MIAMI – Bam Adebayo scored 25 points, Jimmy Butler added 24 and the Miami Heat topped .500 again with a 121-111 win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.

Adebayo finished with 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Heat (11-10). Duncan Robinson scored 19 and Tyler Herro added 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Miami, which outscored Phoenix 68-53 after halftime.

Royce O’Neale had 23 points for Phoenix (12-10), Devin Booker scored 21 and Grayson Allen finished with 16. Bradley Beal had 15 points for the Suns, who were outnumbered 62-32 in the game.

The Suns played again without Kevin Durant (left ankle sprain) and Jusuf Nurkic (right thigh contusion).

Takeaways

Suns: Phoenix is ​​winless in its last seven games without Durant and is 1-8 when the four-time Olympic gold medalist has not played this season. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the Suns are now 0-8 when allowing 120 points; They are 12-2 when holding teams under that number.

Heat: Miami improved to 10-3 when holding teams under 115 points this season; the heat is 1-7 if that doesn’t happen. And now they have won three home wins in a row for the first time this season.

Key moment

Butler scored three points in a 62-second span late in the fourth quarter on three consecutive possessions – one on a three-pointer, the other two on three-point plays. Miami’s lead went from three to ten in that brief upset that essentially sealed the game.

Key statistics

Adebayo’s previous home goals total this season was 19. The Heat are 3-0 this season when he scores at least 25 points.

Next

Both teams play on Sunday, with Phoenix heading to Orlando and the Heat hosting NBA leader Cleveland.

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