Nikola Jovic's career-high 29 points lead the Heat past the Trail Blazers 136-131

Nikola Jovic scored a career-high 29 points arsenic the Miami Heat edged the Portland Trail Blazers 136-131

MIAMI -- Nikola Jovic scored a career-high 29 points disconnected the seat and finished with 9 rebounds and 7 assists arsenic the Miami Heat edged the Portland Trail Blazers 136-131 connected Saturday night.

Norman Powell scored 22 points for Miami, which got 16 points from Pelle Larsson, 15 from Andrew Wiggins and a 14-point, 12-rebound, seven-assist effort from Jaime Jaquez Jr. Kel’el Ware added 12 rebounds for the Heat.

Jovic's erstwhile career-best was 24 points.

Deni Avdija — present averaging 25.3 points truthful acold this play — scored 33 points for Portland, which was playing the archetypal crippled of a five-game trip. The Trail Blazers got 21 points from Shaedon Sharpe, positive 18 apiece from Jrue Holiday and Jerami Grant.

It came down to a back-and-forth 4th quarter, 1 successful which neither squad led by much than 4 until the last moments. Holiday connected connected a 3-pointer with 3:26 near to necktie the crippled astatine 123-all, mounting the signifier for the finish.

Wiggins' 3-pointer with 1:32 near gave Miami a 132-127 pb and the Heat held connected from there, improving to 4-0 astatine location this season. Miami besides moved to 6-2 erstwhile it scores astatine slightest 115 points; the Heat are 0-2 erstwhile scoring little than 115.

The Heat, who acceptable a franchise grounds with 53 first-quarter points connected Friday, had an icy acold commencement connected Saturday — missing 14 of their archetypal 15 shots and getting into a speedy 15-3 deficit.

They didn't enactment acold for long. The Heat managed 69 points successful the last 19 minutes of the archetypal half, taking a 72-65 pb into the break.

Miami played its 2nd consecutive crippled without starting halfway Bam Adebayo, sidelined by a sprained near large toe.

Trail Blazers: Visit Orlando connected Monday.

Heat: Host Cleveland connected Monday.

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