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REGINA -- Boston Leier and Braden Christoffer each scored twice as the Regina Pats hammered the Moose Jaw Warriors 6-1 in a chippy Western Hockey League game Saturday. Dyson Stevenson and Dryden Hunt also scored for the Pats (15-12-1), while Nick Schneider made 13 saves in net. Bryson Gore scored the lone goal for Moose Jaw (8-18-5) nearly three minutes into the game before Reginas offence exploded. Warriors goalie Zachary Sawchenko meanwhile stopped 29 shots. There was no shortage of penalties handed out, especially during a fight-filled third period. Both teams combined for 35 infractions and 161 minutes in the box. --- BRONCOS 4 REBELS 3 SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. -- Jay Merkley scored twice including the game winner for the Broncos. Colby Cave and Julius Honka also scored for Swift Current (17-11-3), which rallied after blowing a 3-1 lead. Conner Bleackley, Rhyse Dieno and Wyatt Johnson replied for Red Deer (13-13-0) Landon Bow finished with 20 saves for Swift Current, while at the other end of the ice Patrik Bartosak stopped 42 shots. --- RAIDERS 5 WHEAT KINGS 4 (OT) BRANDON, Man. -- Sawyer Lange scored just 18 seconds into overtime to lift Prince Albert past the Wheat Kings. Chance Braid forced OT with 12 seconds left in the third period for the Raiders (17-9-2). Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Josh Morrissey added a single. Rihards Bukarts, John Quenneville, Chad Robinson and Tim McGauley scored for Brandon (14-13-2). Prince Albert goalie Cole Cheveldave made 35 saves, while Brandons Jordan Papirny stopped 31 shots. --- OIL KINGS 5 ICE 1 KOOTENAY, B.C. -- Edmonton scored the first four goals of the game to cruise past the ice. Brandon Baddock, Edgars Kulda, Aaron Irving, Curtis Lazar and Brett Pollock each scored for the Oil Kings (16-9-1). Sam Reinhart had the only goal for Kootenay (15-12-2). Edmontons Tristan Jarry stopped 23 shots. His counterpart, Kootenays Mackenzie Skapski made 27 saves. --- GIANTS 5 COUGARS 3 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Vancouver blew a three-goal lead but rallied to beat the Cougars. Blake Orban, Cain Franson, Tim Traber, Jackson Houck and Dalton Thrower had a goal apiece for the Giants (12-11-6). Sam Ruopp, Marc McNulty and Alex Forsberg had goals for Prince Georgs (11-16-4). Giants goalie Jared Rathjen stopped 31 shots. At the other end of the ice, Ty Edmonds was far busier with 49 saves. --- ROCKETS 3 BLAZERS 2 (SO) KELOWNA, B.C. -- Justin Kirkland scored the shootout winner as the Rockets handed Kamloops its 10th loss in a row. Ryan Olsen and Carter Rigby scored in regulation for Kelowna (19-3-2), which won its third straight game. Matt Needham and Tyson Ness scored for the Blazers (6-18-4) and Josh Connolly assisted on both. Jackson Whistle made 35 saves for the Rockets while Kamloops Taran Kozun turned away 28 shots in a losing cause. --- AMERICANS 2 CHIEFS 1 (SO) TRI-CITY, Wash. -- Eric Comrie made 26 saves through 65 minutes and five more in the shootout as the Americans slipped by Spokane. Philip Tot scored the shootout winner for Tri-City (15-12-3), which halted its three-game slide, and Jessey Astley scored at 19:19 of the first period. Riley Whittingham opened the scoring for the Chiefs (17-9-2) 7:41 into the game. Spokanes Eric Williams turned away 23-of-24 shots in a losing cause --- SILVERTIPS 5 BLADES 1 EVERETT, Wash. -- Matt Pufahl scored twice and Joshua Winquist had three assists as the Silvertips beat Saskatoon for their fifth straight victory. Ivan Nikolishin, Kohl Bauml and Matt Fonteyne also scored for Everett (20-4-4), who went 5 for 7 on the power play, while Nikolishin tacked on two assists for a three-point night. Nikita Scherbak scored the lone goal for the Blades (10-16-3). Austin Lotz made 15 saves for the Silvertips as Saskatoons Troy Trombley stopped 34-of-39 shots in defeat. --- THUNDERBIRDS 6 ROYALS 3 KENT, Wash. -- Roberts Lipsbergs scored twice and had an assist and Branden Troock had a goal and two assists as Seattle snapped Victorias five-game win streak. Mathew Barzal, Shea Theodore and Alexander Delnov each produced a goal and an assist for the Thunderbirds (15-9-4), who won their third straight contest. Mitch Skapski, Logan Fisher and Brandon Fushimi supplied the offence for the Royals (18-11-1). Seattles Danny Mumaugh made 27 saves for the win. Victorias Patrik Polivka allowed five goals on 22 shots before giving way to Coleman Vollrath, who stopped 10-of-11 shots in 23 minutes of relief. Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic . They were right in that they responded to coach Randy Carlyles goaltending switch to erase a two-goal deficit. Cheap Jerseys Authentic . 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James scored 29 points, Dwyane Wade added 28 and Ray Allen delivered two huge plays in the final seconds as the Heat rallied to beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-94 on Wednesday night, winning the second-round matchup 4-1. "Its always been like that for us," James said. "Its never easy. Its never easy for us." Sure looks easy, though. It was the 10th straight series win for the two-time defending NBA champions. "When we met the first day for prep we said the No. 1 key, overwhelmingly the No. 1 key in this series, was great mental stability," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Thats what it was down the stretch ... incredible focus." Incredible defence, too, when it was needed most. Down by eight with less than five minutes left, the Heat forced Brooklyn into nine straight missed shots while peeling off a 12-0 run to take the lead. Allens 3-pointer off an assist by Mario Chalmers with 32 seconds remaining was the go-ahead moment, and the Heat wouldnt trail again. Allen disrupted Joe Johnsons dribble on the games final play, James then swatted the bouncing ball out of everyones reach, time expired -- and the Heat advanced. "Give the Heat credit," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. "They were attacking there in the fourth quarter. We were attacking. Both teams were attacking. They made plays, they made shots and we didnt." Chris Bosh scored 16 and Allen finished with 13 for Miami. Johnson had 34 points, Paul Pierce scored 19 and Deron Williams had 17 for the Nets. Its the sixth trip to the East title series in the last 10 seasons for Miami, which is bidding for a fourth straight trip to the NBA Finals -- something only the Lakers and Celtics franchises have accomplished. James is heading to the East finals for the sixth time in eight seasons, the first two of those trips coming with Cleveland in 2007 and 2009. The Heat will next face either fifth-seeded Washington or top-seeded Indiana. The Pacers lead that series 3-2, one win away from setting up a rematch with Miami that seemed like an absolute certainty for much of the season. "Obviously, we thought this was a game we should have won," Johnson said. Brooklyn led 49-42 at the half, with Miami missing 15 of its first 166 tries from 3-point range.dddddddddddd. The Nets closed the half on an 8-0 run and the lone bright spot in the opening 24 minutes for Miami was Wade, who had 20 points -- more than any other two players to that point combined -- on 7-for-12 shooting. "He has a way, right? Hes a playoff warrior," Spoelstra said. Eventually, barely, Miami broke through. But it took most of the second half to get there, since whenever Miami tried to put together a run Brooklyn found a way to keep things together. -- A layup from James late in the third got the Heat within three; a minute later, the margin was eight again. -- A free throw from James with 9:03 left cut Brooklyns lead to 77-73; less than a minute later, it was 82-73 after a 3-pointer by Pierce. -- A 3-pointer by Bosh made it a four-point game again; two Brooklyn possessions and zero Miami stops later, it was 86-78 after a sensational step-back jumper by Johnson. And when Johnson connected on another tough shot with 4:49 left, it was 91-83 and the Nets could sense that the night would be theirs. Then the Heat scored the next 12 points, and that was enough. Barely, but enough. "For us, it was just about getting stops," Wade said. "We knew offensively that we needed to execute, but we knew we werent going to win the game unless we got some stops." For the Nets, more than $180 million in salary and luxury tax was supposed to bring a championship. Instead, billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov got only a trip to the second round as his return on a massive investment. Brooklyn lost centre Brook Lopez to a broken foot after 17 games, struggled through the first two months of the season, then turned it on after Jan. 1. "We fought back and hung in there this year," Williams said. "A lot of people counted us out." Some big decisions -- mainly regarding the futures of Pierce and Kevin Garnett -- will have to be made by the Nets. Pierce will be a free agent; Garnett has a year left on his deal, though its been speculated he will consider retirement. Garnett left without comment. "Emotions are too fresh right now," Pierce said. Miamis future is more clear. The East finals await. NOTES: Wade had 12 points in the first quarter, his highest-scoring output from an opening period in his last 179 regular-season and playoff games. ... Both of Johnsons 30-point games in these playoffs came on the road. He had 32 at Toronto on April 30. ' ' '