Dwyane Wade scored 20 points (11 in the fourth quarter), and the Miami Heat went on a 12-3 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 113-108.
The Wizards led 84-83 when Josh Richardson’s driving layup put the Heat ahead for good with 10:23 left. James Johnson scored 8 points as they took a 95-87 lead with 8:09 left.
The Wizards got within 98-96 on Tomas Satoransky’s driving dunk with 6:18 to play, but Wade answered with a layup, and the Wizards got no closer than 100-97.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Wizards 8-6. Bam Adebayo scored 4 of the Heat’s 8 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
For the Wizards, Jeff Green scored 25 points (13 in the second quarter) on 9 for 12 shooting off the bench.
The Heat shot 50.0% from the field and 30.8% from 3 to the Wizards’ 42.7% and 30.0%.