The Mercury News

Nets lose Durant, then fall to the Heat

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Bam Adebayo’s 13-foot jumper rattled in as time expired, and the Miami Heat defeated the Brooklyn Nets 109-107 on Sunday to stop a three-game slide.

Adebayo had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed by six points in the final minutes before finishing the game on a 10-2 run.

Landry Shamet had 30 points for Brooklyn, and Kyrie Irving scored 20 for the Nets. Brooklyn played again without James Harden, sidelined with a hamstring issue, and lost Kevin Durant with a left thigh contusion. Durant was forced to leave early in the first quarter, and Brooklyn coach Steve Nash said it’ll likely be today at the earliest before the team knows whether it will keep the two-time NBA Finals MVP out of more games.

Jimmy Butler was held out by Miami with a sprained right ankle, his 16th game missed this season.

HAWKS 129, PACERS 117 >> Trae Young scored 34 points and Clint Capela had 25 points and 24 rebounds as Atlanta beat Indiana. KNICKS 122, PELICANS 112, OT >> Julius Randle had 33 points and 10 assists and Derrick Rose made huge plays all over the court as New York won its sixth game in row.

ROCKETS 114, MAGIC 110 >> Christian Wood scored 25 points and Kelly Olynyk added 24 as Houston used a strong offensive showing in the third quarter to rally past Orlando.

HORNETS 109, TRAIL BLAZERS 101 >> Terry Rozier had 34 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds as Charlotte rode a strong first quarter to snap a four-game losing streak.

RAPTORS 112, THUNDER 106 >> Chris Boucher had 31 points and 11 rebounds as Toronto extended Oklahoma City’s season-worst losing streak to 10 games.

KINGS 121, MAVERICKS 107 >> De’Aaron Fox scored 30 points and Harrison Barnes added 24 as Sacramento snapped a nine-game losing streak.

SPURS FINED FOR RESTING PLAYERS >> The NBA fined the San Antonio Spurs $25,000 for violating the league’s player resting policy — in a game the Spurs won by 26 points. The Spurs sat DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills and Jakob Poeltl on Saturday night in Phoenix.

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