Tyler Herro scored 24 points in his season debut and Kel'el Ware paired 20 points with 18 rebounds as the Miami Heat defeated the visiting Dallas Mavericks 106-102 on Monday.

Herro missed his first four shots in his first game back from left ankle surgery, before hitting 12 of his next 14.

Ware also had three blocks, while Bam Adebayo contributed 17 points in Miami's fifth consecutive win.

P.J. Washington had 27 points for Dallas. Max Christie added 15 as six Mavericks reached double figures.

With the score tied at 102, Adebayo stole Washington's inbounds pass with 48 seconds left, and Herro converted the turnover with a pullup bucket.

The Mavericks had another chance to steal the win when Flagg picked off an inbounds pass from Jaime Jaquez Jr. with 18.4 seconds remaining, but Washing

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