UNDATED (AP) — Kevin Durant was back in the Brooklyn Nets’ starting lineup, but the team continued to sputter.
Bam Adebayo had 30 points, 11 rebounds and six assists to lead the Heat to a 113-107 victory over the Nets.
Tyler Herro added 27 points for the Heat, who bounced back from a tough loss in Milwaukee a night earlier.
Durant had 31 points in his first game since suffering a sprained left knee ligament on Jan. 15. His return from a 21-game absence inspired the Nets to a 16-point lead, but Brooklyn fell to 5-17 since Durant’s injury.
Meanwhile, Nets swingman Joe Harris will have more surgery on his left ankle and miss the remainder of the season. Harris had surgery on the ankle Nov. 29 and has missed the last 49 games.
Checking out Thursday’s other NBA action:
— Luka Doncic delivered 41 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Mavericks beat the Warriors for the second time in five days, 122-113. Dorian Finney-Smith scored 18 points and Dinwiddie added 17 as the Mavericks took the season series 3-1 with the consecutive victories. Golden State never led but got even for the first time since early in the first quarter during a stretch when Moses Moody scored 13 consecutive Warriors points in the final period.
— Jayson Tatum capped his 24th birthday by scoring 19 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ 120-107 downing of the Grizzlies. Al Horford had 21 points and 15 rebounds for Boston, which shot 51.7 percent and won for the ninth time in 11 games. Memphis guard Ja Morant led all scorers with 38 points after pouring in a career-high 52 on Monday.
— Trae Young scored 39 points in the Hawks’ 130-124 victory over the Bulls. Young had 13 assists and made 7 of 10 3s and all 10 of his free throws. Bogdan Bogdanovic chipped in 20 points, including a 3-pointer that gave Atlanta a 119-118 lead.
— Rookie Cade Cunningham had 22 points and 12 rebounds in the Pistons’ sixth consecutive win over the Raptors, 108-106. Jerami Grant scored 26 points and Saddiq Bey added 23 to help coach Dwane Casey beat the team that fired him in 2018. Pascal Siakam provided a game-high 28 points in Toronto’s third loss in five games.
— Harrison Barnes had 27 points as the Kings held off San Antonio 115-112, keeping Spurs coach Gregg Popovich a victory shy of tying Don Nelson’s NBA record. The Spurs have lost three straight since Popovich reached 1,334 career regular-season victories. De’Aaron Fox added 26 points for Sacramento.
