The Heat held off the Mavericks 129-122 on Saturday night
Jimmy Butler and the Heat had just enough to help their playoff position — while dealing the Mavericks a big blow.MavericksMax Strus and Kevin Love each scored 18 and Tyler Herro added 15 for the Heat. Miami won despite allowing Dallas to shoot a season-best 61%.Luka Doncic was brilliant again for Dallas, finishing with 42 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Tim Hardaway Jr. had 31 points and Kyrie Irving added 23 points and eight assists for the Mavericks.
Miami moved within 1 1/2 games of No. 6 Brooklyn . Even if the Heat win out and finish with 45 wins, the Nets — who hold the head-to-head tiebreaker — would only need to go 3-2 in their final five games to ensure they would finish ahead of Miami.The Mavs fell a full game back of No. 10 Oklahoma City in the race for the last Western Conference play-in spot, and worse, the Thunder own the head-to-head tiebreaker. Dallas is now two games back of No. 9 Minnesota and just a half-game ahead of No.
The moves paid immediate dividends. Strus was 3 for 3, all 3-pointers, in his first shift. Love was 3 for 3 from the field and 6 for 6 from the line for 13 points in his first 8 minutes off the bench, and Zeller had 12 points by halftime.
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