Adebayo leads Heat past Pistons
Bam Adebayo made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Miami Heat to a 104-101 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
Cade Cunningham missed a 3-pointer for Detroit with 9 seconds left and Terry Rozier sprinted up the court with the rebound. He couldn’t get to the basket, so he tossed the ball to Adebayo, who made his third 3-pointer in the last three games.
Duncan Robinson scored a season-high 30 points for Miami on 10-for-15 shooting. Adebayo had 20 points and 17 rebounds as the Heat beat the Pistons for the second time in three days.
Robinson hit his 1,000th career 3-pointer in the first quarter. He reached the mark in 343 games, breaking the NBA record of 350 by Buddy Hield.
CELTICS 130, WIZARDS 104 » Sam Hauser had career highs of 30 points and 10 3-pointers to help shorthanded Boston.
Jayson Tatum also scored 30 points with six 3-pointers as the NBAleading Celtics hit 24 shots from beyond the arc in a game in which they never trailed despite missing three starters.
In the first of back-toback games — with a game against Detroit on Monday — Derrick White (left hand sprain) and Jaylen Brown (right ankle sprain) joined Kristaps Porzingis (right hamstring strain) among the ranks of injured Boston players.
Tatum also has been questionable with an ankle issue entering Wednesday. MAVERICKS 107, NUGGETS 105 » Kyrie Irving hit a running left-handed shot at the buzzer, capping a wild final 26 seconds.
The Nuggets rallied from 13 points down midway through the fourth quarter and went ahead on Jamal Murray’s tiebreaking 3-pointer with 26 seconds remaining.
Luka Doncic answered almost immediately on the inbounds pass after a timeout, hitting from several feet behind the arc for a 105-105 tie.
BUCKS 140, SUNS 129 » Damian Lillard had 31 points and 16 assists and Bobby Portis had 31 points and 10 rebounds as Milwaukee hit 24 3-pointers to win without Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo, averaging 30.8 points and 11.2 rebounds, was out with left hamstring soreness. He missed just his fourth game of the season and first since March 4, when he was out with Achilles tendinitis.
Phoenix trailed 109-94 after three quarters, but closed within 122-115 on a lay-in by Bradley Beal with 6:17 left. Lillard’s 3-pointer from the top left put Milwaukee up 134-120 with 3:18 remaining.
MAGIC 111, RAPTORS 96 » Paolo Banchero scored 29 points as Orlando handed Toronto its seventh straight loss.
Franz Wagner had 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Orlando, and his brother, Moritz, scored 14 points. The Magic improved to 8-2 in their last 10 games.