Bam Adebayo had 21 points,16 rebounds and five assists as the Miami Heat rallied for their season-high fourth straight victory, 114-104 over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night.
Tyler Herro led Miami with 23 points, Nikola Jovic added 14 and Jimmy Butler and Dru Smith each had 11.
Gradey Dick scored 22 points, and Jakob Poetl added 16 for the Raptors, who fell to 1-12 on the road. Team scoring leader RJ Barrett had a triple-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Down 16 three minutes into the second quarter, Miami outscored Toronto 33-10 the rest of the first half. Jovic scored 11 points, hitting two 3-pointers, during the surge.
The Heat outrebounded the Raptors 52-42. They also had double-digit rebound advantages in the other homestand wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix and Cleveland.
Sabonis leads Kings over Pelicans
Domantas Sabonas scored a season-high 32 points and matched a season best with 20 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 111-109.
DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points, while De'Aaron Fox and Keegan Murray each added 18 for the Kings, who have won three straight and four of five.
CJ McCollum hit a season-high six 3-pointers and scored 36 points for New Orleans. His three-point play on a floater off the glass as he was falling after being fouled by Fox made it 111-109 with 1:20 left.
The Pelicans then got two straight defensive stops, giving them a chance to shoot for a tie or victory in the final seconds. But Malik Monk took the ball from Dejounte Murray in what was technically scored as a block and Sabonis grabbed the loose ball for his final rebound to seal the result.
Trey Murphy III scored 21 points for New Orleans, but just five after the first quarter. Murray finished with 20 points for the Pelicans, who've lost 21 of their last 24 games.
Pritchard’s big night powers Celtics
Payton Pritchard scored 27 points and hit seven of the Boston Celtics’ 20 3-pointers in a 123-99 rout of the Detroit Pistons despite the absence of All-Star forward Jayson Tatum.
Derrick White added 23 points and also had seven 3s as the Celtics won for the fourth time in five games. Pritchard made his 500th career 3-pointer, becoming the 10th Celtic to reach that mark.
Boston led by as many as 32 points in the fourth quarter and had six players score in double figures.
Cade Cunningham had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Pistons, who misfired on 30 of 37 from long range.
Tatum rested with a sore right knee, an injury coach Joe Mazzulla said isn't serious.
Boston outscored Detroit 34-24 in the third quarter to increase a 15-point halftime lead to 93-68 entering the fourth.
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