The Miami Heat defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 109-106, at Barclays Center on Sunday.

The Heat (14-5) and the Nets (10-10) played a thrilling encounter between two aspiring, on-the-rise teams in the Eastern Conference and as such, things were decided down the stretch and in the final seconds of the contest. Miami grabbed a two-point lead following a 32-30 first quarter, but the Nets turned things around and went ahead at the break by seven points following a 35-26 second quarter. Miami, however, flipped the script once again in the third quarter and won that 12-minute period by nine points (25-16), meaning they were up two points entering the final 12 minutes of action. Brooklyn fought hard and even had the lead late on the game, but Miami sealed the deal and ended winning deservedly. With the win, Miami improved to 6-5 away from home while the Nets fell to 6-4 at home.

Despite coming off the bench, Goran Dragic was the best player for the Heat since he ended with 24 points and six assists in 31 minutes of action. Jimmy Butler filled the stat sheet admirably and aside from scoring 20 points, he also added seven rebounds and two assists. Bam Adebayo had 17 points with 16 rebounds, while Duncan Robinson had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Kendrick Nunn added 11 points in 25 minutes.

Spencer Dinwiddie had a great performance for the Nets once again, and he ended with 29 points, six rebounds, four assists and one steal. Joe Harris also contributed 25 points after going 5-9 from three-point range. DeAndre Jordan had 15 points, eight rebounds and two assists as a substitute. David Nwaba added 10 points in 18 minutes coming off the bench.