Miami spoils Doncic’s party on 21st birthday

Jimmy Butler scored 26 points, Duncan Robinson added 24, and the Miami Heat scored the first 13 points of the fourth quarter to spark a 126-118 home win over the Dallas Mavericks and spoil Luka Doncic’s 21st birthday on Friday night.

Goran Dragic and Kendrick Nunn each had 16 points for Miami. Bam Adebayo added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, which won for just the third time in its past 10 games.

Seth Curry had a career-high 37 points for Dallas, shooting 13 for 15 from the field and 8 for 9 from 3-point range. Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Doncic shook off a 2-for-9 start from the floor to finish with 23 points and 10 assists.

For the fourth time in the past five games, the Heat saw a double-digit lead vanish. The Mavs needed only a stretch of 2:29 in the third to turn an 83-74 deficit into an 88-85 lead — a 14-2 spurt that was started by a 3-pointer from Curry and ended with another Curry 3.

Dallas’ lead was 93-88 going into the fourth, before the 13-0 Heat run to open the final quarter put Miami back on top for good.

KINGS GAIN GROUND ON GRIZZLIES >> De’Aaron Fox returned from a one-game absence to score a team-high 25 points, and the Sacramento Kings survived a frantic finish to record a 104-101 road win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

The win was the Kings’ fourth in their past five games and allowed them to move within three games of Memphis in the Western Conference playoff race.

Dillon Brooks led Memphis with 32 points as the Grizzlies lost their fifth straight.

BUCKS ROUT THUNDER >> Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 13 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks surged to a 24-point lead in the second quarter in a 133-86 home victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 47-point loss was the Thunder’s worst of the season.

Both teams were without their second-leading scorers. Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton was a late scratch with a sore neck. An ankle injury kept Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari out.

The Thunder had won five straight.

INGRAM, WILLIAMSON LEAD

PELICANS PAST CAVALIERS >> Brandon Ingram scored 29 points, Zion Williamson added 24, and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-104 at home.

Jrue Holiday scored 22 points and Derrick Favors grabbed 15 rebounds for the Pelicans, who held a double-digit lead for most of the game en route to their third victory in four games as they pursue the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. With 23 games left, New Orleans stood two games behind eighth-place Memphis.

Collin Sexton tied a career high with 31 points for Cleveland.

COLLINS, REDDISH POWER HAWKS OVER NETS >> John Collins had 33 points and 13 rebounds, rookie Cam Reddish scored 17 of his careerhigh 26 points in the third quarter, and the Atlanta Hawks handed the Brooklyn Nets their third straight loss with a 141-118 victory.

Trae Young, ranking second in the NBA in scoring and assists, finished with 22 points and assisted on 14 baskets to help Atlanta, the league’s second-worst team, snap a two-game skid.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 24 points to lead Brooklyn.

ROSS, GORDON LEAD MAGIC OVER TIMBERWOLVES >> Terrence Ross scored 19 of his season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter, and Aaron Gordon finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists for his first career triple-double, leading the Orlando Magic to a 136-125 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Nikola Vucevic added 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, which won for the fifth time in six games.

D’Angelo Russell led Minnesota with 28 points. The Timberwolves have lost 19 of their past 21 games and 11 of their last 12 in Orlando.

ROZIER’S FREE THROW LIFTS

HORNETS OVER RAPTORS >> Terry Rozier hit a tiebreaking free throw with 2.1 seconds remaining, and the Charlotte Hornets beat Toronto 99-96 on the road, handing the Raptors their second consecutive loss and third in 20 games.

Bismack Biyombo had 13 points and 11 rebounds against his former team, and Devonte Graham scored nine of his 18 in the fourth quarter as the Hornets won their second straight.

Pascal Siakam had 24 points, Norman Powell returned from injury to score 22 points, and Kyle Lowry had 21 for Toronto.