ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Tyler Herro hit a 19-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds left Thursday night, Dec. 26, to give the Miami Heat an 89-88 win over the Orlando Magic.
Herro makes jumper with 0.5 seconds left as Heat escape Magic
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ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Tyler Herro hit a 19-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds left Thursday night, Dec. 26, to give the Miami Heat an 89-88 win over the Orlando Magic.
Jalen Suggs, who scored 29 points for the Magic, missed a long jumper at the buzzer.
Herro finished with 20 points to help the Heat come back from an early 17-point deficit and avenge a loss to the Magic last Friday in which they squandered a 22-point fourth-quarter lead.
Alec Burks scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for Miami, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 15 points.
Tristan da Silva had 18 points and six rebounds for the Magic.
Meanwhile in Memphis, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, Zach Edey also scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and the Grizzlies set a franchise scoring record in blowing out the skidding Toronto Raptors, 155-126.
Desmond Bane added 19 points, Jaylen Wells scored 17 and Ja Morant had 15 points and nine assists as Memphis won for the third time in four games.
Toronto lost its ninth straight and fell to 1-14 on the road. RJ Barrett led the Raptors with 27 points, and Scottie Barnes added 26. Chris Boucher finished with 15.
Both teams played porous defense for three quarters and each had reached 100 points before the fourth started. A burst by Memphis in the third took the lead to 22.
The 155 points were the most given up by the Raptors this season.
In Washington, In dramatic fashion, Jordan Poole lifted the Wizards out of the NBA cellar.
Poole’s 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds remaining put Washington ahead, and the Wizards went on to beat the Charlotte Hornets, 113-110. The victory — and a loss by New Orleans — means Washington no longer has the league’s worst record.
Despite a 16-game losing streak earlier this season, the Wizards (5-23) are ahead of the Pelicans (5-26), and they aren’t too far behind Toronto (7-24) and Charlotte (7-23). Since its lengthy skid, Washington has gone 3-5, including two wins over the Hornets a week apart.
In Milwaukee, Cam Johnson scored 29 points, Noah Clowney added 20 and the Brooklyn Nets rallied late for a 111-105 victory over the Bucks.
Nic Claxton had 13 points for the Nets, who had lost eight of 10 before making 16 of 38 3-pointers against a Milwaukee squad that was playing a third straight game without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.
Earlier in New Orleans, Jalen Green scored 30 points in less than 30 minutes on the court, and the Houston Rockets cruised to a 128-111 victory over the hapless, injury-plagued Pelicans.
Fred VanVleet hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 25 points for Houston, which has won four straight and six of seven while climbing to second place in the highly competitive Western Conference.
In Atlanta, Jalen Johnson had a career-high 30 points and the Hawks rallied from a late 21-point deficit by scoring 50 points in the fourth quarter in a 141-133 win over the Chicago Bulls.
Atlanta trailed 124-107 with 6:23 remaining in the game and used a 23-2 run to take its first lead since the first quarter.