MIAMI – Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 38 points against his former team before getting the fourth quarter off, and the Miami Heat ran away in the second half to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 137-106 on Monday night.
Goran Dragic scored 24 points for Miami, Duncan Robinson scored 19 and All-Star Bam Adebayo finished with 18 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the Heat.
Derrick Jones Jr. added 15 points for Miami, which set a season-high for points and victory margin.
The Heat committed only three turnovers; its previous franchise-low for a game was four, set against Orlando on Jan. 24, 2009.
... Former Heat guard Josh Richardson (left hamstring strain) did some on-court work Monday but missed his fifth straight game.