Chris Bosh scored 29 points, Hassan Whiteside had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Miami Heat survived some lost composure to top the Portland Trail Blazers, 116-109, on Sunday.
The visiting Trail Blazers took a 62-52 lead into halftime, but Miami tied the game with a 12-2 run to open the third quarter. From there, wildness ensued.
Heat guard Goran Dragic expressed displeasure twice in a three-minute span with fouls called on him by the referee James Williams, who tacked on a technical after each foul and ejected him.
Dwyane Wade, who finished with 18 points and 7 assists, got a technical shortly after Dragic’s first one for saying something to Ed Malloy, and Malloy then gave Miami its fourth of the quarter — in a span of 4 minutes 48 seconds — when Whiteside spiked the ball in celebration of blocking two shots.