The Washington Wizards beat the Miami Heat 110-108.
Kyle Kuzma’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Wizards ahead for good with 8:17 left in the fourth quarter.
Kuzma was called for an offensive foul with 12.2 seconds left, and Duncan Robinson missed a 3-pointer with 5.1 seconds left. The Heat had the ball down 2, but Jimmy Butler III missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Heat 7-3. In the fourth quarter, Tyus Jones had 6 of his 16 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Kuzma that put the Wizards ahead.
Kuzma had 32 points and 9 rebounds. Corey Kispert added 22 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 6 assists, and Jones had 12 points and 16 assists. Kispert and Jones set each other up for 7 baskets and 18 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Heat, Butler scored 23 points (18 in the paint).
The Heat outscored the Wizards 62-40 in the paint. They scored the last 8 points of the game. The Wizards’ starters outscored the Heat 68-47 in 24 minutes together.