Tyler Herro scored 29 points, Kyle Lowry had his 19th triple-double and the Miami Heat held off the Utah Jazz 118-115 on Saturday night.

Miami led by 19 points with 5 minutes remaining but the victory wasn’t assured until Donovan Mitchell missed a 3-pointer in the closing seconds.

Lowry finished with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Jimmy Butler scored 27 points for the Heat, making two free throws with 10.4 seconds remaining after Utah had cut it to 116-115.

Mitchell then missed h is 3-point attempt, with Lowry grabbing the rebound and released a pass downcourt to Butler.

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The Jazz rallied got it to 115-113 on Mike Conley’s corner 3-pointer with 18 remaining.

Herro split two free throws with 17 seconds left to put Miami ahead 116-113 before Rudy Gobert cut the deficit with his dunk six seconds later.

Mitchell finished with 37 points and Conley added 18. Mitchell sat out Thursday’s game in Atlanta because of a sprained right ankle.

Herro shot 6 of 8 on 3-pointers and had his 25th game with 20 points or more off the bench. He and Goran Dragic were tied for the team’s all-time lead.

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Tied at 74, the Heat took the lead for good after a 13-4 spurt in the final 2:35 of the third period. Herro and Lowry hit 3-pointers to key Miami’s surge.

Lowry’s jumper capped a 12-0 run early in the second quarter that gave the Heat their first double-digit lead at 43-32. Three-pointers from Royce O’Neale and Bojan Bogdanovic helped the Jazz outscore Miami 12-6 in the final 3:35 of the period and get within 55-52 at halftime.

TIP-INS

Jazz: It was the third time Hassan Whiteside has played at Miami since leaving the Heat, and those three appearances have come with three different teams. He played at Miami with Portland in January 2020 and Sacramento in January 2021.

Heat: Duncan Robinson’s only 3-pointer in the first quarter gave him at least one made from beyond the arc in 57 consecutive games, tying his own Miami franchise record previously set in the 2019-20 season. … Robinson has now played in 156 consecutive games, two away from matching Bam Adebayo for the fourth-longest streak in Heat history.

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ROAD WARRIORS

Miami has played five of its first nine games at home. It’ll now start a stretch where it plays nine of its next 11, and 22 of its next 33 games on the road. The Heat are the fourth team in NBA history that’ll start with 26 road games in their first 42 contests, joining the 1996-97 Heat, 2006-07 Milwaukee Bucks and 2012-13 Cleveland Cavaliers.

SEE YOU SOON

The teams play again next Saturday, Nov. 13, in Salt Lake City. It’ll be the second series the Jazz complete this season (they play Atlanta on Thursday, the second of the two meetings between those clubs) and the first series that the Heat will finish this season.

UP NEXT

Jazz: Visit Orlando on Sunday.

Heat: Visit Denver on Monday.