The Heat had been anticipating meeting the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs where they would face the Big Two of Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire. Instead, they will face the depth of the Sixers.

"They keep rolling guys out there," Dwyane Wade said.

"You can't exhale when their starters go out," LeBron James agreed.

The Sixers are one of the deeper teams in the NBA, with Thaddeus Young being an important contributor off the bench.

"You look at the 76ers as the Nuggets of the East," James said. "There's no superstars, but it's a bunch of guys that you can't just key in on one guy."