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01/13 21:19 CST Adebayo scores 29, Heat waste 20-point lead before rallying to
top Suns 127-121
Adebayo scores 29, Heat waste 20-point lead before rallying to top Suns 127-121
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) --- Bam Adebayo scored 29 points, including three long jumpers in
the final minutes, and Norman Powell added 27 as the Miami Heat squandered a
20-point lead before recovering to beat the Phoenix Suns 127-121 on Tuesday
night.
Powell hit a 3-pointer with 48 seconds left to put Miami ahead for good, and
Andrew Wiggins made a pair of free throws to seal the game after Phoenix's
Dillon Brooks was called for a flagrant foul with 11.5 seconds remaining.
Tyler Herro scored 23 for Miami, which snapped a three-game slide.
Brooks and Grayson Allen each scored 25 for Phoenix, which had won three
straight. Devin Booker finished with 24 points, nine rebounds and nine assists
for the Suns, while Mark Williams added 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Phoenix was trying to overcome a 20-point deficit for the second time this
season; the Suns trailed by 20 to Sacramento on opening night. They're now 0-11
in games in which they trailed by at least 20 since, but had a chance on
Tuesday.
The Heat led by 20 after Herro made a 3-pointer on the opening possession of
the second half, and the lead was still 17 when Booker was called for an
offensive foul with 9:17 left in the third quarter --- a play that the Suns
challenged.
They won the challenge, and the game immediately changed.
Booker made the two free throws that got awarded instead, starting what became
a 13-0 run. A three-point play by Oso Ighodaro with 0.1 seconds left in the
third tied the game at 92, and a 3-pointer by Collin Gillespie with 9:13 left
gave the Suns their first lead of the night.
Phoenix led by as many as six in the final minutes, before Adebayo and Powell
sparked the Heat comeback.
Up next
Suns: Visit Detroit on Thursday.
Heat: Host Boston on Thursday.
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