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01/17 21:50 CST Bam Adebayo scores 30, Andrew Wiggins' late 3 lifts Heat past
Thunder 122-120
Bam Adebayo scores 30, Andrew Wiggins' late 3 lifts Heat past Thunder 122-120
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) --- Andrew Wiggins' 3-pointer with 31 seconds left put Miami up for
good, Bam Adebayo scored 30 points with a career-best six 3s and the Heat
defeated the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder 122-120 on Saturday night.
Norman Powell scored 19 for Miami, while Pelle Larsson finished with 16. Simone
Fontecchio and Myron Gardner combined for 24 points off the Miami bench.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 for Oklahoma City, which fell to 35-8 on the
season. Aaron Wiggins scored 18 for the Thunder, which got 15 from Ajay
Mitchell and 14 from Chet Holmgren.
The Thunder lost Jalen Williams midway through the second quarter with what the
team said was right thigh soreness, even though the starting guard was grabbing
at his right hamstring as he limped off the floor.
Oklahoma City had a chance to tie on the possession following Andrew Wiggins'
go-ahead 3, but Holmgren missed off a lobbed inbounds pass from Alex Caruso and
Miami controlled the rebound. The Thunder got a stop on the ensuing Heat
possession, calling time with 3.0 seconds remaining.
Caruso inbounded to Gilgeous-Alexander, who quickly sent the ball back to
Caruso --- whose 3-point try bounced off the backboard and rim as time expired.
It was Oklahoma City's first loss this season when scoring at least 120 points;
they were 24-0 in such games entering Saturday.
Miami --- which took 111 shots to Oklahoma City's 77 --- was without Tyler
Herro (sore big toe, bruised rib) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (sprained left knee).
Gilgeous-Alexander scored at least 20 points in his 113th consecutive
regular-season game, moving within 13 games of tying Wilt Chamberlain's record.
It was the 77th time during that run that Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 or more
points. He has scored exactly 20 points during the streak only once, that being
in Thursday's win over Houston.
Up next Thunder: Visit Cleveland on Monday. Heat: Visit Golden State on Monday. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
Up next Thunder: Visit Cleveland on Monday. Heat: Visit Golden State on Monday. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
