Wizards outlast Heat in overtime
Bradley Beal scored 27 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 20 points and a season-high 17 rebounds and the host Washington Wizards beat the undermanned Miami Heat 107-106 in overtime Friday night.
Washington outscored Miami 3-2 in overtime. Kyle Kuzma hit one of two free throws with 2:48 to play for the Wizards for the last points of the game. Kuzma had 21 points.
“These guys are trap games. These games are harder than regular games,” Kuzma said. “When you don't have your best couple of players, it gives everybody else less pressure on their shoulders.”
Kyle Lowry had a triple-double for Miami with 24 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds, and Max Strus had 22 points.
Miami had just seven healthy players, and was forced to dress Gabe Vincent, who was out with a knee injury, to satisfy the NBA requirement that teams have eight players in uniform.
The Heat were missing their top three scorers, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo. Butler was out with a left knee injury, and he's expected to miss the final two games of the fourgame trip. Adebayo is out with a bruised left knee.
Herro, who is expected back on Sunday, missed his sixth straight game with a sprained left ankle.
76ers 110, Bucks 102: Joel Embiid had 32 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists and short-handed Philadelphia overcame a 13point deficit to beat visiting Milwaukee. Embiid, who averaged 40 points and 11 rebounds in his previous four games, had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the second half after 76ers star guard Tyrese Maxey left just before halftime with a left foot injury. Maxey had 24 points, five assists and four rebounds before rolling his ankle while driving to the basket against Jevon Carter. Philadelphia said he will have an MRI Saturday.
Grizzlies 121, Thunder 110: Jaren Jackson Jr. had 25 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks and host Memphis beat Oklahoma City in a game where Grizzlies star Ja Morant left late with an ankle injury. Morant and John Konchar added 19 each for Memphis, with Morant finishing with 11 assists and Konchar grabbing 10 rebounds. There was no immediate word on the extent of Morant's injury. Josh Giddy led Oklahoma City with 20 points and 11 assists. Jalen Williams had 16 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his lowest scoring game of the season with 15 points, going 6 of 18 from the field.
Cavaliers 132, Hornets 122: Darius Garland scored 41 points, Donovan Mitchell added 34 and host Cleveland survived a fourth-quarter collapse to beat Charlotte in double overtime and snap a five-game losing streak. The Cavs blew a 10-point lead in the final 52 seconds of regulation as the Hornets made four 3-pointers, the last an offbalance jumper from Terry Rozier deep in the corner with 1.1 seconds left to tie it 105-all. Charlotte, which has dropped 10 of 11, had a chance to win it in the first five-minute session, but Rozier missed a contested jumper just before the horn and the teams went to the second OT tied at 120.