NBA: OLADIPO HELPS PACERS CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT

Nigerian-American basketball player Victor Oladipo had 23 points and five assists to help the Indiana Pacers clinch a playoffs berth with a 113-107 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday.
 While, Thaddeus Young had 22 points, nine rebounds and five steals, and Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers, who secured their seventh appearance in the postseason for the last eight seasons.
Tyler Johnson made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, James Johnson had 15 points and nine rebounds, and Bam Adebayo added 14 for the Heat, who split the four-game season series.
Darren Collison finished with 12 points, made the go-ahead 3-pointer to put the Pacers ahead 101-100 with 2:49 remaining in overtime, and Indiana scored 11 straight points to pull away. The Pacers took a 109-102 lead with Collison’s 3-pointer with 55 seconds left to play.

Meanwhile, Miami coach Eric Spoelstra had missed the first game of his career, leaving Indianapolis on Saturday after learning his wife Nikki was entering labor. Assistant coach Dan Craig filled in and Spoelstra is expected to return for Miami’s home game against Cleveland on Tuesday.

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