Wayne Ellington scored the winning basket less than a minute before Miami`s 90:89 winning siren against Toronto in a regular season match of the US National Basketball Association and Canada (NBA). Heat ended the series of 12 Raptors` home winning streaks, which remained in two games in front of Cleveland in second place at the Eastern Conference.
Ellington`s winning basket was his only time for the second half in the match. Goran Dragic scored 24 points and won 12 rebounds for Heath, who entered a series of five consecutive league successes. Bam Adebayo added 16 points and won 15 rebounds in record-breaking career, and Hasan Whitesayd recorded 13 points for Heath, who lost their previous five matches in Toronto. Raptors played without injured pointer Kyle Laurie. In his absence, Demar Derozen scored 25 points but Toronto failed to break the club record for another home win. Jay McCallum scored 27 points and scored seven assists in winning Portland with 117:106 against Oklahoma City.
Shabaz Napier scored 21 points and Yusuf Nurkic added 20 in the first of four consecutive tours for the Trail Blazers. Russell Westbuc ended 22 points, 12 assists, and nine rebounds for Thunder, who lost four of their last six games. Dirk Nowitzki and Dennis Smith scored 20 points and Dallas beat Orlando with 114:99 and stopped his three-loss series in the NBA. Wesley Matthews scored another 16 points for Mavericks, who won for the first time in the New Year.
Julius Randall recorded 22 points and won 14 rebounds, and Lonzo Boll finished with a double-double in 11 rebounds and 11 assists to win the Los Angeles Lakers with 99:86 against Sacramento. Brooke Lopez finished the 16-point match predicted by
soccer livescore for the Lakers, who won a second consecutive game after a series of nine losses.
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