MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored 17 of his 23 factors within the second half and the Miami Warmth ended a three-game skid with a 110-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night time.
Nikola Jovic scored 18 factors and Tyler Herro added 17 factors and 12 rebounds for the Warmth, who’re 7-0 when holding opponents to fewer than 100 factors. Miami’s Duncan Robinson had 17 factors, taking pictures 5 of 10 from 3-point vary.
Cam Johnson and Noah Clowney every scored 19 factors for Brooklyn. The Nets’ Keon Johnson scored 15 and Tyrese Martin completed with 14.
Brooklyn closed the primary half with a rating of 17-6 and lower its deficit to at least one level on the break. The Warmth outscored the Nets 52-38 within the second half.
Warmth star ahead Jimmy Butler missed his second straight recreation with a abdomen sickness. Miami reserve guard Dru Smith left the sport with a left leg damage early within the second quarter and didn’t return.
Takeaways
Nets: Brooklyn is 2-8 since its season-best three-game successful streak in November. Six of the losses had been by double digits, together with two by 25 factors or extra.
Warmth: Miami ended a three-game skid. The win marked the second time this season that Miami averted a four-game slide.
Key second
After scoring eight factors and squandering a 22-point lead within the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 121-114 loss in Orlando, Miami entered the fourth interval Monday with 5 unanswered factors, extending its result in 88-78. The Warmth outscored Brooklyn 27-17 within the interval.
Key statistic
Miami shot 21 of 24 from the road, with Adebayo going 7-for-8 and Herro 5-for-6.
To be continued
Each groups return to motion on Thursday. The Nets are visiting Milwaukee and the Warmth are in Orlando.
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