Heat use balanced scoring, rally to beat Magic 106-103 in OT

ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) — Tyler Herro scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler added 22 pointsand seven rebounds and the Miami Heat rallied to beat the OrlandoMagic 107-103 in overtime on Saturday night.

Gabe Vincent,who finished with 20 points, opened the overtime period with a3-pointer. Herro scored twice from the lane and the Magic, who hadled by nine with 2 1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, nevercaught up.

MarkelleFultz led the Magic with 17 points. Paolo Banchero had 16 pointsand 13 rebounds and missed a driving layup in the final seconds ofthe fourth quarter that was altered by Miami center BamAdebayo.

Once the gamewent into overtime, the advantage swung to Miami.

“We have aton of experience, so we have the packages where we know where wewant to get the ball, facing all the different coverages that we’vefaced,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “That’s a big part of it, butyou also have to get the stops.”

“They’re ateam with a lot of experience and they’ve been in these situationsa ton of times,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said.

Adebayo, whoplayed the entire fourth quarter and overtime, finished with 13points, 17 rebounds and six assists. He was the centerpiece of thedefensive effort that held the Magic to 24 points in the final 17minutes.

“Taking thepaint away was the biggest thing, not letting them get the easylayups like they did in the first half,” he said. “Really closingout and helping each other. That’s how we’re going to win gamesdown he stretch.”

The Magicgrabbed a 52-35 lead with the Heat shooting below 30% with 10turnovers in the first 21 minutes. Butler and Adebayo rallied Miamilate in the half and Max Strus hit a 3-pointer just before thehalftime horn as the Heat pulled within 54-46.

Mo Wagnerscored 10 straight points for the Magic late in the third period,and a dunk by Jonathan Isaac pushed Orlando’s lead to 12 early inthe fourth. But after a dunk by Bol Bol put the Magic up 91-81,they scored only six points in the final 6:40 of regulation, andonly six more in overtime.

“We had acouple lapses on both ends of the floor, but I think offensively westarted to slow down a little and not play our style ofbasketball,” Fultz said. “We kind of let it stick a little bit. Ithink they turned up the heat and got a couple of calls to go theirway as well.”

Suggs,Wendell Carter Jr., and Mo Wagner scored 14 points each for theMagic.

TIP-INS

Heat: Butler,whose dunk at the buzzer won Friday night’s game against Houston,played both ends of a back-to-back for the first time sinceOctober. ... The Heat had 20 turnovers, but none in overtime. ...Coach Erik Spoelstra said G Victor Oladipo, who missed a fifth gamewith an ankle injury, has a chance of playing before next weekend’sAll-Star break.

Magic: FChuma Okeke, out since Nov. 21 with a knee injury, was slated toplay a second G-League game before being reconsidered for theactive roster.

SUGGSSAT OUT THE OVERTIME

Suggs, whohad four steals and three blocks for Orlando and generally wreakedhavoc defensively, did not play in overtime.

“Gary(Harris) was defending Herro decently well,” explained Mosley whileacknowledging that “we may have to go back and look at how we mayhave to get (Suggs) those minutes.”

Said Suggs,who played 28 minutes: “We realize how close we are, and we needwins in games like this. I kind of feel like we let ourselvesdown.”