Thunder vs. Heat: Score, Video Highlights and Recap from December 3

And the Miami Heat weren’t complaining in the least, not after winning the most back-and-forth game so far in this National Basketball Association season.

“That felt like the playoffs”, Wade said. “For our young team, that hasn’t been in many of these kind of games, it was great”. Chris Bosh scored 16 points for the Heat while Goran Dragic added 14 of his own.

Check back with Thunderous Intentions after the game for a full recap, player grades, analysis and more.

Durant had the chance to crush Miami when he eyed another 3 in the final minute, but missed and left Wade an opening to be the hero. “I shoot 47 percent from three, and I got a wide-open look”. I just like to see us respond.

Westbrook kickstarted the late drought with a pair of rushed, contested, missed 3s and then the two most egregious of his game-high seven turnovers, both leading directly to two crucial runout baskets for the Heat that changed the game.

“He’s the only one who could make that kind of play”, Spoelstra said, “and then somehow find daylight to get to the rim”. With Deng in street clothes recovering from a hamstring injury, coach Erik Spoelstra relied mainly on Gerald Green and Justise Winslow to contain Durant. Thursday’s game was to be the first time they faced each other, but Haslem didn’t play….

Wade scored Miami’s final eight points en route to a total of 28 to overshadow OKC guard Russell Westbrook and forward Kevin Durant, each of whom had 25 points for the Thunder at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena.

Josh McRoberts played just 19 minutes, but had a tremendous impact in the win. And with 28 points on 11-21 shooting, it was also the best game for “D-Wade”, who led Miami to victory by scoring the last eight points of his team, including two huge free throws at the end.

“Everybody lives for these moments”, Dragic said.

37 times the lead changed hands on Thursday night, in addition to 11 ties. Leonard’s career-high threes were part of the Spurs going 10 of 18 from behind the arc.

TORONTO – Will Barton came off the bench to score 22 points and Danilo Gallinari added another 21 as Denver stopped an eight-game losing streak, beating Toronto. Nuggets center Joffrey Lauvergne scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in just 24 minutes of action. Though he didn’t appear to say a single word, he drew his second technical foul and an automatic ejection with 6:30 left in the third quarter, then he let loose with a verbal tirade. It helped that Miami made just four of 10 free throws in the first period.

The Orlando Magic downed the Utah Jazz 103-94 for their fifth straight win and best streak since January 2012 after Tobias Harris scored 17 points and had seven rebounds. But early this season, the fourth quarter remains the time those problems seem to pop up most.