Bam Adebayo had 20 points (10 in the fourth quarter), 11 rebounds and 5 steals, and the Miami Heat went on a 17-3 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 104-92.
It was tied at 87 when Gabe Vincent’s 19-foot pull-up jumper put the Heat ahead for good with 6:46 left. Adebayo scored 10 points as they pulled away to a 104-90 lead with 59 seconds left.
Early in the fourth quarter, Vincent had 2 of his 3 steals in 21 seconds, one of them leading to Dewayne Dedmon’s driving dunk that put the Heat ahead 84-83, and the Heat scored 2 points off them.
Caleb Martin had 26 points (15 in the third quarter) and 8 rebounds on 8 for 12 shooting off the bench.
For the Trail Blazers, Anfernee Simons had 27 points and 7 assists, and Ben McLemore went 0 for 7 from 3. CJ McCollum scored 24 points. Jusuf Nurkić had 18 points and 14 rebounds.
The Heat shot 46.3% from the field and 34.3% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 40.7% and 30.4%. The Trail Blazers turned it over 18 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Heat outscored the Trail Blazers 58-12 off the bench. The Heat outscored the Trail Blazers 25-14 in 9 minutes with Tucker, Adebayo, Martin, Vincent and Strus on the floor together.