NETS TAKE DOWN THE REELING HEAT

Kevin Durant scored 23 points, Seth Curry added 17 and the Brooklyn Nets overwhelmed Miami 110-95 on Saturday night, sending the Heat to their season-worst fourth consecutive loss.

Andre Drummond had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Brooklyn, which got 11 points from Kyrie Irving — who will play his first home game of the season for the Nets today — and 10 from Nic Claxton.

Bam Adebayo scored 14 points for Miami, which trailed by as many as 37 — its biggest deficit of the season. The Heat were without coach Erik Spoelstra, who missed the game because of a family matter, and assistant Chris Quinn took his place.

Tyler Herro and Max Strus each had 13 and Kyle Lowry had 12 for Miami. Jimmy Butler was held to just seven points on 2-of-9 shooting.

And the Eastern Conference race only got tighter, now with the top four teams all separated by only a halfgame.

Philadelphia (46-27, .630) moved into first in the East, percentage points ahead of Miami (47-28, .627). Boston and Milwaukee — which lost Saturday night in Memphis — are both 46-28 (.622); the Celtics hold the head-tohead tiebreaker at this point over the Bucks.

Grizzlies 125, Bucks 102: De’anthony Melton had 24 points, Desmond Bane added 20 and Memphis continued to win in the absence of scoring leader Ja Morant (knee), beating visiting Milwaukee for its fourth straight win.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 30 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.

Nuggets 113, Thunder 107: Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to lead host Denver past Oklahoma City. Aaron Gordon added 20 points.

Raptors 131, Pacers 91: Pascal Siakam scored 23 points and host Toronto routed depleted Indiana in a game delayed 70 minutes in the first half because of a speaker fire that forced the evacuation of fans.

Bulls 98, Cavaliers 94: Zach Lavine scored 26 points, Demar Derozan added 20 and Chicago won at Cleveland to stay alone in the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls held the Cavs to just 35 points in the first half and won on the road for the first time since March 9, snapping a fivegame slide.

Spurs 107, Pelicans 103: Dejounte Murray had 15 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, Keldon Johnson punctuated his 21-point night with a break-away dunk in the final seconds and visiting San Antonio beat New Orleans to bolster its postseason hopes.

San Antonio is a game behind New Orleans for the final Western Conference play-in spot.

Kings 114, Magic 110 (OT): Donte Divincenzo and Harrison Barnes hit 3pointers in the final minute of overtime and Sacramento outlasted host Orlando.

Rockets 115, Trail Blazers 98: Alperen Sengun scored 27 points off the bench and Jalen Green had 25 as Houston won at Portland.