Heat use furious rally to eliminate Nets

LeBron 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.

It was the 10th straight series win for the two-time defending NBA champions.

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. Allen's 3-pointer off an assist by Mario Chalmers with 32 seconds remaining was the go-ahead moment, and the Heat wouldn't trail again.

Joe Johnson had 34 points, Paul Pierce scored 19 and Deron Williams had 17 for the Nets.