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Heat set shooting record in rolling past the Bulls

Hassan Whiteside scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Joe Johnson added 24 points in his Miami home debut and the Heat set a franchise record by shooting 67.5 percent on the way to rolling past the Chicago Bulls, 129-111, on Tuesday night in Miami.

Hassan Whiteside scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Joe Johnson added 24 points in his Miami home debut and the Heat set a franchise record by shooting 67.5 percent on the way to rolling past the Chicago Bulls, 129-111, on Tuesday night in Miami.

Luol Deng scored 20, Dwyane Wade had 18 and Goran Dragic finished with 17 points and 11 assists for Miami. The previous Heat record for shooting percentage in a regular-season game was 63.4 percent on Dec. 16, 2013, against Utah.

Trail Blazers 104, Knicks 85 -Damian Lillard scored 30 points, CJ McCollum had 21 of his 25 in the second half and visiting Portland topped New York for its sixth straight road victory.

The Blazers followed a fantastic February with a blistering start to March, winning for the 18th time in their last 22 games.

Lillard reached the 30-point mark for the eighth time in nine games.