MIAMI — — Victor Wembanyama completed with 26 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 blocked photographs, and the San Antonio Spurs rolled previous the sliding Miami Heat 136-111 on Monday night time for his or her sixth consecutive victory.
Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper every scored 21 off the bench for the Spurs, who’re an NBA-best 22-2 because the begin of February. They led by as many as 30, the largest margin any visiting group has loved in Miami thus far this season.
Stephon Castle scored 19 for the Spurs. San Antonio (54-18) remained three video games again of Oklahoma City (57-15) within the race for the NBA’s greatest total report and No. 1 seed within the Western Conference. The Thunder beat Philadelphia on Monday for his or her twelfth consecutive win.
Norman Powell scored 21 off the bench to steer the Heat, who stay caught within the quagmire that’s the Eastern Conference’s play-in race and have misplaced 5 consecutive video games.
Philadelphia (39-33) is seventh and a recreation up on Miami, whereas Orlando (38-33 after a loss to Indiana on Monday) is eighth and a half-game forward of the Heat (38-34). And No. 10 Charlotte (37-34) is now solely a half-game behind Miami.
Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro every scored 18 for Miami, which has dropped 5 straight. The Heat allowed 76 factors within the first half and rested their starters within the fourth quarter.
Wembanyama was 11 for 22 from the sphere for the Spurs. It was the fourth time this season that he completed a recreation with not less than 26 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks; the remainder of the league has one such recreation, mixed — that from Zach Edey in November.
Spurs: Visit Memphis on Wednesday.
Heat: Visit Cleveland on Wednesday.
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