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(Reuters) – The Miami Heat beat Houston Rockets 101-99 on Thursday night in the NBA after Irishman Eric Gordon threw a three-pointer gun with the final badge.
The Los Angeles Clippers ended their defeat in four straight games and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 125-121 at home.
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Dwyane Wade did not take advantage of the opportunity to give Heat a four-point lead 3.8 seconds from the end and the attack came back to visitors.
The ball went to Gordon, who failed to prevent the Rockets' winning streak from winning five consecutive games.
It was the first time that he had beaten Rockets since February 15, 2017, losing to me last season.
Heat used his second match in two nights after beating 136-118 on Wednesday at the Washington Wizards.
Things got worse for Rockets when Chris Paul came out of his thigh muscle.
Despite a good start and a 16-point lead, the Rockets slid past the Heat Uprising, which took the lead for the first time in the third quarter.
The difference went to 11 points for Heat before the return of the Rockets, but the owner, who won the title three times in 2006, 2012 and 2013, won the third consecutive victory.
Josh Richardson was the top scorer with 22 points and his teammate Hbadan Whiteside got 17 rebounds.
James Harden maintained his lead with the Rockets despite the loss and ended the match with 35 points and 12 badists.
The Heat are ninth in the East Division with 14 wins in 30 games.
The rockets slipped to eighth place in the West with 16 wins and 15 losses.
The Western Division finalist last season kicked off the season with a win in six games, but won eight wins in 10 games.
The Rockets have once again suffered four straight losses and seven in nine games before winning five straight wins.
* Losses in series
Clippers and Mavericks clashed in a four-game losing streak, but the hosts came out victorious to retain sixth place in the west.
The clash was nearly three and a half minutes from the end, but Clippers scored 10 points in a row to advance 119-111.
After that, the Mavericks looked tough, even though they were reducing in advance to 123-121, 2.3 seconds from the end.
Tobias Harris scored two free throws to win the Clippers' victory for the 18th time this season in 31 games.
Danilo Galinari scored the Clippers' record with 32 points, followed by Lou Williams with 26 points.
Luka Dontic was the most Maverick player with 32 points and Dandre Jordan scored 11 points and 22 rebounds on the first visit of his former team.
Jordaan left for Dallas last summer after 10 seasons with Clippers.
The Mavericks slipped to 11th place in the West with 15 wins and the same loss, but to a qualifying win for the playoffs.
(Reuters)
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