Dragic, Heat avenge loss with win over Bucks

The Miami Heat engineered a 58-point turnaround against the Milwaukee Bucks in 24 hours.

And just like that, an embarrassing loss was avenged.

Goran Dragic scored 26 points off the bench, Bam Adebayo finished with 22 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds and the Heat beat the Bucks 119-108 on Wednesday night — one day after Milwaukee made an NBA-record 29 3-pointers on the way to a 47-point romp on Miami’s home floor.

Tyler Herro scored 21 points and grabbed a careerbest 15 rebounds for Miami.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple- double — 26 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists — for the Bucks.

NETS 145, HAWKS 141 >> Kyrie Irving shook off three rough quarters to score 17 of his 25 points in the fourth, Kevin Durant had 33 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and the Brooklyn Nets handed the Atlanta Hawks their first loss.

The Hawks’ Trae Young had 30 points, 11 assists and six rebounds, and John Collins had 30 points and 10 rebounds.

CELTICS 126, GRIZZLIES 107

>> Jaylen Brown had a career-high 42 points, scoring 18 in the second quarter when the Boston Celtics pulled away to earn their 10th straight victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

S PURS’ HAMMON F I RST

WOMAN TO LEAD NBA TEAM >> Becky Hammon became the first women to direct a team in NBA histor y, taking over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers following Gregg Popovich’s ejection in the first half. Hammon took over the team’s huddles during timeouts and walked the sideline follow ing Popov ich’s ejection.

RATINGS FOR OPENINGWEEK

UPSIGNIFICANTLYFROM2019 >> NBA viewers watched 81.5 million hours of live games on ABC, ESPN and TNT in the opening week of the season, up 95% from opening week in 2019.

TRAIL BLAZERS’ COLLINS

UNDERGOES MORE ANKLE SURGERY >> Portland Trail Blazers big man Zach Collins underwent his second left ankle surgery in four months on Wednesday and will be sidelined indefinitely.