SAN ANTONIO — Chris Bosh scored 23 points, including the winning 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining, and the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 88-86 on Sunday with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers sitting out because of injuries.
SAN ANTONIO — Chris Bosh scored 23 points, including the winning 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining, and the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 88-86 on Sunday with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers sitting out because of injuries.
Ray Allen had 14 points, Norris Cole added 13, and Mike Miller had 12 for Miami (58-15), which swept the season series with San Antonio (55-18).
Tim Duncan had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Kawhi Leonard added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who had a seven-game home winning streak snapped. Danny Green and Tony Parker added 12 points apiece, and Stephen Jackson had 11.
KNICKS 108, CELTICS 89
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks extended their winning streak to eight games and moved closer to ending Boston’s hold on the Atlantic Division title.
The Knicks beat the Celtics for the second time this week and won the season series for the first time since 2003-04, when they also went 3-1 against Boston. New York climbed back into a tie with Indiana in the race for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, which would currently mean a playoff meeting with the Celtics.
BULLS 95, PISTONS 94
CHICAGO — Luol Deng scored 28 points, Jimmy Butler and Nate Robinson each added 16, and Chicago beat Detroit for the 18th straight time.
Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points, and Greg Monroe added 18 points for the Pistons, who have not beaten the Bulls since Dec. 23, 2008.
Chicago rallied from a 13-point deficit to tie the score 78-all with 9:27 remaining on Butler’s dunk after a steal. Robinson then fed Deng for a layup for an 80-78 lead, the Bulls’ first advantage since 1-0.
Deng and Robinson each hit 3-pointers to extend the Bulls’ lead to 91-84. Stuckey’s layup cut Chicago’s lead to one with 1:27 left before Deng had a layup for a 94-91 lead. Charlie Villaneuva missed a 3 with 5.9 seconds left, and Daequan Cook made a free throw.
Stuckey made a 3 before the buzzer for the final margin.
HORNETS 112, CAVALIERS 92
NEW ORLEANS — Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points, and Ryan Anderson added 23 to lead the New Orleans Hornets.
Anthony Davis had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Brian Roberts scored 15, and Eric Gordon added 14 for the Hornets, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Davis’ double-double was his 17th, tops among NBA rookies.
WIZARDS 109, RAPTORS 92
WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal scored 24 points in his return to the lineup, leading Washington past Toronto.
Emeka Okafor had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and John Wall added 18 points and 10 assists for Washington. The Wizards, who came in having lost two in a row on the road, won their seventh straight at home and moved into a tie with Toronto for 10th place in the Eastern Conference.
Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Raptors, losers of six of their last seven. Toronto leading scorer Rudy Gay scored 11 points while being limited to 26 minutes due to foul trouble.