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Dallas Mavericks at Miami Heat

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9-8, 3-5 Away
Final
118 - 123

7-7, 3-3 Home

Butler scores season-high 33, Heat hold off Mavericks 123-118 in OT

Jimmy Butler's clutch dunk forces OT for the Heat

Bam Adebayo had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Tyler Herro had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Alec Burks scored 15 and Pelle Larsson added 14 for Miami.

Kyrie Irving had 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter for Dallas, which had its four-game winning streak snapped. P.J. Washington scored 21, Naji Marshall had 20, Klay Thompson scored 15 and Dereck Lively II had 14 points and 13 rebounds for Dallas.

The Mavericks played without Luka Doncic, still sidelined with a sprained right wrist. The Heat were without Terry Rozier, who was expected to play but wound up being scratched with a recurrence of right foot discomfort.

Takeaways Mavericks: Dallas has played 17 games this season — and 11 of them have been decided by eight points or less. The Mavericks are 4-7 in those close games, 5-1 in all others.

Heat: Butler has scored at least 30 points in back-to-back games. It's the ninth time — including playoffs — that he's had a multi-game streak of scoring at least 30 since joining the Heat.

Key moment Butler's dunk tied the game with 4.4 seconds left in regulation and the Heat unsuccessfully argued he was fouled by Lively on the play. Spencer Dinwiddie's desperation 3-point try for Dallas rimmed out as time expired and to overtime they went. Dinwiddie was 0 for 9 from 3-point range in the game.

Key stat There were two lead changes in the game's first 57 seconds. There was one in the next 43 minutes — then six more the rest of the way.

Up next Dallas goes to Atlanta on Monday night to wrap up a three-game trip. Miami plays host to Milwaukee in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

MIA leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Heat: 72.7%
Mavericks: 27.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

5th 0.0 End of Game 118 - 123
5th 0.0 End of the 1st Overtime 118 - 123
5th 1.1 Bam Adebayo defensive rebound 118 - 123
5th 1.1 Spencer Dinwiddie misses 24-foot three point jumper 118 - 123
5th 6.1 P.J. Washington offensive rebound 118 - 123

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/dal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDAL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/mia.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIA
44-105 FG 46-107
41.9 Field Goal % 43.0
10-40 3PT 14-41
25.0 Three Point % 34.1
20-25 FT 17-27
80.0 Free Throw % 63.0
59 Rebounds 57
15 Offensive Rebounds 12
44 Defensive Rebounds 45
29 Assists 27
6 Steals 6
9 Blocks 6
13 Turnovers 9
1 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 9
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
6 Fast Break Points 4
66 Points in Paint 62
24 Fouls 22
8 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Kaseya Center

Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,714 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 43 25 .632 - W6
Memphis 43 25 .632 - W1
Dallas 33 36 .478 10.5 L3
San Antonio 28 38 .424 14 W1
New Orleans 18 50 .265 25 L2

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta 32 36 .471 - L2
Orlando 32 37 .464 0.5 W1
Miami 29 38 .433 2.5 L7
Charlotte 17 50 .254 14.5 L1
Washington 15 51 .227 16 W2
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