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Heat top 76ers 99-82, move 3 games ahead in East race

Heat top 76ers 99-82, move 3 games ahead in East race

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.

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.

“Satisfied where we are now,” Herro said. “Got to continue to get better.”

Help is on the way. Victor Oladipo — who has been recovering from leg surgery for the better part of the year — watched from the Heat bench on Saturday night, in street clothes for perhaps the final time this season. He’d like to make his season debut on Monday against Houston.

“Can’t do anything but make us a lot better,” Heat forward Caleb Martin said….

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