Los Angeles Times

James, Heat pull out 16th straight victory

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LeBron James scored 26 points, including a go-ahead layup with 3.2 seconds left, and the Miami Heat scrambled late to beat the visiting Orlando Magic, 97-96, on Wednesday night and run its franchiser­ecord winning streak to 16 games.

Dwyane Wade scored 24 points and Chris Bosh added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, which blew a 20-point second-half lead and then rallied from a fivepoint deficit in the final minutes.

Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 21 rebounds for the Magic.

at Cavaliers Cleveland trailed 104, 100-92 Utah with 101: The less than Irving three took minutes over, scoring left when eight Kyrie of his 20 points and adding a steal. at 83: Golden The Warriors’ State Klay 87, Sacramento Thompson made with 7.5 the seconds go-ahead remaining three-pointer and finished with a team-high 20 points.

Boston 83, at Indiana 81: Kevin Garnett (18 points, 10 rebounds) found Jeff Green under the basket for a layup with 0.5 seconds left to finish a fourth-quarter comeback from 14 points down.

at Atlanta 107, Philadelph­ia 96: Jeff Teague scored 27 points and Anthony Tolliver added a seasonhigh 21 for the Hawks.

New York 87, at Detroit 77: Raymond Felton scored 26 points and the Knicks, without injured Carmelo Anthony, pulled away.

at Memphis 91, Portland 85: Marc Gasol (23 points, 12 rebounds) helped the Grizzlies get their 10th victory in 11 games.

at Minnesota 87, Washington 82: Ricky Rubio’s big night — 15 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and six steals — helped the Timberwolv­es end a six-game losing streak.

at Dallas 112, Houston 108: Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 points and O.J. Mayo had two big fourth-quarter baskets and a career-high 12 assists for the Mavericks.

at San Antonio 101, Chicago 83: Tim Duncan had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Manu Ginobili scored 18 points for the Spurs.

at Brooklyn 99, Charlotte 78: Deron Williams had 20 points and eight assists, Joe Johnson added 22 points and the Nets handed the Bobcats their eighth straight loss.

Toronto 98, at Phoenix 71: DeMar DeRozan scored 15 points and Amir Johnson had 14 for the Raptors. The Suns had 29 turnovers.

Lakers 108, at New Orleans 102

at Clippers 117, Milwaukee 101

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