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Heat, with another closing kick, reach Round 2 of playoffs

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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer

A chance to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks was in his hands, and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra could have used that moment to draw up some sort of highly technical play with lots of scribbles and squiggles to tell everyone where to go. He simply pointed to his best player instead. “Go ahead, man. Take us home,” was Jimmy Butler’s recollection of what Spoelstra said to him in that moment. And that’s exactly what he did, again. A trip to the Eastern Conference semifinals and the rekindling of one of the NBA’s great rivalries as his prize.

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