<p>MIAMI — Bam Adebayo’s 13-foot jumper rattled in as time expired, and the Miami Heat defeated the Brooklyn Nets 109-107 on Sunday to snap a three-game slide.</p>
<p>Adebayo had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed by six points in the final minutes before finishing the game on a 10-2 run. Goran Dragic scored 18 points, Kendrick Nunn scored 17 and Trevor Ariza had 15 for Miami.</p>
<p>Landry Shamet had 30 points for Brooklyn, and Kyrie Irving scored 20 for the Nets. Brooklyn played again without James Harden, sidelined with a hamstring issue, and lost Kevin Durant early in the first quarter with a left thigh contusion.</p>
<p>Jimmy Butler — who called the Heat “soft” after their loss Friday in Minnesota — was held out by Miami with a sprained right ankle, his 16th game missed this season.</p>
<p>It was close the entire way, Miami never leading by more than seven, Brooklyn never by more than five until the final minutes. The Heat matched that seven-point edge when Dragic’s layup with 6:50 remaining made it 99-92, but the Nets scored the next 13 points to reclaim the lead.</p>
<p>Bruce Brown had a layup to start the spurt, then got an offensive rebound into the hands of Joe Harris to set up a 3-pointer, and Shamet made back-to-back 3s to put the Nets up by four. Those 11 points came in a span of exactly 2 minutes, and a goaltending call credited another basket to Harris for a 105-99 lead with 4:04 left.</p>
<p>But Miami controlled the finish, and needed to. A loss would have left Miami 2½ games behind New York in the race for the Eastern Conference’s No. 6 spot that will keep a team out of the play-in tournament. Instead, the Heat remained 1½ back with 15 games remaining.</p>
<p>Durant left 4:03 into the game, after scoring Brooklyn’s first eight points. He was fouled on a drive 1:33 into the contest and missed both free throws — only the second time this season that he went 0 for 2 on a trip to the foul line.</p>
<p>He left not long afterward, and the Nets quickly declared his day over. Durant has missed 33 of Brooklyn’s 57 games.</p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Nets: Brooklyn needs only to go 8-7 the rest of the way to post the best single-season record in franchise history. … The Nets used their 31st lineup in 57 games. … Brown entered the arena in University of Miami gear, paying tribute to the place where he spent his two college seasons. … It was the third 20-point game for Shamet this season.</p>
<p>Heat: Butler missed all three games against Brooklyn this season. The first two, in January, were during his 10-game absence for COVID-19. … Victor Oladipo (right knee soreness) missed his fifth consecutive game. … Actor and comedian Chris Rock was among those in attendance, as was Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores and tennis star Coco Gauff.</p>
<p>CLANK</p>
<p>Miami started 17 for 17 from the foul line. The Heat then missed their next four, all in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>‘WARRIOR’ JOE</p>
<p>Harris is the only Brooklyn player to appear in all 57 Nets games this season, and coach Steve Nash says he’s been a “warrior” for the club. “He’s been over-reliable,” Nash said. “I’d like him to miss a few years. It’s not healthy for him to play so many games, I don’t think. He plays so hard as well. He is a warrior that just wants to play every night and when I even bring up rest, he’s not into it at all.”</p>
<p>3 FOR ALL</p>
<p>The teams combined for 15 3-pointers in the first quarter, matching the most in any game this season. It happened in four other contests and tied for the fourth-highest first-quarter total in NBA history. The record is 19, set by Dallas and Golden State on Dec. 28, 2019.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Nets: Visit New Orleans on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Heat: Host Houston on Monday.</p>
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