The Bucks - top seeds in the east - have staved off elimination with a 118-115 victory over the Miami Heat to close the series back to 3-1.

The Houston Rockets and LA Lakers are underway in their game two, with the Rockets a game up in the series.

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21 Dec: Leaders Adelaide have survived a scare to rack up an eighth win in nine games in basketball's NBL

20 Dec: Coach Petteri Koponen is confident the Breakers can pick themselves up after a four-point NBL basketball loss to the bottom-placed Taipans in Cairns

19 Dec: Breakers forward Rob Baker the Second believes avoiding a losing slide is paramount when they face the bottom-placed Cairns Taipans tonight

19 Dec: New Zealand Breakers behemoth Rob Baker the Second is enjoying his basketball in Auckland

14 Dec: New York and San Antonio are through to the NBA Cup final

14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch

14 Dec: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen believes the referees granted the South East Melbourne Phoenix to play with an uber-physical style in their clash in basketball's NBL

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