MIAMI (AP) -Dwyane Wade scored 35 points, Mark Blount added 10 of his 19 in the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 98-96 Saturday to snap a 15-game skid – the longest in the NBA this season and the second-longest in franchise history.
Wright had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Udonis Haslem scored 12 points and Earl Barron added 10 for Miami, which got eight assists from Jason Williams.
Mike Dunleavy scored 25 points for Indiana, which has lost 13 of its last 17 games. Andre Owens and Danny Granger each scored 13 and Kareem Rush scored 12 for the Pacers, who made it more than interesting down the stretch.
Miami led 94-85 on Wade’s 3 with 4:36 left, before Indiana went on a 9-2 run over the next 3 1/2 minutes. Rush’s 3-pointer with 1:07 remaining drew the Pacers within 96-94.
The Heat lead was still two with 15.8 seconds left, after Haslem missed a jumper that could have made it a two-possession game. Rush missed an open 3, but Troy Murphy threw the ball off Haslem on the way out of bounds with 5.8 seconds left – giving Indiana another chance.
But Wade knocked the inbounds pass away, and the losing streak came to an emphatic end.
76ers 103, Bobcats 96
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Andre Iguodala scored 33 points and Philadelphia recovered from a poor start to beat Charlotte and snap a three-game losing streak.
Andre Miller added 23 points and Samuel Dalembert grabbed 14 rebounds in a rare good performance for the 76ers, who had lost 11 of 13 games this month.
The Sixers rallied from an early 11-point deficit by controlling the boards. They had 17 offensive rebounds, while Iguodala hit 13 of 21 shots, finishing one shy of his career high.
Miller continually beat the Bobcats off the dribble and had nine assists.
Jason Richardson scored 35 points for the Bobcats, including a 3-pointer with 2:15 left that got Charlotte within 98-93. The Bobcats had chances to get closer, but Gerald Wallace missed two shots and then barely hit iron on a 3-point attempt.
Iguodala then put it away with a breakaway, windmill dunk with 40.4 seconds left.
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