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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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
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
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
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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