Sports FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2013 43 Heat overwhelm Pacers 97-94

MIAMI: Dwyane Wade scored 32 points, Ray 19 each as Houston used a big third-quarter 18 points and tied a career high with 15 ures. Josh McRoberts had 13 points, Ramon Allen hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with just run to pull away from . The Bulls assists. DeMarcus Cousins scored 28 points, Sessions and Gerald Henderson each scored under a minute left and the trailed by three with 51/2 minutes left in the Rudy Gay had 22 and Isaiah Thomas 20 for 11 and Anthony Tolliver finished with 10 erased a 15- deficit in the second half third before their offense went cold. Houston the Kings, who allowed a season high in points. DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points to beat the 97-94 on took advantage of the scoring drought, using points. The Hawks outscored the Kings 39- and Kyle Lowry had 17 for the Raptors. Amir Wednesday night. LeBron James scored 24 a 15-1 spurt to make it 83-66 entering the 20 in the fourth quarter of their 12th consec- Johnson fouled out with 10 points and 13 on a bad left ankle for the Heat, who closed final period. Rockets coach Kevin McHale utive victory against Sacramento. Horford rebounds. within a game of the Eastern Conference- returned after missing the previous three made consecutive jumpers to help Atlanta leading Pacers. Chris Bosh added 15 points games following the death of his mother. open a 117-105 lead with 2:49 left. PISTONS 107, CELTICS 106 for Miami, including a 3 that tied it late in Jimmy Butler’s 20 points led the Bulls, who Brandon Jennings led Detroit to its third the fourth. James set up Allen for the 3 that have dropped three in a row and 12 of 15. JAZZ 86, MAGIC 82 win in four games, scoring 28 points and put Miami in front for good with 59.5 sec- Trey Burke had a career-high 30 points matching his season high with 14 assists. onds left, capping a 10-0 run. Paul George WIZARDS 113, NETS 107 and eight assists, leading Utah to the road Andre Drummond had 14 points and 16 scored 25 points but missed a 3-pointer that John Wall scored 21 points and made two win. Orlando had a chance to tie the game rebounds and added 20 points would have tied it with 4 seconds left. David big defensive plays against Deron Williams in the closing seconds, but ’s for the Pistons, who won for the seventh West had 23 and Lance Stephenson added down the stretch to lead Washington over layup rolled off the rim and was rebounded time in 11 games overall. Jared Sullinger 13 for the Pacers, who have dropped two Brooklyn. Nene added 17 points in his return by Utah with just 3 seconds left. Gordon scored 19 points, Jordan Crawford had 17 straight. Down by one, the Pacers saw their best chance go awry when George Hill turned the ball over on a bad pass with 14 seconds left. Allen made two free throws with 10.3 seconds remaining to put Miami up by three, and that capped a big come- back win for the two-time defending NBA champions.

TIMBERWOLVES 120, TRAIL BLAZERS 109 Kevin Love had 29 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, powering Minnesota to the victory. Nikola Pekovic had 30 points and nine rebounds and Kevin Martin scored 22 for the Timberwolves, who led by 32 in the second quarter and held off a charge in the second half from the Blazers. Damian Lillard had 36 points, six assists and six rebounds and LaMarcus Aldridge had 15 points and 14 boards for the weary Trail Blazers, who lost for the first time in six games. It was just their fifth loss of the season in 27 games and it came at the end of a four-game road trip.

SPURS 108, SUNS 101 Manu Ginobili scored 11 of his 24 points in the final 4-plus minutes, and San Antonio pulled away to snap Phoenix’s five-game winning streak. Tim Duncan added 17 points and 13 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard scored 14 for the Spurs, who were without injured point guard Tony Parker. Channing Frye scored 15 of his 22 points in the first quarter for the Suns. Goran Dragic had 18 points and Eric Bledsoe 15, but the two guards were a combined 12 of 33 from the field. Led by Ginobili, the Spurs outscored the Suns 15-6 over the final 4:11 after Phoenix took a 95-93 lead.

MAVERICKS 105, GRIZZLIES 88 Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points in his return to the lineup and Dallas defeated LOS ANGELES: ’ Chris Paul (top) scrambles for a loose ball with ’ Anthony Davis during the short-handed Memphis. The Mavericks (15- first half of an NBA game on Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013. — AP 10) have won two straight to equal their sea- son high of five games over .500. Memphis from injury for the Wizards, who completed a Hayward, who scored 15 points for the Jazz, and Avery Bradley 14 for the Celtics, who (10-15) has lost five in a row and seven of New York sweep after a victory over the then made a pair of free throws. The Jazz lost for just the third time in nine games. eight. Monta Ellis scored 16 of his 18 points Knicks on Monday following a four-game los- snapped a two-game losing streak and Boston’s Jeff Green missed a driving one- in the second half for Dallas. Nowitzki added ing streak. and Bradley Beal each extended their win streak over the Magic to hander wildly just before the horn sounded. six rebounds, five assists, two steals and one finished with 15 points. had a sea- six games. Orlando played without leading He had 13 points. blocked shot. While the Mavericks got their son-high 27 points for the Nets, and Brook scorer Arron Afflalo, who was sick. He had star forward back following a one-game Lopez added 22 after missing two games started every game this season. Nelson led KNICKS 107, BUCKS 101, 2OT absence due to a stomach virus, Memphis with a sprained left ankle. Joe Johnson fin- Orlando with 17 points. Nikola Vucevic had Tyson Chandler returned from his broken was without three injured starters. Tayshaun ished with 20. The Nets shot 53 percent from 14 points and 14 rebounds. leg and J R Smith hit a go-ahead jumper in Prince missed his first game this season the field, but the Wizards put seven players in the second overtime to help New York beat because of a sore left knee, and the Grizzlies double figures and made 12 3-pointers. BOBCATS 104, RAPTORS 102, OT Milwaukee. Carmelo Anthony scored 29 already were without point guard Mike Kemba Walker hit a buzzer-beating points and added a season-high Conley and center Marc Gasol. Tony Allen HAWKS 124, KINGS 107 jumper in overtime, and Charlotte snapped 21 for the Knicks. Chandler, who had been led Memphis with 16 points and 11 Kyle Korver made seven consecutive 3- a three-game losing streak in Toronto. out since Nov 5, had nine points and nine rebounds - 10 on the offensive end. point attempts on his way to a season-high Walker had 29 points and col- rebounds. Smith scored 19. Brandon Knight 28 points, pushing Atlanta to the victory. Al lected 24 points and 11 rebounds as the had a career-high 36 points for the Bucks, ROCKETS 109, BULLS 94 Horford added 25 points and 10 rebounds Bobcats won their second straight. Five of who have lost four straight. John Henson scored 23 points and for the Hawks, who have won two straight Jefferson’s points came in overtime. had 20 points and 14 rebounds, while Khris James Harden and Chandler Parsons added and five of seven. Jeff Teague finished with Charlotte had six players score in double fig- Middleton added 20 points.—AP