Heat stretch winning run

NEW YORK — The Miami Heat rallied for a 108-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Friday to stretch their NBA winning streak to 13 games — the longest in the league this season. The Heat, edging ever closer to a playoff spot, have now gone one better than the league-leading Golden State Warriors, whose 12-game winning streak from Nov. 4-28 had been the longest of the season. It’s the third-longest streak in the history of the Florida franchise. The Heat haven’t lost since Jan. 13, and the 13 wins they have put up in less than a month are more than the 11 they earned in the first three months of the season. Reserve James Johnson scored a season-high 26 points, coming within one point of his career high, as the Heat notched their third win over the Nets in the streak. Goran Dragic added 21 points for the Heat, who outscored the Nets 50-30 over the final 19:24. Brook Lopez scored 30 points and added eight rebounds for the Nets, who were doomed by 22 turnovers and endured their 12th successive defeat. Kings 108, Hawks 107: Darren Collison scored 22 points, the last two on a driving layup that he kissed off the top of the glass with 3.5 seconds left, to lift Sacramento over Atlanta at the Golden 1 Center. Collison’s layup capped Sacramento’s comeback from a 22-point deficit and gave the Kings (22-32) consecutive wins at home for the first time since December. Warriors 122, Grizzlies 107: Klay Thompson scored 36 points and Golden State rolled past Memphis. Thompson tied his season high for made 3-pointers as he went 8 of 15. Kevin Durant had 24 points, five rebounds and four assists and Stephen Curry had 18 points and five assists. Draymond Green only scored four points but had a rare 12-rebound, 10-assist, 10-steal triple-double in addition to five blocks. Nuggets 131, Knicks 123: Nikola Jokic poured in a career-high 40 points to lead Denver over New York at Madison Square Garden. The second-year center was 17 of 23 from the field, grabbed nine rebounds and had five assists for the Nuggets (24-29). Wilson Chandler scored 19 points and Gary Harris and Jameer Nelson registered 16 points each. Nelson also had 11 assists. Spurs 103, Pistons 92: Kawhi Leonard had 32 points, six rebounds and five assists and San Antonio never trailed Detroit at The Palace. LaMarcus Aldridge had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Dewayne Dedmon contributed a season-high 17 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for San Antonio (41-12). Pelicans 122, Timberwolves 106: Anthony Davis had his sixth 40-point game of the season and New Orleans pulled away from Minnesota. Davis was instrumental in helping New Orleans (21-33) turn a 15-point first-half deficit into a double-digit victory. The Pelicans standout was an efficient 16 of 22 from the floor, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range, en route to 42 points. Jrue Holiday chipped in 25 points and rookie Buddy Hield scored 17 off the bench for New Orleans. Wizards 112, Pacers 107: John Wall had 26 points and 14 assists as Washington resumed its winning ways at home. Markieff Morris finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards (32-21). Lakers 122, Bucks 114: Nick Young scored 26 points and Lou Williams added 21 as Los Angeles withstood a furious comeback bid by Milwaukee. Young went 8 of 11 from the floor with five 3-pointers as the Lakers (19-37) shot 52 percent from the field and got double-digit scoring efforts from six players. Suns 115, Bulls 97 Devin Booker and Eric Bledsoe combined for 50 points and Phoenix used a small-ball lineup to beat Chicago. Booker scored 27 points and Bledsoe had 23 for the Suns (17-37). — Agencies