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Pelicans defying playoff odds, while Heat look to advance

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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer

The New Orleans Pelicans are defying the odds. The Pelicans are the first NBA team in 46 years to finish a season 10 or more games under .500, then go on to win at least two playoff games. The last team to pull off such a feat was the Detroit Pistons in the 1976 playoffs. The Pelicans went 36-46 and finished 28 games behind the top-seeded Phoenix Suns in the standings this season. Now, their first-round playoff series against the Suns is tied 2-2 heading into Game 5. That’s one of three games on Tuesday’s schedule. Top-seeded Miami looks to close out eighth-seeded Atlanta in their series, and second-seeded Memphis plays host to seventh-seeded Minnesota in that knotted-up matchup.

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