Dwyane Wade scored 30 points and added 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points and the NBA-leading Miami Heat stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 120-108 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
At Miami, LeBron James scored 18 points, Norris Cole had 12 and Udonis Haslem added 10 for Miami (26-7), which has won each of its games during this streak by at least 12 points. Wade shot 11 for 16, the 11th straight game he’s shot at least 50 per cent, matching his career best in that department. He also had a run of 11 such games in his rookie season.
Isaiah Thomas scored 20 of his 24 points in the third quarter for Sacramento, which dropped its sixth straight. Marcus Thornton scored 23, and Tyreke Evans finished with 21 points and 10 assists.
Pacers 117, Hornets 108 (OT): At Indianapolis, Roy Hibbert had a career-high 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead Indiana over New Orleans.
Paul George scored 20 points and Darren Collison had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers, winners of three straight.
Cavaliers 101, Pistons 100: At Cleveland, Antawn Jamison scored 32 points and rookie Kyrie Irving led Cleveland’s comeback from a 17-point deficit with 17 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Cavaliers over Detroit.
Alonzo Gee, who scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, put the Cavaliers ahead for good, 97-95, by rebounding his own miss with a dunk with 25.4 seconds left. Irving, who scored 25 points, and Gee combined for 30 of Cleveland’s 35 points in the fourth quarter.
Cleveland, which trailed 72-55 late in the third quarter, ended Detroit’s three-game winning streak.
