Bridges has career-high 45, Nets beat Heat

NEW YORK >> Mikal Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters, and the Nets beat the Miami Heat 116-105 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break.

In his third game since coming from Phoenix in the trade for Kevin Durant, Bridges had an electrifying scoring stretch that could even match Durant. The Nets led only 90-89 before he went to work with an array of drives, 3-pointers and jumpers over the next three minutes.

HORNETS 120, SPURS 110 >> LaMelo Ball had 28 points, 10 assists and a season-high 12 rebounds and Charlotte beat San Antonio to send the Spurs into the NBA All-Star break with a franchise-record 14-game losing streak.

Ball had his third tripledouble of the season and franchise-leading ninth overall.

76ERS 118, CAVALIERS 112 >> Joel Embiid scored 29 points — including the 10,000th of his career — and Philadelphia beat Cleveland.

James Harden added 19 points and 12 assists to help send the 76ers into the AllStar break with their fourth straight victory. De’Anthony Melton added 18 points, and Tyrese Maxey had 16.

GRIZZLIES 117, JAZZ 111 >> Jaren Jackson had 26 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and Memphis beat Utah in the last game for both teams before the All-Star break.

Desmond Bane scored 24 points and Ja Morant had 20 points — on 8-of-26 shooting — and nine assists. Jackson also had five steals.

PACERS 117, BULLS 113>> Buddy Hield made six 3-pointers in the second half and finished with 27 points, helping Indiana overcome a 24-point deficit after the first quarter to beat Chicago.

KNICKS 122, HAWKS 101 Jalen Brunson scored 28 points, Julius Randle added 25 and New York cruised into the All-Star break with its third straight victory, blowing out Atlanta.

THUNDER 133, ROCKETS 96

>> Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and Oklahoma City routed Houston.