Utah Jazz at Miami Heat

Heat move to 13-1 at home, top Jazz 107-104

"It was a dunk," Jones insisted.

Gobert may have thought otherwise. Doesn't matter. The numbers on the scoreboard were absolute.

"We found a way just to grit it out and a different way to win," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Against a team like that, that's a heck of a win."

"I'll take the blame for that. It's on me," said Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, who shot 5 for 18 and finished with 13 points. "He kicked my (butt) on three straight possessions."

Goran Dragic scored 15 for Miami, which outrebounded the Jazz 55-46 and ended Utah's season-best five-game winning streak.

Joe Ingles scored a season-high 27 for Utah, which got within three points with about six seconds left on a putback slam by Gobert. But Butler hit a pair of free throws for Miami moments later, sealing the outcome.

"I thought we got tired," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. "We had some really good looks. And then not getting stops doesn't give you an opportunity to score off your defense."

"He's super-smart," Spoelstra said.

Jones went into the lane, took off about five feet from the basket and scored over Gobert. It was officially recorded as a dunk, and Jones said he made contact with the rim on his follow-through.

Jones headed to the other end, hands on either side of his head in disbelief of what he had done. Twitter lit up with the consensus being that Gobert had been posterized, and the Heat guard agreed.

"That's for sure," Jones said.

Shortly before the game, the Jazz agreed to trade little-used reserve guard Dante Exum and a pair of future second-round picks to Cleveland for Jordan Clarkson. Exum averaged 2.2 points in 11 appearances this season; he was on the active roster for the game, but his locker was cleaned out not long afterward.

TIP-INS

Jazz: Ingles played in his 334th consecutive game, extending the NBA's longest active streak. ... Mitchell had seven assists, but the Jazz managed only 17 on 39 field goals.

Heat: Miami announced a sellout for the 433rd consecutive time, including playoffs, which ties for the sixth-longest streak in NBA history. ... Duncan Robinson's team-record streak of 14 straight games with multiple 3-pointers ended. He had one.

WAITERS RETURNING

EARLY TROUBLE

UP NEXT

Jazz: Host Portland on Thursday.

Heat: Host Indiana on Friday.

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Regular Season Series

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