Heat 95, Nets 83
Guard Mario Chalmers scored 22 points, and the short-handed Miami Heat dominated the second half en route to a 95-83 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
Center Chris Bosh contributed 15 points and nine rebounds for Miami, which outscored Brooklyn 57-40 in the second half.
Rookie forward Bojan Bogdanovic tied a career high with 22 points for the Nets, who dropped their fourth straight.
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Magic 107, Pistons 93
Nikola Vucevic powered for 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic defeated the Detroit Pistons and their former coach Stan Van Gundy 107-93.
Magic forward Tobias Harris scored 16 of his 24 points in the second half to spoil Van Gundy's first game against the team he coached for five seasons.
Shooting guard Evan Fournier supplied 14 points and eight assists for Orlando (5-7) while reserve forward Caron Butler led the Pistons (3-8) with 20 points.
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Suns 118, Celtics 114
The Phoenix Suns blew double-digit leads in both halves but still pulled out a 118-114 victory over the Boston Celtics.
The Suns (6-5) led by 13 points in the first half, lost the lead and then led by 14 in the second half, and lost it.
But guard Eric Bledsoe stole an Avery Bradley pass and scored, breaking a 114-114 tie with 29.5 seconds left.
Suns forward Markieff Morris scored a career-high 30 points as the Celtics suffered their third straight tough home loss to fall to 3-6.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
