NBA roundup: Heat win again at home

Rookie Tyler Herro scored 11 straight second-half points as the Miami Heat ran their home record to an NBA-best 16-1 by defeating the Toronto Raptors 84-76 on Thursday night.

Bam Adebayo led Miami with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Herro and Goran Dragic had 13 points each. Jimmy Butler, who is Miami’s biggest star, missed eight of 10 shots from the field, but he contributed 12 rebounds, eight points and seven assists. Jeremy Lamb had a game-high 30 points on 9-of-13 shooting for the Pacers. Myles Turner added 21 points, T.J. Warren scored 20 and Domantas Sabonis had 18 points and nine rebounds.Luka Doncic totaled 31 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists and Dallas made all the plays down the stretch in beating visiting Brooklyn.

Five players — Bojan Bogdanovic, Jordan Clarkson, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell and Georges Niang — scored in double figures for the Jazz. Zach LaVine had a game-high 26 points on 9-for-26 shooting for the Bulls. The Thunder won a regular-season game in San Antonio for the first time since Dec. 25, 2014, snapping a nine-game losing streak at the Spurs’ home arena.Montrezl Harrell had 23 points and Lou Williams scored 22, and Los Angeles defeated visiting Detroit despite playing without Paul George in the second half.

Naz Reid added 13 points off the bench as the Timberwolves improved to 2-2 without guard Andrew Wiggins, who missed his fourth consecutive game with an illness, and are now 3-6 without Karl-Anthony Towns . It is a modest development after an 11-game losing streak to open December.

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