Adebayo’s jumper at buzzer lifts Heat past the Nets.
MIAMI — Bam Adebayo’s 13-foot jumper rattled in as time expired, and the Miami Heat defeated the Brooklyn Nets 109-107 on Sunday to snap a threegame slide.
Adebayo had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed by six points in the final minutes before finishing the game on a 10-2 run. Goran Dragic scored 18 points, Kendrick Nunn scored 17 and Trevor Ariza had 15.
Landry Shamet had 30 points for Brooklyn, and Kyrie Irving scored 20 for the Nets. Brooklyn played again without James Harden, sidelined with a hamstring issue, and lost Kevin Durant early in the first quarter with a left thigh contusion.
Jimmy Butler — who called the Heat “soft” after their loss Friday in Minnesota — was held out by Miami with a sprained right ankle, his 16th game missed this season.
It was close the entire way, Miami never leading by more than seven, Brooklyn never by more than five until the final minutes.
Durant left 4:03 into the game after scoring Brooklyn’s first eight points. He was fouled on a drive 1:33 into the contest and missed both free throws. He left not long afterward, and the Nets quickly declared his day over. Durant has missed 33 of Brooklyn’s 57 games.
KNICKS 122, PELICANS 112 (OT)
Julius Randle had 33 points and 10 assists, Derrick Rose made huge plays all over the court to spark a streaksaving finish and the host New York beat New Orleans for its sixth consecutive victory.
Rose scored 23 points. He had the assist on Reggie Bullock’s 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left in regulation, blocked a last shot by the Pelicans that would’ve won it and then opened overtime with a steal and layup to give New York the lead for good.
Zion Williamson had 34 points and nine rebounds in his first career game at Madison Square Garden, but the
Knicks beat the Pelicans for the second time this week.
Eric Bledsoe scored 20 of his 22 points after halftime for the Pelicans, who came back from a 13-point halftime deficit and seemingly had the game under control late in the fourth quarter.
HAWKS 129, PACERS 117
ATLANTA — Trae Young scored 34 points, Clint Capela had 25 points and 24 rebounds and host Atlanta beat Indiana.
Bogdan Bogdanovic and Kevin Huerter each chipped in 23 points, and Young had 11 assists for the Hawks, who have won eight of 10 and are 17-6 under interim coach Nate Mcmillan. Atlanta has won nine of 11 at home.
Malcolm Brogdon finished with 29 points and Domantas Sabonis and T.J. Mcconnell scored 18 apiece for Indiana, which began the day in ninth place in the Eastern Conference.