MIAMI (AP) ― LeBron James scored 32 points and finished one assist shy of a triple-double, Dwyane Wade scored 27 and the Miami Heat rallied both early and late before beating the Dallas Mavericks 119-109 in overtime Wednesday night.
Chris Bosh scored 17 points and Ray Allen added 15 for Miami, which extended its Eastern Conference-leading record to 22-8. The Heat trailed by 12 in the opening minutes, and then dug their way out of a six-point hole in the final 3:02 of regulation.
James had 12 rebounds and nine assists for the Heat, who wound up going on what became a 16-3 run late, including 7-0 to start overtime.
O.J. Mayo scored 30 and Dirk Nowitzki ― still working his way back from knee surgery ― added 19 in 29 minutes for the Mavericks, who fell to 0-6 in overtime this season.
Vince Carter had 15 points, Chris Kaman scored 14 and Darren Collison finished with 11 for the Mavericks.
Allen hit a 3-pointer to start overtime, James scored on a stepback over Nowitzki and Wade came up with a steal and dunk to put Miami up 110-103 early in the extra session, and the Heat weren’t in trouble again. James sealed it with a three-point play with 48.6 seconds left, pushing the Heat edge to 118-109.
Dallas looked to be in control when Nowitzki rattled home a 3-pointer with 3:37 left, putting the Mavericks up 100-94. But the Mavs scored only nine points the rest of the way.
Late in regulation, James set up Shane Battier ― who had missed all three of his previous shots in the game ― for a 3 that put Miami up 103-101. Dallas didn’t call time-out, and Nowitzki scored from the right side of the lane to tie the game with 3.9 seconds remaining.
James missed a contested jumper as time expired, and off to overtime they went. From there, all Miami.
James extended his streaks of scoring at least 20 points to 30 consecutive games this season, 35 regular-season games going back to last season and 51 straight games overall when including last season’s playoff run.
Toronto 102, Portland 79
Chicago 96, Orlando 94
Sacramento 97, Cleveland 94
Indiana 89, Washington 81
Memphis 93, Boston 83
San Antonio 117, Milwaukee 110
Houston 104, New Orleans 92
Brooklyn 110, Okla. City 93
Utah 106, Minnesota 84
Phoenix 95, Philadelphia 89
Golden St. 115, LA Clippers 94
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