Powell scores 25, Adebayo adds 20 and Heat surge late to defeat short-handed Warriors 110-96

MIAMI AP Norman Powell scored points Bam Adebayo returned to sum and the Miami Heat pulled away late to top the extremely short-handed Golden State Warriors - on Wednesday night Former Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins scored and Kel el Ware grabbed rebounds for Miami which outscored Golden State - in the fourth quarter The Warriors at the end of a six-game nine-day trip were without their four highest-paid players Stephen Curry ankle former Heat forward Jimmy Butler back Draymond Green illness and Jonathan Kuminga knee a group making about million this season Al Horford who isn t playing back-to-backs and appeared in Golden State s loss at Orlando on Tuesday also sat out Brandin Podziemski scored for Golden State which got from Quinten Post and from Buddy Hield The Warriors gave up turnovers that Miami turned into points more than Golden State scored off Miami s giveaways The teams combined to shoot the second-worst shooting contest in the NBA so far this season Toronto and Atlanta combined to shoot in the Raptors - win on Nov Adebayo missed Miami s six previous games with a toe injury The Heat are still without guard Tyler Herro though he could make his season debut in the coming days after offseason ankle surgery The Warriors got into a - hole their largest first-quarter deficit of the season But Miami scored only points in the next minutes and Golden State chipped away taking its first lead at - on a basket by Post midway through the third Then it was Golden State s turn to cool The Warriors led - late in the third before Miami went on a - run to pull away Up next Warriors Host Portland on Friday Heat Visit Chicago on Friday