The  remaining  two  semifinal  series  get  underway  Tuesday.  The  two-time
defending  champion Miami Heat, coming off a sweep of Charlotte, will battle a
Brooklyn  Nets team that  advanced with a Game 7 win in Toronto on Sunday. San
Antonio,  the  Western Conference's top  seed, needed  seven games to oust the
Dallas  Mavericks and will now face the Portland Trail Blazers, who eliminated
the Houston Rockets in six games.