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Two free throws by DeRozan and a three-point
play by Aldridge after a steal by Derrick White gave the Spurs a
102-98 lead with 3:20 to play in a back-and-forth game. Marco
Belinelli then drained a 3-pointer to stretch San Antonio's
advantage to seven points.
But the Heat charged back, as Bam Adebayo threw down an alley-oop
dunk and Jimmy Butler converted two free throws to cut the
deficit to 105-102.
Two Belinelli free throws with 6.6 seconds to play pushed the
Spurs' advantage to five points and San Antonio held on in the
final seconds.
Patty Mills added 18 points for San Antonio, which won for the
first time in three games. Belinelli scored 12 points and White
tallied 11 for the Spurs, which played without guard Dejounte
Murray, who missed the game with because of an illness.
Adebayo paced Miami with 21 points and 16 rebounds. Goran Dragic
scored 19 points, Kendrick Nunn had 18, Butler hit for 16 and
Duncan Robinson added 12 for the Heat, who had a two-game
winning streak snapped.
The Spurs led 60-54 after a first half in which there were three
lead changes and seven ties. The Heat enjoyed as much as an
11-point lead midway through the first quarter before San
Antonio roared back to flip the script, taking a 12-point
advantage in the second.
Mills led all scorers over the first 24 minutes with 14 points
off the bench. DeRozan added nine points on 3 of 8 shooting, and
his 13-game streak of shooting at least 50 percent for the game
ended.
Robinson scored 12 points in the half to lead the Heat while
Nunn and Butler added 10 each.
Miami rallied to move in front by three points early in the
third quarter before San Antonio responded. Adebayo's tip-in
with 19.5 seconds left allowed the Spurs to take an 86-84 lead
into the final period.
--Field Level Media
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