Shot by Vince Carter helps clinch victory

The Pacers are on the brink of elimination.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The Nets got great performances from all three stars, including a spectacular last-minute, left-handed dunk by Vince Carter with the game on the line.
All that, and New Jersey still barely managed to beat Indiana on Tuesday night, pushing the Pacers to the brink of playoff elimination.
Carter had 34 points, 15 rebounds and a game-clinching, high-flying slam with 28 seconds to play as the Nets beat the Pacers 92-86 to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series.
While he hit 13 of 24 shots, Carter's dunk over Pacers rookie Danny Granger is what had everyone talking after the Nets' second straight win in the series.
"It's not so much the type of shot he hit, but the importance of the shot," said Nets forward Richard Jefferson, who scored 24 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 1:22 to go to give New Jersey an 87-81 lead.
Shot history
"Vince has hit some of the craziest shots in the history of this league," Jefferson added. "But the importance of that shot is what I am most proud of for him."
Carter insisted all he was trying to do was put the ball in the basket with New Jersey clinging to an 89-86 lead.
"A big basket was needed," Carter said. "If we don't make it, it would give them the opportunity to tie or cut it to one. I just wanted to be patient and take what I could get."
Carter got a step on Granger and brought down the house at the Continental Airlines Arena and the Pacers all in one high-flying swoop.
Jason Kidd set a Nets' postseason record with 15 assists.
Game 6 will be played in Indianapolis on Thursday. If a deciding Game 7 is necessary, it will be played here on Saturday.
An ailing Jermaine O'Neal scored 19 points and Anthony Johnson added 14 for the Pacers, who had five players score in double figures.
Heat 92, Bulls 78
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade's hip was smarting from a frightening first-half tumble, and the Heat were trailing by five in the season's biggest game.
Then he returned save the day -- and perhaps the season -- for Miami.
Wade scored 28 points, 15 after returning from Miami's training room, and the Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 92-78 to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference first-round series.
Antoine Walker scored 17 points and Shaquille O'Neal, playing one day after he became a father for the sixth time, added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who can close the series out in Chicago when Game 6 is played Thursday night.
Otherwise, it's back to Miami for a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday.
Andres Nocioni had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls, who managed to shoot only 35 percent. Michael Sweetney had 16 points and Ben Gordon added 10 for Chicago -- on 3-for-16 shooting, only slightly worse than backcourt mate Kirk Hinrich's 3-for-13 effort.
Sweetney hit a pair of free throws with 4:47 left to draw Chicago within 77-73 -- but Miami sealed it with a 15-0 run over the next four minutes. Wade hit a 3-pointer with 4:02 left, James Posey added another 3-pointer a minute later, and the Bulls had no answers.
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