HOUSTON — — Kevin Durant scored 27 factors to maneuver previous Michael Jordan for fifth place on the NBA’s profession scoring listing and Amen Thompson had a tip-in on the buzzer to carry the Houston Rockets to a 123-122 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday evening.
Durant’s shot for the win bounced off the rim and Thompson tipped it in to present Houston the thrilling victory. Durant has 32,294 factors in his profession, two greater than Jordan.
Miami trailed by eight earlier than utilizing a 9-2 run, with a 3 from Simon Fontecchio, to get inside 119-118 with 46.3 seconds to go. Reed Sheppard made a shot within the lane to push the result in 121-118 with 12.7 seconds left.
Bam Adebayo made two free throws after that earlier than Jabari Smith Jr. was referred to as for goaltending on a layup by Fontecchio to place the Heat on high 122-121 with 5.4 seconds remaining and arrange the wild ending.
Adebayo had 32 factors and tied a profession excessive with 21 rebounds for the Heat, who dropped their fourth straight. Adebayo’s huge rebounding evening got here after he had the second-highest scoring sport in NBA historical past when he scored 83 factors in a win over the Wizards on March 10.
The Rockets had been up by two when Durant made consecutive 3-pointers to make it 117-109. He moved previous Jordan on the second and briefly lifted his arms in triumph after draining the shot.
The Heat had been up by 11 early within the fourth earlier than Houston used a 15-0 run, with two 3-pointers from Jabari Smith Jr. and one every from Sheppard and Aaron Holiday, to take a 106-102 lead with lower than seven minutes remaining.
Fontecchio snapped a four-minute scoring drought for Miami after that, however Holiday hit one other 3 seconds later to go away the Rockets up 109-105 halfway by means of the quarter.
Heat: Visit San Antonio on Monday evening.
Rockets: Begin a four-game street journey Monday evening at Chicago.
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