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James Johnson scored a career-high 31 points, Kelly Olynyk added 30 off the bench and the Miami Heat set a franchise single-game scoring record by beating the Denver Nuggets 149-141 in double overtime Monday night. Miami's total was also an NBA season-high and helped the Heat get back to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference standings. Houston and Oklahoma City each scored 148 in games earlier this season. Wayne Ellington scored 29 points for the Heat. Nikola Jokic had 34 for Denver, while Wilson Chandler added 26 for the Nuggets. "That was as playoffs as it comes right there," Olynyk said. The NBA's stat system crashed late in the first overtime, and crews were scrambling to determine the Continue to Article

March 19, 2018 1:00:am EST

De'Aaron Fox made another shot at the buzzer to force overtime. Then Zach Randolph took his turn making the big plays for the Kings. It wasn't pretty at times, not after Sacramento blew a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter, but it was just enough to keep coach Dave Joerger's club on its mini-roll. Continue to Article

March 15, 2018 2:11:am EST

The Miami Heat held a two point lead with just three seconds to go on Wednesday night in Sacramento, and seemed poised to take the win against the Kings. De’Aaron Fox had another plan. Fox caught an inbounds pass at the top of the key and immediately drove to the hoop. Continue to Article

March 15, 2018 1:06:am EST

On Wednesday, students and staff at more than 2,000 schools nationwide staged a walkout to honor the 17 murdered on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and raise awareness for gun control. Demonstrations were held in New York, Washington D.C. and sites of past mass gun violence like Littleton, Colorado, Newtown, Connecticut and Parkland, Florida, the home of Stoneman Douglas. The protests have received widespread support and praise from Americans who support common sense gun measures while garnering derision from the NRA, which tweeted a photo of an assault rifle with an American flag ahead of the protests. Continue to Article

March 14, 2018 6:28:pm EST

Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic led the way as the Portland Trail Blazers disposed of the Miami Heat 115-99 Monday night at Moda Center. Lillard collected 32 points and 10 assists while Nurkic contributed 27 points and 16 rebounds as the Trail Blazers Continue to Article

March 13, 2018 1:04:am EST