Heat beat Hawks, key wins for Wolves, Cavaliers

The Heat have had just one win in their last seven games. They had no place to lose the game against the Hawks, however, and prevailed 117-109, in a game where they even reached +21. That puts them a little distant from the Hawks in the battle for seventh place, as they have a 34-31 record against Atlanta’s 32-32 and always keep an eye on the 6th Nets (35-28).

Bam Adebayo with 30 points and 11 rebounds led the heat with Tyler Hero adding 20 points and Jimmy Butler and Caleb Martin each adding 15 points.

For the Hawks, Sadiq Bey had 22 points, DeAndre Hunter had 17 points, and Clint Capela had 16 points and 13 rebounds, with Dejude Marie finishing with 10 points on 3/14 shooting and Trae Young with 8 points on 2/13 shooting.

THE DODECALPTA: 29-26, 66-49, 87-75, 117-109

BLOW: Love 6 (2/7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Butler 15 (1 3-pointer, 11 rebounds, 7 assists), Antebayo 30 (11 rebounds, 5 assists), Vincent 9 (3), Hiro 20 (8 /21 shooting, 3/9 threes, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Martin 15 (3), Zeller 13, Oladipo 5 (1 threes, 6 assists), Struss 4

hawks: Collins 3, Hunter 17 (1), Capela 16 (13 rebounds), Young 8 (2/13 shooting, 0/5 3-pointers, 10 assists, 5 steals, 5 turnovers), Marie 10 (3/14 shooting) , 0/ 5 threes, 5 rebounds), Okoniu 15, Bay 22 (4), Johnson 5 (1), Bogdanovic 13 (3)

Kings – Wolves 134-138

The Wolves made it easy against the struggling Kings after squandering a 17-point lead in the third quarter. But they eventually found a way to win 134-138 in Sacramento and stayed alive in the hunt for a top 6 seed out west.

Anthony Edwards’ 27 points led the way for the winners, with Mike Conley adding 24 points and Jaden McDaniels adding 19 points.

For the Kings, Kevin Herter had 29 points, De’Aaron Fox had 25 points, Domantas Sabonis had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and Harrison Barnes had 20 points.

THE DODECALPTA: 30-36, 64-74, 102-105, 134-138

KINGS: Sabonis 24 (1 threes, 14 rebounds, 5 assists), Barnes 20 (3), Murray, Fox 25 (10/22 shots, 7 assists), Herter 29 (6/9 threes), Lyles 15 (3 threes, 8th rebounds), Metou 6, Edwards 3 (1), Len, Mitchell 2, Davis 2, Monk 8 (5 assists), Dozier

WOLVES: McDaniels 19 (3), Anderson 18 (3 threes, 7 rebounds, 9 assists), Gober 13 (14 rebounds), Conley 24 (4), Edwards 27 (2/8 threes, 8 assists), Prince 8 (1) , Reed 10 (2), McLaughlin 3 (1), Alexander-Walker 16 (4/8 3-points, 5 assists)

Cavaliers – Pistons 114-90

The Cavaliers weren’t in the mood for… trouble with the indifferent Pistons. So, from the third quarter, they sped up and drove to a 114-90 win, improving their tally to 40-26.

Darius Garland led by 21 points, Donovan Mitchell added 20 points, and Evan Mobley had 16 points and 11 rebounds.

For the Pistons, Marvin Bagley had 20 points and 13 rebounds and Hamidou Diallo had 14 points.

THE DODECALPTA: 24-21, 54-45, 96-67, 114-90

CAVALIERS: Mobley 16 (11 rebounds, 6 assists), Okoro 5, Allen 15 (5 rebounds), Garland 21 (5/6 3-pointers, 7 assists), Mitchell 20 (2/6 3-pointers), Wade, Green 6 (2), Stevens 8 (5 rebounds), Osman 5 (1/6 3-pointers), Rubio 5 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Neto, LeVert 11 (3), Merrill 2

PISTONS: Bagley 20 (1 three-pointer, 13 rebounds), Livers 7 (1), Wiseman 3 (1/6 shooting, 9 rebounds), Ivey 10 (4/14 shooting, 1 three-pointer), Hayes 5 (5 assists). ), Omorui 4, Boeheim 3 (1), Joseph 9 (1), Hampton 11 (1), Diallo 14, McGruder 2, Roden 2

Wizards – Birds of Prey 109-116

The Raptors pulled off a big win in Washington, winning 109-116 in overtime and clearing the Wizards for a play-in berth in the East. Toronto now has a 32-33 record versus the major leagues 30-33 record, with the two teams splitting in their encounters this year with one more game scheduled (on March 27).

Gary Trent led with 26 points while Fred VanVleet added 25 points, 10 assists and two big 3-pointers in overtime.

For the Wizards, Kristaps Porzingis had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Branly Beal had 21 points (but on July 22) and 10 assists.

THE DODECALPTA: 30-26, 53-53, 79-86, 105-105, 109-116

WIZARD: Kuzma 16 (2 trebles, 6 rebounds), Porzingis 22 (2 trebles, 11 rebounds), Gafford 9, Beal 21 (7/22 pts, 2 trebles, 10 assists), Wright 18 (4/ 6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 steals), Gill 4, Kispert 12 (4/4 3-pointers), Abdiya, Nunn, Goodwin 7

birds of prey: Siakam 15 (7 assists), Anunoby 6 (2/11 shooting, 0/6 trebles), Barnes 12 (6 assists), Peltle 14 (5 rebounds), VanVleet 25 (6/11 trebles, 10 assists). ), Young 2, Bouche 9 (1), Atshua 4, Burton 3 (1), Trent 26 (4/7 threes, 5 rebounds)

Spurs – Rockets 110-122

In the game between the teams with the two worst records in the West, the Rockets won 110-122 in San Antonio, returning to positive results after an 11-game losing streak.

Terry Eason led with 20 points while Alperen Sengun added 16 points and 10 rebounds.

For the Spurs, DiVonte Graham had 28 points on 7/12 three-pointers and Zach Collins, Jeremy Sochan and Charles Bassey had 14 points each.

THE DODECALPTA: 32-29, 68-70, 90-95, 110-122

SPURS: Collins 14 (2 3-pointers, 10 rebounds), Sochan 14 (5/13 shooting, 0/5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Bates-Diop 11 (1 3-pointers, 6 assists), Graham 28 (7 /12 3 points), Jones 12 (1), Mamoukelashvili 6 (2), Tsambani 6 (2), Barlow, Bassey 14 (8 rebounds), Langford 3 (1/5 shots), Wesley 2

MISSILES: Smith 12 (1), Martin 14 (13 rebounds), Sengoon 16 (1 three-pointer, 10 rebounds), Porter 11 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Green 12, Garuba 11 (3), Eason 20 (2 Threes, 5 rebounds), Marjanovic 4, Christopher 14, Nix 8