Season-best for Wade on return
Dwyane Wade scores 27 points in his return to the lineup as the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks in the NBA.
Dwyane Wade scored a season-best 27 points in his return to the Miami Heat in a 86-79 win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Wade missed the Heat’s last seven games with a hamstring injury. Without the all-star guard in the lineup, Miami (8-8) were 3-4.
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Elsewhere, the San Antonio Spurs got their coach back on the bench and celebrated by rolling to their seventh straight win, a 111-89 victory over the floundering Boston Celtics.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who missed two games for a minor medical procedure, saw his team blow a nine-point first-quarter lead and then recover from a nine-point second-quarter deficit to improve to 12-4.
Golden State won their ninth straight game and completed a sweep of a five-game road trip for the first time since 1978 with a 104-93 win over the Pistons.
Other results:
Bulls 102, Nets 84
Grizzlies 97, Kings 85
Magic 93, Suns 90
Trail Blazers 107, Timberwolves 93