Coming off a fourth-quarter rally in a win Friday night vs. Cleveland, the Miami Heat will play the second game of a back-to-back on Saturday night against the skidding Orlando Magic.

Miami outscored Cleveland in the fourth quarter on Friday, 37-26, thanks in part to Jimmy Butler’s 4-of-4 shooting from the floor in the period. Butler scored a team-high 33 points for his third straight game with at least 26.

The win gave Miami a 3-3 record at the conclusion of a six-game homestand.

In his post-game press conference, Butler credited Caleb Martin for providing quality minutes off the bench, particularly on defense.

“Caleb came in and changed the game on the defensive end. We really admire that. It sets a tone that everybody has to follow suit,” Butler said.

Miami got other key contributions from the bench, including 4-of-7 shooting from 3-point range by Max Strus, who finished with 14 points. Victor Oladipo recorded eight points and three steals.

The Heat remain in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, tops among the four play-in spots, with a 1 1/2-game lead over eighth-place Atlanta. Miami is 2 1/2 games behind sixth-place Brooklyn ahead of Saturday’s trip to Orlando.

The Magic have lost ground in pursuit of 10th place and the final play-in position with a three-game skid and defeats in four of their past five games.

Orlando is 0-3 in a four-game homestand that will conclude with Saturday’s contest after dropping a 131-124 decision to Utah on Thursday.

The Magic rallied from down 13 points in the third quarter to the Jazz and took a brief lead but could not keep pace with Utah down the stretch.

“Offensive rebounds killed us at the end, (and) a few fouls,” Markelle Fultz said in the post-game press conference.

Utah’s Walker Kessler scored on a pair of putbacks, including an and-one, in crucial moments down the stretch.

The Magic have been solid keeping opponents off the offensive glass for much of the season. Utah grabbed only 11 rebounds on that end on Thursday.

In losses to Portland and Milwaukee earlier this week, however, Orlando struggled in other defensive areas. The Magic gave up 46-of-78 shooting from the floor to the Bucks and surrendered 16 made 3-pointers to the Trail Blazers.

The different make-up of each loss produced two more close losses for an Orlando team that has dropped five games by seven points or less since Jan. 27 — including finals of 110-105 and 107-103 in overtime its past two times facing Miami.

In the overtime loss, on Feb. 11, the Magic gave up 23 points to Tyler Herro, 22 to Butler and 20 to Gabe Vincent, as well as 13 points and 17 rebounds to Bam Adebayo. The Heat grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and forced the Magic into 18 turnovers.

No Orlando scorer recorded more than Fultz’s 17 points in that contest. Fultz is coming off a 25-point performance against Utah. Paolo Banchero posted 26 points in Thursday’s loss and now is averaging 20.1 points per game for the season.

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Keldon Johnson hit for 23 points and recently acquired Sandro Mamukelashvili scored all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter as the host San Antonio Spurs waylaid the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets 128-120 on Friday to snap a two-game losing streak.

The Spurs were up by five points heading into the final period and by 123-116 after a ringing 3-pointer by Mamukelashvili with 2:33 to play. That seemed to put the Nuggets to sleep as San Antonio stretched its advantage to a game-high 12 points on Devin Vassell’s layup a minute later.

Doug McDermott added 20 points and Jeremy Sochan 19 for San Antonio.

Nikola Jokic led all scorers with 37 points and added 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his NBA-leading 26th triple-double of the season. It was the first time the Nuggets have lost this year when Jokic had a triple-double. Jamal Murray added 24 points for Denver, which dropped its second straight game.

Nets 124, Timberwolves 123 (OT)

Dorian Finney-Smith sank the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 36.8 seconds left in overtime as visiting Brooklyn outlasted Minnesota.

Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges scored 34 points and hit the tying 3-pointer with 1:18 left in OT. Bridges reached 30 points for the sixth time since being acquired last month from the Phoenix Suns in the Kevin Durant trade. Spencer Dinwiddie logged 29 points and 11 assists as Brooklyn won for the fourth time in five games.

Anthony Edwards scored 32 points for the Wolves, who dropped their second straight despite shooting 57.4 percent in the first half. Rudy Gobert added 26 points and 13 rebounds but also missed four critical free throws in the fourth.

Lakers 122, Raptors 112

D’Angelo Russell returned from a six-game absence to score 28 points and Dennis Schroder added 23 as Los Angeles continued to find success without LeBron James, earning a victory over visiting Toronto.

Austin Reaves scored 18 points while Jarred Vanderbilt and Rui Hachimura added 16 each as Los Angeles improved to 4-2 since James went down with a foot tendon injury. The Lakers have won seven of their past nine games overall to move into a play-in tournament spot in the Western Conference.

Scottie Barnes scored 32 points and O.G. Anunoby had 31 as the Raptors ended a five-game road trip with a 1-4 record. Toronto will play seven of its next eight games at home as it clings to an Eastern Conference play-in tournament spot.

Hawks 114, Wizards 107

Trae Young’s 3-pointer with 1:17 remaining capped his 28-point effort and helped Atlanta put away host Washington.

Young shot 6 of 10 from beyond the arc to pace Atlanta to a 15-of-31 performance (48.4 percent) from long range. His nine assists were a game high. Bogdan Bogdanovic shot 4 of 8 from behind the arc and finished with 15 points off the bench. De’Andre Hunter finished with 18 points and Dejounte Murray scored 16 to go with seven assists.

Washington shot just 7 of 27 (25.9 percent) from 3-point distance. At 3-of-7, Kristaps Porzingis was the only Wizard to make more than one triple. Bradley Beal scored a team-high 27 points for the Wizards, and Porzingis had 22 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Kyle Kuzma added 17 points.

Heat 119, Cavaliers 115

Jimmy Butler scored 12 of his team-high 33 points in the fourth quarter to help rally Miami past visiting Cleveland.

Butler shot 12 of 16 from the field while Tyler Herro drained 5 of 7 from 3-point range and finished with 25 points for Miami, which overcame a 14-point deficit in the third quarter to earn a split of the two-game series in South Florida. Bam Adebayo finished with 19 points and has scored in double figures in all 63 of his games played this season for the Heat.

Donovan Mitchell finished with 42 points in 42 minutes for his ninth game of at least 40 points this season for the Cavaliers. Darius Garland, who led Cleveland with 25 points in a 104-100 win over the Heat on Wednesday, missed Friday’s game with a thigh contusion.

76ers 120, Trail Blazers 119

Joel Embiid hit a fadeaway 15-foot jump shot from the foul line with 1.5 seconds remaining to lift host Philadelphia past Portland.

It was the Sixers’ only lead. Embiid scored 39 points and James Harden added 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Sixers, who rallied from 21 down for their fourth win in a row.

Anfernee Simons returned from an ankle injury to hit eight 3-pointers and score 34 points for the Trail Blazers. Jerami Grant added 24 points and 10 rebounds and Damian Lillard had 22 points, 11 assists and six rebounds. Cam Reddish scored 14 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 11.

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D’Angelo Russell returned from a six-game absence to score 28 points and Dennis Schroder added 23 as the Los Angeles Lakers continued to find success without LeBron James, earning a 122-112 victory Friday over the visiting Toronto Raptors.

Austin Reaves scored 18 points while Jarred Vanderbilt and Rui Hachimura added 16 each as Los Angeles improved to 4-2 since James went down with a foot tendon injury. The Lakers have won seven of their past nine games overall to move into a play-in tournament spot in the Western Conference.

Los Angeles won despite getting just eight points and nine rebounds from Anthony Davis, who had averaged 33 points with 13.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks over his previous five games. Davis sealed the victory on a 21-foot step-back jumper with 46.6 seconds remaining for a 122-110 lead.

Scottie Barnes scored 32 points and O.G. Anunoby had 31 as the Raptors ended a five-game road trip with a 1-4 record. Toronto will play seven of its next eight games at home as it clings to an Eastern Conference play-in tournament spot.

Jakob Poeltl scored 17 points with 10 rebounds and Fred VanVleet added 10 assists as Toronto lost its third consecutive game, the team’s longest losing streak since dropping three in a row from Jan. 17-21.

The Raptors appeared to take control when they outscored the Lakers 28-15 in the third quarter to turn an eight-point halftime deficit into a five-point lead at 90-85. Los Angeles’ 15-point third quarter came after they scored 70 points in the first half.

But the Lakers found their first-half form early in the fourth quarter. An 8-2 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Schroder, gave the Lakers the lead again at 93-92 with 9:35 remaining.

After the teams traded the lead, the Lakers went on a 12-2 run that Schroder started with a jumper and Russell capped with a 3-pointer for a 107-98 lead with 6:35 remaining. Russell was making his return from an ankle injury.

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The Boston Celtics will continue their quest to secure the No. 1 seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs when they kick off a six-game road trip with a matchup against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.

The trip also will take Boston to Houston, Minnesota, Portland, Utah and Sacramento.

“The road trip doesn’t matter,” Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said. “It doesn’t matter if we’re playing at home or on the road. We have to play the games, we have to have the habits, we have to execute. What I care about is the carryover and the awareness to the execution, how we manage the game and what that looks like when we do it well, and what it looks like when we don’t do it well.

“I think the situation that we’re in right now, we can’t really control what seed we get from the standpoint of we can’t get to the No. 1 seed by things that are out of our control. I think it’s more about the same habits that were (there) at the beginning of the year. We gotta focus on what we do well and then can we do it for long stretches at a time.”

Atlanta is coming off back-to-back wins over the Washington Wizards. Trae Young was 11 of 14 from the field, scored 28 points and had 10 assists in Wednesday’s 122-120 victory. He scored 28 points and had nine assists in Friday night’s 114-107 triumph.

De’Andre Hunter added 18 points and seven rebounds for Atlanta, which received eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds from center Clint Capela.

“We’ve been emphasizing communication on the defensive end,” Atlanta coach Quin Snyder said following Friday’s win. “Obviously down the stretch there were some moments that we’ll learn to execute better. To be honest, I just want to keep getting better and tonight I thought our defense was better and guys have been working on that.”

The Hawks made 15 of their 31 3-point attempts in Friday’s win.

Saturday’s game will be the second of three regular-season meetings between Boston and Atlanta. Despite missing guards Marcus Smart (ankle) and Malcolm Brogdon (hamstring), the Celtics received 22 points from Jaylen Brown and beat the Hawks 126-121 in Atlanta on Nov. 16. Young led all scorers with 27 points, but he shot 10 of 23 from the field and missed five of his seven 3-point attempts.

Boston, which got 11 rebounds from Al Horford, made 21 3-pointers in the victory. The teams will also meet April 9, the final day of the regular season.

Payton Pritchard did not play in Boston’s 115-93 victory over Portland on Wednesday because of a foot injury. Mazzulla said Pritchard may be out for an extended period. Mazzulla also said center Robert Williams (hamstring) could return during the trip.

–Field Level Media