Butler leads way as Heat hold off Lakers
Jimmy Butler broke LeBron James’ record for triple-doubles in a Miami uniform, Duncan Robinson scored 25 points and the Heat held on late to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111107 on Sunday night.
Butler finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for Miami, his 10th regular-season triple-double for the Heat — one more than James had in his four Miami seasons.
Caleb Martin scored 15, Bam Adebayo scored 14 and Gabe Vincent had 11 for Miami, which wasted most of a 26-point first-half lead.
James carried the Lakers yet again, finishing with 33 points — his 17th consecutive game with at least 26 — and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook scored 24 for the Lakers, former Heat guard Avery Bradley added 15 and Carmelo Anthony scored 11.
The Heat were still without Kyle Lowry (personal matter) and Tyler Herro (health and safety protocols). CELTICS 116, WIZARDS 87 >> Jayson Tatum scored 51 points — 48 of them in the first three quarters — and Boston breezed to a victory at Washington.
Tatum made nine 3-pointers and shot 18 of 28 from the field. He had 31 points by halftime and reached 50 on a drive to the basket with about 4:30 remaining in the game. He added a technicalfoul free throw with 3:55 to play and then checked out of the game.
Bradley Beal scored 19 points for the Wizards. KNICKS 110, CLIPPERS 102 >> RJ Barrett had 28 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and New York beat visiting Los Angeles.
Julius Randle had 24 points and nine rebounds, helping New York stop a three-game slide. Evan Fournier made four of the Knicks’ 16 3-pointers and finished with 14 points.
Reggie Jackson scored 26 points and Ivica Zubac had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Clippers, who have lost seven of their last 10. TRAIL BLAZERS 114, RAPTORS 105 >> CJ McCollum had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Jusuf Nurkic had 11 points and 11 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double, and Portland beat host Toronto.
Anfernee Simons and Nassir Little each had 19 points for the Blazers.
Pascal Siakam scored 28 points and Fred VanVleet had 19 for Toronto. MAVERICKS 104, GRIZZLIES 91 >> Luka Doncic had 37 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists and Kristaps Porzingis had 15 points, eight rebounds and six blocks as host Dallas downed Memphis.
The Mavericks won for the 11th time in their last 13 games.
Ja Morant tallied 35 points and 13 rebounds for Memphis. TIMBERWOLVES 136, NETS 125 >> Anthony Edwards scored 25 points, D’Angelo Russell had 23 points and 10 assists, and Minnesota defeated visiting Brooklyn.
Karl-Anthony Towns overcame a poor shooting night, scoring 15 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as the Wolves won for the third time in four games.
Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 30 points for the Nets.
MAGIC 114, BULLS 105 >> Moritz Wagner scored 23 points, younger brother Franz Wagner added 18, and Orlando ended a nine-game home losing streak by beating short-handed Chicago.
DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 41 points for the Bulls, while Coby White had 22 points. Nikola Vucevic hit two of Chicago’s five 3-pointers and scored 13 points to go with his 13 rebounds before fouling out.
76ERS 115, SPURS 109 >> Joel Embiid had 38 points and 12 rebounds and Philadelphia held off a late rally to win at San Antonio.
Tobias Harris added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the 76ers, who have won seven straight over the Spurs.
Jakob Poeltl had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Dejounte Murray added 19 points and 12 assists for San Antonio.
HAWKS 113, HORNETS 91 >> Trae Young scored 30 points with eight 3-pointers, and visiting Atlanta defeated cold-shooting Charlotte for its fourth straight win.
The Hornets missed their first 19 3-point attempts and shot an abysmal 11.1% (4 of 36) from beyond the arc. BUCKS’ ALLEN SUSPENDED >> Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen was suspended by the NBA for one game for his hard foul on Alex Caruso that resulted in a broken right wrist for the Chicago Bulls guard.
Allen will serve his suspension Wednesday when the Bucks visit the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Caruso was driving to the basket Friday night when a hard foul by Allen caused him to land on his right side. Caruso lay on the floor for a few minutes, though he stayed in the game to attempt the free throws that resulted from Allen’s flagrant 2 foul.
The Bulls announced Caruso’s injury on Saturday and said he needs surgery and will be re-evaluated in six to eight weeks.