Justise Winslow scored 26 points, and the Miami Heat beat the Memphis Grizzlies 112-108.
Bam Adebayo’s free throw put the Heat ahead for good with 55 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Grizzlies had the ball down 2 with 9.0 seconds left, but Dwyane Wade blocked Shelvin Mack’s layup at the rim, lifting the Heat’s chance to win from 92% to 95%. It would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Grizzlies 10-6. Josh Richardson scored 5 of the Heat’s 10 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 2 of his 3 steals in 42 seconds, one of them leading to JaMychal Green’s 8-foot jumper that tied the game at 108, and the Grizzlies scored 2 points off them.
The Heat had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Grizzlies, Green had 24 points and 11 rebounds on 8 for 11 shooting off the bench, and Mike Conley added 22 points (10 in the second quarter), 7 assists and 3 steals.
The Heat shot 50.0% from the field and 48.4% from 3 to the Grizzlies’ 48.1% and 31.0%. The Heat outscored the Grizzlies 25-9 in 7 minutes with Wade, Winslow, Richardson, Jones and Adebayo on the floor together.