Dwayne Wade overcame a tough start to score 20 points and Shaquille O'Neal added 19 to lead five Miami players in double figures, and the Heat defeated Washington 105-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their National Basketball Association quarterfinal playoff series.
Keyon Dooling added 15 points, Eddie Jones had 12 and Damon Jones 10 for the Heat, who've won five straight playoff games for the first time in franchise history and are 5-0 against Washington this season.
Miami has also won 22 of 23 at home.
Gilbert Arena had 25 points -- on 8-for-21 shooting -- for Washington, which has lost 12 of its last 14 in Miami. Larry Hughes added 23 for the Wizards, Antawn Jamison had 13 and Jared Jeffries and Brendan Haywood added 10 apiece.
Game 2 is Tuesday night.
Spurs 103, SuperSonics 81
In San Antonio, the took a big first-half lead and held it the rest of the way, easily beating Seattle night in the opener of their second-round series.
In the span of less than a minute during the second quarter, the Sonics lost Ray Allen and Vladimir Radmanovic to ankle sprains. The Spurs then went on a 17-2 run to make it 58-28 with about two minutes remaining in the half.
Allen, an All-Star who averaged 32.4 points in the SuperSonics' first-round series win over Sacramento, sprained his right ankle while driving to the basket with about eight minutes left in the first half. Radmanovic rolled his right ankle while defending Brent Barry and had to be carried from the court by teammates. He was later seen being pushed in a wheelchair.
It was not immediately known if either would be able to play in Game 2 on Tuesday night.
Tony Parker matched his career playoff high with 29 points for the Spurs.
Tim Duncan added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who shot 51 percent. Glenn Robinson added 16 points.
Sarunas Jasikevicius scored 22 points and added six rebounds Sunday to help Maccabi Tel Aviv win its second straight Euroleague title after beating Tau Ceramica 90-78.
Tau Ceramica, which was playing in the Final Four for the first time, trailed by as many as 11 points through the first three quarters.
The Spanish champions narrowed the gap to 65-62 with 10 minutes left, but Maccabi scored eight straight points to take control.
Maceo Baston added 18 points for Maccabi, while Luis Scola scored 21 points and had nine assists for Tau Ceramica.
After the game, Maccabi coach Pini Gershon was so emotional he was unable to talk to an Israel TV interviewer for almost a minute.
"This is fantastic," he managed to say before leaping into an embrace from Israeli President Moshe Katsav.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called Gershon to congratulate him, and the conversation was broadcast on Israel TV.
In Israel, fans celebrated in bars and on the streets, streaming into Tel Aviv's main square carrying Maccabi and Israeli flags. The Azrieli towers, which dominate the city's skyline, were lit up with the words "Maccabi -- the championship."
In the third-place game, forward Michael Batiste scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead Panathinaikos to a 94-91 double-overtime win over CSKA Moscow.
Panathinaikos led by five points with 38 seconds left in regulation, but guard Marcus Brown sank a 3-pointer and Theodoros Papaloukas evened the score at 78 with 10.8 seconds left, forcing overtime.
After the five-minute first overtime period, the two teams were tied 84-84.
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