SAN ANTONIO guard Danny Green (14) drives past Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow (20) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Tuesday.
Danny Green added 15 for the Spurs, who have won six straight over the Heat going back to the 2014 NBA Finals.
Dwyane Wade scored 20 points on 9 for 12 shooting for Miami, which goes into the All-Star break on a two-game slide. Chris Bosh scored 18 and Hassan Whiteside added 14 points and six rebounds before getting ejected in that pivotal possession in the fourth.
Whiteside was assessed a flagrant-2 for elbowing the Spurs’ Boban Marjanovic as they tried to get position for a rebound. That was part of a seven-point trip for the Spurs, who pushed an 87-80 lead to 94-80 in 16 seconds and weren’t threatened again.
Jazz 121, Mavericks 119, OT
DALLAS (AP) — Gordon
Hayward hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer in overtime and Utah extended its season best winning streak to seven games.
Rodney Hood had a tying 3- pointer with 1.5 seconds left in regulation as the Jazz ended a 10-game losing streak in Dallas. Their last win on the Mavericks’ home court was Jan. 9, 2010.
Hood finished with 29 points, and Hayward had 20, including 13 in the second half and overtime.
Chandler Parsons led Dallas with 24 points but missed an open 3-pointer for the lead with 24 seconds left in the Mavericks’ second straight overtime game and NBA-high eighth of the season.
Wizards 111, Knicks 108
NEW YORK (AP) — John Wall had 28 points and 17 assists, Bradley Beal scored 26, and Washington beat New York in the Knicks’ first game under Kurt Rambis.
Wall made four free throws in the final 6.6 seconds and the Wizards held on when Langston Galloway’s 3-pointer at the buzzer was just short.
Carmelo Anthony had 33 points and 13 rebounds, but the Knicks lost their sixth straight in their first game since firing Derek Fisher on Monday. They have dropped 10 of 11 and started Rambis’ era the same way Fisher’s ended, by quickly falling in a huge early hole.
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