Heat at boiling point, keep hot streak
MIAMI – Chris Bosh scored 29 points, Lebron James survived two scary falls and the Miami Heat used a 17-0 fourth-quarter run to erase a 10-point deficit and beat Phoenix, 99-95, on Tuesday night for their 14th straight home victory.
James finished with 20 points, Dwyane Wade had 19, and Udonis Haslem added a season-high 15 for the Heat. James was chasing a long pass when he collided with Grant Hill in the final minute. He went down, failing on his first attempt to get up and stayed on the court holding his head for about a minute. He remained in the game.
Hill led Phoenix with 19 points. Marcin Gortat had 13, Markieff Morris 12, Jared Dudley 10 and Steve Nash finished with nine points and 10 assists.
The Suns had the NBA’S second-best record since Feb. 19, having won 11 of their last 14 coming in. Shannon Brown’s 3-pointer with 7:29 left put Phoenix up 9080, but the Suns missed their next 10 shots.
At New York, Amare Stoudemire had 22 points and 12 rebounds while Jeremy Lin added 18
points and 10 assists as New York Knicks whipped the Raptors, 106-87, made it four straight easy victories since Mike Woodson replaced Mike D’antoni as coach.
Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler each scored 17 points for the Knicks, who bring a week’s worth of momentum to Philadelphia on Wednesday night for a matchup with the Atlantic Divisionleading 76ers.
Demar Derozan scored 17 points for the Raptors. Jose Calderon had 11 points and nine assists in his return from a fivegame absence with a sprained right ankle, but backup Jerryd Bayless was lost to a left hip pointer in the second half.
At Houston, Goran Dragic hit the goahead 3-pointer with 28 seconds left and finished with 16 points and 13 assists in Houston’s comeback 107-104 victory over Los Angeles.
Down by nine with 5 minutes left, the Rockets had a 12-0 run to take the lead.
Luis Scola and Courtney Lee scored 23 points apiece for the Rockets. Kobe Bryant had 29 points, and Pau Gasol added 21 for the Lakers.
At Salt Lake City, Paul Millsap scored 20 points, Al Jefferson had 16 and Devin Harris added 15 to lead Utah past Oklahoma City, 97-90, for its fourth straight victory.
Millsap had a dunk and a fallaway jumper to help the Jazz finish the game on a 10-4 run.
Russell Westbrook had 23 points for Oklahoma City, and Kevin Durant had 18, but went scoreless in the fourth quarter and misfired on all seven attempts from
the field in the period.