Bam Adebayo scored 31 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jimmy Butler scored 26 factors on 10-of-12 capturing from the ground because the Miami Heat handed the visiting Los Angeles Clippers their second NBA loss in as many nights, 115-110.
Butler’s sensible capturing evening kicked into overdrive down the stretch, as Miami’s season-long main scorer linked on three successive jumpers within the remaining 2:43 to assist hold Los Angeles at bay.
The contest was a back-and-forth affair a lot of the way in which, with the Heat rallying from an eight-point deficit after the primary quarter to take a two-point benefit into intermission.
The Clippers – enjoying the second leg of a back-to-back, one evening faraway from coughing up an 18-point lead of their additional time loss Wednesday to Orlando – regained management heading into the fourth quarter.
A 14-5 run halfway by way of the ultimate interval gave Miami management for good. Four Heat gamers scored in the course of the decisive stretch, capped with a Tyler Herro 3-pointer to push the result in seven factors.
Herro completed with 19 factors, whereas Caleb Martin added 17. Victor Oladipo scored six factors off the bench – 4 within the fourth quarter – in simply his second recreation of the 2022-23 season.
Paul George led Los Angeles with 29 factors, eight rebounds and 7 assists. He stored the Clippers inside putting distance late, hitting a 3-pointer and a lay-up in consecutive possessions to tug the guests to inside a single possession within the remaining minute.
Keldon Johnson scored 32 factors and Tre Jones added 26 factors because the San Antonio Spurs beat the visiting Houston Rockets 118-109 to snap an 11-game dropping streak.
The Spurs broke freed from a recreation tied at 65 within the third quarter by scoring 10 of the following 12 factors on the way in which to a 90-77 benefit heading into the fourth.
San Antonio pushed the result in 111-91 and waltzed to the end line.
The win in a dust-up between the underside groups within the Western Conference standings was the Spurs’ victory first since November 11.
The 11-game skid was San Antonio’s longest since a 13-game dropping streak from February 4-March 4, 1989.
Jamal Murray drained a 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds remaining to raise the Denver Nuggets to a 121-120 victory over the hosts Portland Trail Blazers.
Nikola Jokic recorded 33 factors, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and Murray scored 14 of his 21 factors within the fourth quarter as Denver halted its season-worst three-game slide.
