MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 18 of his period-higher 37 details in the third quarter, Bam Adebayo completed with 23 and the Miami Heat held off the Utah Jazz 126-120 on Saturday night for their 10th victory in 13 games.
Caleb Martin had 18 points and Terry Rozier included 14 for Miami. Duncan Robinson and Jaime Jaquez Jr. each had 12.
Keyonte George scored 31 details and Lauri Markkanen had 25 for Utah. Collin Sexton and John Collins every single scored 18 details, and Taylor Hendricks completed with 13 rebounds for the Jazz.
Butler had 36 points on two instances earlier this season. He was 3 for 3 on 3-tips and had a steal, extending his streak of having at minimum one 3-pointer and a person steal to 13 consecutive video games — the fourth-longest streak in the NBA this time and tying Tim Hardaway for the next-longest these types of streak in Heat background. Rafer Alston had a 15-activity run for Miami in March 2004.
It also was ethe seventh consecutive time the Warmth beat Utah in Miami — all of all those wins coming by single digits.
The Warmth were once again without having Tyler Herro, who missed his fourth consecutive game the knee problem that experienced held him out is no more time a variable, but now he is sidelined with appropriate foot tendinitis. Kevin Enjoy was also out with a bruised proper heel.
For Utah, Walker Kessler (sprained appropriate foot) was out for the second straight sport and Jordan Clarkson — the team’s third-foremost scorer guiding Markkanen and Sexton — was out with an ailment.
The Jazz (27-34) are 11th in the Western Conference and entered the evening 5 1/2 online games powering the Los Angeles Lakers for the last participate in-in spot. They are down to 21 video games remaining.
Utah was 24-23 following winning in Charlotte on Jan. 27. The Jazz are 3-11 given that, -6 away from household in that span.
It was Utah by four just after a single, Utah however by four at the 50 percent and the teams have been tied at 90-90 likely into the fourth. There ended up 11 ties, 21 lead variations and virtually the whole activity was played with the sides in just single digits of every single other — the Jazz experienced an 11-level direct in the third quarter, for all of 26 seconds.
Miami didn’t guide by additional than 5 at any stage right until Martin manufactured a 3-pointer with 2:38 left for a 117-109 lead. He still left the video game not long afterward after having hit inadvertently by Butler as they jostled for a defensive rebound.
UP Up coming
Jazz: Host Washington on Monday night.
Warmth: Host Detroit on Tuesday evening.
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