{"id":537939,"date":"2026-03-22T04:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/537939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T04:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:08:09","slug":"durant-passes-jordan-then-thompson-tips-in-the-winner-in-rockets-123-122-victory-over-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/537939\/","title":{"rendered":"Durant passes Jordan, then Thompson tips in the winner in Rockets’ 123-122 victory over Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON — – Kevin Durant<\/a> scored 27 points to move past Michael Jordan for fifth place on the NBA’s career scoring list and Amen Thompson<\/a> had a tip-in at the buzzer to lift the Houston Rockets<\/a> to a 123-122 win over the Miami Heat<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Durant’s shot for the win bounced off the rim and Thompson tipped it in to give Houston the thrilling victory. Durant has 32,294 points in his career, two more than Jordan.<\/p>\n

Miami trailed by eight before using a 9-2 run, with a 3 from Simon Fontecchio, to get within 119-118 with 46.3 seconds to go. Reed Sheppard<\/a> made a shot in the lane to push the lead to 121-118 with 12.7 seconds left.<\/p>\n

Bam Adebayo<\/a> made two free throws after that before Jabari Smith<\/a> Jr. was called for goaltending on a layup by Fontecchio to put the Heat on top 122-121 with 5.4 seconds remaining and set up the wild ending.<\/p>\n

Adebayo had 32 points and tied a career high with 21 rebounds for the Heat, who dropped their fourth straight. Adebayo’s big rebounding night came after he had the second-highest scoring game in NBA history when he scored 83 points in a win over the Wizards on March 10.<\/p>\n

The Rockets were up by two when Durant made consecutive 3-pointers to make it 117-109. He moved past Jordan on the second and briefly lifted his arms in triumph after draining the shot.<\/p>\n

The Heat were up by 11 early in the fourth before Houston used a 15-0 run, with two 3-pointers from Jabari Smith Jr<\/a>. and one each from Sheppard and Aaron Holiday<\/a>, to take a 106-102 lead with less than seven minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

Fontecchio snapped a four-minute scoring drought for Miami after that, but Holiday hit another 3 seconds later to leave the Rockets up 109-105 midway through the quarter.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Heat: Visit San Antonio on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Rockets: Begin a four-game road trip Monday night at Chicago.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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