MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 35 points, and the Miami Warmth squandered a 15-point direct Thursday night time ahead of rallying to defeat Charlotte 117-112 in overtime, sending the Hornets to a seventh consecutive decline.
Butler also experienced 10 rebounds and 8 helps for Miami. Bam Adebayo scored 18 factors and grabbed 14 rebounds, though Max Strus and Gabe Vincent each experienced 12 points for the Warmth.
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 29 factors for Charlotte, which received 22 from Terry Rozier and 16 from Jaden McDaniels.
Butler scored Miami’s final eight factors of regulation, and the Warmth performed their sixth consecutive activity made the decision by single digits — their longest this sort of streak considering the fact that a operate of 8 games in January 2020.
Miami had 30 details off turnovers to Charlotte’s 10.
Charlotte received a Miami cease late in overtime and termed time, down by one particular. But the Hornets’ ensuing possession went nowhere — Oubre traveled with 13.1 seconds still left nearly straight away after the ball was inbounded, Vincent produced a pair of cost-free throws to push Miami’s guide to three.
And Charlotte’s future inbounds participate in was equally disastrous. Rozier threw up a desperation 3-pointer with about 8 seconds left on the clock, the ball bouncing off the side of the backboard, and there went Charlotte’s final great chance.
“I’ve been all over teams that didn’t treatment that substantially,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford explained. “We have a very good team. Is it about? We’re in a difficult place. I imply, we have no home for mistake. We have to knock it out of the park in this article to acquire appropriate now with what we have. And nevertheless, we’ve performed it a few of periods and we can do it once again.”
They just about did it Thursday.
The Hornets for 14 seconds in the game’s opening moments, and for the next 3 1/2 quarters, the guide was held nonstop by Miami.
Till halfway as a result of the fourth.
Miami led by 12 heading into the final quarter and rapidly wasted every single bit of that edge. A 12- operate by the Hornets tied the sport, and a a few-stage perform by Plumlee with 6:50 remaining in the fourth place Charlotte up 90-89 — its initial direct because 3-.
The Hornets would guide by as lots of as four, but could not end it off.
Idea-INS
Hornets: LaMelo Ball (sprained left ankle) has skipped all 13 video games this season, Cody Martin (left quad soreness) skipped his 12th and Gordon Hayward (remaining shoulder contusion) missed his fifth. … Charlotte fell to 1-2 in extra time this period. … The Hornets missing Dennis Smith Jr. in OT to what appeared to be a sprained remaining ankle.
Warmth: Basketball fanatic — and fairly great pickup participant — Adam Sandler, the actor and comedian who executed reveals in South Florida before in the week, viewed the match from a suite. … It was Miami’s initial additional time video game of the season. They have been just one of nine teams who hadn’t absent to OT moving into Thursday.
Warmth 3K
It was the 3,000th recreation in Heat historical past, like playoffs. Their history is 1,585-1,415.
NO STORM
As Hurricane Nicole was creating landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, the Hornets had been traveling in from Charlotte — their flight path using them in excess of the storm. But the group scarcely felt Nicole’s results and landed in Miami with no incident.
UP Future
The groups engage in again Saturday in Miami.
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