Jimmy Butler ensures Miami Heat remain #6 in EC after beating Spurs Antonio Spurs 116-111
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Miami Heat went onto a 17-0 run in the second half as they hold on late to beat San Antonio Spurs 116-111 in their latest encounter. Jimmy Butler scored 29 points to lead the home teaam and Bam Adebayo scored 21 points.
It was the 600th regular-season win for Erik Spoelstra, making him the 27th coach in NBA history to win that many and just the sixth coach to do so with one franchise. He thanked Heat President Pat Riley and managing general partner Micky Arison for the opportunity.
Jimmy Butler leads Miami Heat past San Antonio Spurs
Dejounte Murray had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the Spurs, who were without starting guard Derrick White, who is expected to miss the rest of the season with a sprained ankle. DeMar DeRozan scored 20 for the Spurs, who got 18 from Lonnie Walker IV, 14 from Keldon Johnson, 13 from Rudy Gay and 11 from Devin Vassell.
Goran Dragic had 7 assists, giving him 2,004 in his Miami Heat career and tying him with two-time NBA champion Mario Chalmers for third-most in team history.
The San Antonio Spurs remained #9 in the Western Conference race, squarely in the play in mix.
San Antonio led by seven late in the third, but Miami scored the next 17 points — the last two coming to open the fourth and finished off a two-game season sweep of the Spurs for only the fourth time.
“I love this group,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “They might go through a bad period for three or four or five minutes, but they keep playing. They don’t give in and we’re just trying to reduce mistakes, get more experience for some guys and it’s paying off slowly but surely.”
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