Miami — Isaiah Thomas drew blood from Justise Winslow. Other than that, most of Miami’s biggest problems were self-inflicted.
And the Boston Celtics reaped the benefits.
Thomas scored 23 points before getting ejected, Avery Bradley added 20 and the Celtics led by 22 points in the first half before hanging on to beat the Heat 105-95 on Sunday night.
Al Horford had 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to help the Celtics beat Miami for the fifth consecutive time.
Miami turned the ball over 23 times, leading to 24 Boston points.
Thomas was ejected with 3:02 left for elbowing Winslow in the face, bloodying the Heat forward and being assessed with a flagrant-2 after a review.
Wizards 117, Clippers 110
Washington — Bradley Beal scored 41 points, Markieff Morris had 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, and Washington beat Los Angeles.
Jazz 82, Grizzlies 73
Memphis, Tenn. — Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and Rudy Gobert had 21 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, helping Utah win a defensive battle.
Spurs 113, Pelicans 100
San Antonio — LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points and San Antonio paid tribute to Tim Duncan on his jersey retirement night with a fundamentally strong performance.
Raptors 109, Magic 79
Orlando, Fla. — DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points and Jonas Valanciunas added 16 points and 13 rebounds, helping Toronto beat Orlando.
Sixers 108, Nets 107
Philadelphia — Joel Embiid scored 17 of his career-high 33 points in the third quarter and hit a pair of free throws with 12.5 seconds left to lead Philadelphia over Brooklyn in a matchup of two of the league’s worst teams.
Mavericks 99, Kings 79
Dallas — Rookie Dorian Finney-Smith scored a season-high 17 points, leading six Dallas players in double figures.
After losing to Sacramento by 31 points at home 11 days ago, the Mavericks started fast. They made 11 of their first 15 shots and never trailed.
Deron Williams, Harrison Barnes and Wesley Matthews each scored 15 for Dallas.
DeMarcus Cousins scored 33 for Sacramento. The Kings were minus second-leading scorer Rudy Gay, who missed his third consecutive game because of a strained right hip flexor.
