The Heat showed who’s boss in Washington (very) early on, escaping the points by a double-digit margin and clinching a comfortable 100-121 win over the Wizards. This improved their record to 35-20 (best in the west) and showed excellent physical condition.

Bam Adebayo was the top gainer with 21 points, Jimmy Butler added 19 points and Gabe Vincent added 16 points for a Miami who even reached +35.

With the Wizards, Corey Kispert had 20 points and Aaron Holiday had 14 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 24-39, 53-60, 80-91, 100-121

WIZARD: Kuzma 12 (1/5 threes), Bryant 8 (5 rebounds), Dingwidi 4 (5 rebounds, 6 assists), Holiday 14 (1), Caldwell-Pope 9 (3/11 shots, 1 threes), Grill, Hatsimura 11 (2), Bertans 2, Kispert 20 (1/6 three points, 6 rebounds), Avdiya 5 (1 three points, 6 rebounds), Harel 13, Net 2

ΧΙΤ: Tucker 2 (7 rebounds), Butler 19, Adebayo 21 (7 rebounds), Laurie 11 (3 3-pointers, 5 assists), Robinson 12 (4), Martin 15 (3), Dentmon 11 (2 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Jurceven 4, Vincent 16 (4 3-points, 8 assists), Guy 4, Strauss 6 (2)

Hornets – Birds of Prey 101-116

The Raptors keep rising and the Hornets… fall. Toronto was excellent once again, easily beating Charlotte 101-116 and eventually reaching +23. It now counts 6 wins in a row, at the same time the Hornets count 5 losses in a row.

Pascal Shiakam and Gary Trent each had 24 points for the winners, with Fred VanVlit and Oji Anunobi each adding 20 points.

For the Hornets, who lost early to Gordon Hayward through injury, Miles Bridges had 25 points and Terry Rosier had 20 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 21-35, 41-56, 75-80, 101-116

HORNETS: Hayward 3 (1), Bridges 25 (2/7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Plumley 6 (7 rebounds), Bowl 15 (5/19 shots, 1/6 3-pointers, 9 assists, 7 errors), Rosier 20 (4/11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists), Washington 15 (1/6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds), Smith, Umbre 17 (0/8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds)

RAPTORS: Shiakam 24 (2 trebles, 11 rebounds, 8 assists), Anunobi 20 (2/7 trebles, 9 rebounds), Barnes 15 (1 treble, 8 rebounds), VanBlit 20 (6/11 trebles). Pointer, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Trent 24 (4), Bushe 8 (6 rebounds), Atsua 5, Watanabe, Bertz, Flynn, Bandon, Michaliuk

Jazz-Knicks 113-104

They fought but they didn’t win. The Jazz were twice at -12 against the Knicks, but in the end a breakout in the 4th third was enough (single result 31-18) prevail with 113-104 and achieve the three wins in a row.

Donovan Mitchell led the winners with 32 points, followed by Bojan Bogdanovic with 20 points and Mike Conley with 18 points (but with 5/17 shots).

For the Knicks, Julius Randle had 30 points, RJ Barrett had 23 points, and Mitchell Robinson had 19 points and 21 rebounds.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 28-28, 59-57, 82-86, 113-104

JAZZ: O’Neill 6 (2/8 3-pointers), Bogdanovi 20 20 (2/7 3-pointers), Azubuike 7 (14 rebounds), Conley 18 (5/17 shots, 2/10 3-pointers, 7 assists ). ), Mitchell 32 (2/10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists), Pascal 7 (1), Whiteside 3 (8 rebounds), Clarkson 16 (3/9 3-pointers), Forrest 4 (5 rebounds), servant

ΝΙΚΣ: Randle 30 (2 threes, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Robinson 19 (21 rebounds), Berks 5 (2/10 shots, 6 rebounds), Fournier 16 (4), Barrett 23 (8/25 shots, 1/7 three points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists), Topin, Redis 6, Noel, Quickley 5 (2/9 shots, 1/5 three points)