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MIAMI (AP) – Andrew Wiggins’ 3-pointer with 31 seconds left put Miami ahead, Bam Adebayo scored 30 points with a career-best six 3s and the Heat beat the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder 122-120 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Norman Powell scored 19 for Miami, while Pelle Larsson finished with 16. Simone Fontecchio and Myron Gardner combined for 24 points off the bench for Miami.<\/p>\n
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 for Oklahoma City, which fell to 35-8 on the season. Aaron Wiggins scored 18 for the Thunder, who got 15 from Ajay Mitchell and 14 from Chet Holmgren.<\/p>\n
The Thunder lost Jalen Williams midway through the second quarter with what the team said was a right thigh strain, though the starting guard strained his right hamstring as he limped off the floor. He will be tested on Sunday, said Thunder coach Mark Daigneault.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma City had a chance to tie the game on Andrew Wiggins’ 3-point pass, but Holmgren missed a pass to Alex Caruso and Miami controlled the comeback. The Thunder stalled on the ensuing possession, calling a timeout with 3.0 seconds left.<\/p>\n
Caruso passed to Gilgeous-Alexander, who quickly returned the ball to Caruso – his 3-pointer went off the backboard and into the rim as time expired. It was the first time Oklahoma City had scored at least 120 points this season; they were 24-0 in such games entering Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Miami – which took 111 shots to Oklahoma City’s 77 – was without Tyler Herro (sore toe, injured rib) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (affected left knee).<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander scored at least 20 points in his 113th consecutive regular season game, matching the 13-game streak held by Wilt Chamberlain.<\/p>\n
MAVERICKS 138, JAZZ 120<\/p>\n
DALLAS (AP) – Klay Thompson scored all 23 of his points in the first half, including the 17,000th of his career, and six Mavericks scored in double figures in a win over Utah as Dallas completed a two-game sweep of the Jazz.<\/p>\n
Dallas and Utah played three times in 10 days. Utah won at home on January 8, 114-112. Dallas won 144-122 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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The Mavericks were without Cooper Flagg (ankle sprain) for the second straight game and the first injury of his rookie season. Dallas was also missing Anthony Davis (finger) and Kyrie Irving (knee) and forward PJ Washington for personal reasons.<\/p>\n
The rest of the Mavericks proved to be more than enough against the Jazz for the second straight game.<\/p>\n
Thompson, coming off the bench, had a 3-pointer and a pull-up jumper in the lane with less than five minutes left in the first quarter to reach the 17,000-point mark. He shot 7 of 12 overall and 6 of 11 from 3-point range and led the Mavs in scoring for the second straight game without Flagg after hitting a season-best 26 in Thursday’s win.<\/p>\n
Brandon Williams and Max Christie each scored 22 points, Naji Marshall added 16, Jaden Hardy had 12 and Dwight Powell had 10 for the Mavs, who entered Saturday winning just two of their last five games.<\/p>\n
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CELTICS 132, HAWKS 106<\/p>\n
ATLANTA (AP) – Jaylen Brown scored 41 points, Sam Hauser made a flurry of 3-pointers in the second quarter and Boston blew out Atlanta.<\/p>\n
The Celtics topped it off with a 52-point second quarter outburst, extending their opening lead to 82-51 at halftime.<\/p>\n
Boston didn’t miss at all in the second, knocking down 19 of 25 shots – including 11 of 15 from beyond the three-point arc. Hauser was perfect on six of his attempts from long range this season, and Brown was shining inside and out. On a tough drive to the hoop in the final seconds of the half, he threw the State Farm Arena crowd, as if to say the Hawks had no chance to stop him.<\/p>\n
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Brown had 29 points at halftime, tying Hauser (21 points) to nearly outscore the entire Hawks team. The Celtics got within three points before the midway point of the third quarter and extended their lead to 43 points before both teams cleared their benches.<\/p>\n
Hauser tied his career high with 10 3-pointers, tallying his season-best 30 points. Anfernee Simons chipped in with 14 points, connecting on 4 of 8 from the line.<\/p>\n
PIstonS 121, PACERS 78<\/p>\n
DETROIT (AP) – Duncan Robinson and Cade Cunningham scored 16 points in limited minutes as Detroit cruised past Indiana.<\/p>\n
The 43-point margin tied for the ninth-largest margin of victory in Pistons franchise history.<\/p>\n
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The Pacers were without their top four scorers, with Pascal Siakam rested and Benedict Mathurin (thumb), Andrew Nembhard (back) and Obi Toppin (foot) dealing with injuries. TJ McConnell, who is sixth on the team in scoring and second in assists, is also nursing a knee problem.<\/p>\n
Jalen Duren had 15 points and eight rebounds for Detroit, which scored from 13 players. as the Pistons won for the fifth time in six games.<\/p>\n
Jarace Walker led Indiana with 13 points and Tony Bradley added 12. The Pacers had won four of five.<\/p>\n
Detroit led by 44 points in the third quarter, when Pistons coach JB Bickerstaff pulled his players for the night. Duren led the starters with 23 minutes while Cunningham and Robinson were the only ones to reach 20.<\/p>\n
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SUN 106, KNICKS 99<\/p>\n
NEW YORK (AP) – Devin Booker scored 27 points after missing the game with a sprained left ankle, and Phoenix beat New York.<\/p>\n
Grayson Allen added 16 points and Mark Williams had 14 points for the Suns, who had dropped the first two games of their six-game Eastern Conference road trip, including Thursday in Detroit when they played without Booker. He shot just 7 of 18 from the field, but was 12 of 14 on free throws.<\/p>\n
Karl-Anthony Towns and Deuce McBride each scored 23 points for the Knicks, who were without starters Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart with ankle injuries. They have lost three games in a row and eight of the last ten.<\/p>\n
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OG Anunoby added 21 points, but the Knicks committed 17 turnovers and fell to 16-5 at home.<\/p>\n
In an ugly game with plenty of diving behind loose balls – Allen appeared to badly hurt his nose during one of them – the Suns broke from an 87-all tie when Collin Gillespie made a 3-pointer, Booker followed with a three-point play and Williams made two free throws to make it 95-87. The Knicks shot too badly to come back, going 1-of-10 on 3-pointers in the fourth quarter with Towns feeling good after shooting an airball on a wide-open attempt for one of them.<\/p>\n
WARRIORS 136, HORNETS 116<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – De’Anthony Melton scored 24 points as Golden State had eight players reach double figures in its win over Charlotte.<\/p>\n
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The Warriors hit 23 of 52 3-pointers and 10 Golden State players made at least one 3. Golden State has now had 10 players make at least 3 points in three consecutive games, the longest streak in NBA history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The 3-point arc was introduced in the 1979-80 season.<\/p>\n
Golden State extended its winning streak to three games and improved to 5-1 in its eight-game homestand.<\/p>\n
Draymond Green scored 20 points for the Warriors, 16 from Brandin Podziemski and 14 each from Stephen Curry and Buddy Hield.<\/p>\n
The Hornets’ Brandon Miller scored a game-high 28 points and Kon Knueppel had 24.<\/p>\n
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Charlotte was down by twelve at halftime, then cut the deficit to 82-79 on a layup by Knueppel midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Golden State responded with a 20-5 run capped by a Hield 3-pointer from the right corner to go up 102-84 with 2:27 left in the period.<\/p>\n
SPURS 126, TIMBERWOLVES 123<\/p>\n
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Victor Wembanyama had 39 points and nine rebounds, including a critical layup in the final seconds, as San Antonio secured Anthony Edwards’ season-high scoring streak and beat Minnesota.<\/p>\n
Donte DiVincenzo’s 24-foot, 3-pointer put the Timberwolves up 119-118 with 1:03 left. Wembanyama answered with a 20-footer and blocked Joan Beringer’s rebound 13 seconds later to keep the lead at one point.<\/p>\n
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De’Aaron Fox added 25 points and 12 assists as San Antonio avoided a three-game season sweep against Minnesota. Keldon Johnson added 20 points for the Spurs.<\/p>\n
Edwards had 26 points in the fourth quarter, going 5 of 7 on 3-pointers and nearly completing a repeat of Minnesota’s last game against San Antonio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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