Charlotte Hornets at Miami Heat

Dragic, Wade lead Heat past Hornets, 93-75

He offered to play for a couple of minutes.

"Just thankful I could go out there and contribute," Wade said.

That put Miami up 13, and the Heat cruised from there.

"I'm really going to miss that," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of the late heroics from the soon-to-be-retired Wade. "He's a warrior. He knows how important a game like this is. Just the fact that he wasn't able to go through the walkthrough but then he does everything he possibly can ... that's the kind of message that you love your young players getting from a Hall of Fame player."

It was an ugly win: The 168 combined points was the lowest in the NBA this season. Orlando and Chicago combined for 170 on Dec. 21. Charlotte's 75 points were a season-low and tied the third-worst total in the NBA this season.

Bam Adebayo finished with 16 points and nine rebounds for Miami. Dion Waiters added 12 for the Heat.

Jeremy Lamb led Charlotte with 21 points. Kaminsky scored 13 and Nic Batum had 12, while Kemba Walker scored 10 on 4-for-16 shooting.

"In the fourth quarter we couldn't make a shot," Hornets coach James Borrego said.

Miami blitzed Walker all game, and it paid off. And eventually the Heat found a rhythm, outscoring Charlotte 32-15 in the fourth quarter to pull away from what was a 61-60 Heat lead going into the final 12 minutes.

"They do a great job," Walker said. "They have very athletic guys. They make sure I get rid of the basketball. That's their main goal."

It was 39-39 at the half, a 24-minute stretch that featured one clank after another. The Heat shot 33 percent, the Hornets shot 35 percent, and they combined to go 7 for 35 (20 percent) from 3-point range.

The difference was Miami heated up, shooting 47 percent after halftime. Charlotte regressed to 28 percent in the last two quarters.

TIP-INS

Hornets: Cody Zeller (left knee soreness) did not play. "There's still swelling there that we have to be cautious with," Borrego said. ... It was the 36th and almost certainly final time that Tony Parker got to play against Wade, including their NBA Finals matchups in 2013 and 2014. ... Charlotte hasn't won twice at Miami in the same regular season since 2001-02. The Hornets could have changed that Sunday.

Heat: Justise Winslow (right thigh bruise) didn't play. .. Josh Richardson was 2 for 17, 0 for 9 on 3s. ... Waiters was 4 for 5 on 3s after halftime. ... James Johnson played for the first time in 12 games, after missing time with a shoulder issue and then falling out of the rotation. He played the entire fourth quarter, making a pair of 3s.

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Hornets: Host Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Heat: Visit Oklahoma City on Monday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2