Spurs’ Mills celebrates against Miami

Patty Mills celebrated his heritage Sunday with an 18point performance that typified his career.

Mills provided a late spark and LaMarcus Aldridge scored 21 points as San Antonio held off the visiting Miami Heat, 107-102.

The win came as San Antonio became the first team to hold Indigenous People Night — a meaningful cause to Mills, who is an Australian of aboriginal descent.

“It’s an important night and it’s really important to Patty,” San Antonio coach

Gregg Popovich said. “For the indigenous people here in Texas it’s important to all of us, but it’s sort of double for him because of his history and his background.

“He didn’t play like he did because of that; he does that every night. His energy has been there his whole career. It’s who he is.”

Mills requested the Spurs honor his ancestry as well as those of Native Americans, and the franchise obliged on the eve of Martin Luther King Day. “Besides basketball, it was a win for us to be able to use basketball as a platform to share culture and traditions and you saw it tonight,” Mills said.

Jazz

Forward Royce O’Neale agreed to a four-year, $36 million contract extension his agent said. Utah announced the extension Sunday, but did not provide any contract details.

Mavericks

Dallas forward Kristaps Porzingis, who has missed the past 10 games because of right knee soreness, said he is targeting a return to the lineup Tuesday against the LA Clippers.