MIAMI – Goran Dragic had 21 points and eight assists Tuesday night, reserve Wayne Ellington scored 18 and the Miami Heat overcame another triple-double from James Harden to beat the Houston Rockets, 109-103.
Dion Waiters scored 17, Tyler Johnson had 16 and James Johnson added 15 for the Heat. Hassan Whiteside finished with 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Harden had 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for the Rockets (32-12), his 13th triple-double of the season. He shot 12 of 30 from the field and got his triple-double with an assist to Montrezl Harrell with 12.6 seconds left, an uncontested dunk with the Heat simply waiting for the clock to run out.
RAPTORS 119, NETS 109: DeMar DeRozan had 36 points and 11 rebounds, Cory Joseph scored a career-high 33 and Toronto won at New York.
Toronto won its fourth straight game and extended Brooklyn’s losing streak to 11.
MAVERICKS 99, BULLS 98: Wesley Matthews made a go-ahead 3-pointer from the wing with 12 seconds left, and Dallas won at Chicago for its first three-game winning streak of the season.
Six players scored in double figures for the Mavericks.
SPURS 122, TIMBERWOLVES 114: Kawhi Leonard had 34 points and San Antonio overcame a strong start by Minnesota at home.
Leonard become the first San Antonio player to score 950 points in the season’s first half since Tim Duncan in 2003.
NOTES:
CLIPPERS: Chris Paul will undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and is expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks.
KINGS: Forward Omri Casspi will miss up to two weeks with an injured right calf.
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