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PHILADELPHIA (AP)\u2014Dwyane Wade<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 32 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> finished with 24 points and 15 boards and the Miami Heat<\/a> took a 3-0 lead in their first-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> with a 100-94 victory Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Chris Bosh<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 19 points for the Heat, who rallied from an early 10-point deficit to move within one win of a sweep of the Eastern Conference series.<\/p>\n

Game 4 is Sunday in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

James hit the court hard late in the fourth quarter and briefly sat against the scorer\u2019s table. He grimaced when his teammates pulled him up and he slowly walked back to Miami\u2019s bench.<\/p>\n

The Sixers were determined to win one on their home court and played like a team trying all it could to get the series back to Miami.<\/p>\n

Elton Brand<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the 76ers.<\/p>\n

Wade missed practice before Game 2 with a migraine headache. Hours before Game 3, Wade said he was fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to worry about bright lights,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He was fantastic under the postseason spotlight.<\/p>\n

Wade delivered with a string of big baskets\u2014he was 10 of 19 from the field overall\u2014in the third and fourth quarters that spurred the Heat to the brink of the conference semifinals. He drew a foul on a spin move against Jrue Holiday<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and hit two free throws with 51.6 seconds left that about clinched the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a desperate team right now,\u201d James said. \u201cWe want to continue to play that way. D-Wade had an unbelievable game \u2026 and we\u2019re ready to close it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wade was 12 for 12 from the free throw line. For all the hype around the Big Three, Wade remembers he was the Biggest One in Miami. He still plays that way and the Heat needed all of his effort against the scrappy Sixers.<\/p>\n

Lou Williams missed a 3 in the final minute that would have made it a one-point game. Holiday scored 20 points and Williams finished with 15.<\/p>\n

For most of the game, it seemed like a Game 1 rerun. The Sixers\u2019 fast start would get picked away by Miami, the Big Three would take over and the Heat would roll.<\/p>\n

When James hit a pull-up jumper for a 54-52 lead early in the third for Miami\u2019s first lead of the game, the plan was going as scripted.<\/p>\n

The Sixers had a whole new ending planned.<\/p>\n

Jodie Meeks<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Holiday bookended 3s during a stunning 12-0 run that helped them regain the lead in front of rollicking crowd that truly made it feel like big-time, meaningful basketball was alive and thriving in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

In a play that showed what make the Heat great, James stumbled and flipped an underhand pass to Wade for a ferocious dunk that cut it 68-64.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely started a run for us,\u201d James said. \u201cLuckily I was able to get rid of the ball before I traveled and D-Wade was able to slam it home. It\u2019s a great play for us, a great team win and we\u2019re looking to close them out on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

King James played jester when he fired an airball late in the quarter\u2014the crowd reveled in that miscue\u2014and the Sixers kept a 75-73 lead into the fourth.<\/p>\n

Fans booed each time James touched the ball, but they sure got a kick out of his one misfire.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia\u2019s fast start fizzled down the stretch and a team that showed amazing resiliency all season simply doesn\u2019t have the talent to match up with the Heat.<\/p>\n

The 76ers made their first four shots, raced to a 9-0 lead and drove a rare pumped sellout crowd bonkers.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia\u2019s stellar first quarter was a familiar feeling for both teams. In Game 1, the Sixers made eight of their first 10 shots and led 25-11. While the Sixers coughed up the lead in the second quarter in that one, they stretched the lead to double figures and never lost the lead, going into halftime up 52-50.<\/p>\n

Brand, who scored only 20 points the first two games, established his mid-range jumper and scored 13 points in the first half. The Sixers only turned the ball over twice and proved the Game 2 flop was well behind them.<\/p>\n

Williams delivered on his two pregame promises.<\/p>\n

The first compared Philly\u2019s fans to Miami\u2019s: \u201cOurs will be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fueled by \u201cRocky\u201d clips, 20,404 fans were stoked from the time the lights were dimmed for intros to the final horn.<\/p>\n

The other: The 76ers would \u201cfight hard, fight to the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

They did. They just didn\u2019t win.<\/p>\n

NOTES: Former New York Giant Michael Strahan was at the game. \u2026 The Heat don\u2019t care about fans\u2019 expectations. \u201cWe\u2019re not trying to prove anything. We\u2019re just trying to win,\u201d Bosh said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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