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Miami, FL (My Sportsbook) - Dwyane Wade fought off back spasms and scored 41 points, lifting Miami to a 98-72 blowout over Atlanta, sending their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series to a deciding seventh game. Michael Beasley notched 22 points and 15 rebounds for the Heat, who bounced back from a 106-91 loss on Wednesday. Miami center Jermaine O'Neal sat out to a concussion he suffered in Game 5 after being elbowed by Atlanta's Zaza Pachulia, but Joel Anthony started in his place and contributed six points, eight rebounds and three blocks. James Jones chipped in 11 points for the Heat, but Wade was the reason for Miami's pure dominance on Friday. He went 11-of-23 from the field and missed just one of his 17 foul shots. Mike Bibby scored 20 for the Hawks, who remain one victory away from winning a postseason series for the first time since 1999. The Hawks last won a playoff series in a best-of-five, first-round encounter with Detroit 10 years ago and will try for a best-of-seven triumph for the first time since 1970. Atlanta notched its first road playoff win since 1997 by capturing Game 4 on Monday, but fell behind by 14 after one quarter in this game and never recovered. Joe Johnson and Flip Murray each had 13 points for the Hawks, who were without forward Al Horford (sprained ankle). Forward Marvin Williams was originally expected to miss the contest due to a sprained wrist that caused him to sit out the previous three contests, but he entered late in the first quarter and finished with zero points in nearly five minutes of court time. Game 7 is Sunday at 1 p.m. (et) with the winner advancing to play Cleveland. HASH(0xa37feb4)
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