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What's the selling point with Indiana?

The Heat will have a very different challenge awaiting them in the next round

Updated: May 10, 2012, 4:36 PM ET
By Israel Gutierrez | ESPN.com

MIAMI -- Hyping the Heat-Knicks first-round series?

That was about as easy as selling a televised singing competition.

All you had to do was mention any combination of the words Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Amare Stoudemire, Madison Square Garden or "playoff rivalry" and there was bound to be a sexy element to get the anticipatory juices flowing.

It wasn't a warm-up series for Miami. It was the glam series of the first round, even if it ...

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