster

Smart's late block helps Celtics eliminate Raptors

NBA debate: Predictions for Game 7

Bontemps: No one expected the Raptors to be here

NBA faults lack of foul on Walker's late layup miss

Western Conference

Los Angeles Lakers (1) def.Houston Rockets (4), 4-1

• Game 1: Rockets 112, Lakers, 97


• Game 2: Lakers 117, Rockets 109


• Game 3: Lakers 112, Rockets 102


• Game 4: Lakers 110, Rockets 100


• Game 5: Lakers 119, Rockets 96

MacMahon: Mike D'Antoni might go, but Rockets' small ball is here to stay

Marks:Next for the Houston Rockets

LeBron James leads Lakers to conference finals

McMenamin: Inside LeBron's super-effective go-to move

Shelburne: Lakers embrace D'Antoni's vision, out-small ball Rockets

Denver Nuggets (3) def. LA Clippers, 4-3

• Game 1: Clippers 120,Nuggets 97


• Game 2: Nuggets 110, Clippers 101


• Game 3: Clippers 113, Nuggets 107


• Game 4: Clippers 96, Nuggets 85


• Game 5: Nuggets 111, Clippers 105


• Game 6: Nuggets 111,Clippers 98


• Game 7: Nuggets 104, Clippers 89

Nuggets silence critics with historic 3-1 comeback

Rivers on Clippers' demise: 'I'll take any blame'

NBA Twitter shows no mercy to Clippers as Nuggets advance

Windhorst: This stunning failure has the Clippers' on the clock

Marks: Next for the LA Clippers

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