MIAMI — Dwyane Wade, playing his first game as a visitor at AmericanAirlines Arena was held to 13 points but made two free throws with 13 seconds left as his Chicago Bulls prevailed in a 98-95 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
Jimmy Butler had 20 points and Robin Lopez and Rajon Rondo added 16 points each as the Bulls (5-4) held off the Heat (2-5). Butler had 39 points on Wednesday in a loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 20 points and 20 rebounds. It was his sixth double-double in seven games this season.
Heat point guard Goran Dragic injured his left ankle in the third quarter when he came down on the foot of Chicago forward Doug McDermott. Dragic did not return and finished with six points and four assists in 22 minutes.
Wade, the 6-4 shooting guard, 12-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA champion, had played his entire pro career with the Heat before bolting as free agent this past July.
Pelicans 112, Bucks 106
MILWAUKEE — Anthony Davis scored 30 points as New Orleans won for the first time this season, beating Milwaukee at the Bradley Center.
Davis hit 12 of 25 shots and went 8-for-8 from the free throw line while also grabbing eight rebounds. He scored 12 of his points in the fourth quarter and the Pelicans went 9-for-25 on 3-point attempts while shooting 43.8 percent from the field.
The Pelicans dropped their first eight games of the campaign.