Klay Thompson hits the winning three with one second left in overtime as the Heat come back from 20 down to beat the Clippers 117-116

Klay Thompson made a three-pointer with one second left in overtime on Wednesday night, and the Miami Heat came back from 20 points down to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 117-116 at Intuit Dome. Thompson finished with 30 points on 8-of-17 shooting from three.

Thompson’s winner, posted by the Heat on X.

Bam Adebayo had season highs of 35 points and 10 rebounds, and Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Davion Mitchell added 11 points and 10 assists. The Heat have won three of their last four after an 0-4 start, and are 3-5.

20 down, then 10 down with 4:30 left

The Clippers led 33-24 after one quarter and opened the second on a 26-2 run, going up 63-43 with 3:12 left in the half and 67-52 at the break. Miami shot just 1-of-9 from three in the second quarter.

The Heat were still down 10 with about four and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter before a 9-0 run. Adebayo’s pull-up jumper gave Miami its first lead of the second half with 1:53 left, and Garland answered with a layup for a one-point Clippers lead. Thompson missed an open corner three on the next possession, and Adebayo missed a 12-footer at the regulation buzzer with 2.7 seconds left to send it to overtime.

Giannis stops it, Klay ties it

Darius Garland hit a three to put the Clippers up three early in overtime. Then Antetokounmpo blocked a Clippers layup attempt from behind, and the possession ended with a Thompson three to tie it at 112 with 2:12 left.

Antetokounmpo’s block and Thompson’s three, posted by the Heat on X.

Garland scored the next four points to make it 116-112 with 1:19 left, and Adebayo cut it to 116-114 with a fadeaway with 1:04 to go. After a Clippers miss and a foul, Miami had the ball with 3.3 seconds left, ran an inbounds play out of a timeout, and Thompson hit the winner from about 24 feet. The Clippers, with no timeouts left, could only heave a shot at the buzzer.

Garland had 26 points and seven assists for the Clippers, who have lost seven straight since winning their opener on Oct. 21 and are 1-7.

Back to the Bay

Thompson played 13 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, and Miami plays there on Thursday night to finish its back-to-back. After the game Thompson looked ahead to it: “Hopefully I can continue the same flow cause I made a lot of buckets in that building. And it’s fun to beat up on old friends.”