The No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers swept the No. 8 seed Miami Heat on Monday, becoming the first team in the Eastern Conference to advance to the second round. The Detroit Pistons ' comeback to even their first-round series fell short Sunday, as the New York Knicks head back to Madison Square Garden with a chance to close it out Tuesday.

One NBA playoff series is over, and most of the others are close. The NHL playoffs have been a little more even. In the Western Conference in the NHL, all four series are tied at two games apiece. In the East,