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Sixers help their lottery odds with loss to Heat as Nets beat Wizards

There it is, *checks notes, the Alec Burks revenge game.

After a hard fought two and a half quarters, the Sixers packed it in and fell 118-95 to the Miami Heat Saturday night. More importantly, the Brooklyn Nets beat the Washington Wizards 115-112 to go a game up on Philadelphia.

Jared Butler led the Sixers with 19 points and 10 assists, his first double-double as a Sixer. Justin Edwards went for a late 17 points, Adem Bona had 16 and Quentin Grimes had 15.

Tyler Herro led all scorers with 30 points while Burks had 20.