{"id":5235,"date":"2023-01-07T05:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/victor-oladipo-scores-26-as-heat-beat-suns-104-96\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T05:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:53:39","slug":"victor-oladipo-scores-26-as-heat-beat-suns-104-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/victor-oladipo-scores-26-as-heat-beat-suns-104-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Oladipo scores 26 as Heat beat Suns 104-96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"bf9a52f2-7ae2-52ad-957a-8e4163116f7f\" overlaytype=\"article\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\" data-v-dccbf392=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Victor Oladipo scored a season-high 26 points while Bam Adebayo added 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns 104-96 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Heat and Suns entered the game with the same record, but heading in opposite directions. Miami has won 9 of their last 13 games. Phoenix has dropped to .500 this season, losing 5 straight games, 8 of 9 and 13 of 17. <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Heat led for most of the game and didn&#8217;t trail in the second half, but remained pretty tight. Shooting 7-of-10 from the field and 4-of-6 on 3-pointers, Oladipo made a 3 with 1:36 left to take the Heat up 102-92.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Jimmy Butler added 20 points to his heat while Max Strath scored 19 points.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The devastated Suns have already lost several key players due to injuries, including three-time All-Star Devin Booker (groin pain), Cam Johnson (knee) and Cam Payne (foot). Missing. Chris Paul left in the second quarter with a sore right hip.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">DeAndre Ayton led the Suns with 23 points and 14 rebounds. Torrey Craig scored 17 points.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Heat also lacked several pieces, including high-scoring guard Tyler Herro, who was sidelined due to a back spasm.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Oladipo hit a half-court shot at the end of the first quarter to give the Heat a 30-23 advantage. Miami held the advantage through most of the second quarter and he led 51-46 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Oladipo hit another buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter and made a driving layup to put the Heat ahead 78-73.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">tip in<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Heat: Hero, Caleb Martin (quads) and Duncan Robinson (fingers) were among the six players missing.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Suns: Paul scored 5 points on 2-3 shooting in 12 minutes. <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">next<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Heat: Host Brooklyn on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Suns: Host Cleveland on Sunday Night.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba and https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Sports<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\"\/>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\"\/> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\" data-v-dccbf392=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiW2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZveHNwb3J0cy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvbmJhL3ZpY3Rvci1vbGFkaXBvLXNjb3Jlcy0yNi1wb2ludHMtaGVhdC1iZWF0LXN1bnMtMTA0OTbSAQA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Victor Oladipo scored a season-high 26 points while Bam Adebayo added 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Miami Heat beat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SiteShareImage.vresize.1200.630.high_.0.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}