MIAMI (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 30, José Alvarado added 17 and the New Orleans Pelicans had no trouble beating the Miami Heat 111-88 on Friday night.
It was McCollum’s fifth 30-point game of the season and his second of the week. Trey Murphy III scored 14 points and Naji Marshall had 13 for New Orleans, which only got four points in 25 minutes from Zion Williamson and still swept.
Jimmy Butler scored 17 points for the Heat, who fell four games behind Orlando in the Southeast Division race and missed a potential chance to escape the play-in tournament. Terry Rozier scored 13 and Bam Adebayo finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for Miami, which was 13 of 37 from three-point range.
The Pelicans were without Brandon Ingram, who will miss at least two weeks with a sore bone in his left knee. He was injured in Thursday’s loss in Orlando, but the Pelicans say he will be evaluated again next month, which would be before the end of the regular season.
“We’re going to miss him, 20 points a game, he leads our team in assists,” so we’re definitely going to miss him,2 Pelicans coach Willie Green said. “But we are grateful that it was not more serious. … We are going to miss it. The other guys just have to step up.”
2024-03-23 02:42:00
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