//Dragic scores 23, 5th-seeded Heat sweep Pacers to advance

Dragic scores 23, 5th-seeded Heat sweep Pacers to advance

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Bam Adebayo got his first playoff series win, but the big man wasn’t planning on celebrating for too long.

He planned to give himself about 2 1/2 hours to enjoy the Miami Heat’s victory over the Indiana Pacers before turning his attention to the Eastern Conference semifinals and a possible date with the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks.

”One hundred percent I think we can get to another gear,” Adebayo said. ”And that’s everybody here. This next series might be different. We might need to have different schemes.”

Goran Dragic scored 23 points, Adebayo had 14 points and 19 rebounds and the fifth-seeded Heat completed a first-round sweep, beating the Pacers 99-87 on Monday night. Tyler Herro had 16 points for the Heat, who made it out of the first round for the first time since 2016.

Victor Oladipo had 25 points and Myles Turner added 22 points and