MIAMI (AP) — Everything is to Miami’s liking right now. The Heat are at home for most of the month, they’re enjoying their largest cushion of the season atop the Eastern Conference, and they added distance between themselves and Philadelphia.
They’re about to get deeper, too.
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Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler each scored 21 points, and the Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the 76ers 99-82 on Saturday night. It was Miami’s 11th win in its last 13 games, moving the Heat three games clear of the second-place 76ers in the East.