Daniel Gafford had 22 points and eight rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Miami Heat 114-108 on Friday night in a meeting of short-handed teams.
Corey Kispert scored 19 points for Washington, and Jordan Goodwin added 16 points. The Wizards have been without three-time All-Star Bradley Beal for the last nine games because of a sore left knee.Victor Oladipo scored 30 points and hit seven 3-pointers for Miami, which rested six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler and two other starters from Thursday’s 129-101 win at Philadelphia.
Miami cut the lead to single digits late, pulling as close as six when Oladipo’s last 3 made it 111-105 with 31.4 seconds left.Heat: Were assessed two delay of game warnings in the span of 45 seconds in the fourth quarter. … In addition to Butler , C Bam Adebayo , G Tyler Herro , G Kyle Lowery and F/C Kevin Love also rested after playing Thursday. … C Omer Yurtseven picking up his fourth personal foul by the 5:14 mark of the second quarter before returning with 7:14 left in the fourth.
Wizards: In addition to Beal, C Kristaps Porzingis missed his fifth straight game and F Kyle Kuzma missed his 10th.Copyright © 2023 The Washington Times, LLC.
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