Heat Hands Jazz Loss, NBA Scores

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Published on November 13 2015 6:21 am
Last Updated on November 13 2015 6:23 am

When Miami traded Mario Chalmers earlier this week, Heat President Pat Riley decided it was time for a chat with reserve guard Tyler Johnson. Riley's message was short and sweet.

"Now, it's on," Riley said. "That's what I said to him: `Game on. You're not the third guard now.' And we have every confidence in him."

Johnson keeps showing why that's the case. Chris Bosh led the way with 25 points, and Johnson capped his 17-point night with two key field goals in the final 1:48 as the Heat topped the Utah Jazz 92-91 on Thursday night for their third straight win to open a seven-game homestand.

"Tyler is awesome," Bosh said. "He can play. He's had a great camp, he comes in and he works hard every day, works on his weaknesses, goes out there and lays it on the line and competes. He's literally started from the bottom and worked his way up into playing a very huge role for this team."

Goran Dragic finished with 14 points and Hassan Whiteside grabbed 14 rebounds for Miami, which started the game on a 9-0 run and opened the fourth quarter with a 13-4 spurt.

Derrick Favors led Utah with 25 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks. Gordon Hayward had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Alec Burks added 24 -- the last of those a 3-pointer as time expired -- for the Jazz.


Thursday, November 12 Scoreboard

Miami 92, Utah 91

Golden State 129, Minnesota 116

Phoenix 118, Los Angeles 104


Friday, November 13 Schedule (All Times Central)

Minnesota at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Utah at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at  Torono, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Portland at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Sacramento, 9 p.m.