Heat and 76ers stay hot at home

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES, USA – The Miami Heat got a huge performance from rookie Kendrick Nunn, and the Philadelphia 76ers made the right plays down the stretch as the two Eastern Conference juggernauts continued their dominant play at home. 

Tobias Harris scored 34 points and nailed 3 clutch shots late in the game as the 76ers won their fifth straight game with a 117-106 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, January 15 (Thursday, January 16, Philippine time).

Harris also had 10 rebounds and scored 11 of his points in the final 5 minutes for the 76ers in front of a crowd of 20,100 at the Wells Fargo Center arena.

Harris finished off Philadelphia’s 19th home win in 21 games this season by hitting two free throws with 31 seconds remaining.

“When we got together in the huddle before the 4th quarter, we said that we were going to have to hold them to under 20 points to win the game,” said Harris.

Ben Simmons scored 20 points and 11 rebounds for Philadelphia, which shot 51.1% from the floor. 

Furkan Korkmaz and Josh Richardson added 15 points apiece while Al Horford contributed 14.

Spencer Dinwiddie had 26 points and 8 assists for Brooklyn, who shot 43.7% overall and fell to 2-9 in their past 11 games. 

Nets’ Jarrett Allen added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Kyrie Irving was held to 14 points on 6-of-21 shooting in his third game back from right shoulder injury.

 

Triple to beat the shot-clock.
Pull-up mid-range jumper.
Clutch floater.@tobias31 (34 PTS) comes up big late to lift the @sixers at home! #PhilaUnite pic.twitter.com/pGp8tuUqd9

— NBA (@NBA) January 16, 2020

 

In Miami, Nunn scored 33 points to lead the Heat to a 106-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. 

The 24-year-old rookie shot 13-of-18 from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point range in front of the crowd of 19,600 at the American Airlines Arena.

“He was able to get into a great rhythm,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Nunn, who was 8-for-8 in the first half.

Goran Dragic finished with 17 points, Bam Adebayo had 14 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists for the Heat, who improved to an NBA best 18-1 at home. 

Jimmy Butler had 12 points and Duncan Robinson was Miami’s fifth double-figure scorer with 11 points. 

DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points to lead the Spurs. DeRozan, who shot 12-of-14 from the field, has scored 20 or more points in 12 consecutive games. 

San Antonio’s Patty Mills finished with 21 points and converted five of 12 three-point attempts. The Spurs were 10-for-33 overall from three-point range.

“It’s tough. It’s hard to win when we shoot that bad from the three,” San Antonio’s LaMarcus Aldridge said.

 

Kendrick Nunn drops 20 1st half PTS on a perfect 8-8 shooting (4-4 3PM) for the @MiamiHEAT!

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— NBA (@NBA) January 16, 2020

 

– Rappler.com