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Heat stifle Bucks, get 2nd win of season over NBA leaders

By The Associated Press PACERS 116, SPURS 111 pulled away in the second
MIAMI (AP) — Jae Crowder SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mal- half to beat cold-shooting
and Jimmy Butler each colm Brogdon scored 26 Atlanta.
scored 18 points, Goran points, T.J. Warren added Memphis, trying to protect
Dragic added 15 and the 23 and Indiana rallied to its No. 8 spot in the Western
Miami Heat beat the Mil- beat San Antonio after Conference playoff field,
waukee Bucks 105-89 on blowing a 15-point lead. has won two straight follow-
Wednesday night -- mov- Indiana won its fourth ing five consecutive losses.
ing to 2-0 against the NBA's straight, moving into a fifth- Jonas Valanciunas had 15
best team. place tie with Philadelphia points with 15 rebounds for
Bam Adebayo had 14 in the Eastern Conference. the Grizzlies. Josh Jackson
points and 12 rebounds for Patty Mills scored 24 points had 15 points and Ja Mo-
the Heat, who improved to to lead San Antonio and rant scored 13.
39-22 and matched their Trey Lyles added 20. The Trae Young led Atlanta with
win total from last season Spurs, who have lost eight 19 points on 5-of-17 shoot-
with 19 games remain- of 11, dropped four games ing. The Hawks were de-
ing. Kendrick Nunn had behind the Memphis Griz- nied their first three-game
13 points and Kelly Olynyk zlies for eighth place in the winning streak of the sea-
added 11 for Miami. West. son.
It was a season low in points BULLS 109, MAVERICKS 107 JAZZ 126, CAVALIERS 113
for the Bucks, set for the CHICAGO (AP) — Coby CLEVELAND (AP) — Bo-
second straight day after White scored 19 points, jan Bogdanovic scored 28
Milwaukee managed only Otto Porter Jr. added 18 points, Rudy Gobert added
93 in a win Sunday at Char- in his return from a broken 20 and Utah began a four-
lotte. The difference was left foot and Chicago hung game trip with a win over
from the 3-point line: Miami on to beat Dallas when Cleveland, which dressed
was 18 for 37, Milwaukee Luka Doncic's desperation only nine players and used
was 7 for 34. heave bounced off the rim. just seven.
Brook Lopez led the Bucks Denzel Valentine added a Donovan Mitchell had 19
(52-9) with 21 points. Giannis season-high 17 points and points and nine rebounds,
Antetokounmpo matched the Bulls won for just the and the Jazz made 20
a season-low with 13 points second time in 12 games 3-pointers while staying in
on 6-for-18 shooting, and Miami Heat forward Jae Crowder (99) goes up to shoot against even though leading scor- the fifth Western Confer-
grabbed 15 rebounds. Milwaukee Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova during the first half of er Zach LaVine sat out with ence playoff spot.
KNICKS 125, ROCKETS 123 an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 2, 2020, in Miami. a strained left quadriceps. Collin Sexton scored a
NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Associated Press Tim Hardaway Jr. led Dal- career-high 32 points and
guard RJ Barrett tied his las with 26 points. Doncic Kevin Love scored 22 for
season high with 27 points agent who was hired Mon- Jan. 26, 2009 — when Hous- scored 23 after sitting out Cleveland, which dropped
and New York snapped day as team president. ton coach Mike D'Antoni Sunday's win at Minnesota to 3-4 under coach J.B.
Houston's six-game winning Julius Randle added 16 was on the other sideline. because of a sprained left Bickerstaff.
streak. points and 16 rebounds for James Harden had 35 thumb. TRAIL BLAZERS 130, MAGIC
The Knicks pummeled the the Knicks, who held on af- points and eight assists for GRIZZLIES 127, HAWKS 88 107
small-ball Rockets on the ter building a 21-point lead. the Rockets. Russell West- ATLANTA (AP) — Gorgui ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — CJ
boards and in the paint They ended a nine-game brook had 24 points and Dieng had 17 points and McCollum scored 41 points
to make a successful first home losing streak against nine rebounds but missed a 10 rebounds, leading nine and Gary Trent Jr. added
impression in front of Leon the Rockets with their first pull-up jumper on Houston's Memphis scorers in double 24 to help Portland run
Rose, the longtime player victory over them since final attempt. figures, and the Grizzlies away from Orlando.q

Nets' Kyrie Irving has surgery

for right shoulder injury

dure to relieve the impinge- on Dec. 24 but acknowl- in July along with Kevin Du-
ment was performed by Dr. edged that surgery still rant, who is expected to
Riley Williams III at the Hos- might be necessary. The miss the entire season while
pital for Special Surgery. decision to have it was recovering from surgery to
The team said Irving is ex- reached last month on repair his Achilles tendon.
pected to make a full re- the night the Nets returned The Nets are trying to hang
covery. from the All-Star break. onto a playoff spot without
Irving began having trou- He finished with averages them, sitting in eighth place
ble with the shoulder as of 27.4 points, 6.4 assists in the Eastern Conference
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving grabs his leg after he was in-
jured during the second half of an NBA basketball game against he worked to get back in and 5.2 rebounds, and at 26-33 after four straight
the Washington Wizards, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, in Washington. shape after another injury became the first player in losses.
Associated Press in the preseason. The pain franchise history to have Brooklyn plays Tuesday
worsened in November, multiple 50-point games in night in Boston, where Ir-
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Ir- ended his first season with early in the regular season, a season. He also missed ving spent the last two sea-
ving underwent surgery the Brooklyn Nets after just and he missed 26 games time because of a sprained sons. He missed both visits
Tuesday to repair the in- 20 games. before returning in January. right knee. this season because of the
jured right shoulder that The Nets said the proce- Irving got a cortisone shot Irving signed with Brooklyn shoulder injury.q