MIAMI – Dwyane Wade had 28 points and nine assists and LeBron James scored 27 points while taking the fourth quarter off as the Miami Heat ran away early to beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 118-85, in the NBA on Saturday.
Wade also had five blocks, four of them in a 55-second span of the opening quarter. The 33-point victory margin was Miami’s largest this season.
Chris Bosh scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Heat, who closed within 2 1-2 games of Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Mike Bibby added 17 for Miami on a 5-for-5 effort from 3-point range.
O.J. Mayo scored 19 for Memphis, which dropped its second straight.
In Atlanta, Jeff Teague matched a career high with 24 points and Jamal Crawford added 20 as Atlanta ended a four-game losing streak with a 91-82 victory over Portland.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points and Wesley Matthews had 19 for Portland.
The Hawks were without starting center Al Horford because of a sprained ankle and reserve forward Josh Powell, who was arrested before the game on traffic charges not far from the Atlanta arena.
In Washington, Blake Griffin scored all of his 26 points in the first half as Los Angeles defeated Washington, 122-101.
Griffin topped the Wizards’ John Wall in the matchup between the last two No. 1 picks in the NBA draft. Wall finished with 25 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
Eric Bledsoe added a career-high 23 points for the Clippers, who have won five of their six games this month. In Milwaukee, Andrew Bogut scored 17 points and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had 14 points, 12 rebounds and five steals to lift Milwaukee past Philadelphia, 102-74.
Brandon Jennings scored 15 points, Keyon Dooling added 13 and Carlos Delfino had 12 for the Bucks, who won their third straight game, matching their season-best winning streak.
Lou Williams scored 16 points for the Sixers, who had 21 turnovers. Jodie Meeks added 13 points and Evan Turner and Andre Iguodala had 10 apiece for Philadelphia.
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